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1) Handy Dad In The Great Outdoors: More Than 30 Super-cool Projects and Activities for Dads and Kids
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Trade in screen time for fresh air and family fun with adventures and experiments from the host of HGTV's Room Crashers.
Slacklining, edible bugs, tarp surfing, and more! In this awesome follow-up to the hugely popular Handy Dad, extreme sports athlete and TV host Todd Davis gathers more than thirty projects and activities sure to get kids outside and entertained for hours. With easy-to-follow instructions, helpful photographs, and...
Slacklining, edible bugs, tarp surfing, and more! In this awesome follow-up to the hugely popular Handy Dad, extreme sports athlete and TV host Todd Davis gathers more than thirty projects and activities sure to get kids outside and entertained for hours. With easy-to-follow instructions, helpful photographs, and...
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Patrick McManus’ national best-seller, The Night the Bear Ate Goombaw, is a collection of hilarious short pieces about fishing, its exotic equipment, and activities like “gunkholing.”
You will learn, for example, that the best way to learn to fish is to build an addition to your house first. It should be big enough to hold all the nifty fishing equipment you will cart home from sporting goods stores and garage sales.
McManus cheerfully guides...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
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"The Couch Potato has everything he needs within reach of his sunken couch cushion. But when the electricity goes out, Couch Potato is forced to peel himself away from the comforts of his living room and venture outside. And when he does, he realizes fresh air and sunshine could be just the things he needs ..."--
7) Basketball
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
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"Relevant images match informative text in this introduction to basketball. Intended for students in kindergarten through third grade"--
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From the author of the New York Times bestseller that defined nature-deficit disorder and launched the international children-and-nature movement, Vitamin N (for “nature”) is a complete prescription for connecting with the power and joy of the natural world right now, with
500 activities for children and adults
Dozens of inspiring and thought-provoking essays
Scores of informational websites
Down-to-earth advice
In his landmark work Last Child...
11) Go hiking!
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"Lace up your hiking boots and grab your walking stick. It's time to go hiking! Follow along with Rory Raccoon as you learn all about what to wear, the gear to grab, and how to stay safe on the trails as you explore hiking in the great outdoors"--
12) Baseball
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
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"Relevant images match informative text in this introduction to baseball. Intended for students in kindergarten through third grade"--
13) Go canoeing!
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
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"Get out on the water and enjoy the sights and sounds of the great outdoors! Readers will learn all about planning, paddling, and the gear they need to take a canoe trip. They'll learn about safety and caring for the environment while enjoying an outdoor canoeing adventure!"--Provided by publisher.
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Firefly Books
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2016.
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Let them go outside and play! More parents are heeding the advice of specialists who urge them to do just that. By playing outside with friends, kids learn valuable interpersonal and negotiation skills and how to make decisions. Outdoor play teaches about the natural world, fosters creativity, and encourages physical activity.
101 Things For Kids To Do Outside is ideal for parents, teachers, and all those working with youth. This book is ideal for...
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'Utterly joyful…and full of fun', said The Countryman of Nature's Playground. Following that book's success the authors have written a second book that encourages children to enjoy and learn from the natural world through fun - this time for slightly older children. Go Wild describes a range of outdoor adventures for families to share, including foraging for wild food, the magical excitement of making fires, cooking over the hot coals and making...
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"Don't just survive, thrive in the great outdoors! This handy guidebook provides unique tips and tricks to transform any camping trip into a glamping vacay, including defense against weather extremes, hygiene hacks, and unplugged entertainment options"--Provided by publisher.
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A 25-year-old backcountry wanderer, a man happiest exploring wild places with his dog, Dan Bigley woke up one midsummer morning to a day full of promise. Before it was over, after a stellar day of salmon fishing along Alaska's Kenai and Russian rivers, a grizzly came tearing around a corner in the trail. Dan barely had time for "bear charging" to register before it had him on the ground, altering his life forever. "Upper nose, eyes, forehead anatomy...
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Cool Parks & Trails makes the great outdoors fun and exciting. Make a magnificent walking stick or play a game of hiking bingo. Create a no-hands water holder or a bike helmet mohawk. This book is full of easy-to-follow steps and bright photography for every activity. Plus, it's written just for kids! Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Checkerboard Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
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