A Field Guide to Summer
Play and learn in nature
Published on 5. June 2025
Book
Hardback
64 pages
978-0-500-65353-1 (ISBN)
Description
Part of the charming series inspired by the Forest School movement, teaching young children how to engage with nature from season to season.
A Field Guide to Summer is a pocket-sized introduction to summer, inspired by the Forest School movement. Building on children's natural curiosity about the world around them, this book aims to establish a connection with nature at an early age that will go on to last a lifetime!
Hunt for bugs, build your own sun dial, identify different trees and make your own flower crown. Discover how caterpillars transform into butterflies and why bees are so busy in summertime.
This book features lyrical poems, hands-on crafts and activities, scientific facts and identifier pages to help children spot different animals and plants. Whether a child's access to nature is in the form of an urban park, a private garden, a field, or a forest, there is so much to discover and experience.
A Field Guide to Summer is a pocket-sized introduction to summer, inspired by the Forest School movement. Building on children's natural curiosity about the world around them, this book aims to establish a connection with nature at an early age that will go on to last a lifetime!
Hunt for bugs, build your own sun dial, identify different trees and make your own flower crown. Discover how caterpillars transform into butterflies and why bees are so busy in summertime.
This book features lyrical poems, hands-on crafts and activities, scientific facts and identifier pages to help children spot different animals and plants. Whether a child's access to nature is in the form of an urban park, a private garden, a field, or a forest, there is so much to discover and experience.
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Children/juvenile
US School Grade: Kindergarten and over, Interest Age: From 4 to 8 years
Illustrations
Illustrated in colour throughout; 64 Illustrations, color
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
266 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-500-65353-1 (9780500653531)
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Persons
Gabby Dawnay is a writer and poet. She is the author of over twenty books for children including the bestselling If I had a... series. She is a regular contributor to OKIDO magazine and a scriptwriter for children's television. Dorien Brouwers is an award-winning illustrator and author from the Netherlands. Based in the UK, she won the Cross Category Award in the 2022 AOI World Illustration Awards, a Gold in the Moonbeam Children's Book Awards and was shortlisted for the Bologna Children's Book Fair 55th Illustrator's Exhibition. Louise Black is a Deputy Headteacher who holds her Level 3 Forest School Leader qualification. She is passionate about the outdoors and runs regular Forest School sessions and supports providing outdoor learning for all children.