Backpack Explorer: On the Nature Trail: What Will You Find?

This book is fun, engaging and presented in an extremely accessible way with lots of nice photos interspersed with illustrations. There is lots of information is packed into this book, but it is expertly condensed for younger kids.A magnifying glass (flimsy) is included and then throughout the book highlights things to explore with it. One thing to consider though is that some of the plants and animals in this book are likely focused for certain regions in the US as the publisher is based in North Adams, MA (for example the book The Hike by Alison is great, but is focused on the NW region). This totally works for us and I highly recommend it. I purchased this for my kids (5yo) and a friend (6yo), but itś so fantastic and it is selling at a great price (50% off) that I will likely purchase it for other friends as well.--- Contents ---Pages with photos and a corresponding sticker to be marked when identifying or spotting the following various things: leaves, birds, insects, squirrels (other small mammals), worms (and other creatures in the soil), toads (other amphibians), mushrooms, seeds, flowers, butterflies, spiders, and tracksAdditional information included are: types of trees (deciduous vs evergreen), types of clouds (3 most common), illustration of how a plant grows from a seed to flower, and herbivores vs omnivores (presented in an engaging ¨game" of following colored paths intertwined with each other to see which animals eat what - my kids had lots of fun with this one)Creative and Movement Activities : Music on the Trail, Animal Copycat movement game, Nature Critters (making art critters out of found natural objects), Animal Hide & Seek (predator-prey game), Nature Paintbrushes, Nature Mandalas, Nature Impressions (using air-drying clay to make memory keepsakes),Activities to encourage kids to use all their senses:Listen Up! - close your eyes and list of things to listen for with space to add your own thingsTouch it! - examples of textures to find and feel, i.e. rough, wet, soft, etcSmell it! - list of thing to smell with space to add your own thingsThe end of the book includes a special grid paper foldout to make your own trail map as well as stickers to use. (Love this!)------------------You can tell lots of care and thought was put into putting this book together and is packed full of information and activities to engage young children (and their adults).

Very nice book with fun activities. Quick mailing and response from seller with questions about book

I loved this book, you can make your own map on the back page, I took my kids to a trail camp in Highlands and the instructors may not have used it but loved the book very much! It did help the kids know what trees and leaves they saw and bugs and just all kinds of helpful tips when they went on this trail this summer! This book inspired so many kids that went to the campers trail. I recommend to any kids who are into outdoors, even if it's to learn natural critters and different leaves! My favorite part of this book is the crafts you can make out of things you find from your trail of your choice!

Great book with wonderful information! 10 out of 10

Beautiful book. Good graphics and activities. Sadly, someone tore the sticker page out of this book prior to my purchase. That kind of stinks.

The media could not be loaded. It’s a great book, but the corner came all smashed which damaged all the pages as well.I swear, every book I get from Amazon is damaged. I have to return the original one I receive every single time. The new one they replace it with is always perfectly fine tho… Just sick of this return game with books.Book Contents Include Things Like…Trees, Leaves, Seeds, Amphibians, Insects, Small Mammals, Clouds, Tracks, Spiders, Flowers, Butterflies, etc.

My grandie and I left her copy out and it got rained on. She was sad. Perfect replacement nd no tears shed

Great introduction to nature and how to view and experience it!