Idaho Wildlife Resources & Display

This image is from a poster in the library’s Curriculum Resource Center
collection and available for check out.

You see them almost everyday. Cute, furry little things. No, not Tribbles, red squirrels! You can learn more about red squirrels and other Idaho wildlife through these websites:

Nature Guide for Boise Parks http://parks.cityofboise.org/vo-learn-teer/boise-parks-community-education/nature-guide-for-boises-parks/mammals/

Boise Green Belt https://parks.cityofboise.org/parks-locations/parks/greenbelt/

Idaho Governor's Office of Species Conservation http://species.idaho.gov/

World Center for Birds of Prey http://peregrinefund.org/visit  and, closer to April, watch nesting falcons and kestrels live http://www.peregrinefund.org/webcams

Idaho Fish and Game MK Nature Center

https://fishandgame.idaho.gov/public/education/?getPage=234

Or, check out one of the resources from the Idaho Wildlife display designed by Laura Coleman, Access Services, at the Circulation desk. We also have library resources for those interested in the unique Raptor Studies program here at Boise State:

Raptor Studies Guide  http://guides.boisestate.edu/c.php?g=74084&p=476203

Falconry Pinterest Board https://www.pinterest.com/albertsonslib/falconry/

Audrey Williams,

Access Services

Student illustrator: Perry's Secret

Book cover used with permission by the author.

Alyssa Guy is a student majoring in Psychology at Boise State, a work study student helping process inter-library loan requests at Albertsons Library, and, as of May, also a published illustrator of a children's book. The book, Perry's Secret, was written by Jill Roberson-Blatt and published by Panacea Press in Tennessee.

The book's author, friend of a family member, connected with Alyssa after seeing her work on her Facebook page and deviantART, a sort of social media site for artists and art enthusiasts. Alyssa has been a fan of Japanese illustration styles in anime and manga, and the influence shows in her work, but for Perry's Secret she went for a slightly more realistic look for the pen and colored pencil drawings.

Perry's Secret is the second in a series of children's self help books by Roberson-Blatt. Alyssa has already been contracted to do illustrations for the next book in the series and hopes to begin work this summer. Perry's Secret will be available in the Curriculum Resource Center of Albertsons Library, and in Special Collections.

Elizabeth Ramsey
Assistant Professor, Reference & Instruction Librarian