LibGuides: Virtual Displays: May Displays

May Virtual Displays

The virtual displays for May are Asian Heritage Month, International Day Against LGBTQIA+ Discrimination, and Spring in Full Swing.

The following sections have a variety of topics regarding both displays. Physical displays can also be found by the main circulation desk in the John E. Robbins Library.

Asian Heritage Month

Beginning in 2002, this month commemorates the contributions that people of Asian descent made to make Canada into the country it is today. It celebrates their achievements and their heritage. Their culture and creative works. Their music and their religion. Please join in the commemoration by taking some time to learn a little more.

International Day Against LGBTQIA+ Discrimination

Held May 17th annually, IDAHOBIT coordinates events to raise awareness and knowledge of LGBTQIA+ rights, discrimination, and movements. It continues to grow annually as it advances rights for people with diverse genders, orientations, and sex characteristics.

Spring in Full Swing

Spring is in full swing, so here are some books to celebrate a season of life and warmth after a long Winter. This display includes books on frogs, gardening, and mushrooms. Have fun and enjoy your Spring!

Asian Heritage Month

All That Matters by Wayson Choy (author)
Call Number: PS8555. H6658A64 2004

ISBN: 9780385257596

Publication Date: 2004

Kiam-Kim is three years old when he arrives by ship at Gold Mountain with his father and his grandmother, Poh-Poh, the Old One. It is 1926, and because of famine and civil war in China, they have left their village in Toishan province to become the new family of Third Uncle, a wealthy businessman whose own wife and son are dead. The place known as Gold Mountain is Vancouver, Canada, and Third Uncle needs help in his large Chinatown warehouse. Canada’s 1923 Chinese Exclusion Act forces them, and many others, to use false documents, or ghost papers, to get past the ‘immigration demons’ and become Third Uncle’s Gold Mountain family.
Disappearing Moon Cafe by Sky Lee
Call Number: PS8573.E353D5

ISBN: 1878067125

Publication Date: 1993-01-12

Sometimes funny, sometimes scandalous, always compelling, this extraordinary first novel chronicles the women of the Wong family from frontier railroad camps to modern-day Vancouver. As past sins and inborn strengths are passed on from mother to daughter to granddaughter, each generation confronts, in its own way, the same problems -- isolation, racism, and the clash of cultures. Moving effortlessly between past and present, between North America and China, Sky Lee weaves fiction and historical fact into a memorable and moving picture of a people's struggle for identity.
The Double Life of Benson Yu by Kevin Chong
Call Number: PS8555. H648D68 2023

ISBN: 9781668005491

Publication Date: 2023-04-18

In a Chinatown housing project lives twelve-year-old Benny, his ailing grandmother, and his strange neighbor Constantine, a man who believes he's a reincarnated medieval samurai. When his grandmother is hospitalized, Benny manages to survive on his own until a social worker comes snooping. With no other family, he is reluctantly taken in by Constantine and soon, an unlikely bond forms between the two. At least, that's what Yu, the narrator of the story, wants to write. The creator of a bestselling comic book, Yu is struggling with continuing the poignant tale of Benny and Constantine and can't help but interject from the present day, slowly revealing a darker backstory. Can Yu confront the demons he's spent his adult life avoiding or risk his own life ... and Benny's?
How to Pronounce Knife by Souvankham Thammavongsa
Call Number: PS8589. H3457H68 2020

ISBN: 0771094604

Publication Date: 2020

Named one of Time's Must-Read Books of 2020, and featuring stories that have appeared in Harper's, Granta, The Atlantic, and The Paris Review, this revelatory book of fiction from O. Henry Award winner Souvankham Thammavongsa establishes her as an essential new voice in Canadian and world literature. Told with compassion and wry humour, these stories honour characters struggling to find their bearings far from home, even as they do the necessary "grunt work of the world."
The Jade Peony by Wayson Choy
Call Number: PS8555. H6658J33 1995

ISBN: 1550544683

Publication Date: 2011-04-12

Told through the vivid, intense reminiscences of three children of an immigrant family. They each experience a very different childhood as they encounter the complexities of birth and death, love and hate, kinship and otherness.
Ru by Kim Thúy; Sheila Fischman (Translator)
Call Number: PS9639. H89R813 2012

ISBN: 9780307359704

Publication Date: 2012-01-17

The tragic story of a young Vietnamese girl is relayed in vignettes of exquisite clarity, sharp observation and sly wit. The reader journeys from a palatial residence in Saigon to a crowded and muddy Malaysian refugee camp and onward to a new life in Quebec.
Step from Heaven by Na An
Call Number: PZ7. N1243S74 2001

ISBN: 9781886910584

Publication Date: 2001-03-27

In this first novel, a young girl describes her family's bittersweet experience in the United States after their emigration from Korea. While going up and up into the sky on the flight from Korea to California, four-year-old Young Ju concludes that they are on their way to heaven - America is heaven! After they arrive, however, Young Ju and her parents and little brother struggle in their new world, weighed down by the difficulty of learning English, their insular family life, and the traditions of the country they left behind. An Na's striking language authentically reflects the process of acculturation as Young Ju grows from a child to an adult.
We Have Always Been Here by Samra Habib
Call Number: HQ75.4. H38A3 2019

ISBN: 9780735235007

Publication Date: 2019-06-04

Samra Habib has spent most of her life searching for the safety to be herself. The men in her life wanted to police her, the women had only shown her the example of pious obedience, and her body was a problem to be solved. A triumphant memoir of forgiveness and family, both chosen and not, We Have Always Been Here is a rallying cry for anyone who has ever felt out of place and a testament to the power of fearlessly inhabiting one's truest self.
When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller
Call Number: PZ7.1. K418W44 2020

ISBN: 9781524715700

Publication Date: 2020-01-28

Would you make a deal with a magical tiger? This uplifting story brings Korean folklore to life as a girl goes on a quest to unlock the power of stories and save her grandmother.

