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Welcome to New Zealand: A Nature Journal is a bright and colorful introduction to documenting the natural world.
Author and illustrator Sandra Morris filled this 48-page book with many inspiring ideas. It is a great resource to use this week during
National Environmental Education Week (EE Week), not to mention that fast-approaching summer vacation!
Included in the colorful pages of her book are ideas not usually found in journaling books.
These ideas include:
- How to create a seasonal color wheel.
- How to create a garden food chain.
- How to sketch a forest ecosystem.
- How to create a habitat study.
- How to create a layered map of shore birds.
- How to create a moon log.
- How to track cloud formations during the day.
- How to create a zoo trail map.
An idea I especially like is Morris’ approach to comparing two species of swamp birds. This smart idea will appeal to someone who is learning about birds and who is just now beginning a practice of sketching birds.
Selected pages of this book are viewable online.
Welcome to New Zealand can be purchased from your local bookseller through IndieBound. Better yet, stop by your local bookstore this weekend and help them celebrate Independent Bookstore Day, an annual event occurring on the fourth Saturday of April (learn more).
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