The Santa Cruz Public
Libraries have over 20 books and videos on composting. Below
is a list of their resources as of 2004.
Visit the library or check
their website at:
www.santacruzpl.org
General Composting | Worm Composting | Videos | Fun
General Composting
1. Ball, Liz.
Composting / by Liz Ball
; with illustrations by Jim Anderson.
New York : Workman Pub.,
c1997.
2. Campbell, Stu.
Let it rot! : The gardener's
guide to composting / by Stu Campbell
Pownal, Vermont : Storey
Communications, c1990.
3. Campbell, Stu.
Let it rot! : the gardener's
guide to composting / Stu Campbell.
Pownal, Vt. : Storey Communications
c1998.
4. Cullen, Mark, 1956-
The urban/suburban composter
: the complete guide to backyard, balcony, and apartment
composting
by Mark Cullen and
Lorraine Johnson ; illustrations by Andrew Leyerle.
New York : St. Martin's Press,
c1994.
5. Del Porto, David.
Composting toilet system
book :
A
practical guide to choosing, planning and maintaining
composting toilet systems, a water-saving, pollution-preventing
alternative
by David Del Porto and Carol Steinfeld.
Concord, Mass. : Center for
Ecological Pollution Prevention (CEPP), c1999.
6. Ecology Action of Santa Cruz. – Reference
only!
Home composting and recycling
information.
[Santa Cruz, CA] : Ecology
Action of Santa Cruz,
7. Francis, Robert.
The complete book of compost
by Robert Francis.
New York : Becker & Mayer
: Berkley Books, c1998.
8. Glaser, Linda.
Compost! : growing gardens
from your garbage
by Linda Glaser ; pictures by Anca
Hariton.
Brookfield, Conn. : Millbrook
Press, c1996
9. Goldstein, Jerome, 1931-
Garbage as you like it. Illus.
by Virginia Howie.
Emmaus, Pa., Rodale Books
[1969]
10. Golueke, Clarence G., 1917
Biological reclamation of
solid wastes
Clarence G. Golueke.
Emmaus, PA : Rodale Press,
c1977.
11. Golueke, Clarence G., 1917-
Composting : a study
of the process and its principles
by Clarence G. Golueke.
Emmaus, Pa. : Rodale Press,
c1972.
12. Jenkins, Joseph C.
The humanure handbook : a
guide to composting human manure
by Joseph C. Jenkins.
Grove City, PA : Jenkins
Pub., c1999.
13. Lavies, Bianca.
Compost critters / text and
photographs by Bianca Lavies.
New York : Dutton Children's
Books, 1993.
14. Minnich, Jerry.
The Rodale guide to composting
by Jerry Minnich, Marjorie Hunt, and the editors of Organic
gardening magazine ; [ill. by Jerry O'Brien].
Emmaus Pa. : Rodale Press,
c1979.
15. Rockwell, Harlow.
\The compost heap.
Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday
[1974]
16. The Rodale book of composting / Deborah L. Martin
and Grace Gershuny, editors.
Emmaus, Pa. : Rodale Press
; [New York] : St. Martin's Press [distributor], c1992.
17. Ross, Michael Elsohn, 1952-
Re-cycles / Michael Elsohn
Ross ; illustrated by Gustav Moore.
Brookfield, Conn. : Millbrook
Press, c2002.
18. Stell, Elizabeth.
Secrets to great soil : a
grower's guide to composting, mulching, and creating healthy,
fertile soil for your garden and lawn
by
Elizabeth Stell
Pownal, Vt. : Storey Pub.,
c1998.
19. Van der Ryn, Sim.
The toilet papers : recycling
waste and conserving water
by
Sim Van der Ryn
Sausalito, CA : Ecological
Design Press, 1995.
Worm Composting
20. Appelhof, Mary.
Worms eat my garbage / by
Mary Appelhof
with illustrations by Mary Frances
Fenton.
Kalamazoo, Mich., : Flower
Press, c1997.
21. Appelhof, Mary.
Worms eat our garbage : classroom
activities for a better environment
Mary Appelhof,
Mary Frances Fenton, Barbara Loss Harris
illustrations,
Mary Frances Fenton, Nancy Kostecke.
Kalamazoo, Mich., U.S.A.
: Flower Press, c1993.
22. Payne, Binet
The worm cafe : mid-scale
vermicomposting of lunchroom wastes
A
manual for schools,
small businesses and community groups
by Binet Payne
; with illustrations
by Paul E. Bourgeois.
Kalamazoo, Mich. : Flower
Press , c1999.
Videos
23. Composting [videorecording] / the Agroecology
Program
University of California,
Santa Cruz. [Santa Cruz, Calif.] : The
University, c1992.
24. Composting for the 90's [videorecording] : a reason
and method for everyone
produced by Earth to Earth Productions.
Burbank, CA : Earth to Earth
Productions.
25. Organic gardening--composting [videorecording]
Rodale Press ; producer,
Burton K. Fox
; director and writer, Winifred Scherrer.
Oley, Pa. : Bullfrog Films,
1972.
26. Wormania [videorecording]
Featuring Mary Appelhof
as "Worm Woman" with Billy B. and
the Brennan Kids.
Kalamazoo, Mich. : Flowerfield
Enterprises, c1995.
27 Worm bin creatures alive through a
microscope [videorecording] / videotaped
edited,
and narrated by Warren A. Hatch.
[Portland, OR] : W.A. Hatch
(P.O. Box 9224, Portland, OR, 97207), c1998.
General Interest / Fun
28. Larson, Gary.
There's a hair in my dirt
/ by Gary Larson.
New York : HarperPerennial,
c1998.
29. Beech, Linda.
Scholastic's The magic school
bus meets the rot squad : a book about decompostion
TV tie-in bookb adaptation by Linda Beech and illustratedby
Carolyn Bracken ;
TV script written by John May and Jocelyn Stevenson.
New York : Scholastic, c1995.