Civilian Internment in Canada by Rhonda L. Hinther (Editor); Jim Mochoruk (Editor)
Call Number: D768.15. C58 2020

ISBN: 9780887558450

Publication Date: 2020-02-28

This book initiates a conversation about not only internment, but also about the laws and procedures--past and present--which allow the state to disregard the basic civil liberties of some of its most vulnerable citizens. It offers a unique blend of personal memoirs of "survivors" and their descendants, alongside the work of community activists, public historians, and scholars, all of whom raise questions about how and why in Canada basic civil liberties have been (and, in some cases, continue to be) denied to certain groups in times of perceived national crises.
Contesting White Supremacy by Timothy J. Stanley
Call Number: FC3850. C5S73 2011

ISBN: 0774819316

Publication Date: 2011-02-15

In 1922-23, Chinese students in Victoria, British Columbia, went on strike to protest a school board's attempt to impose segregation. Their resistance was unexpected at the time and runs against the grain of mainstream accounts of Asian exclusion, which tend to ignore the agency of the excluded.
Cultivating Connections by Alison R. Marshall
Call Number: FC3250. C5M37 2014

ISBN: 9780774828000

Publication Date: 2014-06-18

In the late 1870s, thousands of Chinese men left coastal British Columbia and the western United States and headed east. For these men, the Prairies were a land of opportunity; there, they could open shops and potentially earn enough money to become merchants. This book tells their stories to reveal the critical importance of networks in coping with experiences of racism and establishing a successful life on the Prairies.
Nikkei in the Pacific Northwest by Louis Fiset (Editor); Gail M. Nomura (Editor)
ISBN: 0295984619

Publication Date: 2005-03-01

Challenging the notion that Nikkei individuals before and during World War II were helpless pawns manipulated by forces beyond their control, the diverse essays in this rich collection focus on the theme of resistance within Japanese American and Japanese Canadian communities to twentieth-century political, cultural, and legal discrimination. They illustrate how Nikkei groups were mobilized to fight discrimination through assertive legal challenges, community participation, skillful print publicity, and political and economic organization.
Not Yet : A Memoir of Living and Almost Dying by Wayson Choy (author)
Call Number: PS8555. H6658Z534 2009

ISBN: 9780385663106

Publication Date: 2009

An exploration of the importance of family, which for Choy is constituted not through blood but through love. He provides a quiet manifesto for embracing life, and seeing how lucky we are for each day that comes.
Of Silk Saris and Mini-Skirts by Amita Handa
Call Number: FC3097.9. S66H35

ISBN: 0889614067

Publication Date: 2003-01-30

This book explores issues surrounding the way identity is imagined and constructed by South Asian girls, women and South Asian community workers in Toronto. It also examines ways in which young South Asian women are constructed and represented through discourses of race, nation, culture and community.
Paper Shadows by Wayson Choy (author)
Call Number: PS8555. H6658Z535 2018

ISBN: 0735234663

Publication Date: 2018

In 1995, during the publicity tour for his much-acclaimed first novel, The Jade Peony, Wayson Choy received a mysterious phone call from a woman claiming to have just seen his mother on a streetcar. He politely informed the caller that she must be mistaken, since his mother had died long ago. “No, no, not that mother,” the voice insisted. “Your real mother.”
Inspired by the startling realization that, like many children of Chinatown, he had been adopted, Choy constructs a vivid and moving memoir that reveals uncanny similarities between his award-winning first novel and the newly discovered secrets of his Vancouver childhood. From his early experiences with ghosts, through his youthful encounters with cowboys and bachelor uncles, to his discovery of family secrets that crossed the ocean from mainland China to Gold Mountain in the form of paper shadows, this is a beautifully wrought portrait of a child's world from one of Canada's most gifted storytellers.
Paper Son: the Inspiring Story of Tyrus Wong, Immigrant and Artist by Julie Leung; Chris Sasaki (Illustrator)
Call Number: N6537. W647L48 2019

ISBN: 9781524771874

Publication Date: 2019-09-24

An inspiring picture-book biography of animator Tyrus Wong, the Chinese American immigrant responsible for bringing Disney's Bambi to life. Julie Leung and Chris Sasaki perfectly capture the beautiful life and work of a painter who came to this country with dreams and talent--and who changed the world of animation forever.
The Way of the Bachelor by Alison R. Marshall; the Hon. Inky Mark (Foreword by)
Call Number: FC3400. C5M37 2011

ISBN: 9780774819152

Publication Date: 2011-03-07

The lives of early Japanese and Chinese settlers in British Columbia have come to define the Asian experience in Canada. Yet many Chinese men did not seek their destiny in British Columbia, but followed the railway east and settled in small Prairie towns and cities. This book documents the religious beliefs, political networks, and cultural practices that sustained and leant meaning to bachelors in Manitoba.

The Chrysanthemum and the Song by Dale A. Olsen
ISBN: 0813035856

Publication Date: 2004

Music helps form and nurture ethnic identity for large populations of people of Japanese descent in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Peru, and Paraguay. In a story never before told, Dale Olsen offers a musical history and ethnography of this vibrant Asian diaspora, the largest population of overseas Japanese in the world and one of the most successful subcultures in South America.
Decentering Musical Modernity by Tobias Janz (Editor); Chien-Chang Yang (Editor)
Call Number: ML330.5. D43 2019

ISBN: 9783837646498

Publication Date: 2020-01-21

This collection investigates the concept of modernity in music and its multiple interpretations in Europe and East Asia. It discusses how a decentered understanding of musical modernity could be matched on multiple historiographical perspectives while being attentive to the specificities of local music and their narratives in East Asia and Europe.
Electroacoustic Music in East Asia by Marc Battier (Editor); Kenneth Fields (Editor)
Call Number: ML1380. E44 2021

ISBN: 0367338939

Publication Date: 2019-07-30

This book illuminates the development of electronic and computer music in East Asia (China, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan). It brings forward the cultural complexities and conflicts involved in their diverse encounters with new music technology and modern aesthetics. Recent trends and new directions which are observed in these countries are also addressed.
Inside Arabic Music by Johnny Farraj; Sami Abu Shumays
Call Number: ML330.5. F37I57 2019

ISBN: 9780190658359

Publication Date: 2019-08-15

Arabic music has spread across the globe, influencing music from Greece all the way to India in the mid-20th century through radio and musical cinema, and global popular culture through Raqs Sharqi, known as "Bellydance" in the West. Yet despite its popularity and influence, Arabic music, and the maqam scale system at its heart, remain widely misunderstood. This book de-mystifies maqam with an approach that draws theory directly from practice, and presents theoretical insights that will be useful to practitioners, from the beginner to the expert - as well as those interested in the related Persian, Central Asian, and Turkish makam traditions.
Louder and Faster by Deborah Wong
ISBN: 9780520304529

Publication Date: 2019-09-10

This book is a cultural study of the phenomenon of Asian American taiko, the thundering, athletic drumming tradition that originated in Japan. It reveals a complicated story embedded in memories of Japanese American internment and legacies of imperialism, Asian American identity and politics, a desire to be seen and heard, and the intersection of culture and global capitalism.
Musicians from a Different Shore by Mari Yoshihara
Call Number: ML3795. Y67 2007

