A GREEN LIST
from Christchurch City Libraries

For some background reading for Sea Week (March 7-15) try the library's huge range of books relating to water quality, rivers, wetlands, coasts, oceans and their related wildlife. We stock everything from beautifully illustrated encyclopedias to simple little identification guides, academic texts to coffee table books. Here is a small selection to start you off.

From the mountains to the sea: the secret life of New Zealand's Rivers and Wetlands by Nic Bishop (577.68 Bis)

New Zealand Coast and its Wildlife by Geoff Moon (591.769 Moo)

New Zealand Coast and Mountain Plants: their Communities and Lifestyles by John Dawson (581.75 Daw)

Ocean Planet: Writings and Images of the Sea by Peter Benchley (551.46 Ben)

Photographic Handbook of Seabirds of the World by Jim Enticott (598.176 Ent)

Rockpool Fishes of New Zealand by Chris Paulin (597.0993 Pau)

Seals and Sea Lions: a Portrait of the Animal World by Andrew Cleave (599.79 Cle)

The Living sea: a Photographic Exploration of Life in the Sea by Linda Pitkin (591.77 Pit)

The Estuary: Where Our Rivers Meet the Sea: Christchurch's Avon Heathcote Estuary and Brooklands Lagoon edited by S J Owen (574.5263 Est)

Waters of New Zealand edited by M P Mosley (551.48 Wat)