National Geographic Society to Publish Go Wild in New York City

Where can you watch Mexico-bound Monarch butterflies and red tailed hawks from a skyscraper and then hop on a subway train, travel through a crack in the Earth's crust, and emerge face-to-face with a tree older than the US of A? There's only one correct answer: New York City. This January, the National Geographic Society will publish Go Wild in New York City, the first in a series of books on the wonders of urban ecology for kids and the grown ups in their lives, sponsored by Nurture New York's Nature and Verizon. Written by award-winning children's author Brad Madsen and featuring eye-popping graphics by Kate Lake and illustrator Paul Corio, the book and its companion Web site by the design firm Dillon Thompson provide a get-active guide to the natural side of city living. In the words of conservation biologist and the founder of the public television series Nature, Thomas Lovejoy, "Go wild in New York and the city will never seem the same again."