Book Giveaway Carnival: Nature Discovery In My Backyard
This week I am participating in a Book Giveaway Carnival, hosted by Book Room Reviews. Lots of great book giveaways are starting today!
Nature Discovery In My Backyard is a book written for preschoolers and early readers about the environment that is all around them.
I am striving to be more green, eco-friendly, and environmentally aware in my home. I have often wondered how I can pass these values on to my young children without frightening them with scary tales of greenhouse gases.
Nature Discovery In My Backyard is the perfect book for sharing lofty ideas about ecology with little ones.
The book follows a little girl who is exploring her yard. She finds interesting things like a butterfly, a praying mantis, a bluebird, and soft, green grass.
Things that captivate your child when you are outside together make for great “mini nature lessons.”
The rhyming text and the beautiful illustrations never fail to hold my child’s attention.
I especially love reading nonfiction books to preschoolers, because their minds are so absorbent. I enjoy filling hungry minds with factual information.
Nature Discovery In My Backyard has a Tips For Nature Discovery section, to give parents and educators good ideas for exploring nature with children year-round.
The Nature Notes in the back of Nature Discovery In My Backyard give more detailed information about things like animals you might see, the life cycle of butterflies, and interesting facts about leaves. These Nature Notes are a big help for parents for answering questions from inquiring minds!
Nature Discovery In My Backyard is the first in a series of great eco-minded books from The Little Environmentalists. The second book in the series, I’m Turning Green, will be released soon.
Nature Discovery In My Backyard is available for purchase on The Little Environmentalists website (and Amazon.com) for $6.95.
The Little Environmentalists, LLC, is a company committed to developing and publishing children’s material to promote environmental awareness, appreciation, knowledge, and stewardship.The Little Environmentalists proudly print their books using 100% post-consumer waste, chlorine free and non-toxic toner. Environmentally friendly printing preserves forests and habitats, keeps toxic chemicals out of the environment and generates fewer greenhouse gases. It has been estimated that producing a ton of paper using 100% post-consumer copy paper rather than virgin pulp saves about 24 large trees, 4,000 kilowatt hours of electricity, 60 pounds of air pollution and 7,000 gallons of water.
The Little Environmentalists would like to give away a copy of Nature Discovery In My Backyard to one Mom Most Traveled reader!
To enter, leave a comment on this post about how you try to teach others about caring for the environment.
One winner will be chosen at random.
This giveaway will close on Saturday, November 8, 12 midnight.
*Congrats to Andrea (comment #77)!*
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03 November 2008, 1:35 pm
we try to teach the kids to recycle and we go on leave hunts and take them home and look up what type of tree (we only take fallen leaves or they take digital photos-)
03 November 2008, 2:43 pm
We do a lot but recycling and helping the community with beautification projects and trash pick ups. Thanks for entering my name!
03 November 2008, 2:43 pm
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03 November 2008, 2:43 pm
My grandson would love this book! We walk in the park all the time!!! Thanks for a chance to win it for him!!
03 November 2008, 2:44 pm
My daughter teaches kindergarten and has a 5 and 2 year old and they are all really into the environment. This would give her extra ideas. Great! blackford56@yahoo.com
03 November 2008, 3:11 pm
I give earth friendly gifts to show people that they don’t have to sacrifice to be green.
03 November 2008, 3:45 pm
By teaching my kids how to recycle and to live green.
03 November 2008, 5:06 pm
We’re teaching our kids to recycle. The recycle can is right next to the trash can, and they ask every time “Trash or ‘cycle”
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03 November 2008, 5:38 pm
We are teaching our toddler to recycle, as well as to compost some food and yard waste. I’m also very careful to dispose of chemicals and paint, etc the proper way!
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03 November 2008, 6:05 pm
We take walks around our neighborhood and the kids are great about stopping to pick up trash on the way. Our children are young (6 down to newborn) so we’re trying to show them ways right now that little steps can help very tangibly.
03 November 2008, 6:08 pm
Great giveaway! Thanks!! Please enter me.
I tell people to recycle all the time, and have convinced them to start using cloth bags for shopping.
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03 November 2008, 6:33 pm
I think we do fairly well modeling good environmental behavior for our kids. We’re not perfect - and we tell them that too. Plus, if I don’t buy paper towels, bottles water, etc, they can’t use it!
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03 November 2008, 6:37 pm
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03 November 2008, 7:07 pm
We use reusable grocery sacks, recycle and make sure the kids go with us to drop off the recyclables and also try to be energy efficient and use less water and electricity.
