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Take a Winter Nature Walk
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Take a Winter Nature Walk Paperback - 2008

by Jane Kirkland

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From the publisher

Packed with fun and interesting sidebars, color photographs, and artwork by other kids, this award-winning series is as useful in the classroom as it is fun to readers. Designed to educate, entertain, and help create environmental stewards for our planet, the format presents science in a way that helps teachers address both national and state science and literacy standards. Topics are presented inconvenient spreads that enable readers to flip throughout the books, and theyprovide definitions, resources, poetry, and quotes by celebrated people. The entire series is recommended by the National Science Teachers Association.

Examining what happens to theenvironmentduring the winter season, this take-along guide helps children observe and understand the habits of the wildlife in their locale. They will discover how various plants and animals adapt to survive, where the insects, reptiles, and amphibians retreat to, and when they might expect to see them again. Differences between cryptic coloration and camouflage as well as hibernation and torpor are identified and explored, along with why some animals migrate and others don t. Among the creatures covered are bears, deer, foxes, rabbits, squirrels, cardinals, chickadees, and titmice."

Details

  • Title Take a Winter Nature Walk
  • Author Jane Kirkland
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 32
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Stillwater Publishing
  • Publication date 2008-10
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780970975478 / 0970975473
  • Weight 0.4 lbs (0.18 kg)
  • Dimensions 10.7 x 8.3 x 0.2 in (27.18 x 21.08 x 0.51 cm)
  • Age range 09 to 12 years
  • Grade levels 4 - 7
  • Category Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction
  • Library of Congress subjects Winter, Nature study
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2008908307
  • Dewey Decimal Code 591.42

About the author

Jane Kirkland is the author of more than 50 books, including the award-winning Take a Walk(r) series. She is also a naturalist, a photographer, and a motivational speaker who visits schools, conducts workshops, and presents at conferences. She has appeared on Animal Planet TV, NPR, and PBS, and in such magazines as Family Circle, Green Teacher, Parenting, Parents, and Redbook. She lives in Downingtown, Pennsylvania.

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