FTC disclosure: I would like to thank Storey Publishing for providing me with an advance reader copy via access to the galley for free through the NetGalley program.

This was such a relaxing read that gave me a sort of feeling of gratitude and peace. I'd recommend it to anyone, especially nature lovers and anyone looking to unwind and learn a bit about plants, insects, and animals in the process.

The cover and title drew me in, piquing my interest by bringing back memories of reading the Farmer’s Almanac on my grandparents coffee table. I loved learning about the life cycle of species and their contribution to the circle of life, even folklore, superstitions, the rationales behind them, and it was all well-suited to bring such awesome wonder contained in this book.

The writing was steady, poetic at times. It read like I was a nature observer on the ideal expedition where time was not pressed, allowing me to take it all in. With the organizational divide into seasons, the descriptions of critters, plant life, and their habitats allowed the content to really highlight the most interesting and sometimes humorous attributes that made each one stand out in the environment.

And I really appreciated that the author did not dwell on perilous, doomsday, global warming issues, but rather pointed out species that have since dwindled in number and celebrated ones that have made a comeback.

Loved the delicate sketches. I would have loved even more, even just simple schematics.

I would like to see another one like this, even a series, perhaps specific to region.

When he was a child, my youngest son was very inquisitive about everything to do with animals and insects. Because of him, I developed an interest and love for these things too and was thrilled by the opportunity to read this.

In this book, the author, Ted Williams, shares beautifully written details about animals, insects, and plants. He groups them according to the season: Winter, Spring, Summer, and Autumn. This is also beautifully illustrated and would be a treasured addition to any nature lovers bookcase or coffee table.

The author wrote nature articles for a magazine. He has had a keen eye for the Beaty of nature from spiders to American Goldfinches. It is an eye opening book of how much one can miss when going out on a hike through nature. There is so much one can see in nature if we look instead of just glancing. There is beauty throughout the forest, yet it is not easily seen. There is such a diversity to be found in nature. It made me think of how precious nature — what a wealth of well-being it gives us.

The author drew me into his view of nature which I had not thought about for some time. I found it to be a delightful experience. The illustration included added to his writing. It’s a book I truly enjoyed.

A beautiful book about the seasons and the wonders that nature has to offer if you only take a moment to stop and enjoy the world around you.

This is a stunning book filled with descriptions of nature and wildlife, together with illustrations which makes it a pleasure to read.
Splitting the book into four parts, each one dedicated to the four seasons, Ted Williams provides brief excerpts about animals, insects, and plants that thrive during Winter, Spring, Summer, and Autumn.
This is written with an obvious love of nature and I can't recommend this enough.

At first, the cover caught my attention because I like the illustrations and the fonts on the cover. But I have no idea what this book about. (Well, I only could guess this is something about nature) So I dug in and I found something new. This book is not my typical kind of book I usually read. Thank you Storey Publishing for allowing me to read this book and experienced something new.

If you want to read this book, I suggest finding somewhere quiet and calm so you can really imagine what's in the book trying to describe. This book speaks about wildlife and nature, I learned new things from it. I never experience such things myself, but thanks to Ted, I could imagine and know what is it look and feel out there. I think this is something that we often forget (or at least to my case).

I salute to the writer, Ted Williams, for writing this beautiful book. The words describe in detail and easy to digest, but still you need to take your time to appreciate the writing and eventually you could see the nature in Ted's perspective.

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.

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.

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.]