ISBN: 9781592133321

Publication Date: 2007-10-15

In the first book to account for the growing prominence of Asians in the world of Western classical music, Mari Yoshihara grapples with the significance of this trend. This is a book about the about the origins of a social and cultural phenomenon, but it is also about the lives and work of individual musicians devoted to their art.
Music in China by Frederick Lau
Call Number: ML336. L28 2008

ISBN: 9780195301243

Publication Date: 2007-11-14

This book offers a unique exploration of the rich, dynamic, and multifaceted Chinese musical landscape. In contrast with previous scholarship--which focused almost exclusively on the role of music in elite culture--this volume takes a balanced look at a variety of traditional and modern genres, including those performed among local and regional folk musicians, in academia, in the media, and on concert stages both inside and outside of China.
Music in Mainland Southeast Asia by Gavin Douglas
Call Number: ML330. D68 2010

ISBN: 9780195367829

Publication Date: 2009-11-20

This book profiles the under-represented musical traditions of Burma, Cambodia, Thailand, and Vietnam. It also contains the first introduction to Burmese music ever presented in a music textbook. Drawing on his extensive fieldwork, author Gavin Douglas frames this survey of Southeast Asian music within three key themes: music and diversity, music and political turmoil, and music and globalization.
The Music Road by Reinhard Strohm (Editor)
Call Number: ML160. M8673 2019

ISBN: 9780197266564

Publication Date: 2019-10-29

This book contains contributions on musical cultures from the Mediterranean to India which brings together historical research, philology and ethnographic fieldwork to revive the differentiated voices of this world region. It is here referred to as "the Music Road", to emphasize the musical traditions in this western half of the "Silk Road", and the transitional nature of its cultural migrations and coherences.
The Other Classical Musics by Neil Sorrell (et al.)
Call Number: ML3545. O85 2015

ISBN: 1843837269

Publication Date: 2015-10-16

What is classical music? This book answers the question in a manner never before attempted, by presenting the history of fifteen parallel traditions, of which Western classical music is just one. Each music is analyzed in terms of its modes, scales, and theory; its instruments, forms, and aesthetic goals; its historical development, golden age, and condition today; and the conventions governing its performance. The writers are leading ethnomusicologists, and their approach is based on the belief that music is best understood in the context of the culture which gave rise to it
The Oxford Handbook of Music in China and the Chinese Diaspora by Yu Hui (Editor); Jonathan P. J. Stock (Editor)
Call Number: ML336. O94 2023

ISBN: 0190661968

Publication Date: 2023-10-20

Part one of this book explores the historical legacies of Chinese music. Part two focuses on evolving practice Part three responds to the role that prominent issues, including sexuality, humanism, the amateur, and ethnicity, play in the broad field of Chinese music studies.
Routledge Handbook of Asian Music by Tong Soon Lee (Editor)
Call Number: ML330. R68 2021

ISBN: 9780415830669

Publication Date: 2021-03-01

This book covers musical practices in historical and modern contexts from Central Asia, East Asia, South Asia, and Southeast Asia, including art music traditions, folk music and composition, religious and ritual music, as well as popular music. It showcases the diversity of Asian music, requiring readers to constantly reconsider their understanding of this vibrant and complex area.
Sound Communities in the Asia Pacific by Lonán Ó Briain (Editor); Min Yen Ong (Editor)
Call Number: ML3917. A78S68 2022

ISBN: 9781501360053

Publication Date: 2021-02-11

This book investigates the processes of broadcasting musical culture in the Asia Pacific. We shift our gaze to the mechanisms of cultural industries in eastern Asia and the Pacific islands to understand how oft-invisible producers, musicians, and technologies facilitate, frame, reproduce, and magnify the reach of local culture.
Soundtracks of Asian America by Grace Wang
Call Number: ML3560. A85W36 2015

ISBN: 9780822357698

Publication Date: 2015-01-07

This book explores how Asian Americans use music to construct narratives of self, race, class, and belonging in national and transnational spaces. It highlights how they navigate racialization in different genres by considering the experiences of Asians and Asian Americans in Western classical music, U.S. popular music, and Mandopop (Mandarin-language popular music).
Speak It Louder by Deborah Wong
ISBN: 9781135878238

Publication Date: 2004-07-19

This book is not about "Asian American music" but rather about Asian Americans making music. This key distinction allows the author to track a wide range of musical genres. It covers a wide variety of music, and diverse styles that coalesce brilliantly around a coherent and consistent set of questions about what it means for Asian Americans to make music.

Asian Religions by Randall L. Nadeau
Call Number: BL1033. N33 2014

ISBN: 9781118471975

Publication Date: 2014-01-28

This all-embracing introduction to Asian religious practices and beliefs takes a unique approach; not only does it provide a complete overview of the basic tenets of the major Asian religions, but it also demonstrates how Asian spiritualities are lived and practiced, exploring the meaning and significance they hold for believers.
Asian Religions in British Columbia by Dan Overmyer (Editor); Larry DeVries (Editor); Don Baker (Editor)
Call Number: BL2530. C2A85 2010

ISBN: 9780774816625

Publication Date: 2010-05-26

British Columbia is Canada's most ethnically diverse province. Although the presence of Asian religions is felt and discussed in many regions, we know little about the religions that accompanied immigrants from Asia or how they are practiced today. This book brings together fourteen religious studies scholars who offer intimate portraits of local religious groups, including Hindus and Sikhs from South Asia; Buddhist organizations from Southeast Asia; and Tibetan, Japanese, and Chinese religions from East and Central Asia.
Bayanihan and Belonging by Alison R. Marshall
Call Number: BX1422. M2M37 2018

ISBN: 9781487522506

Publication Date: 2018-02-08

Filipinos make up one of the largest immigrant groups in Canada and the majority continue to retain their Roman Catholic faith long after migrating. Drawing on archival and ethnographic research in Canada and the Philippines from 1880 to 2017, this book aims to understand the role of religion within present-day Filipino Canadian communities.
The Modern Spirit of Asia by Peter van der Veer
Call Number: BL1033. V44M63 2014

ISBN: 9780691128153

Publication Date: 2013-10-27

A comparative look at religion and spirituality in postcolonial China and India, this book challenges the notion that modernity in China and India are derivative imitations of the West, arguing that these societies have transformed their ancient traditions in unique and distinctive ways.
Readings in Eastern Religions by Harold Coward (Editor); Ronald Neufeldt (Editor); Eva K. Neumaier-Dargyay (Editor); Eva K. Neumaier
Call Number: BL1055. R42 2007

