Books, Art and Activities

Get your coloring pencils ready for this wild Woodland Coloring Book from Petit Collage. Color in the woodland scenes featuring playful rabbits, bu...

Over the snow, the world is hushed and white. But under the snow lies a secret world of squirrels and snow hares, bears and bullfrogs, and many oth...

This northern Michigan story tells a legend of the creation of the Sleeping Bear Dunes. Fleeing from a forest fire, a mother bear urges her two cub...

Dragonflies are some the world's most beautiful (and fascinating!) insects. And one many children can find right in their backyards! With a simple ...

​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 ...

From entomologist Barrett Klein comes a buzz-worthy exploration of the many ways insects have affected human society, history, and culture. The wor...

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...

Introduce children to the fascinating world of nature! Floppers & Loppers features simple text and award-winning photography by ...

Peepers & Peekers features simple text and award-winning photography by Stan Tekiela. This board book allows readers to gaze int...

It hasn't rained in the forest for many weeks. And in the sunny clearing, everything is dry and scorched. Then, late one afternoon, a hot wind begi...

Isle Royale National Park—with its lush northern landscape, wolves, and moose—is an ideal laboratory for wildlife biologists. For nearly half a cen...

This fun kit includes everything one needs to create a travel journal! Some pages have writing prompts while others are left to one's imagination. ...

 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 second book in the B3 series. At 2 years old, B3 is now a Juveni...

When you go into nature, just look around you. You'll learn to move slowly and let go, to be flexible and soft while staying strong, and to revel i...

Learn about the importance of climate and weather, as well as problems—and solutions—associated with climate change, in this essential children’s b...

First published by Cecil Frances Alexander in 1948, this favorite hymn has become a mainstay of churches and Sunday school classes everywhere. Arti...

Laugh and learn with fun facts about raccoons, wolves, fireflies, and more—all told in Dr. Seuss’s beloved rhyming style and starring the Cat in th...

Laugh and learn with fun facts about hummingbirds, ducks, penguins, and more—all told in Dr. Seuss’s beloved rhyming style and starring the Cat in ...