KIDS

Exploring the outdoors is a fantastic opportunity for families to learn and play together! On your next outdoor adventure take one of the Library’s Adventure Backpacks with you for tools, books and new ideas!

Check out the Library's two newest Adventure Backpack themes Plants and Animals. Each backpack contains themed picture, board and non-fiction books, a magnifying glass, activity suggestions, field guides and Leave No Trace Ethics Cards. In the plant backpack, you’ll also find a plant press to preserve some favorite plant and flower finds. In the animal backpack, you’ll also find animal scat ID cards and binoculars! 

Request one of our new adventure backpack themes through thelibrary.org/catalog by searching "adventure backpack plants." or "adventure backpack animals" You can also request any of our other adventure backpack themes by searching "adventure backpack"

 For even more plant and animal inspiration check out any of these books from the Springfield-Greene County Library:

Plants

Flowers are Pretty Weird! by Rosemary Mosco

Garden Time by Jill McDonald

Miguel's Community Garden by JaNayBrown-Wood

Plants & Animals by Sally Morgan

Seeds by Carme Lemniscates

Animals

Animal Architects by Amy Cherrix

Look and Listen: Who's in the Garden, Meadow, Brook? by Dianne White

Meadow by Sarah Dellow

The Surprising Lives of Animals: How They Can Laugh, Play and Misbehave! by Anna Claybourne

Would You Come Too? by Liz Garton Scanlon

The Adventure Backpacks were funded by Gregory S. Beard and the Republic Walmart and developed by the staff of the Springfield Greene County Library District.

Questions or need more ideas? Email imagine@thelibrary.org