2021 Publishing WHOLESALE CATALOG Yosemite Conservancy inspires people to support projects and programs that preserve Yosemite National Park and enrich the visitor experience. Thanks to generous donors, the Conservancy has provided $119 million in grants to the park to restore trails and habitat, protect wildlife, provide educational programs, and more. The Conservancy’s guided adventures, volunteer opportunities, wilderness services and bookstores help visitors of all ages connect with Yosemite. Learn more at yosemite.org 415-434-1782 NEW TITLES 2020 ART & PHOTOGRAPHY The Nature of Yosemite A Visual Journey Robb Hirsch Foreword by John Muir Laws The hardcover edition sold out within 3 months! Announcing a gorgeous paperback edition, just in time for the busy park season! Whether venturing deep into the wilderness or simply taking a few steps off a park road, Groveland photographer Robb Hirsch, a scientist by training, always brings back a captivating picture—and the story behind it. The ongoing search for the “Wow!” is his passion, and that passion comes through in each of his photographs. From his years of exploring, guiding, and studying the Sierra Nevada, Robb knows that understanding the natural processes underlying Yosemite can enhance one’s connection to the landscape. This book provides that enriching experience by pairing Robb’s photographs with insightful essays by the following Sierra luminaries in order to draw readers into a deeper relationship with their favorite national park. The result is a breathtaking book that will dazzle, enlighten, and inspire a deep appreciation for the nature of Yosemite. 978-1-930238-92-3 $27.00, paperback 144 pages, 11 x 11 inches ORDER TODAY [email protected] 03 NEW TITLES 2020 ART & PHOTOGRAPHY The Nature of Yosemite THE NATURE OF YOSEMITE 2021 Calendar A Visual Journey for 2021 Robb Hirsch Drawn from the recent remarkable book by Groveland photographer Robb Hirsch, this twelve-month wall calendar provides a stunning way for people to engage with their favorite national park all year long. 978-1-951179-00-7 $14.99, wall calendar 24 pages, 12 x 12 inches A CALENDAR BY Robb Hirsch Experiencing the cold serenity of winter in Yosemite is a bucket-list item for photographers. At about 4,000 feet For a fleeting time in late spring, the Valley echoes with the roar of Yosemite Falls; at full flow, an estimated Looking like toys scattered by giants, the boulders that dot Olmsted Point are clues to its past. Geologists call El Capitan dwarfs the surrounding landscape and is the Valley’s commanding presence. Rising 3,300 feet HALF DOME AND (1,219 m) in elevation, Yosemite Valley experiences snowfall a handful of times each year, and the snow typically CLEARING 2,400 gallons (9,085 l) per second plunge 2,425 feet (739 m) to the base. The falls usually reach peak power in SUNSET FROM them glacial erratics, and they were carried here by the ice field that spilled over from Tuolumne Meadows into EL CAPITAN (1,006 m), it is one of the largest exposed granite formations in the world. Its sheer face was shaped by the falls off the trees and melts in the meadows within hours. Occasionally, when the conditions are favorable, a May; by August, the torrent—fed only by snowmelt—has been reduced to a trickle. The south-facing, hard-rock Tenaya Canyon and, eventually, Yosemite Valley. Like a massive conveyor belt, the river of ice transported the long-gone glaciers that slid slowly past and eroded the rock bit by bit, burnishing it smooth. Extremely hard THE MERCED RIVER fresh, white blanket persists for several days and an already stunning landscape is turned into a magical SPRING STORM watershed has no lakes or wetlands to store water. When the spring flow is done, the waterfalls go quiet until the OLMSTED POINT boulders; as the climate warmed and the ice retreated around 10,000 years ago, the boulders were left behind, AND BLACK OAKS and minimally fractured, El Capitan lures rock climbers from around the globe, eager to test their physical and winter wonderland. seasonal cycle brings them to life again. reminders of the forces that shaped