Pollinator Parade: A children’s book

The Nature Place is excited to announce the recently approved funding for a local children’s book project. The book, Pollinator Parade, is part of a partnership between The Nature Place and Strive 2 Thrive Coulee Region.

Created by local author Nick Nichols, Pollinator Parade is a fictional narrative that offers educational information on pollinator insects and plants. Pollinators help produce over 75 percent of the food that we eat, and this book highlights their crucial role in the biodiversity and survival of numerous other species, including humans. The story follows two siblings as they visit their grandparents’ pollinator garden, learning about the wild array of interesting creatures that “parade” through the plants and keep our ecosystem alive: butterflies, wasps, bees, flies, moths, etc.

Pollinator Parade includes an insect index and other resources, further encouraging readers of all ages to get involved in creating natural, critical spaces for pollinators. It will also connect readers to Operation Pollination, an inclusive partnership project aiming to restore pollinator habitats.

Books will be freely distributed to schools in the local area, but they will also be available for purchase at the Nature Place. Profits from these sales will go toward The Nature Place and Operation Pollination.