Editors of Storey Publishing

Backpack Explorer: Winter Walk

What Will You Find?

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Explore the wonders and surprises of nature in winter with this take-along activity book - complete with a real magnifying glass, stickers, and a pull-out journal - for kids ages 4 to 8.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Workman Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 48
• Altersempfehlung: 4 bis 8 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Oktober 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 188mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 254g
• ISBN-13: 9781635869248
• ISBN-10: 1635869242
• Artikelnr.: 73351899

Autorenporträt

Storey Publishing's children's nonfiction books spark curiosity and joy and inspire kids to learn, grow, connect, and discover new skills.  

Inhaltsangabe

Winter Walk
Contents Are You Ready to have some fun in the cold? Introduction and packing list (1 page) Head outdoors with warm clothes
hat
and mittens
magnifying glass
water bottle
journal
and camera and get ready explore a winter wonderland. STICKER SCAVENGER HUNT (1 page) 12 items to look for on your walk: 1.  Snowflakes and snow 2.  Icicles 3.  Frost 4.  Animal tracks 5.  Trees (Bare branches/hardy leaves) 6.  Conifers 7.  Birds (chickadee
cardinal
and can you find others who stay around in winter?) 8. Bug signs (snow fleas
leaf litter
signs of insects
springtails
etc.) 9.  Sky sightings (clouds
sun dogs
northern lights
constellations?) 10.  Animals (including some who's fur turns whites (ermine
fox
snowshoe hare…)] 11.  Seeds/nuts/berries – what other finds do winter animals feed on? 12.  Sparkles (rainbow spectrum
sparkle on snow and ice
and other prisms in nature)   COLD WEATHER TIPS (1 page) Here are some ways to have more fun on your walk. TBA. NATURE FIELD GUIDES (24 pages) Learn about all 12 things on your scavenger hunt list in more detail. Brush up on fun facts about winter weather
snowflakes
ice
how wildlife navigate low temperatures
and more. [Include general intro copy
plus a list of specific items within each category and 2 to 3 questions to ask
plus something to look up close for with the magnifying glass as in the other Backpack Explorer books.] WINTER FUN & GAMES [12 pages] 2 Build a snow friend(s) (build snow animals
people
etc and decorate with natural materials) 2 Bird feeder – help your backyard birds with some easy DIY feeders (can do easy ones with fruit or pinecones
etc.) 2 Ice Art – freeze needles
berries
leaves (flowers
whatever else in different shapes and hang like ornaments on outside branches) add food coloring
etc. and/or make an ice lantern or little ice excavation game by freezing a stone or Lego person or whatever in there and chipping away the ice to get it. 2 Snow Science – Frozen bubbles and the boiling water evaporation trick 2 Snow construction – build a fort
slide
trench
etc. 2 Games – sledding
skating
snowball target toss
shuffleboard on ice
etc. 1 Winter Solstice celebration {last page} SENSORY HUNTS [3 pages] 1 See It Scavenger Hunt (songbird
icicle
red frozen berry
tracks in snow
sled
blue hat
big boots
green conifer needles
etc) 1 Hear It: shovel scraping
wind blowing
laughing
bird chirping
dog barking
ice tinkling
footsteps in slush
etc. 1 Touch It Texture Scavenger Hunt (wet
dry
warm
soft
metal
wood
wool
papery
frozen solid)   DISCOVERY ZONE [10 pages] 2 Amazing Animal adaptations (How ducks can walk on ice without freezing
snowshoe hares and weasels change fur color
moose noses
blubber
etc.) 2 Hibernation (10 animals who hibernate
how long
where
and other facts
or match up to their dens) 2 Temperature fun facts (when it freezes
coldest days ever
temperature for snow to form sidebar on looking at your temperature outside
hot water trick) 1 Seasons in southern vs northern hemisphere explanation 1 Avalanche science 1 frozen lake science (fish still swim below the ice
etc.)   MY WINTER WALK ADVENTURE (fold out pages and 2 sticker sheets) TBD. Kids write down their name
the date
where they went
the time
what they did
did they stay warm enough
etc
and more fill-in-the-blank journal entries. Plus: record what species or sign found and how they identified them in a picture with stickers and pencils.