September: Observation and outdoor learning

Book Lists

Children’s Book List

Arnosky, J. 1979. Crinkleroot's Book of Animal Tracks and Wildlife Signs. Penguin Group (USA).

Arnosky, J. 1993. Crinkleroot's Guide to Walking in Wild Places. Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing.

Arnosky, J. 2002. Field Trips: Bug Hunting, Animal Tracking, Bird-watching, Shore Walking. HarperCollins Publishers.

Arnosky, J. 1995. I See Animals Hiding. Scholastic.

Arnosky, J. 2008. Wild Tracks!  A Guide to Nature's Footprints. Sterling Publishing.

Barasch, L. 1993. A Winter Walk. Ticknor & Fields.

Barraclough, S. 2007. Respecting Our World. Black Rabbit Books.

Baylor, B. and P. Parnall. 1997. The Other Way to Listen. Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing.

Bunting, E. 1996. Secret Place. Clarion Books.

Capogna, V.V. 1999. Did You Ever Wonder about Things You Find in Your Backyard? Marshall Cavendish Inc.

Carter, D.A. 1996. Colors and Shapes. Little Simon.

Dodds, D.A. 1996. Shape of Things. Candlewick Press.

Fredericks, A.D. 2001. Under One Rock: Bugs, Slugs and Other Ughs. Dawn Publications.

Giogas, V. 2007. In My Backyard. Sylvan Dell Publishing.

Heller, R. 1992. How to Hide a Butterfly: and other insects. Penguin Group Inc (USA).

Herberman, E. 1989. The City Kid's Field Guide. Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing.

Hoban, T. 1984. Is It Rough? Is It Smooth? Is It Shiny? HarperCollins Publishers.

Kalman, B. 1993. The Colors of Nature. Crabtree Publishing Company.

Morrison, G. 2004. Nature in the Neighborhood. Walter Lorraine Books/Houghton Mifflin Books.

Paolilli, P. and D. Brewer. 2001. Silver Seeds: A Book of Nature Poems. Viking.

Rau, D.M. 2006. Star in My Orange: Looking for Nature's Shapes. Lerner Publishing Group.

Rotner, S. 1992. Nature Spy. Atheneum.

Ryder, J., and D. Nolan. 1990. Under Your Feet. Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing.

Schimmel, S. 2002. Children of the Earth…Remember. T&N Children's Publishing.

Schimmel, S. 1994. Dear Children of the Earth: A Letter from Home. T&N Children's Publishing.

Showers, P. and Aliki. 1993. The Listening Walk. HarperCollins Children's Books.

Silver, D.M., P.J. Wynne, and D. Ettl. 1997. One Small Square Backyard. The McGraw-Hill Companies.

Stockdale, S. 1999. Nature's Paintbrush: The Patterns and Colors around You. Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing.

Wallace, N.E. 2006. Look! Look! Look! Marshall Cavendish Children's Books.

Weisner, C. 2003. Let's Get Going: The Step-by-Step Guide to Successful Outings with Children. Red Deer Press.

Wiesmuller, D. 2003. In the Blink of an Eye. Walker & Company.

Wood, A. J. 2003. Beetles and Bugs: A Nature Trail Book. Silver Dolphin Books.

Yolen, J. and J. Stemple. Color Me a Rhyme: Nature Poems for Young People. Boyds Mills Press.

Books for Educators

Broda, H. W. 2011. Moving the Classroom Outdoors. Stenhouse Publishers.

Cornell, J. B. 1998. Sharing Nature with Children (20th Anniversary Edition). Dawn Publications.

Chalufour, I., and K. Worth. 2003. Discovering Nature with Young Children.Redleaf Press.

Cohen, R. P. 2011. 15 Minutes Outside: 365 ways to get out of the house and connect with your kids. Sourcebooks, Inc.

Leslie, C. W. 2010. The Nature Connection: An Outdoor Workbook for Kids, Families, and Classrooms.Storey Publishing.

Louv, R. 2008. Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder. Algonquin Books.

Ross, C., and T. Gladfelter. 1995. Kids in the Wild: A Family Guide to Outdoor Recreation. Mountaineer Books.

Stein, S. 2001. Noah's Children: Restoring the Ecology of Childhood. North Point Press.

Van Tilburg, C. 2005. Introducing Your Kids to the Outdoors. Stackpole Books.