Submitted by The Lopez Island Library

The Lopez Island Library is proud to present two programs featuring award winning author Thor Hanson.

Join us Saturday, June 18 at 4 p.m. in the library for the author reading his new children’s book, “Bartholomew Quill: A Crow’s Quest to Know Who’s Who.” Tour the animal kingdom from a crow’s point of view in this whimsical mix of science and poetry accompanied by beautiful illustrations of Pacific Northwest wildlife.

The program will be a fun read-aloud for all ages. Then join him for a reading and discussion of his award winning book The Triumph of Seeds Saturday, June 18, 7 p.m. at Woodmen Hall. Seeds won the 2016 Pacific Northwest Book Award and was a finalist for the AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize.

His prior book Feathers won the John Burroughs Medal, the AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize, the Pacific Northwest Book Award, was nominated for the Samuel Johnson Prize and the Washington State Book Award. His other books include, “The Impenetrable Forest,” and contributions to “Wilderness Comes Home,” “What to Read in the Rain,” and “One Hand Does Not Catch a Buffalo.”

Hanson’s research and conservation activities have taken him around the globe. He has studied Central American trees and songbirds, nest predation in Tanzania, and the grisly feeding habits of African vultures. He served as a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer in Uganda, where he helped establish the mountain gorilla tourism program in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, and he has also helped manage a brown bear tourism project for the U.S. Forest Service in Alaska. He is currently involved in a project assessing the ecological impacts of warfare. Hanson is a Guggenheim Fellow and a Switzer Environmental Fellow.

The Lopez Library cordially invites you to attend one or both of these special programs. Books will be available for sale and signing at both events. Both events are free and generously sponsored by the Friends of Lopez Library.