ISBN: 9780889204355

Publication Date: 2006-12-08

Originally developed for use in introductory courses on Eastern religious traditions, this popular anthology offers a selection of readings from primary texts of India, China, and Japan. The selections are arranged both chronologically and thematically within religious traditions and include readings from Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism (including Tibetan Buddhism), Sikhism, Early Chinese thought, Confuciansiim, Taoism, Mao Tse Tung, Shintoism, and Japan's new religions (Tenrikyo and Sokka Gakkai).
Religious Diversity in Asia by Jø Borup (Editor); Marianne Qvortrup Fibiger (Editor); Lene Kühle (Editor)
Call Number: BL1033. R443 2020

ISBN: 9789004415799

Publication Date: 2019-10-10

The religious landscape in Asia has long been diverse, with various forms of syncretic traditions and pragmatic practices continuously having been challenged by centrifugal forces of differentiation. This anthology explores representations and managements of religious diversity in Japan, China, South Korea, Vietnam, the Philippines, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India and diaspora religions originating in these countries, seen through the lenses of history, identity, state, ritual and geography.
Routledge Handbook of Religions in Asia by Bryan Turner (Editor); Oscar Salemink (Editor)
Call Number: BL1033. R68 2018

ISBN: 9781138312678

Publication Date: 2018-05-15

This book provides an overview of religion in contemporary Asia. It conveys how there have been many centuries of interaction between different religious traditions in Asia and discusses the problem of world religions and the range of concepts, such as high and low traditions, folk and formal religions, popular and orthodox developments.

International Day Against LGBTQIA+ Discrimination

Acting Out: Combating Homophobia Through Teacher Activism by Mollie V. Blackburn (et al.)
Call Number: LC212.8. A28 2010

ISBN: 9780807750315

Publication Date: 2009-11-15

Teachers join together in a teacher-inquiry group to challenge homophobia and heterosexism in schools and classrooms to create safe learning environments for all students.
Homophobia by Steven Solomon; Nick Johnson (Illustrator)
Call Number: HQ76.4. S65 2013

ISBN: 1459404416

Publication Date: 2013-06-06

That's so gay! It's a phrase commonly heard in school halls and playgrounds. But when used as a put-down, it's also homophobic. With plenty of quizzes, Q+As, comics, and scenarios, this interactive and highly visual new book in the Deal With It series helps kids determine what is--and what isn't--homophobia, and what they can do to make their schools, homes, and communities more safe and inclusive for everyone.
I Could Not Speak My Heart by James McNinch (Editor); Mary Cronin (Editor)
Call Number: HQ76.3. C22P734 2004

ISBN: 0889771782

Publication Date: 2004-08-04

This anthology documents the pain and misunderstanding that Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered, Two-spirited, and Queer people have experienced in the very recent past; it also demonstrates the real progress, both in theory and in practice, that has been made. Readers will find much diversity in this collection of nineteen articles: autobiography, testament, fiction, and found poetry, as well as more traditional personal and analytic essays.
Trans and Autistic by Noah Adams; Bridget Liang
Call Number: HQ77.7. A33T73 2020

ISBN: 9781785924842

Publication Date: 2020-07-21

This book foregrounds the voices of autistic trans people as they speak candidly about how their autism and gender identity intersects and the impact this has on their life. It explores experiences of coming out, with self-discovery, healthcare, family, work, religion and community support, to help dispel common misunderstandings around gender identity and autism, whilst allowing autistic trans people to see their own neurodiverse experiences reflected in these interviews.
Unsafe Words by Shantel Gabrieal Buggs (et al.)
Call Number: HQ21. U55 2023

ISBN: 9781978825406

Publication Date: 2023-02-10

What can the #MeToo moment teach queers about consent? And what can queers teach the rest of the world about ethical sex? This book brings together academics, activists, artists, and sex workers to tackle dangerous questions about sex, power, consent, and harm. While the authors in this volume are committed to promoting consensual, pleasurable sex, they reject heteronormative, one-size-fits-all models of consent and sexual ethics.

Born to Be Gay by William Naphy
Call Number: HQ76.25. N37

ISBN: 0752429175

Publication Date: 2006-03-01

There has long been an assumption in the West that views on sex and sexuality are basically similar worldwide. This has never been the case. Many ancient cultures actively promoted same-sex relationships as an integral part of adolescence or even worship. The rise of Judeo-Christian views forced homosexuality "underground," leading to Henry VIII's 1533 ban on homosexuals and Oscar Wilde's imprisonment for sodomy. Born to be Gay takes a radical look at the history of homosexuality, from Bacchanalian orgies to Gay Pride.
Comparatively Queer by William J. Spurlin (Editor); Jarrod Hayes (Editor); Margaret R. Higonnet (Editor); Kenneth A. Loparo (Editor)
Call Number: HQ76.25. C664 2010

ISBN: 9780230104365

Publication Date: 2010-11-17

These innovative essays take a comparative approach to queer studies while simultaneously queering the field of comparative literature, strengthening the interdisciplinary of both. The book focuses not only on comparative praxis, but also on interrogating our assumptions and categories of analysis.
Homosexuality and Civilization by Louis Crompton
Call Number: HQ76.25. C76

ISBN: 9780674011977

Publication Date: 2003-11-15

How have major civilizations of the last two millennia treated people who were attracted to their own sex? In a narrative tour de force, Louis Crompton chronicles the lives and achievements of homosexual men and women alongside a darker history of persecution.
The Laramie Project by Moises Kaufman; Tectonic Theatre Project Staff (Contribution by)
Call Number: PR9333.9. K38L37 2001

ISBN: 0375727191

Publication Date: 2001-09-11

On October 7, 1998, a young gay man was discovered bound to a fence in the hills outside Laramie, Wyoming, savagely beaten and left to die in an act of hate that shocked the nation. Matthew Shepard's death became a national symbol of intolerance, but for the people of Laramie the event was deeply personal, and it's them we hear in this stunningly effective theater piece, a deeply complex portrait of a community.
Never Going Back by Tom Warner
Call Number: HQ76.8. C3W37

ISBN: 0802084605

Publication Date: 2002-06-15

This book chronicles and analyzes the multiple - and often conflicting - objectives of a tumultuous grassroots struggle for sexual liberation, legislated equality, and fundamental social change. It presents the history of lesbian and gay liberation in a Canadian context, telling in the process the story of a remarkable movement and the people who made it happen.
Out of the Past by Neil Miller
Call Number: HQ76.25. M55 2006

ISBN: 9781555838706

Publication Date: 2008-11-01

This book covers from Oscar Wilde to the first gay marriage performed in San Francisco in 2004 - by the award-winning journalist and distinguished author of Out in the World and Sex-Crime Panic. It includes essays and excerpts from contemporary and historical sources while being illustrated with images and photographs.
Queer: a Graphic History by Meg John Barker; Jules Scheele (Illustrator)
Call Number: HQ76.25. B375Q44 2016

