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Green Peeps Book Club
Night Magic by Leigh Ann Henion
Thursday, May 28
5:15pm - 6:45pm
Join this book club to discuss nature-focused reads each month. You'll also learn how to become more ecologically minded through activities and speakers designed to enhance our reading. Age 18 and up.
This month, join us to discuss Night Magic: Adventures Among Glowworms, Moon Gardens, and Other Marvels of the Dark by Leigh Ann Henion. We'll be meeting at Lower Cascades Park (2851 Old State Road 37, Bloomington).
Book summary:
"In this glorious celebration of the night, New York Times bestselling nature writer Leigh Ann Henion invites us to leave our well-lit homes, step outside, and embrace the dark as a profoundly beautiful part of the world we inhabit. Because no matter where we live, we are surrounded by animals that rise with the moon, and blooms that reveal themselves as light fades. Henion explores her home region of Appalachia, where she attends a synchronous firefly event in Tennessee, a bat outing in Alabama, and a moth festival in Ohio. In North Carolina, she finds forests alight with bioluminescent mushrooms, neighborhood trees full of screech owls, and valleys teeming with migratory salamanders. Along the way, Henion encounters naturalists, biologists, primitive-skills experts, and others who’ve dedicated their lives to cultivating relationships with darkness."
Please contact Maggie Hutt at mhutt@mcpl.info if you have any questions about this program.