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This blog, Seasons South and North, celebrates its second birthday this month. By way of thanks to my readers, I have gathered together into one document all of the past year's monthly nature comparisons between two places in the southern and northern hemispheres. Please feel free to download it:
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Enjoy the outdoors!
©2011 Anne Morddel
Seasons South and North
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Anne Morddel: The Big Field : A Child's Year Under the Southern Cross
"Lyrical...a luscious book and one that you'll want to keep."
from a review on www.thebookbag.co.uk
The seasons of the southern hemisphere! This is my book. It is a month-by-month and season-by-season account of life on a farm at the edge of the Atlantic Rainforest in South America. You can get it faster and cheaper direct from me.
Send me an e-mail at: info@morddeleditions.com
Diane Iverson: DISCOVER THE SEASONS
North American animals and birds.
Diane Lucas: Walking with the Seasons in Kakadu
The seasons of the year in northern Australia, all six of them!
Susan Jeffers: Brother Eagle, Sister Sky: A Message from Chief Seattle
There are many books published of Chief Seattle's great speech in defense of nature. The illustrations of this one are especially lovely.
Rotraut Suzanne Berner: In the Town All Year 'Round
Berner is a German author-illustrator. This cheery book shows 72 pages of how city people adjust to northern hemisphere seasons.
Alice Provensen: The Year at Maple Hill Farm
Very warm illustrations show the seasons via farming activities and work through the year in North America.
Lucy Cousins: Maisy's Year
Northern European seasons with the hugely popular Maisie.
Paul Harrison: A Picture of the Year: A First Look at Seasons (Little Bees)
Northern hemisphere seasons and humorous illustrations.
Jane Phillips: Book of the Year: Natural History of Britain Through the Seasons
Encyclopedic! If only there were versions for other regions.
Elsa Beskow: Around the Year
A lovely old classic that gives a month-by-month story of the seasons in the northern hemisphere.
Rieko Nakagawa: Guri and Gura's Playtime Book of Seasons (Guri and Gura)
This is funny! Northern hemisphere seasons and a lot of food, but they ARE mice.
Tasha Tudor: Around the Year
Tasha Tudor was one of America's most beloved illustrators. This, like all her stories, is very gentle and the illustrations very sweet without being cloying. North American seasons in New England.
Cynthia Rylant: This Year's Garden
Garden activities through a North American year.
Ferida Wolff: A Year for Kiko
Northern hemisphere seasons depicted with an exceedingly delightful poetic storytelling.
Christina Goodings: Around the Year: A Calendar Rhyme and Counting Book
Cute rhymes. Northern hemisphere only.
Michael Hedley Burton: In the Light of the Child: A Journey Through the 52 Weeks of the Year in Both Hemispheres for Children and for the Child in Each Human Being
Sweet little verses about the seasons IN BOTH HEMISPHERES!
Norman Bridwell: Clifford Celebrates the Year
Northern Hemisphere.
Shirley Hughes: Alfie Weather
Adorable, as Hughes's work always is. Northern hemisphere seasons.
Bruce LaFontaine: All about the Weather (Dover Pictorial Archives)
Sibylle Von Olfers: The Story of the Root Children
In the charming, fairies-and-babies style of a hundred years ago, the seasons are described.
Debi Gliori: The Trouble with Dragons
A sweet explanation of environmental problems today.
Waverly Fitzgerald: Slow Time: Recovering the Natural Rhythm of Life (***)
Tony Hyland: Patterns in Nature: Recognizing Patterns (Mathematics Readers) (****)
Tim Grant: Greening School Grounds: Creating Habitats for Learning (Green Teacher) (***)
Stephanie Cooper: The Children's Year: Seasonal Crafts and Clothes (Festivals (Hawthorn Press)) (****)
Robin C. Moore: Natural Learning: The Life History of an Environmental Schoolyard (****)
Rick Van Noy: A Natural Sense of Wonder: Connecting Kids with Nature Through the Seasons (***)
Richard Louv: Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-deficit Disorder (*****)
Rachel Sparks Linfield: Planning for Learning Through the Weather (***)
Peter Humphries: Why does the weather change? No. 2 Module CD-ROM (geography@work) (**)
Marjorie Newman: Ideas for a Windy Day (Ideas Activity Books) (*****)
M. Leeuwen: The Nature Corner: Celebrating the Year's Cycle with Seasonal Tableaux (*****)
Kids Club Network: Eco-ventures for 4-9 Year Olds (Can Do) (***)
Kathy Ross: Crafts for Kids Who Are Learning about Weather (***)
Joseph Bharat Cornell: Sharing the Joy of Nature: Nature Activities for All Ages (*****)
Jenny Wilson: Seasons and Weather (Things You Can Do with) (**)
Jennifer Ward: I Love Dirt!: 52 Activities to Help You and Your Kids Discover the Wonders of Nature (****)
Jane Gallagher: Whatever the Weather for 4-9 Year Olds (Can Do) (***)
Irmgard Kutsch: Autumn Nature Activities for Children (Nature Activites for Children) (***)
Irmgard Kutsch: Spring Nature Activities for Children (Nature Activites for Children) (***)
Ingrid Chalufour: Discovering Nature with Young Children (Young Scientist (Redleaf Press)) (*****)
Gary Paul Nabhan: The Geography of Childhood: Why Children Need Wild Places (*****)
Fiona Danks: Go Wild!: 101 Things to Do Outdoors Before You Grow Up (****)
David Sobel: Beyond Ecophobia: Reclaiming the Heart in Nature Education (Nature Literacy) (****)
Caroline Quin: Weather: Activities for 3-5 Year Olds (Activities for 3-5 year olds series) (***)
Carol Petrash: Earthways: Simple Environmental Activities for Young Children (***)
Carol Petrash: Earthwise: Environmental Crafts and Activities with Young Children (****)
Ann Druitt: All Year Round: A Calendar of Celebrations (Lifeways) (*****)
Taking Inquiry Outdoors: Reading, Writing, and Science Beyond the Classroom Walls (*****)
Hands-on Nature: Information and Activities for Exploring the Environment with Children (***)
Anne Morddel: The Big Field : A Child's Year Under the Southern Cross
My picture book about a child's discovery of nature in the Atlantic Rainforest.