ISBN: 9781785780714

Publication Date: 2016-11-15

From identity politics and gender roles to privilege and exclusion, this book explores how we came to view sex, gender and sexuality in the ways that we do; how these ideas get tangled up with our culture and our understanding of biology, psychology and sexology; and how these views have been disputed and challenged.
Queer Mobilizations by Manon Tremblay (Editor)
Call Number: HQ76.8. C3Q87 2015

ISBN: 9780774829076

Publication Date: 2015-05-15

Ever since certain homosexual acts were decriminalized in 1969, queer activists have fought for - and won - a series of public policy battles in governments across Canada. As this book shows, anti-discrimination legislation, the extension of benefits to same-sex couples, the right to marry, adoption rights, and the protection of gay-straight alliances in schools did not result from a single act nor from the work of a single organization but rather from the concerted efforts of many people, in many places, over many years.
Queer Progress by Tim McCaskell
Call Number: HQ76.8. C3M34 2016

ISBN: 9781771132787

Publication Date: 2016-09-08

How did a social movement evolve from a small group of young radicals to the incorporation of LGBTQ communities into full citizenship on the model of Canadian multiculturalism? Tim McCaskell contextualizes his work in gay, queer, and AIDS activism in Toronto from 1974 to 2014 within the shift from the Keynesian welfare state of the 1970s to the neoliberal economy of the new millennium.
Under the Rainbow by Jeanette A. Auger; Kate Krug
Call Number: HQ76.3. C3A93 2013

ISBN: 9781552665855

Publication Date: 2013-10-01

This book is a primer on the social and political history and the everyday practices and processes of living queer lives in Canada. Framed through a life-course perspective, it provides an overview of the historical and contemporary issues in the lives of gay, lesbian, bisexual, trans and/or queer folk.
We Still Demand! by Patrizia Gentile (Editor); Gary Kinsman (Editor); L. Pauline Rankin (Editor)
Call Number: HQ76.8. C3W4 2017

ISBN: 9780774833356

Publication Date: 2017-07-01

This book recovers vibrant and unsung histories of sex and gender activism across Canada from the 1970s to the present. Departing from conventional accounts, it demonstrates the varied nature of resistance and the productive power of remembering sex and gender struggles.

Antigay Bias in Role-Model Occupations by E. Gary Spitko
Call Number: KF3467.5. S67A58 2017

ISBN: 9780812248708

Publication Date: 2016-12-05

Combining the inspirational stories of LGBT trailblazers with analysis of historical data, anecdotal evidence, research, and literature, this is the first book to explore in a comprehensive fashion the broad effects of sexual orientation discrimination in role-model occupations well beyond its individual victims.
The Conversation on Gender Diversity by Jules Gill-Peterson (Editor)
Call Number: HQ77.95. U6C37 2023

ISBN: 9781421446189

Publication Date: 2023-05-02

This book provides a look at gender diversity in the 21st century and the intricate and intersecting challenges faced by trans and nonbinary people. With media amplifying the voices of anti-trans legislators and critics, it is important to turn to the stories, research, and expertise of trans and nonbinary people in order to understand the reality of their experiences.
Fractal Repair by Matthew Chin
Call Number: HQ76.45. J25C45 2024

ISBN: 9781478030225

Publication Date: 2024-03-22

This book investigates queerness in Jamaica from early colonial occupation to the present, critically responding to the island's global reputation for extreme homophobia and anti-queer violence.
Global Homophobia by Meredith L. Weiss (et al.)
Call Number: HQ76.4. G56 2013

ISBN: 0252079337

Publication Date: 2013-10-25

While homophobia is commonly characterized as individual and personal prejudice, this collection of essays instead explores homophobia as a transnational political phenomenon. It theorizes homophobia as a distinct configuration of repressive state-sponsored policies and practices with their own causes, explanations, and effects on how sexualities are understood and experienced in a variety of national contexts.
Going Stealth by Toby Beauchamp
Call Number: HV7936. T4B43 2019

ISBN: 9781478001577

Publication Date: 2019-01-18

This book demonstrates how the enforcement of gender conformity is linked to state surveillance practices that identify threats based on racial, gender, national, and ableist categories of difference. Positioning surveillance as central to our understanding of transgender politics, it examines a range of issues. At the same time, it contends that greater visibility and recognition for gender nonconformity, while sometimes beneficial, might actually enable the surveillance state to more effectively track, measure, and control trans bodies and identities.
LGBTQ Politics by Marla Brettschneider (Editor); Susan Burgess (Editor); Christine Keating (Editor)
Call Number: HQ76.5. L49 2017

ISBN: 9781479834099

Publication Date: 2017-09-19

This book analyzes both the successes and obstacles to building the LGBTQ movement over the past 20 years, offering analyses that point to possibilities for the movement's future. Essays cover a range of topics, including activism, law, and coalition-building, and draw on subfields such as American politics, comparative politics, political theory, and international relations.
Lost Prophet by John D'Emilio
Call Number: E185.97. R93D46 2004

ISBN: 9780226142692

Publication Date: 2004-10-01

One of the most important figures of the American civil rights movement, Bayard Rustin taught Martin Luther King Jr. the methods of Gandhi, spearheaded the 1963 March on Washington, and helped bring the struggle of African Americans to the forefront of a nation's consciousness. But despite his incontrovertibly integral role in the movement, the openly gay Rustin is not the household name that many of his activist contemporaries are. In exploring history's Lost Prophet, acclaimed historian John D'Emilio explains why Rustin's influence was minimized by his peers and why his brilliant strategies were not followed, or were followed by those he never meant to help.
Normal Life by Dean Spade
Call Number: KF4754.5. S63 2011

ISBN: 9780896087965

Publication Date: 2011-12-06

This book critiques the current strategies pivoting solely on a legal rights framework, but also points to examples of an organized grassroots trans movement that is demanding the most essential of legal reforms in addition to making more comprehensive interventions into dangerous systems of repression and the administrative violence that ultimately determines our life chances.
Queer African Cinemas by Lindsey B. Green-Simms
Call Number: PN1995.9. H55G744 2022

ISBN: 9781478015406

Publication Date: 2022-03-11

This book examines films produced by and about queer Africans in the first two decades of the twenty-first century in an environment of increasing antiqueer violence, efforts to criminalize homosexuality, and other state-sanctioned homophobia. It argues that these films not only record the fear, anxiety, and vulnerability many queer Africans experience; they highlight how queer African cinematic practices contribute to imagining new hopes and possibilities.
Queer African Reader by Hakima Abbas (Editor); Sokari Ekine (Editor)
Call Number: HQ76.3. A6Q83 2013

