About this Event
FREE COMMUNITY EVENT
Naturalist-poet Charles Hood returns to Kepler’s with Acorns In a Nutshell, his reflections on oak trees’ “dark pearls” with many charming tangents on the bugs, birds, bears, and botany buffs who love them. Charles’ presentations are far-ranging, wild in nature, and are not to be missed!
About Acorns In a Nutshell
Acorns are the oak seeds whose abundance feeds bears, boars, birds, beetles, and human beings. Some acorns are the size of cupcakes, while some are the size of a pencil tip; still others fuel jays’ brainy prowess in the animal kingdom, and some feed humans (once you leech out the tannins).
Lively and engaging, dense in factoids yet airy and light in spirit, this book celebrates the acorn’s role in forest ecology and human history, sharing many fascinating stories of adaptation, endurance, and epic survival. Acorns: small but mighty and always newsworthy.
The Studies in Nature series offers close observations, passionate research, and natural obsessions on a variety of nature-related topics. Featuring illustrations by Stacy Hsu and black and white photography, they offer big ideas in a small, giftable, and collectible package.
ACCESSIBILITY: We never want cost to be a barrier to admission for our community. Please email events [at] keplers [dot] org if you would like to attend this event but cannot afford a ticket. To request an accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) for this event, please email events [at] keplers [dot] org at least one week prior to the event.
REFUND POLICY: We will refund your ticket up to 7 days before the event.
We want Kepler’s to be a welcoming and comfortable space for everyone. If you are feeling unwell, especially with respiratory symptoms, please stay home. Thank you for helping us create a safe and considerate environment for our community.
Event venue & nearby stays
Kepler's Books, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park, United States
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