Leafing Through the Pages meets on the second Thursday of every month from 10:00 a.m. until noon. This group explores works of fiction and non-fiction relating to natural history, ecology, and gardens. Participants are encouraged to read each month’s selection prior to the gathering to fully share in the discussion. (View our full discussion history.)
If you would like more information about Leafing Through the Pages, contact the library at library@mortonarb.org or 630-719-2429.
2026 Discussion List
Thursday, November 12, 2026
Bierman, Paul. When the Ice is Gone: what a Greenland ice core reveals about Earth’s tumultuous history and perilous future, 2024.
Thursday, December 10, 2026
Attenborough, David and Colin Butfield. Ocean: earth’s last wilderness, 2025.
2027 Discussion List
Thursday, January 14, 2027
Dillard, Annie. Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, 1974.
Thursday, February 11, 2027
Yong, Ed. I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life, 2016.
Thursday, March 11, 2027
Protess, Dan. From Rails to Trails, 2025. (PBS Documentary)
Thursday, April 8, 2027
Flyn, Cal. Islands of Abandonment: nature rebounding in the post-human landscape, 2021.
Thursday, May 13, 2027
Boyd, Diane. A Woman Among Wolves: My Journey Through Forty Years of Wolf Recovery, 2024.
Thursday, June 10, 2027
Rebanks, James. The Place of Tides, 2024.
Thursday, July 8, 2027
Macfarlane, Robert. Is a River Alive?, 2025.
Thursday, August 12, 2027
Tracey, Caroline. Salt lakes: an unnatural history, 2026.
Thursday, September 9, 2027
Zuk, Marlene. Outsider animals: how the creatures at the margins of our lives have the most to teach us, 2026.
Thursday, October 14, 2027
Hage, Dave. Sea of grass: the conquest, ruin, and redemption of nature on the American prairie, 2025.
Thursday, November 11, 2027
Simard, Suzanne. When the forest breathes: renewal and resilience in the natural world, 2026.
Thursday, December 9, 2027
Cordalis, Amy Bowers. The Water Remembers: My Indigenous Family’s Fight to Save a River and a Way of Life, 2025.
