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.