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{ Monthly Archives } June 2010

Sea turtle egg rescue plan announced

Scientists will be rescuing sea turtle nests and eggs in the Gulf of Mexico to protect them from the BP oil spill. The US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) is calling the plan the “Sea Turtle Late-Term Nest Collection and Hatchling Release Plan”. Eggs, mostly of endangered loggerhead sea turtles, will be taken to Florida [...]

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One more photo from Carl and Jean’s visit to the Upper Peninsula Children’s Museum

Here’s another photo from the grand opening of Sprout: Toys for Growing Minds at the Upper Peninsula Children’s Museum where Carl and Jean signed their children’s picture books. Looks like a pretty fun place!

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Another photo from Carl and Jean’s visit at the Upper Peninsula Children’s Museum

I love WordPress.org, our blog software, but it does not allow us to easily post more than one photo per blog post. That said, here’s a great photo of Lester Milligan, our good friend and Michigan sales representative, at the grand opening of Sprout: Toys for Growing Minds at the Upper Peninsula Children’s Museum. Lester [...]

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Upper Peninsula Children’s Museum welcomes Carl and Jean

Carl and Jean signed books and answered questions this past Saturday during the grand opening of Sprout: Toys for Growing Minds, the new store inside the Upper Peninsula Children’s Museum in Marquette, Michigan.  Carl and Jean signed copies of their New York Times best-selling children’s picture books. Their award winning children’s nature movies, books and plush [...]

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First Snow in the Woods: The Movie review

Katie Baxter, our favorite child reviewer and niece of our Art Director Karen McDiarmid, wrote the following review of our new children’s nature movie, First Snow in the Woods: The Movie: No artificial flavors, just natural beauty! This video has absolutely amazing photography and wonderful voices. This video is not long, but it’s long enough [...]

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Great American Backyard Campout

Join the Great American Backyard Campout this Weekend! The Great American Backyard Campout is this Saturday, June, 26, 2010. National Wildlife Federation Naturalist David Mizjewski talks about the Great American Backyard Campout and shares animals that go “BUMP” in the night…or day with Kathie Lee and Hoda of the Today Show in this video. This informative video [...]

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Subscribe to our nature blog today

Want to keep updated on breaking news about our wildlife prints, children’s picture books, movies and plush? Subscribe to our “In the Woods” nature blog today!  When you subscribe, you receive new blog posts directly in your e-mail inbox or RSS feed reader, whichever you prefer. There is no charge, the updates are free, and you [...]

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Healing Garden Journal features Carl and Jean

Healing Garden Journal features an article about Carl and Jean titled “Carl R. Sams II and Jean Stoick: Photographers on a Mission of Hope“. The article is wonderfully written by Linda Hasley, Managing Editor for Healing Garden Journal. Linda writes, “Upon meeting Carl and Jean, I immediately felt at ease, almost like a member of [...]

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Injured bird rescue: International Bird Rescue Research Center

The International Bird Rescue Research Center (IBRRC) is conducting injured bird rescue to help oiled birds in the Gulf. I keep hearing the name of this organization in the news and wanted to learn more about them. IBRRC is working with the Tri-State Bird Rescue & Research, the lead oiled wildlife organization on the ground, to set [...]

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Baby musk ox taken to wildlife center

Have you ever seen a baby musk ox? This little guy (or girl) is very cute (see photo at “Baby musk ox taken to Wildlife Center“). The baby musk ox was found in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, far from Anchorage, its natural habitat, wandering around. Officials at the Department of Fish and Game and the Alaska Wildlife [...]

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