ISBN: 9780857490995

Publication Date: 2013-04-18

As homophobia and transphobia threaten to silence the voices of African lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) people, this account is a testament to the resistance and unrelenting power of these communities across Africa and its diaspora. It aims to engage the audience from the perspective that various traits of identity interact to contribute to social inequality.
Queer Bloomsbury by Brenda S. Helt (Editor); Madelyn Detloff (Editor)
Call Number: PR478. H65Q44 2016

ISBN: 9781474401708

Publication Date: 2016-05-16

As a whole, this book stands alone as a wide-ranging and critical resource that traces the cultural, ideological, and aesthetic facets of Bloomsbury's development as a queer intellectual and aesthetic subculture.
Queer Inclusions, Continental Divisions by David Rayside
Call Number: HQ76.8. C3R39 2008

ISBN: 9780802089458

Publication Date: 2008-04-05

No area of public policy and law has seen more change than lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, and trans-gender rights, and none so greatly needs careful comparative analysis. This book explores the politics of sexual diversity in Canada and the United States by analyzing three contentious areas - relationship recognition, parenting, and schooling. It enters into long-standing debates over Canadian-American contrasts while paying close attention to regional differences.
Queering the Public Sphere in Mexico and Brazil by Rafael de la Dehesa
Call Number: HQ76.8. B6D35 2010

ISBN: 9780822347248

Publication Date: 2010-05-21

This book is a comparative analysis of the historical development and contemporary dynamics of LGBT activism in Latin America's two largest democracies. It focuses on the ways that LGBT activists have engaged with the state, particularly in alliance with political parties and through government health agencies in the wake of the AIDS crisis.
Queer Whispers by José Carregal
Call Number: PR8807. H65C37 2021

ISBN: 1910820881

Publication Date: 2022-08-18

Before Ireland decriminalized same-sex sexual activity in 1993, the nation was essentially devoid of an LGBTQ literary tradition, due to the political and cultural dominance of conservative, censorious ideology. Though the situation has drastically changed in some ways since then--the first nation to legalize same-sex marriage by popular vote, Ireland is today hailed as a beacon of equal rights--there is still much work to be done to fully claim parity, visibility, and recognition for all LGBTQ artists.
Rainbow Jews by Jonathan C. Friedman
Call Number: PN1590. G39F75 2007

ISBN: 9780739114476

Publication Date: 2007-03-26

This book deals with the intersection of gay and Jewish identity in American and Israeli film and theater, from the 1960s to the present. Its main area of interest is the extent to which Jewish creative voices in the performing arts have constructed multidimensional images of, and a welcoming public space for, the gay, lesbian, and transgendered community as a whole.
Same-Sex Marriage in Renaissance Rome by Gary Ferguson
Call Number: HQ1034. R6F47 2016

ISBN: 9781501702372

Publication Date: 2016-07-09

From the tenor of contemporary discussions, it would be easy to conclude that the idea of marriage between two people of the same sex is a uniquely contemporary phenomenon. This book argues against that notion by making use of substantial fragments of trial transcripts to bring the story of a same-sex marriage to life in striking detail.
Steel Closets by Anne Balay
Call Number: HQ76.3. U52I63 2014

ISBN: 9781469614007

Publication Date: 2014-04-07

Even as substantial legal and social victories are being celebrated within the gay rights movement, much of working-class America still exists outside the current narratives of gay liberation. This book draws on oral history interviews with 40 gay, lesbian, and transgender steelworkers, mostly living in northwestern Indiana, to give voice to this previously silent and invisible population.
The Tolerance Trap by Suzanna Danuta Walters
Call Number: HQ76.5. W35 2014

ISBN: 9780814770573

Publication Date: 2014-05-02

This book takes on received wisdom about gay identities and gay rights, arguing that we are not "almost there," but on the contrary have settled for a watered-down goal of tolerance and acceptance rather than a robust claim to full civil rights. It challenges both "born that way" storylines that root civil rights in biology, and "god made me that way" arguments that similarly situate sexuality as innate and impervious to decisions we make to shape it. Tolerance is not the end goal, but a dead end.
Transcending by Kevin Manders
Call Number: HQ77.9. T7143 2019

ISBN: 9781623174156

Publication Date: 2019-10-22

This book gives voice to the experiences of transgender, genderqueer, and non-binary Buddhists. Over 30 contributors from both the Mahayana and Theravada traditions are gathered together in this book to present a vision for a trans Buddhist sangha in the 21st century.
Transnational LGBT Activism by Ryan R. Thoreson
Call Number: HQ76.5. T477 2014

ISBN: 9780816692712

Publication Date: 2014-11-01

The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) was founded in 1990 as the first NGO devoted to advancing LGBT human rights worldwide. How, this book asks, is that mission translated into practice? What do transnational LGBT human rights advocates do on a day-to-day basis and for whom? This book argues that the idea of LGBT human rights is not predetermined but instead is defined by international activists who establish what and who qualifies for protection.

Adoption by Lesbians and Gay Men by David M. Brodzinsky (Editor); Adam Pertman (Editor)
Call Number: HV875.72. U6A36 2012

ISBN: 9780195322606

Publication Date: 2011-08-25

This book explores the gamut of historical, legal, sociological, psychological, social casework, and personal issues related to adoption by sexual-minority individuals and couples. Leading experts in a variety of fields address - and often shatter - the controversies, myths, and misconceptions hindering efforts by these individuals to adopt and raise children. What makes this book all the more valuable is that it provides insights and specific recommendations for establishing empirically validated best practices for working with an important sector of our society, for treating all prospective and current parents fairly and equally, and, perhaps most importantly, for increasing a still largely untapped resource for providing families for children who need them.
Am I Safe Here? by Donn Short
Call Number: LC2576. C36S56 2017

ISBN: 9780774890212

Publication Date: 2017-10-15

"Am I safe here?" LGBTQ students ask this question every day within the school system. This book treats students as the experts, asking them to shine a light on the marginalization and bullying faced by LGBTQ youth. They identify what makes a school safe - insightfully explaining that safety doesn't come merely from security cameras and dress codes, but from a culture that values equity and social justice.
Celebrating Difference by Shaun Dellenty
ISBN: 1472961501

Publication Date: 2019-05-30

This book is an inspiring handbook for LGBT+ inclusion, aimed at all primary and secondary teachers and leaders. It is filled with practical advice to enable schools to bring about organizational change to ensure the safety, success, mental health and wellbeing of all pupils and staff. Written with warmth, humour, and compassion, this is a must-read guide for all teachers and school leaders who wish to promote inclusion, celebrate difference and ensure safer futures for all young people.
Dead Boys Can't Dance by Michel Dorais
Call Number: HV6545.4. D6713

