If your child has a passion for the great outdoors
Clouds
Flowers
Mountains
Rivers
Rocks
Trees
Water
Art From Nature: ABC’s With Leaf Collage Instructions
Author: Chris Gluck
Illustrator: Chris Gluck
Publisher: Studio Acanto
Recommended Age Range: 2 to Adult
if I was the sunshine
Author: Julie Fogliano
Illustrator: Loren Long
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Recommended Age Range: 4 to 8
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The Blue Hour
Author: Isabelle Simler
Illustrator: Isabelle Simler
Publisher: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Recommended Age Range: 4 to 8
The Listening Walk
Author: Paul Showers
Illustrator: Aliki
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Recommended Age Range: 4 to 8
Everywhere we go – whether inside or out – there are sounds all around us. This is the premise behind Paul Showers brilliant book The Listening Walk. When a father, daughter, and their dog, Major, walk through their neighborhood they hear everything: From their dog’s toenails “twicking” on the sidewalk to bees buzzing in the flowers; from lawnmowers’ zooming across lawns to planes flying above. Of course, you (the reader) get to make the sounds. ☺ Sure to spark your own “Listening Walk.”
There is a Tribe of Kids
Author: Lane Smith
Illustrator: Lane Smith
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Recommended Age Range: 5 to 8
Awards: Kate Greenaway Medal Winner
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