Take a Tree Walk
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• Kids immediately start learning about forestry and silvics.
• There is ample use of helpful and explanatory graphics.
• Great attention grabbing quizzes and stories are interwoven with facts about all U.S. state trees.
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A brief section glamorizing tree-sitting as a means of preserving trees.
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The Bottom Line -
Jane Kirkland, developer of the "Take A Walk" juvenile literature series, has compiled a small but creative, 32-page workbook for kids who want to learn about trees. It is abundantly illustrated and presents a broad range of tree facts and figures.
The really special thing about "Take A Tree Walk" is its interactive nature. The book literally starts at the front door teaching things basic to identifying and appreciating trees. "Tree Walk" uses imagination to direct a child's thinking building fertile ground for budding botanists and foresters.
I am particularly impressed with what is taught to include quick ways to determine age and height and key markers used in tree identification. "Tree Walk" includes several forester-tested tricks of the trade.
Sadly, this book was not available when my kids were younger.
(Paperback; Stillwater Publishing; ISBN: 0970975414)
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