This is an in-person/virtual program hosted by staff at Southwest Chatham Library. Readers meet to discuss nature related books around a chosen theme. September's theme is "Other Intelligences - Plants and Animals". Please read a book of your choosing based on this theme (see suggested list below). Some of our library staff will be reading along with you. 

REGISTRATION is NOT required unless you would like a reminder email. For more information, please call 912-927-4079 or email berckmans@liveoakpl.org. 

Click link to register.  Zoom login will be emailed prior to the event.

Suggested Reading:

Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? – Frans De Waal (2016) 340 pp. Ebook and Audiobook available on Libby

The Dolphin in the Mirror: Exploring Dolphin Minds and Saving Dolphin Lives – Diana Reiss (2011) 276 pp. Ebook available on Hoopla

The Genius of Birds – Jennifer Ackerman (2016) 340 pp. Ebook and Audiobook available on Libby

The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World – Peter Wohlleben (2016) 272 pp. Ebook available on Hoopla and Ebook on Libby - DVD also available at LOPL

An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us – Ed Yong (2022) 449 pp. Ebook available on Hoopla and Audiobook and Ebook available on Libby

Metazoa: Animal Life and the Birth of the Mind – Peter Godfrey-Smith (2020) 336 pp. Audiobook and Ebook available on Libby and Ebook available on Hoopla 

Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Conciousness – Peter Godfrey-Smith (2016) 255 pp. Audiobook and Ebook available on Libby

Planta Sapiens: The New Science of Plant Intelligence – Paco Calvo (2023) 285 pp. Audiobook and Ebook available on Libby

The Soul of an Octopus – Sy Montgomery (2015) 262 pp. Audiobook and Ebook available on Libby and Ebook available on Hoopla

What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds – Jennifer Ackerman (2023) 333 pp. Audiobook and Ebook available on Libby

What a Plant Knows: A Field Guide to the Senses – Daniel Chamovitz (2012) 177 pp. Ebook available on Libby

Click link to register.  Zoom login will be emailed prior to the event.