this landscape. mental strength against its smooth, unforgiving surfaces and overhangs. SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Yosemite Museum Association established President Lyndon B. Forest Service (now Yosemite Yosemite National Park Johnson signs Wild and established, 1905 1Groundhog Day 2 3 4 5 6 April Fools’ Day 1Good Friday 2 3 Saturn at Opposition 1 2 3Conservancy), 1923 4 5 6 7 established, 1890 1Scenic Rivers Act, 1968 2 James Mason Chinese New Year / Norman Clyde’s Perseids Meteor Perseids Meteor 7 8 9 Hutchings’s birthday 10 11 Lincoln’s birthday 12 13 Easter 4 5 6 7birthday 8 9 10 8 9 10 11 Shower 12 Shower 13 14 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 First ascent of Half Ansel Adams’s Tabuce “Maggie” Jupiter at Columbus Day / Dome, by George G. Valentine’s Day 14 Presidents’ Day 15 Mardi Gras 16 17 18 19 birthday 20 Howard’s birthday 11 Ramadan begins 12 13 14 15 16 17 15 16 17 18 Opposition 19 20 21 10 Indigenous Peoples’ Day 11 Anderson, 1875 12 13 14 15 16 Earth Day / Washington’s Joseph Grinnell’s John Muir’s Lyrids Meteor Lyrids Meteor National Park Service Orionids Meteor Orionids Meteor 21 birthday 22 23 24 25 26 birthday 27 18 19 20 birthday 21 Shower 22Shower 23 24 22 23 24 established, 1916 25 26 27 28 17 18 19 20 Shower 21 Shower 22 23 Frederick Law Olmsted’s birthday / Mercury at Greatest Theodore Roosevelt’s Venus at Greatest 28 25 Supermoon 26 27 28 29 Arbor Day 30 29 30 31 Western Elongation 24 25 26 birthday 27 28 Eastern Elongation 29 30 JANUARY 2021 MARCH 2021 MARCH 2021 MAY 2021 JULY 2021 SEPTEMBER 2021 SEPTEMBER 2021 NOVEMBER 2021 SMTWTFS SMTWTFS SMTWTFS SMTWTFS SMTWTFS SMTWTFS SMTWTFS SMTWTFS 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 FEBRUARY 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 APRIL 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 AUGUST 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 OCTOBER 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 28 29 30 31 28 29 30 31 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 26 27 28 29 30 26 27 28 29 30 28 29 30 31 30 31 Halloween 31 ORDER TODAY [email protected] 04 NEW TITLES 2020 CHILDREN’S Little Muir’s Night John Muir Illustrated by Susie Ghahremani Join Little Muir as he discovers the wonder of a starry night outdoors. Legendary conservationist John Muir’s dreamy prose and award-winning illustrator Susie Ghahremani’s cheerful paintings come together in this luminous board book featuring sweet nighttime creatures. 978-1-930238-98-5 $8.99, board book 14 pages, 6 x 6 inches Ages 0 to 3 See also Little Muir’s Song, p. 11 ORDER TODAY [email protected] 05 NEW TITLES 2020 CHILDREN’S Call Me Floy Joanna Cooke As this novel for ages 8 to 12 opens in 1876, Florence “Floy” Hutchings—bold daughter of a famous father—is stuck in a stuffy classroom in crowded San Francisco, longing to return to the majestic place where she was born and where she has always felt free: Yosemite! Upon returning to her beloved Valley, Floy finds that it is changing in confusing ways: the intimate paradise she once knew is welcoming more visitors and they bring troubling attitudes about her indigenous friends and about what girls should and should not do. Yet, against this backdrop of change, Floy pursues her dream of climbing the indomitable Half Dome. Steeped in the rich atmosphere of old Yosemite and based on real people and true events, Call Me Floy is about a girl who struggles against the expectations of her times and follows her dream up the steepest path imaginable. 978-1-930238-99-2 $17.99, hardcover 192 pages, 5½ x 8¼ inches ORDER TODAY [email protected] 06 NEW TITLES 2020 TRAVEL John Muir’s Grand Yosemite Mike Wurtz Visitors to Yosemite National Park are often seeking a deeper connection to nature, and many are inspired by the example set by the renowned naturalist John Muir, who had some of his most transformational experiences there. In sketchbooks, journals, and later articles and books, Muir conveyed Yosemite’s gorgeous landscapes in drawings and prose, ultimately helping to ignite the global national parks movement.