Celebrate National Wildlife Week March 15-21 and get children outside. The National Wildlife Federation offers a number of outdoor activities for children.

If you are a teacher, look over our Lost in the Wood and Stranger in the Woods Curriculum Guides. Each guide contains 54 fun-filled activity pages plus 12 additional “project cards” with great ideas for bringing Lost in the Woods and Stranger in the Woods to life in the classroom.

The challenging activities in the guides were developed to meet the Michigan Education Assessment Program’s (MEAP) requirements in Language Arts, Science, Math, Music or Art.

And finally, Crayola offers some fun activities for kids during National Wildlife Week. Enjoy and please comment to keep us informed about your activities.

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Laura Sams and Robert Sams, authors of our book A Pirate’s Quest, and directors of our DVD movie The Riddle in a Bottle, enjoy sharing their talents through author visits and live performances each year. You can watch their wonderful presentation in Dubai in the video above.

They have performed at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History and the Chicago Field Museum to hundreds of schools and libraries across the United States.

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KIDS FIRST! announced its Best of the Year Awards, and our underwater film The Riddle in a Bottle won the Best Educational Film for Ages 5 to 12.

KIDS FIRST! is the world’s largest film festival, run by the Coalition for Quality Children’s Media, a national, nonprofit organization that evaluates, rates and endorses children’s feature films, DVDs, videos, CDs, TV shows and interactive media.

Other 2009 Best of the Year first place winners include Elmo’s Christmas Countdown from Sesame Workshop, Ish from Weston Woods and Goosebumps: The Scarecrow Walks at Midnight from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment.

Learn more about The Riddle in a Bottle.

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"One Child, One Planet" book cover

Author Bridget Llewellyn will be in Traverse City, Michigan this weekend signing copies of One Child, One Planet.

This new children’s book is a beautiful collaboration between Llewellyn and award-winning wildlife photographers and authors Carl R. Sams II and Jean Stoick.

“It was an absolute privilege to work with award-winning wildlife photographers, Carl R. Sams II and Jean Stoick. Sams and Stoick’s photography allows children to see the beauty in the world around them, and encourages children to ‘take ownership’ to preserve Mother Earth’s treasures,” says Llewellyn.

Children’s Book Signing Information
Date: Saturday, December 12, 2009
Time: Noon-2:00 p.m.
Location: Horizons Books in Traverse City, 243 E. Front Street, downtown Traverse City, Michigan

Date: Sunday, December 13, 2009
Time: Noon- 2:00 p.m.
Location: Horizons Books in Petoskey, 319 E. Mitchell Street, Petoskey, Michigan

Learn more about One Child, One Planet

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"One Child, One Planet" children's picture book

The children’s picture book One Child, One Planet is here! It’s beautiful. It’s educational.

“One Child, One Planet is a lovely and compelling book for kids. It balances critical environmental information with the gentle reassurance that children need as they become aware of the world around them,” says Lana Pollack, former Michigan state senator.

Order One Child, One Planet

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If you are taking your kids to a national park, I encourage you to get them involved with the Junior Ranger program.

Many National Parks offer visitors the opportunity to join the National Park Service Family as Junior Rangers. Interested students complete a series of activities during their park visit, share their answers with a park ranger, and receive an official Junior Ranger badge or patch and Junior Ranger certificate. Learn more

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Whale Shark Tooth photo courtesy Sisbro Studios.

From the Sisbro Blog, Laura Sams writes that in their next episode of The Riddle Solvers, they find an ancient journal with a riddle about shark teeth.

She is blown away by how tiny the whale shark teeth are, and how the biggest fish in the ocean has such tiny teeth. Learn more

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"One Child, One Planet" book cover (proof, not final)

As promised in my recent blog post, above is the cover (proof, not final) for the new book, One Child, One Planet: Inspiration for the Young Conservationist. This book is a beautiful collaboration between author Bridget Llewellyn and award-winning wildlife photographers and authors Carl R. Sams II and Jean Stoick.

One Child, One Planet provides environmental education for kids and will be available this fall. Learn more.

(Note to retailers, distributors, consumers: Place pre-orders now: Call 800-552-1867. ISBN: 978-0-9841880-0-0. Suggested Retail Price: $19.95)

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One Child, One Planet: Inspiration for the Young Conservationist, is a new children’s book coming this fall.

A beautiful collaboration between author Bridget Llewellyn and award-winning wildlife photographers and authors Carl R. Sams II and Jean Stoick.

Breathtaking images and charming prose sure to inspire children – and their parents too!

“Earth so big, and me, so small -
Oh, what good can I do?”
Funny you should ask, my child.
The world’s been waiting for you!

Stay tuned for a photo of the book cover! We’ll post it as soon as it’s available.

(Note to retailers, distributors, consumers: Place pre-orders now: Call 800-552-1867. ISBN: 978-0-9841880-0-0. Suggested Retail Price: $19.95)

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This bird watching guide will inspire kids to get outdoors and away from computers and concrete.

In his article, “A Shot Against Nature Deficit Disorder“, in the San Francisco Chronicle, writer Dan Shapely, discusses Bill Thompson III’s bird watching guide, The Young Birder’s Guide to Birds of Eastern North America.

Mr. Shapely says Thompson is trying to inspire children to go outside, pick up his book, and put down their iPods, Wii controllers, and cell phones .

“The only outside time kids are getting is soccer practice,” Thompson said during an interview with The Daily Green.com.

“My big concern is we’ve got a generation or two of kids that don’t have a connection to the natural world on their own terms, and they won’t care to conserve it.”

View the article.

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