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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:
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"
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"
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
"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.