Books

Nature Books for Kids

The Very Busy Spider – Eric Carle
0-448-44421-6

Insectlopedia – Douglas Florian
0-15-216335-2

Big Tracks, Little Tracks – Millicent Selsam
978-0-06-445194-9

Time To Sleep – Denise Fleming
978-0-8050-6767-5

Mud Mary – Lyn Ray
978-0-15-202461-1

Rabbits & Raindrops – Jim Arnosky
0-613-36004-4

Fairy Houses – Tracy Kane
978-0-9708104-5-8

In My Backyard – Valarie Giogas
0977742318

Everybody Needs A Rock – Byrd Baylor

Herman and Marguerite: An Earth Story – Jay O’Callahan

Nature Guide Books

Critters of Michigan Pocket Guide – Ann McCarthy
1-885061-81-1

The Nature Handbook – Ernest H. Williams, Jr.
0-19-517194-2

What’s On The Beach? – Mary Blocksma
0-9708575-2-7

What’s In The Woods? – Mary Blocksma
978-097085753

Backyard Detective: Critters Up Close – Nic Bishop
0439174783

Take-Along Guides (series) – Mel Boring
1-55971-579-0

Michigan Field Guide (series) – Stan Tekiela

Mammals, Birds, Wildflowers, Trees, Peterson’s First Field Guide (series) Published by Houghton Mifflin

The Audubon Society Nature Guides Published by Alfred A. Knopf

Nature Books for Parents & Teachers

Wild Play: Parenting Adventures in the Great Outdoors – David Sobel

All About Deer, All About Owls, I See Animals Hiding, Crinkleroots 25 Fish Every Child Should Know, Crinkleroots 25 Birds Every Child Should Know, Crinkleroots Guide to Knowing the Trees – Jim Arnosky

Last Child in the Woods: Updated – Richard Louv

978-1-56512-605-3

The Sense of Wonder – Rachel Carson
0060914505

Children at Play – Heidi Britz-Crecelius
0-89281-629-5

Children’s Special Places – David Sobel

Beyond Ecophobia – David Sobel
0913098507

The Geography of Childhood – Nabhan/Trimble
0-8070-8525-1

Secret Spaces of Childhood – Elizabeth Goodenough
0-472-06845-8

A Natural Sense of Wonder – Rick Van Roy
978-0-8203-3103-4

Childhood & Nature – David Sobel
978-1-57110-741-1

Children and Nature – Kahn & Kellert
0262611759

Nature Activity Books

I Love Dirt – Jennifer Ward
978-1-59030-535-5

Kids Nature Book – Susan Milord
1-885593-07-4

Good Earth Art – Kohl/Gainer
0-935607-01-3

Fun with Nature – Northwords Press
1-55971-702-5

Nature’s Playground – Danks/Schofield
978-1-55652-723-4

Sunny Days and Starry Nights – Nancy F. Castaldo
1556525567

Nature Activities for Ages 2-6

Sharing Nature with Children – Joseph Cornell
1-883220-73-4

Sharing Nature with Children II – Joseph Cornell
1-883220-87-4

Nature in a Nutshell for Kids – Jean Potter
978-0-471-04444-4