Leafing Through the Pages: Member-only Book Club

For a morning of community, connectivity and spirited discussion, join Leafing Through the Pages, the Sterling Morton Library's book discussion group. Meeting on the second Thursday of every month from 10 a.m. until noon in the Library, this group explores works of fiction and non-fiction relating to natural history, ecology and gardens. Participants need to obtain books and read each month's selection prior to the gathering to fully share in the discussion.

Not a member of the Arboretum? Join today. If you are an Arboretum Member and would like more information about Leafing Through the Pages, contact Rita Hassert at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or 630-719-2430.

2012 Reading List

January 12, 2012 – Jensen, Jens. Siftings, 1939.

February 9, 2012 – Montgomery-Fate, Tom. Cabin fever: a suburban father's search for the wild, 2011.

March 8, 2012 – Film - Beatrix Potter: artist, storyteller and country-woman (1993)

April 12, 2012 – Barry, John M. The rising tide: the great Mississippi flood of 1927 and how it changed America, 1998.

May 10, 2012 – Wells, Diana. Lives of the trees: an uncommon history, 2010.

June 14, 2012 – Wulf, Andrea. Founding gardeners: the revolutionary generation, nature, and the shaping of the American nation, 2011.

July 12, 2012 – Beston, Henry. The outermost house, 1928.

August 9, 2012 – Steinbeck, John. Travels with Charley: in search of America, 1962.

September 13, 2012 – Deakin, Roger. Wildwood: a journey through trees, 2009.

October 11, 2012 – Flannery, Tim F. Here on Earth: a natural history of the planet, 2010.

November 8, 2012 – Lindbergh, Anne Morrow. Listen! The wind, 1938.

December 13, 2012 – Adams, Ansel. Each group member selects a book with photo images by Ansel Adams. At our gathering, share your experience and reaction to his photos of the natural world!

Leafing Through the Pages Archives 2003–2011
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