Children's Nonfiction Crafts & Hobbies
Get Outside
The Kids Guide to Fun in the Great Outdoors
- Publisher
- Kids Can Press
- Initial publish date
- Mar 2012
- Category
- Crafts & Hobbies, General, General
- Recommended Age
- 6 to 10
- Recommended Grade
- 1 to 5
- Recommended Reading age
- 6 to 10
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781554538027
- Publish Date
- Mar 2012
- List Price
- $17.95
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Description
Armed with Get Outside, a kid will never say, “I'm bored!” again. This book is a key to the world of fun beyond the front door. Activities are divided into four categories (Nature Lover, Outdoor Fun and Games, Cozy Inside and Look to the Sky), where readers will find instructions for making things like sundials, bird feeders and kites, as well as rules for games such as 500 Up, Spud and Shinny.
Accompanying these descriptions are fun facts and scientific, historic and cultural context. The passage on playing jacks, for example, includes a sidebar about a similar game played by the ancient Greeks. Children in Northern climes will love learning to play traditional First Nations winter games and be thrilled to find out how to create a backyard ice rink. It's a wealth of fun and fascination that will captivate any young person --- who won't mind ditching the video game for the great outdoors.
About the authors
Jane Drake, with her co-author and sister Ann Love, has co-authored many award-winning non fiction books for kids including The Kids Book of the Night Sky, The Kids Book of the Far North, The Kids Cottage Book, and most recently, Alien Invaders: Species that Threaten Our World. Their works usually have an environmental flavor. Jane lives in Toronto.
Ann Love, with her co-author and sister Jane Drake, has co-authored many award-winning non fiction books for kids including The Kids Book of the Night Sky, The Kids Book of the Far North, The Kids Cottage Book, and most recently, Alien Invaders: Species that Threaten Our World. Their works always have an environmental flavor. Ann lives in the Toronto area.
Heather Collins brings Come Sit By Me alive with the colourful illustration style for which she has become known. Her popular children's picture book credits include Whoosh I Hear a Sound!, The Bare Naked and A Pioneer Story: The Daily Life of a Canadian Family in 1840 for which She won both the Information Book Award and the Ruth Schwartz Children's Book Award. When she's not illustrating in her attic studio in Toronto, Heather can be found spending time with her two children and her husband.
Awards
- Winner, Best Books for Kids & Teens, Starred Selection, Canadian Children's Book Centre
Librarian Reviews
Get Outside: The Kids Guide to Fun in the Great Outdoors
This outdoor-activity book is packed with simple and entertaining ways for kids to interact year-round with the fun and wondrous world outside. It is filled with outdoor games, activities and nature projects, and a guide to the stars. It even includes indoor activities for those bad-weather days. Fly kites, build birdhouses, play shinny or plant a garden!Source: The Canadian Children’s Book Centre. Best Books for Kids & Teens. Spring, 2012.
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