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Leslie Day

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Inspired by nature and her vibrant city since childhood, Leslie Day, author of the books Field Guide to the Natural World of New York City, Field Guide to the Street Trees of New York City, Field Guide to the Neighborhood Birds of New York City, Honeybee Hotel, and now her fifth book published this year: River – A Hudson Memoir learned about the great biodiversity of the city from living on a houseboat on the Hudson River for almost four decades. As a science teacher, Leslie taught her students about the natural world that surrounds them. Now retired from teaching full time, Leslie teaches botany classes for the New York Botanical Garden and continues to create ways for people of all ages to connect to the natural world.

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	Honeybee Hotel: The Waldorf Astoria's Rooftop Garden and the Heart of NYC 3.72 avg rating — 69 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Field Guide to the Natural World of New York City by Leslie Day (Goodreads Author), Michael R. Bloomberg (Foreword), Mark A. Klingler (Illustrator) 4.18 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 2007 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Field Guide to the Street Trees of New York City by Leslie Day (Goodreads Author), Trudy Smoke (Illustrator) 4.23 avg rating — 35 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Field Guide to the Neighborhood Birds of New York City by Leslie Day (Goodreads Author), Don Riepe, Trudy Smoke (Illustrator) 4.53 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2015 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	River: A Hudson Memoir by Leslie Day (Goodreads Author), Ed Bacon (foreword) 4.15 avg rating — 13 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Urban Naturalist 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	[(Field Guide to the Neighborhood Birds of New York City)] [By (author) Leslie Day ] published on (August, 2015) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Field Guide to the Neighborhood Birds of New York City (Hardcover)--by Leslie Day [2015 Edition] by Leslie Day (Goodreads Author), Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Field Guide to the Neighborhood Birds of New York City by Leslie Day Don Riepe(1975-04-18) by Leslie Day (Goodreads Author), Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Field Guide to the Street Trees of New York City by Leslie Day(2011-10-11) by Leslie Day (Goodreads Author), Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth – A Popular Science and Natural History Study of Botany

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Leslie Day rated a book it was amazing The Gates of Midnight (The Golem and the Jinni #3) by Helene Wecker (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Leslie Day rated a book it was amazing The Hungry Tide by Amitav Ghosh	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Gorgeous story! Indian, Bengal, and Bangladesh History, conservation, natural history of the amazing Sundarbans, a UNESCO site, that I knew nothing about, and their dolphins.
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Leslie Day rated a book it was amazing The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Love The Frozen River! Love everything about it- the writing, the time period, the wonderful characters! It is a feminist manifesto- fierce and loving and finally filled with justice. The heroine is someone I will never forget, nor will I forget her d ...more
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Leslie Day rated a book it was amazing Time of the Child: A Novel by Niall Williams (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
never wanted it to end, A masterpiece. I never wanted it to end. Oh, what love, what beauty. The town of Faha and its people will stay with me forever.
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