A staycation is a period in which an individual or family stays home and participates in leisure activities within driving distance of their home and does not require overnight accommodations. (Wikipedia)
April is the time for us to shed our winter coats and experience some sunshine! Atkins encourages you to enjoy the great outdoors with this display featuring books on outdoor activities and experiencing nature. Find inspiration for bird watching, camping, diving, fishing, gardening, hiking, sailing, and surfing. See you outside!
Sheep Take a Hike by 
The Nature Fix: why nature makes us happier, healthier, and more creative by 
A Walk in the Woods: rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by 
Katahdin with Love: an inspirational journey by 
Tangled Roots: the Appalachian Trail and American environmental politics by 
The Moth Snowstorm: nature and joy by 
Under the Stars: how America fell in love with camping by 
Naked in the Woods: Joseph Knowles and the legacy of frontier fakery by 
Backpacking North Carolina: the definitive guide to 43 can't-miss trips from mountains to sea by 
Between a Rock and a Hard Place by 
Called Again: a story of love and triumph by 
To the Extreme: alternative sports, inside and out by 
Deep : freediving, renegade science, and what the ocean tells us about ourselves by 
Barbarian days : a surfing life by 
Upstream : sons, fathers, and riversUpstream by 
Dare the Wind by 
National Geographic book of nature poetry : more than 200 poems with photographs that float, zoom, and bloom! by 
Lumberjanes. Volume one, Beware the kitten holy by 
The BLUES Go Birding Across America by 
Granddad's Fishing Buddy by 
Mouse and Mole, Fine Feathered Friends by 
Look up! : bird-watching in your own backyard by 
Feathers : not just for flying by 
Gardening with Children by 
The great trails state : a guide for exploring the trails of North Carolina
The Gardens of Emily Dickinson by 
Fishing by mail : the outdoor life of a father and son by 
The rope : an Anna Pigeon novel by 
Into Woods : essays by 
Before the Wind by 
Wild : from lost to found on the Pacific Crest Trail by 
The Armchair Birder Goes CoastalThe armchair birder goes coastal : the secret lives of birds of the Southeastern shore by 
The thing with feathers : the surprising lives of birds and what they reveal about being human by 
The Book of Container Gardening by 
Our Life in Gardens by 
City bountiful : a century of community gardening in America by
Spend the last days of summer with a reading staycation! Maybe you would like to join Anthony Bourdain in his worldwide quest for a perfect meal. Perhaps you & the little one would like to travel to Germany, France, & Italy with Clara, a 5000 pound rhinoceros (Mary Tavener Holmes). Or maybe you’re better suited to accompany another grump in his search for the happiest places in the world (Eric Weiner). Whether it’s a reading roadtrip across America or a journalistic journey to a foreign land, the books in this display will take you where you want to go.
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by 
Notes from a Small Island by 
Coasting by 
The World of Venice by 
Under the Tuscan Sun by 
Video Night in Kathmandu by 
The Great Railway Bazaar by 
Seven Years in Tibet by 
In a Sunburned Country by 
The Majic Bus by 
Hunting Mister Heartbreak by 
Wild Coast : travels on South America's untamed edge by 
The Lost City of Z by 
In Patagonia by 
Turn Right at Machu Picchu by 
Eat, pray, love : one woman's search for everything across Italy, India and Indonesia by 
Overbooked : the exploding business of travel and tourism by 
The geography of bliss : one grump's search for the happiest places in the world by 
Uncommon Traveler: Mary Kingsley in Africa by 
The Golly Sisters Ride Again by 
The Twenty-One Balloons by 
Fair weather : a novel by 
My Travels with Clara by 
Locomotive by 
Around the world in 80 days by 
The Alchemist by 
The Beach by 
Driving Home by 
Questions of Travel : a novel by 
A tourist's New England : travel fiction, 1820-1920 by 
The Innocents Abroad by 
American Vandal: Mark Twain Abroad by 
On the Road by 
The Snow Leopard by 
The Art of Travel by 
A Cook's Tour by 
Into the Wild by 
Arabian Sands by 
