Two New Books available soon!
How Reptiles Invaded an American City
Decades ago, ten Italian wall lizards invaded a major American city — reportedly via a kid’s sock. Young George Rau caught them on a family vacation and released them in his Cincinnati back yard. These “Lazarus Lizards” thrived, and their numbers soared — without damaging the city’s ecosystem. They captivated herpetologists, whose research led to surprising results.
Lizards Take Over! looks at invasive species and the work of the Lizard League, a group of biology students who employed scientific methods under the leadership of Eric Gangloff, PhD.
“I truly believe that kids and adults have much to learn from the very ground they walk on,” Hollihan says. “Look down, look up, look across the street and across your town, and there you’ll find things to study. Discovery is delightful!”
How Louisine Havemeyer Fired Up Women’s Suffrage
In February 1919, Louisine Havemeyer led one hundred women to picket in front of the White House. They were suffragists, marching for women’s right to vote. Louisine had been fortunate to grow up in a middle-class family that supported women’s education. As she became friends with forward-thinkers like the painter Mary Cassatt, Louisine’s worldview broadened — and her voice grew louder. When Louisine became a wealthy widow, she used her unique position in society to support woman suffrage — staging an art show to fund the cause, making rousing speeches on the campaign trail, and qualifying for Alice Paul’s “Prison Special” train tour across America. Celebrating an influential suffragist, Louisine Lights a Legacy tells the story of an unsung trailblazer who forged her own path and brightly fought for her beliefs.