ISBN: 0773526544

Publication Date: 2004-03-10

A ground-breaking exploration of the double taboos of homosexuality and suicide, as well as their effect on males from 14 to 25, this book analyzes the adverse ways being stigmatized as homosexual affects personality and behaviour.
The Declining Significance of Homophobia by Mark McCormack
Call Number: HQ76.45. G7M33 2013

ISBN: 9780199990948

Publication Date: 2013-05-13

This book shows how heterosexual male students are inclusive of their gay peers and proud of their pro-gay attitudes. It examines how decreased homophobia results in the expansion of gendered behaviors available to young men. In the 3 schools examined, boys are able to develop meaningful and loving friendships across many social groups. They replace toughness and aggression with emotional intimacy and displays of affection for their male friends. Free from the constant threat of social marginalization, boys are able to speak about once feminized activities without censure.
Get That Freak by Brian Burtch; Rebecca Haskell
Call Number: LB3013.34. C3H38 2010

ISBN: 9781552663783

Publication Date: 2011-02-01

Bullying in schools has garnered significant attention recently, but little has been said about the bullying of homosexuals and transexual students in Canadian high schools. This book fills that gap by exploring the experiences of youth who identify or are identified as "queer." The last chapter makes recommendations for handling homophobic and transphobic bullying in high schools and supporting students who experience this form of harassment.
GLBTQ by Kelly Huegel
Call Number: HQ76.25. H84 2011

ISBN: 9781575423630

Publication Date: 2011-03-01

This book provides straightforward information and practical advice for LGBT+ teens while providing a contemporary look at society and its growing acceptance of homosexuality and transgender people. Resources point the way to books and websites with more information, and quotes from LGBT+ teens (and allies) who have - been there - share stories of personal experiences.
Marxism and Education Beyond Identity by Faith Agostinone-Wilson
Call Number: HQ23. A36 2010

ISBN: 9780230616080

Publication Date: 2010-11-17

This book seeks to revive dialectical materialist interpretations of sexuality, relevant to K-12 settings and society. Issues addressed include: sexuality and the curriculum, theories of the family, critiques of postmodernism, socialist feminism, and activist tactics/strategies for organizing in K-12 settings.
Moving Across Differences : How Students Engage LGBTQ+ Themes in a High School Literature Class by Mollie V. Blackburn
ISBN: 1438490127

Publication Date: 2022

This book examines how an LGBTQ+ themed literature course enabled high school students to negotiate their differences and engage in ethical encounters. Drawing on the work of queer theorists, it conceptualizes these encounters as forms of movement across differences of not only gender and sexuality but also identity and ideology more broadly.

Spring in Full Swing

Ch'at to Yinilo'/Frog Brings Rain by Patricia Hruby Powell; Kendrick Benally (Illustrator); Peter A. Thomas (Translator)
Call Number: PZ90. N38P69 2006

ISBN: 1893354083

Publication Date: 2006-01-28

As fire creeps toward the village of the First People, First Man and First Woman must find a way to quench the flames. First Woman asks the Bird People, the River People, and the Water People for assistance, but everyone she speaks to has an excuse. At last, First Woman asks the mysterious Frog for help. Will he be able to stop the flames before they reach the village?
City Dog, Country Frog by Mo Willems; Jon J. Muth (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ7. W65535C58

ISBN: 1423103009

Publication Date: 2010-06-08

Through the seasons, whenever City Dog visits the country he runs straight for Country Frog's rock to play games with him, but during the winter things change for them both.
The Cowboy Frog by Hylton Laurel
Call Number: PZ10. L38C69 2003

ISBN: 1875641858

Publication Date: 2003-01-01

This book follows the adventures of a heroic frog who becomes the a local legend. During his adventures he catches snakes, goannas and barramundi, fights crocodiles and then eats them all for dinner. He is a frog like no other.
Frog Can Do Many Things by Donna Klockars (author), Bill Helin (illustrator)
Call Number: PE1119. S673F73 2012

ISBN: 9781927571149

Publication Date: 2012

Frog can do many things. Frog wants to fly. Do you think Frog will ever learn to fly? This beautifully illustrated book follows Frog's journey to find out.
Frog Girl by Paul Owen Lewis (Illustrator); Owen Paul Lewis (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ7. L5876F76 1999

ISBN: 1582460035

Publication Date: 2004-03-01

When the frogs suddenly vanish from the lake behind her village, a young Native American girl is led to the frog village underneath the lake and learns what she must do to save both the frogs and her own people.
The Frog Mother by Hetxw'ms Gyetxw Brett D. Huson; Natasha Donovan
Call Number: QL668. E27H87 2021

ISBN: 9781553799016

Publication Date: 2021-04-27

To the Gitxsan of Northwestern British Columbia, Nox Ga'naaw is a storyteller, speaking truths of the universe. After Nox Ga'naaw, the frog mother, releases her eggs among the aquatic plants of a pond, the tiny tadpoles are left to fend for themselves. Will the young frogs survive to spawn their own eggs, continuing a cycle 200 million years in the making?
The Frog Princess by Eric A. Kimmel; Rosanne Litzinger (Illustrator)
Call Number: E99. T6K56 2006

ISBN: 0823416186

Publication Date: 2005-01-01

After rejecting all of her human suitors, the beautiful daughter of a Tlingit tribal leader declares that she would rather marry a frog from the lake.
Frogs and Toads by Bobbie Kalman; Tammy Everts
Call Number: QL668. E2K35

ISBN: 0865056153

Publication Date: 1994-03-15

What is the difference between a frog and a toad? Does touching a toad cause warts? Frogs and Toads answers children's questions using amazing natural photographs that leap right off the page.
Frog Went A-Courtin' by Feodor Rojankovsky (Illustrator); John Langstaff
Call Number: PZ8.3.R65F6

ISBN: 9780152302146

Publication Date: 1955-03-10

A favorite old nursery ballad now appears in resplendent new dress. Feodor Rojankovsky somehow illustrates the well-known American folk song about the courtship and marriage of the frog and the mouse.
There Was an Old Monkey Who Swallowed a Frog by Jennifer Ward; Steve Gray (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ8.3. W2135T44 2010

ISBN: 9780761455806

Publication Date: 2012-01-05

There was an old monkey who swallowed a frog, a bat, a mango, a toucan, an iguana, and more! What a hog! Zany illustrations rendered digitally by Steve Gray show monkey's belly growing and growing as he eats a host of jungle creatures in this adaptation of the popular children's song, inspired by the rain forest.
Windows on Literacy Fluent (Math: Math in Social Studies): How to Make a Paper Frog by National Geographic Learning
Call Number: PE1128. P75 2004

ISBN: 9780792246565

Publication Date: 2007-03-11

Teaches the use of shapes and following directions in creating an origami frog.

