Books to boost your kidâs passion for the outdoors
By Lauren Daley Globe Correspondent,Updated May 18, 2021, 3:41 p.m.
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More than a few titles to inspire interest in birds, trees, sea life, and more.
From forest to ocean, mountains to rivers, New England teems with natural beauty. With warm weather finally here, kids can stop scrolling and start strolling toward beaches, streams, and trails. Here are a few great books to get them pumped for some outdoor exploring.
FROM PONDS TO SEA
For ages 4 to 8, you canât go wrong with any of Workmanâs âBackpack Explorerâ series.
Column: 9 kids books about nature to read right now
Lauren Daley
I wrote last week on observing the beauty around us.
This week, I want to bring that lens to kids’ books.
I was lucky enough, growing up in SouthCoast in the ‘80s and ‘90s, to have plenty of woods and fields to play in, and stacks of real books to read at home. Maybe you were this lucky, too.
But it’s easy for a generation born with a tablet and endless scrolling at tiny fingertips to forget (or never learn) the thrill of playing outside. And to never appreciate leafing through a real paper book if a grownup aunt, older cousin, grandparent doesn’t sit to read one with them.
6 farms offering fun things to do this winter
Bundle up and pack the snowshoes, hot cocoa, and everything you need for sâmores. Youâve got places to be.
By Diane Bair and Pamela Wright Globe Correspondent,Updated January 21, 2021, 12:48 p.m.
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Smiling Hill FarmHandout
The harvest is over, the machinery is in the barn, and the animals are huddled. Itâs winter down on the farm, a hushed, sleepy time when the gardens rest under ice-tinged, snowy blankets. But thereâs still a lot going on: horse-drawn sleigh and wagon rides, winter hiking and snowshoeing, cross-country skiing, bonfires, and more. Bundle up and pack the snowshoes and a thermos of hot cocoa. Here are six farms that remain open throughout the cold season, offering a variety of activities. Note: Visit individual websites for up-to-date safety guidelines. Some activities are weather dependent.
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A distant, but not too distant, view of Hodgdon Cove is just ahead after one of the pages from “Over and Under the Snow,” along BRLT’s Story Trail. LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register
And the adventure begins .
Look! More of the story lies ahead! LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register
The story definitely had more snow than the trail, but it will be up ‘til Feb. 14. Plenty of time for snow. LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register
A view between pages . LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register
Love this page along the way . and there’s the little bridge up ahead – on the trail, not the book. LISA KRISTOFF/Boothbay Register
The Mountain Times
By Brooke Geery
Struggling to find the perfect gift for that hard-to-please friend or family member? May we suggest the gift of reading? We have teamed up with Phoenix Books in Rutland to compile a list of books either about Vermont, or written here, to help give you some ideas.
“Prisoner of Hope” by Yvonne Daley
The morning after the 2016 election, after a nearly 20-year hiatus from writing poetry, the award-winning journalist Yvonne Daley awoke to a poem already forming in her brain. In the intervening years, poetry has been her outlet and her solace as she has expressed her sorrow and disillusionment while seeking comfort in the power of love, nature and hope. Daley lives in Rutland with her husband, the writer Chuck Clarino, and two Maltese dogs.