Stacy Tornio

Share in the discovery of nature with your child and preserve his or her sense of wonder in this keepsake journal filled with activities and ideas--for children ages two to eight. As simple as stargazing, as challenging as a wilderness hike, as wild as a snowy sled ride, as creative as making a nature collage--discover (and rediscover) nature with these 52 family activities A child's discovery of the outdoors is filled with awe, wonder, and delight. In this interactive journal, parents and kids have opportunities to spark curiosity about nature and are given space to record their discoveries. Part keepsake journal, part activity book, We Love Nature offers a year's worth of fresh, fun ways to explore nature that lead to profound memories. Lay back, look up, and invent stories from the shapes in the clouds - Play in the mud until you're covered head to toe - Sing campfire songs, and put on a show by the fire - Dance in the rain - Predict the weather, and then track your accuracy - Discover the night sky with an astronomy calendar - Hang up a birdhouse to see which birds you attract to nest

Easy as 1-2-3, this straightforward and fun guide to gardening for 24 commonly-sought-after gardening outcomes can help you grow the garden of your dreams! Many folks with a vision for a garden are swamped with information when seeking guidance. Plant by Number narrows down the often-overwhelming options available to beginner gardeners and provides 24 plans tailored to the fun and vibrant outcome readers seek! Using 50 carefully selected, beginner-friendly plants, Plant by Number takes all the work out of garden planning and arranges them into 24 plans designed to yield a variety of gardens: from the pollinator-friendly to the color-centric garden, to gardens taking different light levels and soils in mind, this book will set up beginner and hobby gardeners for lush success that feels personalized and tailored to their vision boards.

Who doesn't want a yard filled with birds, bees, and butterflies? In The Ultimate Wildlife Garden, Stacy Tornio makes it easy. This hardworking, photo-filled guide will enable you to create the earth-friendly, plant-filled garden of your dreams. Readers will find plant-specific information on attracting species-specific varieties of birds, hummingbirds, bees, butterflies, and other wildlife. Additional information includes advice on finding the right type of feeder, avoiding pesticides, and native plant options. Ten garden plans allow homeowners to build specific gardens from scratch, including a hummingbird garden, a songbird garden, a bird-habitat garden, and more. Whether you want to entice birds with black-eyed susans or attract bumblebees by planting bee balm, this must-have guide will help bring your garden to life.

This fun-filled guide shares an exciting scavenger hunt for every American National Park--featuring natural history factoids and fun and educational ways to get kids engaged with nature. Are you planning a trip to one of America's majestic national parks? The National Parks Scavenger Hunt will help you explore all 63 parks, from Acadia to Zion. A bucket list, game, and adventure all in one, this book will help adventurers of all ages learn fascinating facts about our nation's most iconic landmarks. By reading short descriptions of each item and them finding them, parents, caregivers, and kids alike can tally points in a friendly competition and make unforgettable memories along the way. Filled with colorful illustrations to help identify spectacular flora and fauna, you will want this in hand as you visit every park.

This Class Can Save the Planet shows students they can have an incredible impact on the environment when they work together. It offers easy ideas kids can implement right away in their own schools and classrooms. This book is perfect for educators and schools because it gives simple, straightforward advice on how to be more sustainable. It's a perfect book for Earth Day, Earth Month, or any other time of the year. Classrooms are an incredible place for kids to recycle and be more sustainable. This book will show students exactly what they can do to make a difference in their own schools and communities. This Class Can Save the Planet doesn't just talk about how we need to be doing more-it actually gives real, actionable ideas.

It’s hard to resist a scavenger hunt. Give kids a list of things to find, and they naturally want to turn it into a game and start checking things off. Add in an outdoor and nature twist, and the game is elevated to a whole new level—and what an amazing opportunity to engage kids and families with nature in a whole new way. The Ultimate Book of Scavenger Hunts will help turn every outdoor outing into a scavenger hunt, with plenty of things for your family to look for, discover, and learn about. Geared towards families with kids ages 4-10, the hunts are geared to just about any location—from city to farm to beach to mountains. The book includes a leveled difficulty rating system so you can find both easy and difficult items within each hunt (1 being easy, 2 medium, 3 hard). Each hunt comes complete with factoids and information about the items on the list, and each item is accompanied by a colorful spot illustration so that the hunter can easily identify what they are looking for.

