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MOBIUS Information

Adventure Backpacks

KIDS

Check out an Adventure Backpack...Then Get Outside and Explore!


Make it more than a walk in the woods. The Library backpacks with all the tools you need to explore the great outdoors, or just a nearby city park.

No experience required—just check out a backpack of your choice with your library card. There are six kinds of backpacks that families with elementary-age children can enjoy for a three-week checkout:


Adventure Backpack: Animals



  • Animal Babies in Forests and other books and field guides

  • Animal scat keychain ID guide

  • Binoculars

  • Leave No Trace Ethics Card

  • Magnifying glass

  • Wildlife Ranger Action Guide: Track, Spot & Provide Healthy Habitat for Creatures Close to Home


 

Adventure Backpack: Birdwatching



  • "Backpack Explorer: Bird Watch" and other books

  • Bird field guides

  • Binoculars

  • Leave No Trace Ethics Card

  • "National Geographic Kids Look and Learn: Birds"


 

Adventure Backpack: Bugs!



  • Insect and Butterfly Net

  • Port-O-Bug Container

  • Magnifying Glass

  • Missouri Butterflies & Pollinators Pocket Naturalist® Guide

  • "Backpack Explorer: Bug Hunt: What Will You Find?"

  • "Heads and Tails: Insects"


 

Adventure Backpack: Geology




  • Sand Sifter Sieve

  • Mini Trowel Set

  • Magnifying Glass

  • Natural Crystal Collection Specimen Box for Kids with Magnifier

  • Geology, Pocket Naturalist® Guide

  • "Fossils for Kids: A Junior Scientist's Guide to Dinosaur Bones, Ancient Animals, and Prehistoric Life on Earth"


 

Adventure Backpack: Nature Exploration



  • "Backpack Explorer: On the Nature Trail" and other books and field guides

  • Binoculars

  • Dip Net

  • Leave No Trace Ethics Card

  • Magnifying Glass

  • Port-O-Bug Container


 

Adventure Backpack: Plants



  • "Baby 101: Botany for Babies"

  • "Backpack Explorer: Discovering Trees: What Will You Find?" and other books and field guides

  • Leave No Trace Ethics Card

  • Magnifying glass

  • Wing-Nut Plant Press


 

The Nature Exploration and Birdwatching Adventure backpacks were funded by Gregory S. Beard and the Republic Walmart, and developed by the staff of the Springfield-Greene County Library District.


The Animals and Plants Adventure Backpacks were partially funded by the Republic Walmart and developed by the staff of the Springfield-Greene County Library District.

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