edited by Kailea Rose Loften and Kate Rose Weiner
A practical guide centering care work and mutual aid while navigating climate disaster
“As we enter an era of climate shifts and more frequent, layered catastrophes, this is the book you want beside you to navigate the realities of disaster and recovery.” —CANDIS CALLISON, Member, Tāłtān Nation, and author, How Climate Change Comes to Matter
by Sophie Wood Brinker
A painterly guide to Santa Cruz's winged neighbors
“Sophie Wood Brinker artfully shows us the importance of letting our curiosity get stuck in the webs that make up the natural world, and what we can learn by following the spiral threads that carefully link birds to the well-being of all living things. She invites us to enrich our lives by noticing these connections, and by finding inspiration from our feathered friends to fight for a better future for each and every one of our neighbors.” —MOLLY ADAMS, coauthor of Birding for a Better World and founder of the Feminist Bird Club
by Dillon Osleger
A time-traveling history of trails offers a call to action for public land defense
“Powerful.” —BILL McKIBBEN, author of Here Comes the Sun
“Meditative, instructive, and surprising at every switchback.” —JASON ROBERTS, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Every Living Thing
“This deserves a place in every wilderness explorer’s backpack.” —PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
by Josie Iselin, illustrated by Ellen Litwiller
A vivdly illustrated primer on bull kelp forests sheds light on the critical role of this mysterious seaweed
Iselin and Litwiller reveal the incredible environmental significance of this bulbous tangle of seaswept wrack coughed up on ocean shorelines from Oxnard to Anchorage, that, all too often, we blithely take for granted.
by Patrick Stadille
An all-ages guide to common bugs in a pocket-sized packaged
“Pat Stadille says early on in this whimsical new book, ‘Try replacing fear with curiosity.’ If you make that commitment here, you’ll be rewarded with quirky oddities, charming doodles, and solid science about overlooked details in a bug’s life. Stadille’s imagination shoots forth like original fireworks etching a new sky. Travel this sidewalk Serengeti, and you’ll find it impossible not to smile.” —LIAM O’BRIEN, author of Butterflies of the Bay Area (and Slightly Beyond)
Recommended Reads
Nature Reads for Earth Month
Heyday is dedicated to bringing the natural wonder and beauty of California to life, inspiring readers to appreciate the sheer splendor of our biodiverse region as well as to better understand what’s at stake. These featured books offer practical wisdom and powerful stories that motivate real action during Earth Month and beyond. To mark the occasion, we’re offering 20% off these titles and our entire Nature list with discount code EARTH20. Dive into these pages to cultivate kinship with the more-than-human world and discover how small choices can create meaningful change for a healthier, more sustainable California.
The Latest in News from Native California
This winter issue includes explorations of the invisibility of non-federally recognized tribes and new and forthcoming Indigenous-authored books, Julian Brave NoiseCat’s breakout debut among them, plus a tribute to Heyday founder and News from Native California co-creator, Malcolm Margolin (1940–2025).
Heyday is an independent publisher founded in 1974, headquartered in California. Over the last five decades, Heyday has dedicated itself to publishing books that delight in the Golden State’s natural splendor, explore its rich cultural history, amplify the voices of its first peoples, and advance social justice throughout the state and beyond. Since 1987, Heyday has also published the quarterly magazine News from Native California—celebrating Indigenous storytelling and culture-keeping. At Heyday, we believe that ideas matter, stories count, diversity of voices is crucial, and the book is still our best repository of knowledge and beauty.
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