Real Learning Nature
Booklist
Read Alouds for everybody:
Caddie Woodlawn
My Side of the Mountain
Rascal
Walden
Laddie
Water Sky
Where the Red Fern Grows
Paddle to the Sea
Minn of the Mississippi
Owls in the Family
Level Three Readers (I will use several of these
with Michael while I wait for Biology)
Black Hearts in Battersea
Nightbirds on Nantucket
The Wolves of Willouby Chase
Michael O'Halloran
Freckles
The Keeper of the Bees
The Harvester
The Best of Beston
Girl of the Limberlost
Level Two
Trumpet of the Swans
The Herriott Treasury for Children
Autumn Moon
One Day in the Woods
One Day in the Alpine Tundra
Kildee House
Owl in the shower
The Blue Hill Meadows
Tarantula in my Purse
Winter Moon
Picture book biographies to share (incomplete
list):
Into the Woods
A
Man Named Thoreau
Black Whiteness
Pond Watching with Ann Morgan
Bug Watching with Charles Henry Turner
Picture Books (these are Level One but I really
think everyone should share them):
Henry David's House
Henry Hikes to Fitchburg
Henry Builds a Cabin
Louisa May and Mr. Thoreau's Flute
Several titles by each of the following:
Joanne Ryder
When the Woods Hum
Fog in the Meadow
A
Fawn in the Grass
Each Living Thing
Wild Birds
Mockingbird
Morning
Catching the Wind
My Father's Hands
The Waterfall's Gift
Hello Tree!
Eric Carle:
The Very Busy Spider
The Very Quiet Cricket
The Very Lonely Firefly
The Very Clumsy Click Beetle
Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See?
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
The Mixed up Chameleon
The Grouchy Ladybug
The Honeybee and the Robber
Cynthia Rylant
Every Living Thing
The Bird House
Tulip Sees America
Night in the Country
Blue Hill Meadows
In November
The Wonderful Happens
This Year's Garden
More good stuff:
America The Beautiful
Salamander Rain: A Lake and Pond Journal
Crinkleroot's guide to Knowing the birds
Crinkleroot's Guide to Animal Habitats
Crinkleroot's Guide to Knowing the Trees
Resources and books for Mom and/or high
schoolers:
Golden Guides:
Pond Life,
Insects,
Birds
The Wild Out Your Window: Exploring Nature Near at Hand
The Curious Naturalist: Nature's Everyday Mysteries
Reading the Mountains of Home
Writing Naturally: A down to earth guide to nature writing
Fun With Nature Take Along Guide
More Fun with Nature Take Along Guide
Drawing From Nature
Keeping a Nature Journal
A
Crow Doesn't Need a Shadow
Acorn Pancakes and Dandelion Salad and 38 Other Wild Recipes
Picture Study
Thomas Locker:
Cloud Dance
Mountain Dance
Where the River Begins
In Blue Mountains
Walking With Henry
and others.
Audubon paintings
Monet’s Water Lilies
