Beautiful little book. I loved the way it was sorted by season and the illustrations were beautiful but I could have done with many more of them, especially as I am not always familiar with species outside my region. This is a great companion book to keep and read throughout the year.

This book will be a treasure for nature lovers. Divided into the four seasons, Williams offers interesting and poetic looks at all kinds of animals, birds, plants and other aspects of wildlife as they occur through the year. Beautiful artwork accompanies some of the entries. This would make a wonderful book to open each morning while enjoying a cup of tea on the deck or by the window before starting the day. It will also be a great addition to any nature study library. It took me forever to review because I didn't want to just sit and read it, but wanted instead to enjoy it as the seasons changed. It's definitely a book to savor all year long. As an added bonus, you'll learn a ton of interesting information about the wildlife that we share our backyards and the planet with.

I read a temporary digital ARC of this book for the purpose of review.

This is a lovely book.  The little animal vignettes, separated by season, are charming.  I enjoyed the little drawings interspersed throughout.  Although, I wish that there were more of them.  I had to look up a lot of the animals so that I could better understand.  There were a whole lot of birds covered.  Though the book is delightful, I don't know how substantive it is, but maybe that's the point.

What an astounding, wonderful book. The depth and breadth of this love song to nature is beyond words.

I have to confess that I loved the illustrations the best! Williams' descriptions of events and creatures great and small cannot be but of interest to anyone who loves nature. I will certainly recommend this book to my nature-loving friends and acquaintances.

A lovely book with vivid and engaging descriptions that help you feel connected to nature no matter what the time of year!

Beautiful art, obvious devotion to nature and conservation, and information bound in clear, concise, beautiful writing.
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Ted Williams promises
"A Year of Witnessing the Wild, from the Call of the Loon to the Journey of the Gray Whale" and he keeps his word.
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In chronological order and with well-sized bites of wisdom old and new, ranging from major revelations to soothing knowledge, #EarthAlmanac is almost sneakily sharpening your will to protect and conserve the wonderful world we have the privilege to be part of.
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This has been my morning read, curled up on the sofa with my first cup of green tea.
It's kindled in me an eagerness to slow travel, to be a better environmentalist, and to dive deeper into cultivating my tiny zero-waste garden.
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A gem of a book, and gorgeous to boot, the perfect gift for anyone who enjoys nature — or to yourself as a reminder to step outside your busyness and reflect on the big scheme of things.
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Thank you @storeypub for the chance to review Earth Almanac
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Highly recommend.
This is the kind of book you need to hold in hand and enjoy it to the fullest.

Wowza! This was a wonderful read. Not only is it informative but the writing contains touches of poetry. The artwork adds another beautiful layer. This is a keeper for my bookshelf and one that I will recommend and give as gifts!

With its gorgeous illustrations and engaging bite-size bits of interesting information, this is a book to inspire you to get out and immerse yourself in nature.

This is a wonderful book.  Recommend it to every one you know.  Will be buying this! The illustrations are gorgeous and I love the different seasonal sections.

A charming book that you can dip in and out of at your leisure. It covers all the seasons and has an entry for every occasion. It's full of facts that range from OMG I didn't know that! to interesting to soothing, and males a good case for conservation just by presenting these plants and animals in such neat little profiles. The illustrations were also lovely.

A very cozy sort of book to curl up with while sipping your morning tea or coffee.

A gift to be treasured by anyone interested in nature. This beautiful book written chronologically through the seasons, by Ted Williams, is a book to enjoy and re-read. He is erudite and his respect for nature shines through. Based on his experiences in the north eastern area of the United States, his observations are insightful and very interesting. The illustrations are captivating. Thank you to Ted Williams, Net Galley and the publisher, Storey Publishing for an ARC.

Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for an ARC in trade for an honest review.

Earth Almanac is a book about the biodiversity observed in NorthAmerica on four seasons.  With comedy, poetry, beautiful ilustations, funny and interesting facts and recipes Ted Williams give us a bunch of sensations and that do the read a full sensorial experience. Every edition detail is attended. 

One of my favorite things about this book is that helps a lot in enviroment education. As a biology student and almost high school teacher, I can see me working in class with parts of this book. 
Everyone needs to grab this book in they're libraries and they can read it with childrens too. Also, its amazing how Ted write about the follow topics: migrations, climate change, native americans and the biodiversity and introduction of exotic species. 

 This is not a book you read in one go (like me). 


Spanish version. 

Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for an ARC in trade for an honest review.

