Includes index

Introduction -- Discovering a bigger backyard -- Exploration 1: sit spot -- Exploration 2: wandering -- Exploration 3: mapping -- Your backyard trees -- Exploration 4: expanding the senses -- Exploration 5: exploring field guides -- Exploration 6: mind's eye imagining -- Your backyard mammals -- Exploration 7: fox feet -- Exploration 8: questioning -- Exploration 9: tracking -- Your backyard birds -- Exploration 10: owl eyes -- Exploration 11: deer ears -- Exploration 12: bird language -- Your backyard community -- Exploration 13: journaling -- Exploration 14: story of the day -- Exploration 15: giving thanks -- Your backyard journey continues -- Closing story: the barred owl -- The backyard quiz, revisited

Children will see the natural world around them with brand new eyes, as they learn to follow its signs, hear its language, and understand its secrets

Age 8-13