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.

2010 Reading List

January 14, 2010 - Hensley, William L. Iġġiaġruk. Fifty miles from tomorrow: a memoir of Alaska and the real people, 2009.

February 11, 2010 - Heinrich, Bernd. The snoring bird: my family's journey through a century of biology, 2007.

March 11, 2010 - Enchanted April (1992) - Film - Showing times to be determined.

April 8, 2010 - Wilke, Joanne. Eight women, two Model Ts, and the American West, 2007.

May 13, 2010 - Cousteau, Jacques and Susan Schiefelbein. The human, the orchid, and the octopus: exploring and conserving our natural world, 2007.

June 10, 2010 - Gentile, Olivia. Life list: a woman's quest for the world's most amazing birds, 2009.

July 8, 2010 - Smith, Jane S. The garden of invention: Luther Burbank and the business of breeding plants, 2009.

August 12, 2010 - Bryson, Bill. A walk in the woods: rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail, 1999.

September 9, 2010 - Bartram, William. Travels through North and South Carolina, east and west Florida, originally published in 1791.

October 14, 2010 - Stewart, Amy. Wicked plants: the weed that killed Lincoln's mother & other botanical atrocities, 2009.

November 11, 2010 - Buck, Pearl. The Good earth, originally published in 1931.

December 9, 2010 - Ballowe, Jim. Christmas in Illinois, 2010.

Leafing Through the Pages Archives 2003–20098
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