We have over 2,000 books waiting to be explored,
from bird taxonomy to children’s nonfiction to tropical travelogues. The Syz Family Library is open to the public, and NBNC members may check out books. Enjoy!
Book Donation Guidelines
Thank you for your interest in contributing to our growing library. Please read the following intake guidelines and contact us before donating books.
- Except in rare circumstances, we will only accept books published after 1995.
- Books must be within the subject area of nature, ecology, place-based and environmental education, and related fields. See our reference system below for the categories of books we seek.
- We cannot accept periodicals or magazines.
- Books must be in good condition and free of dust or mildew.
- If you would like to be recognized by name in our catalog, please include a note with your full name in each book.
- Books must not be in our catalog already.
- We cannot accept books for book sales, and we do not have the capacity to re-home books. Donated books not fitting these intake criteria will be recycled at the expense of NBNC and its staff.
- Due to limited space and staff/volunteer capacity, we may not be able to accept all or part of your book donation, but please know that we still appreciate your support.
Black, Indigenous, & People of Color Authors Collection
In Spring 2022 we held a book sale of our library overstock and used the revenue to purchase a collection of nature-themed books by Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) authors. Here’s what we’ve got!
| John C Robinson | Birding for Everyone: Encouraging People of Color to become Birdwatchers |
| J Drew Lanham | The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man’s Love Affair with Nature |
| J. Drew Lanham | Sparrow Envy: Field Guide to Birds and Other Beasts |
| Dorceta Taylor | The Rise of the American Conservation Movement: Power, Privilege, and Environmental Protection |
| Carolyn Finney | Black Faces, White Spaces |
| Ibrahim Abdul Matin | Green Deen – What Islam Teaches about Protecting the Planet |
| Alison Hawthorne Deming; Lauret Savoy | The Colors of Nature: Culture, Identity, and the Natural World |
| Derick Lugo | The Unlikely Thru-Hiker |
| Ingrid Waldron | There’s Something in the Water |
| Lauret Savoy | Trace: Memory, History, Race, and the American Landscape |
| Chanda Prescod Weinstein’ | The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter |
| Camille T. Dungy (Editor) | Black Nature: Four Centuries of African American Nature Poetry |
| Linda Hogan; Deena Matzger; Brenda Peterson | Intimate Nature: The Bond Between Women and Animals |
| Clint Carroll | Roots of Our Renewal: Ethnobotany and Cherokee Environmental Governance |
| Wangari Maathai | Unbowed: A Memoir |
| Sherri Mitchell | Sacred Instructions: Indigenous Wisdom for Living a Spirit-Based Change |
| Bobby Lake-Thom | Spirits of the Earth: A Guide to Native American Nature Symbols, Stories, and Ceremonies |
| Mya Thompson | Ruby’s Birds |
| Susan Edwards Richmond | Bird Count |
| Carme Lemniscates | Birds |
| Matthew Burgess, Shahrzad Maydani (Contributor) | Bird Boy |
| Julie Flett | Birdsong |
| Elise Guyette | Discovering Black Vermont |
| Jay Griffiths | Why Rebel |
| Joseph Bruchac | Bowman’s Store |
| Joseph Bruchac | Keepers of the Earth |
| Fred Wiseman | Seven Sisters |
| Fred Wiseman | The Voice of the Dawn |
| Michael Caduto & Joseph Bruchac | Native American Gardening |
| Winona LaDuke | All Our Relations: Native Struggles for Land and Life |
| Dina Gilio-Whitaker | As Long as the Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice, from Colonization to Standing Rock |
| Robert Goodby | A Deep Presence |
| Colin Calloway | The Western Abenakis of Vermont, 1600-1800 |
| Trudy Parker | Aunt Sarah: Woman of the Dawnland |
| bell hooks | Teaching to Transgress |
| Paul Kivel | Uprooting Racism: How White People Can Work for Racial Justice |
| Joe Feagin | Racist America: Roots, Current Realities and Future Reparations |
| Judith Katz | White Awareness: Handbook for Anti-Racism Training |
| Louise Derman-Sparks | Teaching/Learning Anti-Racism: A Developmental Approach |
| Patricia J. Williams | Alchemy of Race & Rights: Diary of a Law Professor |