Books, Art and Activities

The latest addition to the best-selling Backpack Explorer series invites kids ages 4 and up to head outside and find, collect, and learn about rock...

Curious kids will stop, look, listen, and touch as they search for types of leaves, count tree rings, gather pinecones, and feel bark. Each page is...

​A comprehensive book illustrating the specific relationships between native pollinators, beneficial insects, and native plants. Organized by plant...

A comprehensive guide illustrating the bees that occur in north-central and eastern United States and southern Canada and the native plants that su...

​What Goes on inside a Beaver Pond? takes kids ages 8 to 10 on a journey through a year in the life of a young beaver (called a “kit”). This is an ...

Clare Walker Leslie shows kids how to experience nature with all five senses, whether they live in the countryside, a major city, or somewhere in b...

Head outside and learn about the amazing plants and flowers all around! In the seventh book of the Backpack Explorer series, junior naturalists sea...

There is nothing like an auntie's love. This sweet story celebrates the special bond between auntie and her little bunny at Christmas time. With a ...

In recent years, planting a tree has become a catchall to represent “doing something good for the planet.” Many companies commit to planting a tree...

Gwen’s wonderful book Aggrandize is filled with color. Includes block-prints and interesting thoughts of her beautiful poetry . All the type is han...

Introduce children to 10 common animals—and their babies—that live on the prairie with this wildlife-themed board book. Board books ...

Introduce children to the planets, Earth’s moon, and the sun through this astronomy-themed board book. Children are never too young to begin learni...

The fantastic Legend team of Kathy-jo Wargin and Gijsbert van Frankenhuyzen have another beautiful book to add to the Sleeping Bear and Mackinac Is...

Get to know black bears, brown bears, and polar bears like never before—through Stan Tekiela’s wildlife photography, personal anecdotes, and years ...

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be an animal that lives underground? Now you can find out! With each turn of the page, this engagin...

Acclaimed wildlife photographer Wayne Lynch has been fascinated by the prairie grasslands for more than 40 years and in love with birds for even lo...

The perfect thing for the bibliophile in the family! Use it for guiltfree gift wrap of that new series they've been wanting to get their hands on. ...

Beloved by many people the world over, owls are curious creatures; and perhaps no one is more captivated by them than artist Jeannine Chappell. In ...

Bring the great outdoors inside with Jr. RangerLand! This awesome How to Draw North American Animals Art Kit lets you learn about your favorite fur...

Greta the Great Horned Owl is out hunting mice. She has no idea that her life is about to change forever. A train strikes her, severely injuring he...

 The shocking truth of plastic's impact on our planet -- and what we can do about it.The data is in and it's bad. We create and throw away too much...

 Charley Harper’s What’s in the Rain Forest? is a journey through a rain forest. Zoe Burke’s rhyming text introduces young readers to thirty differ...

Personally signed by the author and our hometown friend Karen Brooks! This is the fourth and final book in a series about a bald eagle named B3.  ...

Personally signed by the author and our hometown friend Karen Brooks! This is the third book in a series about a bald eagle named B3. At 3-1/2 yea...