In The Woods: The Blog for Carl Sams & Jean Stoick » Uncategorized http://www.carlsams.com/inthewoods Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:04:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Reminder: Free Shipping through December 15, 2011 on orders of $50 or more http://www.carlsams.com/inthewoods/2011/11/reminder-free-shipping-through-december-15-2011-on-orders-of-50-or-more/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=reminder-free-shipping-through-december-15-2011-on-orders-of-50-or-more http://www.carlsams.com/inthewoods/2011/11/reminder-free-shipping-through-december-15-2011-on-orders-of-50-or-more/#comments Fri, 18 Nov 2011 15:54:48 +0000 Kirt Manecke http://www.carlsams.com/inthewoods/?p=12706 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]>
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Our 7" plush snowman is a great companion to our children's books.

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    Grizzly bear photo courtesy stock.xchng.com.

    What is the answer to stay safe from grizzly bear attacks while still enjoying nature and respecting these beautiful bears? The recent rash of grizzly bear attacks in the news has me searching for answers.

    In the article, ”Drought brings out aggression in hungry bears“, Mike Krueger, a wildlife biologist with Texas Parks & Wildlife, says a lack of rain means less natural food sources in the woods, causing bears to travel to towns seeking food in garbage. Second-home development has filled in many private lands that surround remote tracts of federal land, according to the article “Grizzly bear encounters are raising hackles“. This means that bears have more opportunity to encounter people.

    Stay Safe in Grizzly Bear Country
    View “Grizzly Bear Attack Information” , “Hiking in Grizzly Bear Habitat“, and “Bears” (from the Glacier National Park website).

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    As our gift you can download Gram’s Amazing Snickerdoodles recipe from our new book Tea with Lady Sapphire: Sharing the Love of Birds here: Snickerdoodle Recipe (PDF)

    We hope you enjoy the recipe with your children and grand children!

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    This is a very interesting video. Who would have thought that hay may help clean up the BP oil spill.

    A Florida-based contractor says he’s got an idea for how to use hay to cleanup much of the Gulf Coast oil spill. The contractor says he’s contacted BP to see if they’re interested.

    Any options to safeguard wildlife and our environment from this oil spill sound good to me. Like the gentleman mentions in this video, taking huge round bales of hay and blowing them onto the water may be an efficient solution.

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    ]]>     http://www.carlsams.com/inthewoods/2010/05/could-hay-help-clean-up-oil-spill/feed/ 0     Helping kids read with book donation to Head Start http://www.carlsams.com/inthewoods/2010/03/helping-kids-read-with-book-donation-to-head-start/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=helping-kids-read-with-book-donation-to-head-start http://www.carlsams.com/inthewoods/2010/03/helping-kids-read-with-book-donation-to-head-start/#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:35:47 +0000 Kirt Manecke http://www.carlsams.com/inthewoods/?p=2498 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]>

    Huron Valley School Board Member Lindsay Cotter, and Kirt Manecke from Carl R. Sams II Photography, hold up the books being donated to help kids read. Photo by Carl R. Sams II

    In keeping with their tradition of helping kids read during March is Reading Month, Carl and Jean donated 185 of their Find My Friends board books to the Head Start program at Huron Valley Schools Apollo Center near Milford, Michigan.

    Carl and Jean are also donating their award winning In the Woods series (Lost in the Woods, Stranger in the Woods, First Snow in the Woods) of children’s picture books to the teachers at Apollo Center so they can read to the children and teach them gentle lessons of nature.

    Huron Valley School Board member and Milford resident Lindsay Cotter collected and delivered the books. Lindsay said, “They are putting the books in the hands of the children that need them the most. Reading is the key to their future. The kids are so excited!”

    We want to thank Lindsay Cotter for helping us make this happen and for delivering the books.

    Created in 1965, Head Start is the most successful, longest-running, national school readiness program in the United States. Nearly 25 million pre-school aged children have benefited from Head Start. Learn more about Head Start.