This book brings the underwater world of sharks to life with eye-catching photos and captivating information about these mysterious and unusual aquatic hunters. Readers will learn how sharks live and hunt under the sea, and they'll get a close-up look at the various species of sharks, including Tiger Sharks, Hammerheads, and even Great Whites!

From animals that look like small dragons to those that shed their skin and transform into fairy-like insects, explore the fun and fascinating world of the creatures that live around us with the Amazing Animals series! This book explores big cats, including lions, tigers, and many more ferocious felines! It contains fun facts, quizzes, games and color photographs throughout!

Nature is filled with animals. Whether you go exploring in your own backyard or like to climb mountaintops, you’re sure to encounter birds, insects, reptiles, amphibians, fish, and all kinds of amazing mammals along the way. But did you know that a queen bee can lay up to 1,000 eggs in a day? Or that huge, dinosaur-like dragonflies used to exist? Organized in a see, learn, do format, The Kids’ Ultimate Animal Adventure Book first lays the groundwork for observing and learning about animals—from their behavior and habitat to the truths and myths about them. Then it jumps into lots of animal-related activities, like going owling, planting a garden for butterflies, and catching frogs!

Following the success of Plants You Can’t Kill, Tornio now takes a look at those plants that can actually kill you if you’re not careful. This book will offer up information to gardening enthusiasts of all levels about common plants that are toxic, poisonous, and even deadly. While the level of toxicity varies from each plant, all are considered deadly in one way or another to wild animals, family pets, and even humans. With its colorful, easy-to-read format, Plants That Can Kill will introduce readers to what these plants look like, smell like, feel like, and sometimes even taste like. Fun facts, interesting tidbits, and history will combine to teach gardeners where these types of plants can be found, how poisonous each one is, and whether these plants are still okay to have in their gardens or if they should be gotten rid of immediately. Plants featured include many common and attractive species you may receive in bouquets or even decorate your homes with, including daffodils, irises, tulips, jasmine, witch hazel, mistletoe, poinsettias, buttercups, marigolds, and even fruits and vegetables like cherries, rhubarb, and some tomatoes.

The Secret Lives of Animals is the perfect mix of field guide know-how and armchair entertainment. In addition to the standard field guide notes and range maps, the meat of the book will offer up "spark moments" in nature-something fascinating or memorable that catches your attention and sets you on a path of lifelong learning. The Secret Lives of Animals will feature more than 100 North American animals and over 1,000 tidbits in a fun, colorful, illustrated format.

Does moss only grow on the north side of a tree? Is the North Star really the brightest star? Will a mother bird abandon its baby if you put it back in its nest? Will toads really give you warts? The Truth About Nature answers all of these questions and more. This useful compendium for parents and children to read together sets the record straight on nature myths once and for all. It breaks down 144 everyday nature myths, identifying how true the myth really is, with the book’s unique “myth scale” (level 1 being somewhat true to level 3 being a complete myth). Organized by season and covering facts that are so strange they must simply be false (but they’re true!), this interactive guidebook also offers readers the chance to do their own science experiments to bust a few myths on their own.

Nature is a destination, but you don't have to travel anywhere to find it. Just open the door and step outside. A fun, hands on approach to getting involved in nature, The Kids' Outdoor Adventure Book is a year-round how-to activity guidebook for getting kids outdoors and exploring nature, be it catching fireflies in the cool summer evenings; making birdfeeders in the fall from peanut butter, pine cones, and seed; building a snowman in 3 feet of fresh winter snow; or playing duck, duck, goose with friends in a meadow on a warm spring day. The Kids' Outdoor Adventure Book includes 448 things to do in nature for kids of all ages--more than one activity for every single day of the year. Each of the year's four seasons includes fifty checklist items, fifty challenge items, three each of projects, destinations, garden recipes, and outdoor games. Throughout the book, you'll also find fascinating facts, useful tips and tricks, and plenty of additional resources to turn to. Complete with whimsical, vibrant illustrations, this book is a must for parents and their kids.