After yesterday’s post about the new Kaiser Family Foundation study, I decided to post about classroom activities for kids to connect children with nature. Our Stranger in the Woods Curriculum Guide and Lost in the Woods Curriculum Guide provide inspiration to get kids outside. Stranger in the Woods and Lost in the Woods are wonderful starting points for [...]
Our children’s movie, Lost in the Woods: The Movie, is the winner of the Panda award for the best wildlife film for children world-wide. Watch as live video is combined with photography from the award-winning children’s book, Lost in the Woods. Children of all ages will enjoy this tale of trust, patience, and waiting for [...]
Caroline Daisy and Lainey Marie, along with their mother and grandmother, visited our studio today. The visit from our littlest nature lovers turned a mundane day into one the entire staff thoroughly enjoyed. “Caroline and Lainey memorized our books and movies word for word! They are our two biggest fans,” says Carl R. Sams II. Carl [...]
Come see Carl and Jean at the 2009 Great Lakes Art Fair Friday, October 16 through Sunday, October 18. Held in Novi, Michigan at the Rock Financial Showplace, it’s considered the premiere indoor art fair. Prints, Books, Movies, Plush In addition to prints from our gallery, our award winning children’s books, movies and also plush will [...]
In the New York Times article, “A New Assignment: Pick Books You Like“, kids read by picking books they like. According to the article, for years Lorrie McNeill loved teaching “To Kill a Mockingbird,” the Harper Lee classic that many Americans regard as a literary rite of passage. But last fall, for the first time [...]
Learn the real story about wildlife rehabilition and fawns in the article ”Bambis or not, volunteer cares for 8 fawns” from the Dallas Morning News online. According to the article, a small herd of eight bright-eyed fawns are adapting to the world at South Plains Wildlife Rehabilitation Center and being cared for by center volunteer Barry [...]
If you are looking for unique wildlife photography prints, some of the wildlife prints from our best selling children’s books are now available. To view select prints, visit our “In The Woods” gallery (from the online gallery at CarlSams.com), and our online gallery for the book Stranger in the Woods (from the online gallery at StrangerInTheWoods.com). [...]
Fawns are precious. Through Lost in the Woods, Carl and Jean hope people learn most fawns found alone in the woods are rarely lost or abandoned. Newborn fawns spend their first weeks without mom because her scent will attract predators to her babe. She instinctively knows to stay only briefly to nurse and care for her [...]
This touching video comes from Arnold’s Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Okeechobee, Florida. The organization’s goal is to rescue, rehabilitate and return recovered animals to their natural habitat. Unfortunately, some of these animals have sustained injuries that limit their return to the wild. In these cases they have set up habitats for them to stay at the wildlife [...]
Come see us in Ludington, Michigan this July 4th holiday weekend at The West Shore Art League Fine Arts & Crafts Fair. Stop by and meet professional wildlife photographer and New York Time’s best selling children’s book author Carl R. Sams II. Carl can personalize and autograph any “In the Woods” series books you purchase. Show [...]