Earth Almanac es un ensayo sobre la biodiversidad que podemos encontrarnos a lo largo del año en américa del norte, principalmente. Dividido en cuatro partes (las estaciones) nos detalla con comedia, poesía, dibujos, datos curiosos y recetas de cocina la apariencia, las sensaciones que cada etapa del año y sus protagonistas.
El libro cuenta con ilustraciones preciosas. La edición esta muy bien hecha y es muy confortable la lectura gracias a eso.
Hay un montón de cosas que me encantaron de este ensayo, pero lo principal es que es perfecto para la lucha contra la ecofóbia. Todos tendrían que tener este libro u otro parecido (sobre su región biogeográfica) en sus bibliotecas familiares o personales. Incluso lo consideraría como un libro para leer con los niños.
Me encantó que aborde los siguientes temas: migraciones en el océano, cambio climático y el daño que les puede llegar a hacer a los ecosistemas, relación de pueblos originarios con algunos ejemplares descritos, la introducción de especies exóticas y los daños que estas puede hacerle a la biodiversidad local y la comparación entre individuos de distintas especies que podrían ser confundidos. 
No es un libro para leer de una sentada como yo lo hice, seguramente se disfruta más una lectura pausada.
La ecología es uno de mis tantos vicios, y mi sueño es algún día, estudiar un postgrado relacionado a humedales, así que si me leo muy fan de estas cosas es porque lo soy. 
Me entretuve mucho pensando en la fauna y flora autóctona de Argentina mientras leía.

I cannot fault this beautiful book. It's split into four sumptuously illustrated sections reflecting the four seasons, and is jam packed with facts, folklore, and snippets of stories from the author's own life and upbringing, as well as often practical suggestions on how you can become fully connected to your surrounding landscape and its flora and fauna. Ted Willams's language is wonderfully poetic, and you can feel his deep love for nature shining out from the pages. A great book to dip in and out of, or perhaps to sit underneath a tree and read from cover to cover on a sunny day.

This is so amazing! I must admit the front cover really drew me in, and it did not disappoint. 

This book describes natural things, divided in the four seasons. Trademark events are explained for plants and birds. The information is interesting, well-researched and detailed, but not so much that you feel like you're reading a scientific article.

The illustrations/drawings are just amazing! They are so lively and life-like. 

This is not a book you read in one go - the information gets lost if you try to take it all in at the same time. Leave it around, and read a few pages every day/every few days. You'll learn a lot from this book about the natural world.

This is truly a lovely compendium of flora, fauna, and natural phenomena, categorized by the seasons in which they manifest. Though it bills itself as "Earth Almanac," the book focuses on natural details as observed in North America. Author Ted Williams possesses and shares the wonder and attention that such a volume of details requires. His prose is vivid, compelling readers to seek these wonders themselves. A favorite example: "Brook trout are little fish in big country, inhabiting forgotten, magic places where oxygen-charged springwater tumbles over mossy ledges and curls off through alder runs and boggy meadows." It's prose that makes you hungry for nature, and keen to defend it. I wish there were even more of the gorgeous illustrations.

[I received a copy of this ARC from NetGalley in exchange for a fair and honest review.]

I LOVE THIS BOOK. Its beautiful in the words and design. I read a little at a time because I didn’t want to miss anything. The text is easy to read and the few illustrations are wonderful. All I kept thinking is how much will the book be and who will I give a copy to. 
The only wish is to see more illustrations and in color.

A rather personal review......as a young man, I reveled in learning as much as I could about our natural world. I spent hours and hours, reading and rereading magazines like Outdoor Life, Boy's Life, National Geographic, and on and on.  I took this knowledge out into the field, and used it to help me discover more and more wonders afield. 
Alas, with adulthood came responsibilities and a career that took me away from this love. I would longingly look out from my commutes by train, plane, and automobiles to the world outside, and think about how much I missed being out there. 
Now, as a retired "young at heart" man, I have the opportunity to relive this love. And the author's book really helped stoke the fires in me. His short and informative entries have rekindled my own desires to get out and start experiencing nature again. 
There's a wealth of information here. Presented well. Easily understood and digested. 
Thank you, Mr. Williams!

Thank you for the opportunity to read and review this almanac.  I have always been fascinated with almanac's and love to read them.  Unfortunately, this book had a problem opening once I downloaded it and therefore I cannot review it.

This is a beautiful book.  Not only the illustrations but the content.  Divided into 4 seasonal chapters this covers everything from nature in your back yard or traveling to exotic places. A wonderful gift for yourself or any nature lover you know.  There are tidbits from tree color to spiders and deer.  A little something for everyone.  I received a copy of this ARC in exchange for a fair an honest review.