Acorns: In a Nutshell

Acorns: In a Nutshell - Hardcover

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Acorns: In a Nutshell - Hardcover

Acorns: In a Nutshell - Hardcover

by Charles Hood
$18.00
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Book Overview

A clever reflection on the humble but mighty acorn

Acorns are the oak seeds whose abundance feeds bears, boars, birds, and beetles.Some acorns are the size of cupcakes while others help turn jays into the brainiacs of the animal kingdom. Lively and engaging, this book celebrates the acorn's role in forest ecology and human history, sharing many fascinating storiesof adaptation, endurance, and epic survival. Acorns--small but mighty and always newsworthy.

The Studies in Nature series offers close observations, passionate research, and natural obsessions on a variety of nature-related topics. Featuring illustrations by Stacy Hsu and black and white photography, they offer big ideas in a small, giftable, and collectible package.
ISBN9781643265650
Author Charles Hood
PublisherTimber Press (OR)
GenreHobbies & interests and Education
FormatHardcover
PublishedAugust 2026
LanguageENG- English
Pages108
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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Charles Hood has studied birds and natural history from the Amazon to Tibet, and he has seen more than five thousand species of birds in the wild. A widely published poet, he has received numerous fellowships and writing awards and is the author of the Heyday collection A Salad Only the Devil Would Eat. His other Heyday titles include field guides to mammalsb and birds, and for the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County he was the lead author and photographer for the book Wild LA.

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