03 November 2008, 7:11 pm
My daughters and I have recently started volunteering at a thrift store, encouraging people to buy used instead of putting things in a land fill (I also use freecycle.com)
03 November 2008, 7:25 pm
The best way to teach a child to care for the environment is by your actions. When they see me recycling..etc… they learn what to do themselves. We also go on a lot of nature scavenger hunts/hikes and do nature crafts.
03 November 2008, 7:38 pm
I am constantly trying to teach my family about how important the little things we do are for saving the environment. I know it might not seem like much, but if everyone just does tiny things, like turning off lights and using water conservatively, we can make a huge difference.
03 November 2008, 7:41 pm
What a great book. My kids and I take frequent nature walks and learn about the creation around us that God has made for our enjoyment. We also love to read nature books.
03 November 2008, 7:55 pm
I try to teach kids how to recycle and to sort out their cans and cardboard.
03 November 2008, 8:09 pm
We recycle our trash. We use our coffee grinds and banana peels in our garden.
03 November 2008, 8:27 pm
We teach our children to recycle and to be respectful of our environment
Thank you for the giveaway!
kerin0874 (at) yahoo (dot) com
03 November 2008, 8:31 pm
We always try to reuse things, whether it be boxes through the mail to bags from the grocery store!
03 November 2008, 8:44 pm
By showing them how to recycle.
03 November 2008, 8:49 pm
I buy most of my clothes at resale shops and love to tell people how little I paid for name brand clothing.
03 November 2008, 8:51 pm
I take time to show my daughters not to be afraid of nature: we pick up caterpillars, catch grasshoppers, and let spiders go outside instead of smashing them (sometimes). The book would be perfect for my 2-year-old. Thanks!
03 November 2008, 9:35 pm
Teach kids to be kind.
03 November 2008, 10:07 pm
This book sounds awesome! Please enter me. I remind my almost 3 year old whenever we see garbage on the ground that it doens’t belong there. I say, “:does that belong there?” and she says :”no, it belongs in the bardage (how she says garbage, LOL)”
callista83 AT cogeco DOT ca
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03 November 2008, 10:09 pm
use canvas bags for all shopping not just groceries
03 November 2008, 10:27 pm
We have always been responsible environmentalists in our family. I think i taught my daugter well about recycling. When she moved to an apartment that didn’t recycle, she brough the stuff home to me to recycle.
03 November 2008, 11:03 pm
I would certainly encourage more countries to institute recycling. I have travelled and seen how poor recycling programs are in countries other than Canada. C’mon get on board. Recycle wherever you can. Thanks for the contest.
03 November 2008, 11:04 pm
Teach others by example.
03 November 2008, 11:57 pm
We recycle but we also takes walks where we examine nature and talk about caring for it.
04 November 2008, 12:05 am
We recycle. We also volunteer to help clean up at my daughters school and to plant flowers and plants to help beautify the school.
04 November 2008, 12:59 am
We try to live green and recycle
04 November 2008, 1:01 am
WOW! This book is perfect to share with my son! We have fields and forests behind our house, and we both look forward to our evening journeys through the land. I teach him what I know of the land, because it’s important to me that the older generations assure that the younger ones carry on the knowledge…. but I’m positive that this book knows waaaaay more than I do!
04 November 2008, 2:01 am
don’t force people, answer their questions if they ask
04 November 2008, 2:21 am
Hi - Am always talking to my kids about littering and taking the little extra time to recycle and turn off switches. My teen age daughter is very much go green and she tends to keep me in line sometimes! My 4 year old would love this book though!
Thanks - Kristi
04 November 2008, 3:26 am
We have taught the kids about recycling and they love putting everything into the correct bin and going with us to the recycling center. They also go through all of their clothes and toys a couple of times during the year to donate what they can’t wear or don’t play with any longer. We have taught them to save electricity by turning off lights and appliances not in use and to conserve water by taking shorter showers and not running the water constantly when brushing their teeth.
They would love this book! Thanks for the chance to win!
04 November 2008, 4:45 am
We live out in the country, so my children have been taught to respect nature from a very early age. We compost, recycle and garden–even the kids have their own gardens.
