Attracting Birds to Your Backyard : 536 Ways to Turn Your Yard and Garden into a Haven for Your Favorite Birds by Sally Roth

Bee Watcher's Notebook (out of print)

Bird Friends,1916, Gilbert H. Trafton (out of print)

National Audubon Society Bird Garden by Stephen W. Kress

Buffalo Bird Woman's Garden: Agriculture of the Hidatsa Indians by Gilbert L. Wilson One of my all time favorites. Every teacher should read this book.

Bumblebee Economics by Bernard Heinrich (out of print)

Butterfly Gardening: Creating Summer Magic in Your Garden by Xerces Society

Butterfly Gardening for the South by Geyata Ajilvsgi

Care of the Wild Feathered and Furred: Treating and Feeding Injured Birds and Animals by Mae Hickman and Maxine Guy

Cook and the Gardener: A Year of Recipes and Writings from the French Countryside, The by Amanda Hesser. Great blend of history and recipes.

Cultures of Habitat by Gary Paul Nabhan

Dragonfly Beetle Butterfly Bee by Marjo Koch

Epitaph for a Peach by David Mas Masumoto

Everything You Wanted to Know About Butterflies: 100+ Questions and Answers (out of print)

Flora Dictionary: The Victorian Language of Herbs and Flowers by Kathleen M. Gips

The Forgotten Pollinators by Stephen L. Buchmann and Gary Paul Nabhan. One of my favorites.

Garden Flower Folklore by Laura C. Martin (out of print)

Gardening with a Wild Heart: Restoring California's Native Landscape at Home (hardcover and paperback) by Judith Larner Lowry. This should be read by everyone concerned with the environment.

Good Bugs for Your Garden by Allison Mia Starcher. Good beginner book.

Great Garden Companions : A Companion-Planting System for a Beautiful, Chemical-Free Vegetable Garden by Sally Jean Cunningham. Hardcover (February 1998) or paperback.

Greenhouse Gardener's Companion by Shane Smith

Heirloom Vegetable Gardening by William Woys Weaver

Humblebee Bumblebee : The Life Story of the Friendly Bumblebees & Their Use by the Backyard Gardener by Brian L. Griffin

The Hot-Blooded Insects : Strategies and Mechanisms of Thermoregulation by Bernd Heinrich

Insect Architecture (1830) (out of print)

Medicine Quest: In Search of Nature's Healing Secrets by Mark Plotkin. Not available thru Amazon. Try Alibris.com or Bibliofind.com.

My Recipes Are for the Birds by Irene Cosgrove, Ed Cosgrove (Illustrator)

More of My Recipes Are for the Birds by Irene Cosgrove, Ed Cosgrove (Illustrator) Limited availability.

National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Insects and Spiders by Lorus J. Milne, Susan Rayfield (Illustrator)

National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Butterflies by Robert Michael Pyle

The Orchard Mason Bee by Brian L. Griffin, Sharon Smith (Illustrator)
The Peterson Eastern Field Guide to Bird's Nests

Passalong Plants by Steve Bender, Felder Rushing (Contributor), Allen Lacy. Hardbound and paperback .

Peterson First Guide to Caterpillars of North America by Amy Bartlett Wright, Roger Tory Peterson

Seasons in the Desert : A Naturalist's Notebook by Susan J. Tweit, Kirk Caldwell (Illustrator)

Secrets of the Nest : The Family Life of North American Birds by Joan Dunning

Songbirds in Your Garden by John K. Terres, Roger Tory Peterson (Illustrator)

The Story of Pollination by Bastiaan Jacob Dirk Meeuse

Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice: An Ethnobotanist Searches for New Medicines in the Amazon Rain Forest by Mark Plotkin

The Trees in My Forest by Bernd Heinrich

Well-Clad Windowsills: Houseplants for Four Exposures by Tovah Martin

West Coast Gardenwalks: Gardens from San Diego to Vancouver by Alice Joyce

Wild Neighbors: The Humane Approach to Living with Wildlife by The Humane Society of the United States, edited by John Hadidian, Guy R. Hodge, and John W. Grandy

More recommended reading from the following publications or programs:

A Freebee!

Great illustrated booklets on caterpillars courtesy of our government. Specify Western or Eastern U.S.

The address for caterpillar booklets is:

Lisa Cress
USDA Forest Service 
180 Canfield St
Morgantown, WV 26505

National Wildlife Federation Backyard Habitat program
8925 Leesburg Pike
Vienna, VA 22184
(703) 790-4434