Just because you live in the city doesn’t mean you can't enjoy nature. This compact guide offers 52 nature-focused explorations, adventures, observations, and games that can help you and your child connect to nature while living in the city. While it may be hard to see nature through the traffic, buildings, and busyness of the city, there is still much of the natural world to explore when you turn your gaze to the cracks in the sidewalk, the trees on the street, or the green spaces that your city offers. Become an urban birder, make your own man vs. wild observations, and discover the not-so-hidden pockets of nature in your neighborhood. For children ages 4 to 8.
Jennifer Ward is the author of I Love Dirt!, Let’s Go Outside!, and numerous children’s books, all of which present nature to kids. Learn more about her at jenniferwardbooks.com.
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“We have found the perfect guide for urban families. Jennifer Ward offers a wonderful array of games, explorations, and adventures for kids usually boxed in by skyscrapers.”—New York Family
From the Author
I wrote my first parenting book, I LOVE DIRT! 52 Activities to Help You and Your Kids Discover the Wonders of Nature, as a resource to help parents and kids connect to nature in simple, sensory ways. IT'S A JUNGLE OUT THERE! 52 Nature Adventures for City Kids offers even more simple, sensory ways for families to connect to nature - in urban spaces! Just because you live in a city doesn't mean you can't enjoy nature with your kids. Nature is resilient, and is everywhere. A crack in a sidewalk. A tree lining a street. A patch of sky. It's a Jungle Out There guides you and your kids through urban, nature-focused explorations. Enjoy! -Jen Ward
Jennifer Ward is the author of numerous acclaimed books for children, including, Way Out in the Desert, Somewhere in the Ocean, Over in the Garden, Way Up in the Arctic, The Seed and the Giant Saguaro, The Little Creek, Forest Bright/Forest Night, Because You Are My Baby, There Was a Coyote Who Swallowed a Flea, There Was an Old Monkey Who Swallowed a Frog, There Was an Odd Princess Who Swallowed a Pea, and, The Busy Tree.
Her parenting books include, I Love Dirt! 52 Activities to Help You and Your Kids Discover the Wonders of Nature, Let's Go Outside: Outdoor Activities and Projects to Get You and Your Kids Closer to Nature, and, It's a Jungle Out There: 52 Nature Adventures for City Kids.
Forthcoming titles by Jennifer Ward include What Will Hatch? illustrated by Susie Ghahremani (Bloomsbury/Walker Books), Mama Built a Little Nest, illustrated by Caldecott artist Steve Jenkins (Simon & Schuster/Beach Lane Books), The Sunhat, illustrated by Stephanie Roth Sisson, a Southwestern translation of the folktale The Mitten (Rio Chico), and, There Was an Old Pirate Who Swallowed a Fish, illustrated by Steve Gray (Marshall Cavendish).
Jennifer holds a degree in Elementary Education. Her books are often inspired by nature and are crafted with rhythmic language that begs to be read aloud and provides familiarity and literacy-confidence for emergent readers who easily grasp the patterned text artfully woven throughout her storylines. She loves visiting schools in her free time.