04 November 2008, 4:47 am
Hi, Sounds like a wonderful learning book! My husband try to help our sons learn by example. We recycle, educate them about shorter showers and why we no longer buy water in plastic bottles! An important lesson from early is not to litter the earth and to respect every living thing. Many thanks…..Cindi
04 November 2008, 5:03 am
We teach our children to respect our planet. We recycle everything and our kids friends are amazed when they visit because every material has it’s own bin. Sometimes they get confused so we have to show them what goes where.
04 November 2008, 5:44 am
I go on many hikes out and about, I always have a goal of filling up one plastic bag with trash that I find while out—-unfortunately thats not that hard. I have gotten a few friends to do it also—-great way to reuse the plastic bags also (and of course we recycle everything AND the bag when done!)
04 November 2008, 6:07 am
Every year my mother and I join several creek/road clean-ups. When he’s old enough my little guy will join in, and so it will pass to his generation! My huaband and I try to be as ‘green’ as possible, and spread the word about great eco “finds” whenever possible - like at the dog park, and using biodegradable alternatives for ‘doo’ pick up!
04 November 2008, 6:07 am
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04 November 2008, 7:24 am
After having Advanced Placement Environmental Studies in High School about 5 years ago, I’ve been recycling ever since. I’ve helped both my niece Ava and my mother determine what to recycle in a more efficient and correct manner. I also helped my family find and go to an E-waste drive to give our technology items to.
04 November 2008, 10:45 am
We teach our children Tikun Olam - repairing G-d’s world
dolfin at lionden dot org
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04 November 2008, 1:08 pm
I teach my children to recycle everyhting
04 November 2008, 1:19 pm
I try to teach my daughter to turn lights off when she leaves a room and to not leave water running while she bruses her teeth.
04 November 2008, 2:23 pm
I teach my family, friends and neighbors about Native Gardening. All of my gardens contain only native plants which nurture our environment, feed the creatures and grow well with no pesticides. Thanks for the giveaway….my daughter (who loves to explore my gardens) would really enjoy this book.
04 November 2008, 3:38 pm
thank you for having this! I am trying to teach my 3 children to recycle and do for others without wanting in return. Thank you!
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04 November 2008, 4:20 pm
do not litter.
04 November 2008, 4:48 pm
recycle recycle recycle
04 November 2008, 5:03 pm
the best way to teach is to SHOW others…so by not doing things to harm is what I do!
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04 November 2008, 5:29 pm
When I take my grandchildren anywhere outdoors, we leave it cleaner than when we came!
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04 November 2008, 5:39 pm
I teach through example. My son is 3 and the perfect age to learn from experience so he helps me recycle and compost and all the other activities involving nature and conservation.
04 November 2008, 6:04 pm
I write a column called Green Technologies on the magazine I work for - although that wasn’t really my choice it’s teaching me so many things. I also try and convince my colleagues to save on energy and paper, but that’s harder said than done!
04 November 2008, 8:06 pm
We are trying to teach our kids to recycle and to conserve water and electiricity. Thanks for the contest!
04 November 2008, 11:44 pm
I would love to be entered! We recycle all our cans. I drink a lot of pop and we decided to save all the cans, put them in big bags and once a year we take them to the aluminum recycling center. The bonus is, we get paid for it too. We also conserve water, no shower lasts more than 5 minutes. That’s pretty good when my showers used to be 20 minutes! Great contest, my son would love this book!
05 November 2008, 2:16 am
nice contest thanks
05 November 2008, 2:48 am
nice
05 November 2008, 6:19 am
I tell my children about recycling and not littering!!
05 November 2008, 8:25 am
Pppst. Can Canadians enter? We teach our children not to waste water through our example of using a composting toilet :).
05 November 2008, 8:26 am
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05 November 2008, 7:31 pm
We work on teaching our kids to recycle and to conserve water and electricity.
05 November 2008, 7:46 pm
I teach my son to recycle everyday!
05 November 2008, 9:20 pm
my children have learned to reuse things…they would rather buy at a yard sale than the real store…we use reusable grocery bags and my children would never let me forget them…(I have lost track and left without them and look int eh back seat and my kids are holding them…saying here mom you forgot!!!
please enter us
05 November 2008, 9:33 pm
We always talk with our children about keeping the earth beautiful
06 November 2008, 2:13 am
I try to encourage people to recycle! Even one person can make a difference!
06 November 2008, 7:26 am
we recycle!
06 November 2008, 9:36 am
my kids love the outdoors
06 November 2008, 10:45 am
Just in time for the new garden.
