BOOK CLUB
Book Club Meetings:
WMC Book Club meets approximately every six weeks at The Thinking Spot in Wayzata, usually on a Sunday at 4 pm. All books have a nature-related theme. Members are welcome to attend even if they haven't read the book! Attending the discussion counts as one hour of advanced ed, and reading the book counts as two.
Sunday March 16, 4 p.m.: Brave the Wild River
IN PERSON: held at The Thinking Spot, 3311 County Rd 101 #4, Wayzata
Our March book selection is Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon, by Melissa Sevigny, a spell binding adventure of two women who risked their lives to make an unprecedented botanical survey of a defining landscape in the American West, at a time when human influences had begun to change it forever.
This is an open group, so join in as your interest and schedule allow. Contact Lee Scholder with questions. And for planning purposes, please let Lee know if you'd like to attend either March gathering.
Sunday April 13, at 4 PM: WMC Book Club
IN PERSON: held at The Thinking Spot, 3311 County Rd 101 #4, Wayzata
Our April book selection is Nature's Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation that Starts in Your Yard by Douglas Tallamy. The book shows how homeowners everywhere can turn their yards into conservation corridors that provide wildlife habitats. Because this approach relies on the initiatives of private individuals, it is immune from the whims of government policy. It’s practical, effective, and easy—you will walk away with specific suggestions you can incorporate into your own yard.
This is an open group, so join in as your interest and schedule allow. Contact Lee Scholder with questions. And for planning purposes, please let Lee know if you'd like to attend the April gathering.
Upcoming: On June 1 we'll discuss The Underworld: Journeys to the Depths of the Ocean by Susan Casey.
Past Books:
2025
Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon by Melissa Sevigny (March 2025)
Better Living Through Birding: Notes From a Black Man in the Natural World by Christian Cooper (Jan/Feb 2025)
What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds by Jennifer Ackerman
2023-2024
The Invention of Nature: Alexander Van Humboldt's New World by Andrea Wulf
Planta Sapiens: The New Science of Plant Intelligence by Paco Calvo
Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet by Hannah Ritchie
Immense World by Ed Yong
Bicycling with Butterflies by Sara Dykman
A World on the Wing by Scott Weidensaul
Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest by Suzanne Sumard
Blue Mind: The Surprising Science that Shows How Being Near, In, On, or Under Water Can Make You Happier, Healthier, More Connected, and Better at What You Do by Wallace Nichols
Fen, Bog, and Swamp: A Short History of Peatland Destruction and Its Role in the Climate Crisis by Annie Proulx
The Lichen Museum by Laurie A. Palmer
Owls of the Eastern Ice by Johathan Slaght
Beaver Land: How One Weird Rodent Made America by Leila Philip
Buzz: The Nature and Necessity of Bees by Thor Hanson
For Love of a River: The Minnesota by Darby Nelson
The Secret Life of Fungi by Aliya Whitely
Soil by Mathew Evans
Living Planet: The Web of Life on Earth by David Attenborough