Ceramics for Gardens and Landscapes by Karin Hessenberg
Call Number: NK3930. H47 2000

ISBN: 0713647043

Publication Date: 2000

This book looks at ceramic pots, statues, tiles and fountains that are used in gardens and landscape design and discusses the problems inherent in making ceramics for the outdoors such as weatherproofing, installation and vandalism. It uses the practices, techniques and work of an international group of artists to illustrate how these problems can be overcome while still producing attractive pieces of work.
Culinary Herbs for Short-Season Gardeners by Ernest Small; Grace Deutsch
Call Number: SB351. H5S52

ISBN: 0660177854

Publication Date: 2001-01-01

This work is a guide to cultivating over 50 culinary herbs, including over 100 cultivators under the less-than-ideal climatic conditions experienced by northern gardeners.
Growing and Propagating Wild Flowers by Harry R. Phillips; J. Kenneth Moore (Editor); C. Ritchie Bell (Editor, Foreword by); Dorothy S. Wilbur (Illustrator)
Call Number: SB439.P48

ISBN: 0807816485

Publication Date: 1985-01-01

This book offers a sure approach to gardening with native plants while practicing good conservation. It features practical, easy-to-follow methods for raising native plants from seeds, cuttings, and divisions. It also contains specific instructions on the propagation and cultivation of plants representing nearly 100 genera of wild flowers, carnivorous plants, and ferns.
The Imaginary Garden by Andrew Larsen; Irene Luxbacher (Illustrator)
Call Number: PS8623. A77I53 2009

ISBN: 9781554532797

Publication Date: 2009-03-01

Poppa's move to an apartment brings his gardening to an end-- until granddaughter Theo comes up with an idea to grow a new, imaginary garden!
The Lost Garden by Helen Humphreys
Call Number: PS8565. U558L67

ISBN: 0002005115

Publication Date: 2002-01-01

In this story of love and loss, a group of young women is sent to revitalize the vegetable gardens at an estate in Devon, where a contingent of Canadian soldiers awaits posting to the battlefront. With a haunting story of love in a time of war, Humphreys has created a novel that is both heartrending and heart-mending.
Mr. Hiroshi's Garden by Maxine Trottier; Paul Morin (Illustrator)
Call Number: PS8589. R685F53 2006

ISBN: 9781550051520

Publication Date: 2006-07-14

While visiting her grandmother for the summer in Vancouver, Mary, a young girl from the Prairies, befriends her neighbour, Mr. Hiroshi, and helps him with his garden. After Mr. Hiroshi is interned due to the second World War, Mary promises to take care of his garden.
Recovering Our Ancestors' Gardens by Devon A. Mihesuah
Call Number: TX715. M6364 2005

ISBN: 0803232535

Publication Date: 2005-12-01

Featuring an array of tempting traditional Native recipes and no-nonsense practical advice about health and fitness, this book draws on the rich indigenous heritages of this continent to offer a helpful guide to a healthier life. The first half is about the generally poor state of indigenous health today and how and why many Natives have become separated from their traditional diets, sports, and other activities. The second half of the book is a collection of indigenous recipes. Savory, natural, and steeped in the Native traditions of this land, these recipes are sure to delight and satisfy.
A Special Garden by Heather Hammonds (author)
Call Number: Q163. H36S65 2006

ISBN: 0170124053

Publication Date: 2006

We have things to see and things to smell in our garden. It is a special garden. We have things to hear, things to feel, and things to taste in our garden, too!
Strength of the Earth by Frances Densmore; Brenda J. Child (Introduction by)
Call Number: E99. C6D415 2005

ISBN: 0873515625

Publication Date: 2006-02-01

From techniques for tapping maple trees and harvesting wild rice to extracting dyes from bloodroot to making dishes from birch bark and dolls with cattails, this book details the many uses of over 200 forest and prairie plants. Early twentieth-century ethnologist Frances Densmore recorded traditions and techniques relayed by dozens of Ojibwe women to create this invaluable handbook perfect for readers interested in Native American art and culture, organic gardening, natural remedies, and living off the land.
Theory of Garden Art by C. C. L. Hirschfeld; Linda B. Parshall (Editor, Edited and Translated by)
Call Number: SB454.3. P45H5713

ISBN: 0812235843

Publication Date: 2001-04-05

C.C.L. Hirschfeld was perhaps the most important writer on gardens and landscape in eighteenth-century Germany. Acclaimed as the "father of landscape garden art," he was influential not just in Germany but also in France, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Scandinavia, and Russia. Popular with both experts and amateurs, Hirschfeld's writings had a significant effect on the development of European garden design, as well as on the establishment of public parks of his era. This book translates the essential aspects of the Theory of Garden Art, Hirschfeld's seminal work.

Meetings with Remarkable Mushrooms by Alison Pouliot
Call Number: QK617. P668M44 2023

ISBN: 9780226829630

Publication Date: 2023-09-05

In this book, we journey alongside Pouliot, magnifiers in hand, as she travels the world. With Pouliot as our guide, we smell fire-loving truffles that transform their scent after burning to lure mammals who eat them and, ultimately, spread their spores. We crawl alongside vegetable caterpillars, which are neither vegetable nor caterpillar but a fungus that devours insects from the inside out. Featuring stunning color photographs of these mycological miracles, this book shows that understanding fungi is fundamental for harmonizing with the natural world.
Morel Tales by Gary Alan Fine
Call Number: GF50. F53

ISBN: 0674089359

Publication Date: 1998-04-30

This book explores how Americans attempt to give meaning to the natural world that surrounds them. Based on three years of field research with mushroomers at local and national forays, it highlights the extensive range of meanings that mushrooms have for mushroomers.
Mushrooms for Dinner by Beverley Randell (author), Isabel Lowe (author)
Call Number: PE1119. R366 1994

ISBN: 9780176213787

Publication Date: 1994

Father Bear can't find any mushrooms, but Baby Bear has more success.
Toadstools and Such by Solveig Paulson Russell; Joe Nerlinger (Illustrator)
Call Number: QK603.5.R86

ISBN: 9780811477116

Publication Date: 1970-01-01

Describes how to make spoor prints, experiment with fungi, hunt for mushrooms, and distinguish between poisonous and non-poisonous mushrooms.