Nature's Best Hope (Young Readers' Edition): How You Can Save the World in Your Own Yard

This middle grade adaptation of Doug Tallamy's Nature's Best Hope is an essential introduction to conservation, ecology, biodiversity, and the impact of native plants.

Kids can save the world! Do you see wildlife buzzing, hopping, or flying in your neighborhood? You should! Instead, you might see a lot of grass, which is great for playing on, but doesn't add much oxygen to the air, clean the water that runs over it, or provide food or shelter for the animals who live around us. By replacing just some of this grass with native plants, you will provide food and shelter for bees, beetles, birds, butterflies, caterpillars, frogs, lizards, and turtles. If you take good care of them, they'll shop day after day, year after year, right in your own yard.

When we share our land with plants and animals, we make "biological corridors" that help group habitat for all wildlife. Even better? You can help, and this book shows you how.