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Nature Speaks to Us features two children’s nature books, Meet Me at the Salish Sea and Explore with Me at the Salish Sea by author, Nancy Klimp.

About the Creators

Nature Speaks to Us features two children’s nature books, Meet Me at the Salish Sea and Explore with Me at the Salish Sea by author, Nancy Klimp.

Nancy Oline Klimp

Author

Growing up in San Francisco, Nancy explored nature’s nearby forests, rivers, mountains, and ocean shores of Northern California. Her studies in anthropology and psychology led to her understanding of nature’s healing power and her work as a psychotherapist. Living in the Salish Sea’s environs has set the landscape for these poetic happenings!

Jared Noury

Illustrator

Jared grew up on the remote island of Molokai, Hawaii. He attended school in New Hampshire near Lake Winnepesaukee. After returning to Molokai, he started painting scenes of the island and sold them at the local farmers market. As a self-taught artist, he has continued his passion. He lives on beautiful Bainbridge Island with his family and continues to be inspired by the beauty of nature.

Illustrations Inside the Nature Speaks to Us Books

Jared Noury is the illustrator of these two books, Meet Me at the Salish Sea and Explore with Me at the Salish Sea. Below are few samples of the artwork you'll find inside the books. Learn more about Jared's work ›

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What Are People Saying?

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Anyone with children in the Pacific Northwest will treasure this book because it carries you on a captivating journey through the Salish Sea. Be prepared to explore the wonders of the land, ocean, and air as Klimp and Noury bring these ecosystems to life in vibrant art and eloquent poems.

Sarah Heller

Fiddleheads Preschool founder and director, University of Washington Botanical Gardens

Nature connects us to our highest potential. Children and adults will feast in the beauty of this book’s poems and illustrations. What a treat for the soul and tribute to Pacific Northwest splendor!

Marilyn Price-Mitchell, PhD

developmental psychologist and author of Tomorrow’s Change Makers

Your books poetically share an important story for children and adults living here or elsewhere. They inform and hopefully encourage a young reader to be an advocate for our beautiful environment.

Jayme McQuaid

Retired Trauma Program Data Manager, Harborview Medical Center

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Meet with Me at the Salish Sea by Nancy Klimp

Meet Me at Salish Sea

Readers young and old will love Meet Me at the Salish Sea, a stunningly illustrated picture book of poems about this American Pacific Northwest waterway.

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Explore with Me at the Salish Sea by Nancy Klimp

Explore with Me at Salish Sea

Readers young and old will love Explore with Me at the Salish Sea, a stunningly illustrated picture book of poems about about this American Pacific Northwest waterway.