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    Recycling your Christmas tree benefits fish and wildlife. “In rural areas, discarded Christmas trees can be put to good use as erosion control or as brush piles to provide resting and escape cover for small animals,” according to the article “Fish, wildlife benefit from Christmas Trees after the holidays” from the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources.

    We posted “Recycle your Christmas tree” on this blog a couple weeks ago. I think these posts are good reminders that you can help our wildlife friends, and reduce items going into landfills, by recycling your Christmas tree.

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    ]]>     http://www.carlsams.com/inthewoods/2010/01/recycling-your-christmast-tree-for-fish-and-wildlife/feed/ 0     Board books for toddlers are fun and educational http://www.carlsams.com/inthewoods/2009/07/board-books-for-toddlers-are-fun-and-educational/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=board-books-for-toddlers-are-fun-and-educational http://www.carlsams.com/inthewoods/2009/07/board-books-for-toddlers-are-fun-and-educational/#comments Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:15:07 +0000 Kirt Manecke http://www.carlsams.com/inthewoods/?p=1302 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]>
    Find My Friends teaches toddlers how creatures of nature use their special colors to hide.

    Find My Friends teaches toddlers how creatures of nature use their special colors to hide.

    Board books for toddlers are sturdy, educational and fun!

    In our board book, Find My Friends, little ones learn how creatures of nature use their special colors to hide. Have you ever seen a walking stick?

    Find My Friends is a Midwest Independent Publishers Association Honorable Mention Award Winner. Learn more about the book.

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    I came across a funny blog post about wildlife photography. It reminded me of my own failed attempts.

    The author writes “It’s not that the birds don’t like our garden, or that the treats we put out for them aren’t to their taste. No. They just don’t like having their photographs taken…But when I go out there with my camera – nothing.”

    View “Confessions of a failed wildlife photographer“.

    This makes me appreciate the great skills of Carl and Jean even more.

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    ]]>     http://www.carlsams.com/inthewoods/2009/07/wildlife-photographer-makes-fun-of-failed-attempts/feed/ 0     Children’s Book Week May 11-17 http://www.carlsams.com/inthewoods/2009/05/children%e2%80%99s-book-week-may-11-17/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=children%25e2%2580%2599s-book-week-may-11-17 http://www.carlsams.com/inthewoods/2009/05/children%e2%80%99s-book-week-may-11-17/#comments Tue, 12 May 2009 15:28:02 +0000 Kirt Manecke http://www.carlsams.com/inthewoods/?p=584 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]>

    Children’s Book Week is May 11 – 17. Started in 1919, Children’s Book Week remains a very important event.

    "Lost in the Woods" by Carl Sams & Jean Stoick

    "Lost in the Woods" weaves a delightful tale with a message for children: Fawns found alone in the woods are rarely lost or abandoned.

    According to Children’s Book Week, since 1919 Children’s Book Week has been celebrated nationally in schools, libraries, bookstores, clubs, private homes-any place where there are children and books. Educators, librarians, booksellers, and families have celebrated children’s books and the love of reading with storytelling, parties, author and illustrator appearances, and other book related events.

    The need for Children’s Book Week today is as essential as it was in 1919, and the task remains the realization of Frederic Melcher’s fundamental declaration: “A great nation is a reading nation.”

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    We may want to bring our snowman back out! A surprise winter storm hit us in Michigan. Everyone at Carl and Jean’s studio is hoping spring is here at last. It’s 50 degrees today.

    spanishsitwlI’m busy promoting the Spanish edition of our New York Times best selling children’s book Stranger in the Woods. I’m sending copies to Spanish distributors.

    Today I read a blog post titled “Reading Chldren’s Books.” The posting is about how reading children’s books helps adults learn to read too. Read the article.

    Hopefully Stranger in the Woods and other children’s books can help improve literacy.

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