Teaching Ideas
The Extraordinary Outdoors
Incredible Insects
Hide in plain sight with this Camouflaged Moths Activity from Reading Rainbow for Bugs by Joan Richards Wright and Nancy Winslow Parker.
Hear the latest buzz about bees from Candace Fleming, author of Honeybee.
Create new stories about the fanciful bugs in Du Iz Tak? with the Finger Puppets Activity from Candlewick Press.
Creepy Crawly Nonfiction
Squirm with Giant Squid by Candace Fleming and Eric Rohmann.
Wriggle while reading Do Not Lick This Book by Idan Ben-Barak.
Slink into nature photography as Nic Bishop discusses snake behavior.
Worm your way into a Science Lesson with The Salamander Room by Anne Mazer.
Imagine Outdoors
Take a hike and build an outdoor collage with inspiration from author Alison Farrell in the Nature Collage Activities video lesson for The Hike.
Feel the shivers up and down with this Book Trailer for Scary Stories for Young Foxes.
Hold on to summer memories with crafts like the Fishing For Memories Craft in Activity Ideas from MaiStoryBook for A Different Pond.
Refresh Your Reading
Relive this night to remember starting with the Book Trailer for I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 by Lauren Tarshis.
Travel the high seas with Paolo Bacigalupi’s Meet-the-Author Recording for Ship Breaker.
Dive deeper and learn more about sharks in this Meet-the-Author Recording for Neighborhood Sharks with Katherine Roy.
Catch the wonder of waves with A.J. Dungo in this Author Interview by Nobrow Press for In Waves.