Storytime & Pollinator Walk with Susan Edwards Richmond

Titcomb’s Bookshop & the Barnstable Land Trust present a family-friendly Storytime, Pollinator Walk, & Book Signing with author Susan Edwards Richmond on Wednesday, August 13th at 9:30am at Fuller Farm in Marstons Mills. This program is perfect for ages 4-8!

HEAR the author read her new picture book, The Great Pollinator Count, followed by a book signing

CREATE an educational pollinator craft

EXPLORE with Resilient Roots through their permaculture pollinator garden at BLT’s Fuller Farm

This event is part of Titcomb's Bookshop's Young Naturalists event series, highlighting 3 children's books about nature that inspire kids and families to engage with the world around them with imagination and care.

This is a free event with a suggested donation to the Barnstable Land Trust. There is limited capacity, so registration is required. Books will be for sale at the event, and Susan will sign them after her presentation. If you cannot attend but would like a signed copy of the book, please order on Titcomb’s Bookshop’s website.

Please Note: Carpooling is encouraged due to limited parking capacity!

ABOUT THE BOOK

Mellie joins other Science Club members for the Great Pollinator Count and discovers the value of teamwork in community science.

Today Mellie and her friends are excited to participate in The Great Pollinator Count. Everyone is hoping that the school garden will attract even more pollinators than they counted last year. Mellie and her friend Sylvie invite Jason, a new kid in their class, to come along. When Jason surprises them by showing up for the count, they find out that he is not at all interested in counting icky bugs.

Mellie is unprepared when Ms. Bombus, their teacher, assigns her to be Jason’s partner. Making the best of an awkward situation, Mellie tries to show Jason how to look for honeybees, butterflies, and other insect pollinators among the lantana and bee balm plants. He hangs back at first, still not convinced he wants to be that close to these buzzy insects, but it isn’t long before he is looking for pollinators on his own.

By the time the whistle blows to end the count, both kids have learned a lot about pollinators and discovered the rewards of teamwork in community science.

Young readers can count along with Mellie and Jason as they record each insect that lands on a flower and list them on the sidebar tally sheets. When Ms. Bombus finally calls “Time’s up,” readers will be ready to join a pollinator count in their own community!

Stephanie Fizer Coleman’s charming illustrations give readers a “bug’s eye” view of the pollination counting process. In the back matter, the author provides a detailed glossary, resources, and information about America’s largest regional pollinator count.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Susan Edwards Richmond is the award-winning author of Night Owl Night and the community science adventures Bioblitz! Counting Critters and Bird Count. Night Owl Night is a Massachusetts Book Award Honor Title and a Bank Street College of Education Best Children’s Book of the Year. Susan is also the author of Science Play, an activity book for preschoolers in Storey Publishing’s Busy Little Hands series. Her third book in the “Community Science Counts” series is The Great Pollinator Count. A passionate birder and naturalist, Susan teaches preschool on a farm and wildlife sanctuary in eastern Massachusetts. She earned her M.A. in Creative Writing from the University of California, Davis, and her B.A. with Honors in English from Williams College. She is also an award-winning poet with five collections of nature-based poetry for adults. Susan is happiest exploring natural habitats with her husband and two daughters, and learns the native birds wherever she travels.

ABOUT BARNSTABLE LAND TRUST

Barnstable Land Trust is a community-supported nonprofit whose mission is to preserve the natural resources and special places in the Town of Barnstable and nearby areas.

ABOUT RESILIENT ROOTS

Resilient Roots is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to inspire and enable people to be good stewards of the earth.

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