Recommended Reading and Activities for Youth
Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn. ― Benjamin Franklin
Activities and Books
- Dog Bite Prevention Coloring Book
- "Don't Lick the Dog" - a colorful, rhyming picture book for kids 3-8 years old on how to safely make friends with new dogs!
- Kid's Bird Club
- Owls Aren't Wise & Bats Aren't Blind: A Naturalist Debunks Our Favorite Fallacies About Wildlife by Warner Shedd
- Book of the Mixed Breed Dog by Kay White and Andrew Prentis
- Diary of a Wombat by Jackie French
- Bird Books
- The Frogs and Toads All Sang by Arnold Lobel
- May I Pet Your Dog? The How-To Guide for Kids Meeting Dogs (and Dogs Meeting Kids) by Stephanie Calmenson
- Dog Safety Coloring Book Pages
- The Loss of a Pet: A Guide to Coping with the Grieving Process When a Pet Dies by Wallace Sife, Ph.D.
Nature and Nurture Books
- There's a Babirusa in My Bathtub: Fact and Fancy About Curious Creatures by Maxine Rose Schur
- Nature Trails: Teach Kids to Identify Wildlife by Sound by Dan Gibson & Holly Gibson Stewart
- Girls Who Looked Under Rocks: The Lives of Six Pioneering Naturalists by Jeannine Atkins
- Silent Spring: 40th Anniversary Edition by Rachel Carson
- Judy Sierra's Books
- Cat and Crow: An Amazing Friendship
Strikingly intricate wildlife images fill the recently published kids' picture book, "Curious Critters" by David FitzSimmons. The award winning photographer, writer and university professor from Ohio enlisted 21 creatures from nature centers, rehabilitation centers, zoos and his own backyard. To photograph them he placed them in a fabric cube called a light tent. The resulting photos show 21 animals -- from spotted salamanders to red-eyed vireos and jumping spiders -- in all their glorious colors, patterns and shapes, on a pure white background.
In childlike language, the text explains predator-prey relationships, life cycles, the importance of habitat protection and other concepts related to wildlife. "Curious Critters" received a silver medal in the 2011 Moonbeam Children's Book Awards competition.
In childlike language, the text explains predator-prey relationships, life cycles, the importance of habitat protection and other concepts related to wildlife. "Curious Critters" received a silver medal in the 2011 Moonbeam Children's Book Awards competition.
"Age Is Just A Number"
Please don't ever let someone tell you that you cannot do something because you are "too young", (or that you are too old). These amazing force-free trainers are 11, 12, and 14 years of age. Look what they have accomplished with their pony companions! You can do this too. Never give up on your dreams.
