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Aimed toward "tweens" and their parents, but fun, educational, and useful for all. Was one of your New Year's resolutions to get more sunshine and fresh air? This site, from the U.S. Forest Service, can help. Locate all the outdoor spots in areas you're traveling to by ZIP code. Get ideas on what to do once you get there. Learn how to identify animal tracks or use a compass. Awaken your creative muse and rediscover the joys of leaf rubbings. Many related links under the "WHY" section. "This is where the other you lives." (CK) From This is True for 16 August 2009 Suggestions for further reading:
 by Dr. Seuss, Theodor Seuss Geisel Amazon Price: $8.25 Customer Review: In 1981's, a forestry-dependent community in north-coastal California (Laytonville) proposed removing The Lorax from the required reading list for second graders. One comment was, "To teach our children that harvesting redwood trees is bad is not th...  by Timothy Egan Amazon Price: $17.82 Customer Review: As others have pointed out, this book is written with such a bias politically and ecologically that it suffers in the telling. Those gosh darn robber barons, ancestors of all of today's Republicans, robbing the good citizens of the US from their nat...  by Candice Millard Amazon Price: $10.20 Customer Review: This is wonderfully written book about the amazon exploits of Teddy Roosevelt. There is no wonder why he is considered one of the best US presidents; whether it is the Panama canal, breaking up the conglomerates of the robber barons (on hearing the n...  by Sara Donati Amazon Price: $17.82 Customer Review: I waited long for this final book in The Wilderness Series...and was not disappointed at all! Well, I should correct that by saying I am sorely disappointed that the series is finished. The Endless Forest was one of the best books in this series, p...  by Carrie Ryan Amazon Price: $10.52 Customer Review: We get to continue our story with the next generation. Mary and some other familiar faces join in. Can't wait for the next book - we're not done yet! Newsfeed display by CaRP |
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