Wishes Granted!

In the Spring of 2019, Friends of Timbercrest partnered with Off the Beaten Path, an independent bookstore in Lakewood, New York, to restock the Timbercrest library according to a wish list provided by volunteers, camp staff, and council personnel.

The following titles were added to the library:

One copy each of:

• Tom Brown’s Field Guide to the Forgotten Wilderness
• Tom Brown’s Nature Survival for Children
• ​Tom Brown’s Field Guide to Living with the Earth
• Tom Brown's Guide to Wild Edible and Medicinal Plants
• Tom Brown's Field Guide to Nature Observation and Tracking
• Tom Brown’s Wilderness Survival
• Keepers of the Animals
• Keepers of the Night
• Keepers of the Earth
• Keepers of Life
• Native Plant Stories
• Field Guide to Devonian Fossils of New York
• Honoring our Flag

Five copies each of:

• Stokes Beginner’s Guide to Birds: Eastern Region
• Birds of New York
• Trees of New York
• New York Rocks and Minerals
• Foraging New York: Finding Identifying, and Preparing Edible Wild Foods
• The Camp Dutch Oven Cookbook: Easy 5-Ingredient Recipes to Eat Well in the Great Outdoors
• Cat’s Cradle Book Kit
• My First Book of Knots
• Pro-Knot Outdoor Knots

Twenty-two new titles. Fifty-eight volumes.

Added after the initial drive:

• A Golden Guide to Non-Flowering Plants
• National Audubon Society Field Guide to Insects and Spiders
  

Lyric and Zoe unpack the first shipment.

Thank you, Bob Lingle!

Jen Schlick accepts the books from store owner Bob Lingle.

​And thank you to these generous donors:

• Nancy Anderson
• Carol Barnes
• Eva Dawn Bashaw
• Barbara Bilicki
• Carol Cady
• Kennie Campbell
• Kathryn Civilette
• Shannon Clark
• Chelsea Connor
• Teresa Ferguson
• Jerilyn Hickey
• Corrie Johnson
• Rebecca Kapple
• Susan Lawton
• Kathy Linn
• Janice Mock
• Kimberly Meabon
• Hillary Newell
• Allan Patchen
• Jennifer Schlick
• Bonnie Swoger
• Erica Tener

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