Updated field guides lure readers outdoors
By JULIA RUBIN - Associated Press
People wearing face masks as a precaution against COVID-19 walk beneath blossoming cherry trees April 14 along Columbus Boulevard in Philadelphia.
The new season of spring shows has begun, and viewership is way up by all accounts.
We’re not talking about screens, which we’ve all been glued to during the pandemic. Less noticed is another trend: people tuning in to nature for quieter, real-life, high-stakes drama.
From new Audubon field guides, updated for the first time in decades, to a book of poetry about insects, publishers are trying to meet this moment: Not only is public engagement with nature high, but so is concern over climate change.