A Field Guide to Winter
Play and learn in nature
Published on 6. November 2025
Book
Hardback
64 pages
978-0-500-65354-8 (ISBN)
Description
The latest addition to 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 Winter is a pocket-sized introduction to winter, 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!
Track paw prints through the snow, make your own woodland wind chimes, identify evergreen trees and write a bedtime story for a sleepy bear. Discover how snowflakes form and why some animals hibernate in winter.
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 Winter is a pocket-sized introduction to winter, 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!
Track paw prints through the snow, make your own woodland wind chimes, identify evergreen trees and write a bedtime story for a sleepy bear. Discover how snowflakes form and why some animals hibernate in winter.
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.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 4 to 8 years
Illustrations
Illustrated in colour throughout; 64 Illustrations, color
Dimensions
Height: 227 mm
Width: 159 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
262 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-500-65354-8 (9780500653548)
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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.