06 November 2008, 12:59 pm
By teaching my daughters to recycle and having them help with it
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06 November 2008, 3:02 pm
I show my little ones that they can sit outside if they’re hot and not turn on the air conditioning.
06 November 2008, 9:16 pm
I recycle as much as I can. I think by teaching people that each little piece of trash makes a difference is one of the best lessons I can pass on to others.
07 November 2008, 12:07 am
Please enter me to win this book!
Mariah
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07 November 2008, 12:16 am
I teach and lead by example. the wee ones and i recycle and reuse and are involved with a local group that plants trees and cleans the local park
07 November 2008, 4:14 am
I have taught my children the importance of recycling. We recycle everything we can.
07 November 2008, 4:14 am
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07 November 2008, 6:56 am
i am constantly planting trees and telling other to too
07 November 2008, 1:24 pm
I teach my kids to resept the earth and to recycle. Thanks
07 November 2008, 2:06 pm
we’re vegetarians and grow our own herbs, veggies and recycle
07 November 2008, 2:07 pm
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07 November 2008, 3:05 pm
We teach our children to recycle and that many things can be used more than once. We are getting ready to move into a new house and we are already talking about the garden and compost pile. We plan a vegetable/herb garden and butterfly garden. My kids say nature takes care of us so we have to take care of it.
07 November 2008, 3:59 pm
Sounds great! We teach our kids about the impact of their choices, so we often buy local, organic produce, as well as recycle and use reusable containers. Thanks!
07 November 2008, 4:16 pm
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07 November 2008, 4:17 pm
I teach my 3 year old daughter about recycling and what goes ‘in the blue bin’ - and that we do not immediately throw away things that are dirty or broken
07 November 2008, 4:21 pm
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07 November 2008, 11:50 pm
I teach my children from a young age to recycle, turn off electricity and such.
08 November 2008, 12:33 am
We recycle every week and participate in neighborhood clean-up projects whenever we can. I’ve also made sure my son understands to pick up trash in our yard. Just because someone thought it was alright to litter doesn’t mean I believe it’s okay! Thank you for the contest!
08 November 2008, 1:13 am
My oldest son would love this book! He’s all about the environment, and makes sure I recycle!!!
08 November 2008, 6:03 am
I don’t let people around me litter!
08 November 2008, 6:04 am
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08 November 2008, 6:34 am
I have my dd pick up her trash and sometimes we pick up trash near us.
08 November 2008, 7:26 am
We lead by example and bicycle everywhere.
08 November 2008, 1:35 pm
We try to teach our family about caring for the environment through food and energy consumption - we buy from a CSA and the farmers’ and we do our best to consume locally. We are generally pretty good at preserving energy as well.
08 November 2008, 2:08 pm
to wipe off toys
08 November 2008, 3:04 pm
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08 November 2008, 4:03 pm
I try to teach by example. I figure if I make it a habit and do it consistently, it will wear off! Thanks for the giveaway!
08 November 2008, 4:33 pm
Lead by example. I also have taught my kids even the littlest piece of paper or throwing your gum out the car window is littering and that makes Mother Earth very sad.
08 November 2008, 4:56 pm
I have my kids help me with recycling. They understand the benefits of recycling and often remind their grandpa to recycle items as well.
08 November 2008, 5:54 pm
We participate in river cleanups and meetings conducted by rhe city about recycling and being environmentaly friendly.
08 November 2008, 7:43 pm
I recycle and encourage others to do the same.
08 November 2008, 9:27 pm
i have my son help me garden..he really likes it
08 November 2008, 10:30 pm
we recycle and i teach them that all we do is important so the planet will remain healthy for them and the ones after them we participate in earthday and we have a composte
08 November 2008, 11:54 pm
I am on the Green Team in the Emergency Room where I work
09 November 2008, 12:07 am
Pick Me! Pick Me! We are a homeschool family, so everyday is a new lesson!
Count me in too please.
Thanks
Tammy OHagan
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09 November 2008, 4:39 am
We talk to the kids about what happens to the toys when they are through with them. We discuss this when they want something new and ask them if they can recycle or reuse something they already have. Have definitely noticed a diffrerence in the way they care for their toys. They don’t just casually throw anyting away anymore.
09 November 2008, 4:40 am
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09 November 2008, 4:44 am
I made a google bookmark for future reference. I look forward to exploring your site further. Wish I’d found out about it sooner.
09 November 2008, 5:58 am
I try to set a good example.
03 January 2009, 2:13 pm
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