Georgia S. McDade
- Apr 23, 2023
"Tributes: Black People Whose Names Grace Seattle Sites"
Anyone who loves Seattle or wants to know its history has been given a great gift—Tributes: Black People Whose Names Grace Seattle Sites...
Diane Snell
- Nov 21, 2021
"Mount Rainier National Park, An Artist’s Tour" By Molly Hashimoto; Skipstone
Molly Hashimoto has done it again! She has created a beautiful book on Mount Rainier that will appeal to all who see this mountain as the...
Diane Snell
- Jan 1, 2020
Seattle, Past to Present—book review
Seattle, Past to Present, by Roger Sale, introduction by Knute Berger University of Washington Press (December 15, 2019) I will apologize...
Diane Snell
- Jun 1, 2019
Birds of the West—book review
Birds of the West An Artist’s Guide by Molly Hashimoto This is an exquisite book! It would be a wonderful gift for either a bird lover or...
Anne Depue
- May 1, 2019
Recommended Reading
Remembering things you didn’t know you had forgotten is the magic that comes from smelling braided sweetgrass. On a recent trip to the...
Anne Depue
- Apr 1, 2019
Skid Road: An Informal Portrait of Seattle
Murray Morgan is back. The region’s favorite historian and an award-winning journalist, Morgan (1916 – 2000) is the author of more than...
Susan N. Platt
- Apr 1, 2019
Climate Change: Artists Getting on Board
I have been reading a book called Global Warming and the Sweetness of Life, A Tar Sands Tale, by Matt Hern and Am Johal, with wonderful...
Jennie Grant
- Oct 1, 2018
Madrona Resident Susan McCormick’s New Book
Granny Can’t Remember Me is a children’s picture book recently published by long-time Madrona resident, Susan McCormick. The book is a...
Anne Depue
- Sep 1, 2018
Book Review: Chief Seattle
Chief Seattle and the Town That Took His Name: The Change of Worlds for the Native People and Settlers on Puget Sound By David M. Buerge...
Anne Depue
- Apr 1, 2018
Book Review: Curious Kids Nature Guide
Curious Kids Nature Guide: Explore the Amazing Outdoors of the Pacific Northwest, By Fiona Cohen, illustrated by Marni Fylling, published...
Anne Depue
- Jan 1, 2018
Homage to the Power of the Bird Brain
Book Review: The Genius of Birds by Jennifer Ackerman, April 2016 by Penguin Press Last winter we began to hear, on dark evenings, the...
Vicky Downs
- Nov 1, 2017
Book Review: A Fine Mess
Editor's Note: This month our usual book critic, Anne Depue, is off enjoying warmer climes: Italy! To appease your search for mental...