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As some of the best inspirational children’s books about nature, there are numerous parallels in plot between Wenaha Henry Seeds to a Tree and The Giving Tree.

The best reading recommendation and other activities to tighten your relationship with your kids

In the US, more than 1 million new books are published yearly. As a result, there has been a 2.2% US market size increase in children’s books. Reading is essential to a child’s upbringing and often provides more than just reading skills. Good books about nature can open the imagination and motivate even passive children. But with so many books available, which do you choose? Keep reading as we give you our top picks of children’s books about nature. Children’s Books About Nature: Top Picks Illustrated children’s books exploring nature are a great way to get your child interested in doing things outside and in their environment. Here are our four best children’s books about nature. 1. Wenaha Henry: Seeds to a Tree by Emanuel Rose This is the perfect book if you want to get your child interested in the world around them, the environment, and making a difference in the world. This book encourages your child to try to leave the world in a better way than you found it.Each Wenaha Henry book is sold with a pack of Douglas Fir seeds you and your child can plant together. This is a great way to build memories with your child and make a difference. 2. The Little Gardener by Emily Hughes If you want an illustrated book that plays in the fantasy field, this is the book you want. It’s based on reality, making it relatable to children, with some fantasy sprinkled to keep them interested. This picture book is beautifully illustrated and is a great way to get children interested in pottering around the garden. Finally, with its short story, this illustrated book is ideal for children between three and six. 3. Stick by Irene Dickson With today’s technology, children may find this book challenging to relate to in the beginning. However, after they’ve read the story a few times, they’ll be able to see the fun in finding a good stick while out and about in nature. This story follows a boy and his dog on one of their many walks. You follow the pair as they find a stick and proceed to have a ball of a time. The pictures aren’t too intricate and are bold and colorful. Finally, this book is particularly excellent if you have a dog. 4. How to Code a Sandcastle by Josh Funk This book combines tech and the outdoors in one beautifully illustrated book. The story follows Pearl, who is trying to build a sandcastle, but keeps getting set back by obstacles. So she and her robot pal decide to reach their goal using basic computer coding concepts. A lot of fun is had along the way, and the illustrations are colorful and bold. This book will get your kid longing for the beach. This book is brought to you by the nonprofit “Girls Who Code.“ What Are Your Favorite Children’s Picture Books? A great way to introduce young children to the world’s wonders is through children’s books about nature. Ensuring your children have access to children’s books assures they will have an enriched and imaginative childhood. In addition, if you take the time to read these books to your children, you can use them as stepping stones to teach your child about being kind to nature. If you’re looking for picture books full of beautiful illustrations and impactful storytelling, visit our shop to see our selection.

I’m in the field with my 2 best friends, Texas, a springer spaniel, and Jim who I spend 45 days a year out in the wilds with. We’re in Eastern Oregon in October, upland hunting, he is with Maizy, a yellow lab. The dogs are working hard to get scent in 30 mph wind. The clouds are high and sprinkles make it down occasionally. We split the hunting “beat” in 2 and walk the first side 15 yards or so from each other and will walk down the other side on the way back. This is big country for only 2 men and 2 dogs. We laugh and agree that there could be 5 men and 3 dogs and it still would seem like a small hunting party for this land. These fields have pheasants, quail, hungarian partridge and chukar. It is a treat to have so many types of upland game birds. My favorite are the huns, closely followed by the quail. But I love them all. The spaniel is 7, in his prime and energetic. His 3 blind retrieves save the day. Pheasant, quail and chukar all blind, using his nose and digging them out. He has earned his dinner. Burrs in his ears, under his legs and in his tail, he looks at me with a bloody chin, cut on reeds, with eyes imploring me to get moving. So I do. He is a tireless hunter, born into a line of champions. He is a hunter and an unusually grumpy springer, but he is my partner. Upland hunting like so many outdoor pursuits has specialized gear that oftentimes is accumulated over years. It takes time to find the right boots or leash for the dog. The Orvis-Toughshell waterproof upland pants are specialized and relatively expensive. But they are water and thornproof. They keep me safe when hopping barbed wire. I did manage to puncture them, but aquaseal saved the day. They have belt loops, zipper pockets and buttons on the cuff to help keep burrs and water off the socks. I carry a Franchi Instinct for Huns Pheasants, Grouse, quail and chukar. It is a field grade over/under and it is not an expensive shotgun, but it has all the beauty of an Italian shotgun and is very reliable. I shoot about 100 shells per month through it at sporting clays and carry it from September to January for upland hunting. Today I have the bottom tube choked with Improved Cylinder and the top tube choked with Modified. It works well – all the birds we take will be eaten by me and friends and the meat is in perfect condition. We walk the last field and then celebrate a good hunt with a quick shot of Whisky from the flask and cheers our good luck with the birds, that the weather was nicer than predicted and content that we spent a day walking with good friends. We left some birds in the field alive to carry on and took some birds home to eat and enjoy as men have been doing for millenia.