Lynne Cherry: The Great Kapok Tree: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest
A picture book about the destruction of the Amazon rainforest.
Richard Platt: The Vanishing Rainforest
A picture book explaining the threat to the Amazon rainforest.
Jeannie Baker: Where the Forest Meets the Sea
A picture book about the Australian rainforest.
Nancy F Castaldo: Rainforests: An Activity Guide for Ages 6 9
Nice activities referring to both tropical and temperate rainforests around the world.
Angela Wilkes: Rainforest (Question Time)
Factual book about all kinds of rainforest plants and animals.
Lynne Cherry: The Shaman's Apprentice: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest (Reading Rainbow Book)
A picture book about the Amazon rainforest.
Audrey M. Fraggalosch: Great Grizzly Wilderness: A Story of the Pacific Rain Forest (Habitat)
A picture book about a temperate rainforest in North America.
Christy Steele: Animals of the Rainforest: Orangutans
Factual. In the rainforests of Borneo and Sumatra.
Richard Sobol: Breakfast in the Rainforest: A Visit with Mountain Gorillas (Traveling Photographer)
Factual and photographic. In the African rainforest.
Michael Chinery: Predators and Prey (Secrets of the Rainforest)
A factual book about animals of tropical rainforests.
Dorothy Hinshaw Patent: Garden of the Spirit Bear (Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12 (Awards))
A picture book about the North American rainforest.
Penny Clarke: Scary Creatures of the Rainforest (Scary Creatures)
Susan Canizares: Rainforest Colors (Science Emergent Readers)
Marianne Berkes: Over in the Jungle: A Rainforest Rhyme
Cheery and fun, with bright illustrations.
Molly Aloian: A Rainforest Habitat
A book and CD-ROM showing children the trees, flowers, insects, birds, and animals of the rainforests.
Toni Albert: The Remarkable Rainforest: An Active-Learning Book for Kids
For a slightly older group than primary, but the activities are very interesting and many could be adapted.
Diane Willow: At Home in the Rain Forest
Written by a staff member of the Children's Museum of Boston, this book focuses on the interrelatedness of the rainforest eco-system.
Simon Puttock: The Day the Baby Blew Away
An utterly silly story, but funny. (***)
Robyn Hardyman: Wind and Storms (Weatherwise)
Non-fiction. (***)
Robin Nelson: A Windy Day (First Step Nonfiction) (First Step Nonfiction Weather Series)
Non-fiction. (***)
Phyllis Root: One Windy Wednesday (Giggle Club)
Absolutely delightful. (****)
Patricia J. Murphy: How Does the Wind Blow? (Tell Me Why, Tell Me How)
A particularly good non-fiction book about the wind. (*****)
Pat Hutchins: The Wind Blew
An absolutely charming book that has been much loved for 15 years. (*****)
Norman Bridwell: The Windy Day (Clifford the Big Red Dog)
(**)
Mick Manning: It's Windy! (Me and My World)
A very sweet story with pictures by one of Britain's best illustrators. (****)
Martha E. H. Rustad: Today Is Windy (Pebble Plus: How's the Weather?)
Non-fiction. (**)
Judith Williams: Why Is It Windy? (I Like Weather!)
Non-fiction and a fun book. (***)
John Cunliffe: The Breezy Day (Postman Pat Story Books)
(***)
Joesph Sherman: Gusts and Gales: A Book about Wind (Amazing Science Weather)
Both informative and very attractive, a fun read. (****)
G.Brian Karas: The Windy Day
A kind of off-beat but cute story. (***)
Elizabeth Miles: Wind (Watching the Weather)
Non-fiction (****)
Elisabeth D'Aubuisson: Windy Days (What's the Weather)
Non-fiction. (*)
Cindy Rink: Where Does the Wind Blow? (Sharing Nature With Children Book)
(***)
Alan Rogers: Bright and Breezy (Little giants)
The humourous illustrations please many children. (***)
Disney "Winnie the Pooh" and the Blustery Day (Disney Book of the Film)
Sharon Lovejoy: Roots, Shoots, Buckets and Boots: Gardening Together with Children
Of all the books of gardening projects, this is the most whimsical. (*****)
Sarah Garland: Eddie's Garden: and How to Make Things Grow
(****)
Helene J. Jordan: How a Seed Grows (Let's-Read-And-Find-Out Science: Stage 1)
(***)
Ruth Brown: Ten Seeds
(****)
Beatrys Lockie: Gardening with Young Children (Early Years)
(*****)
Caroline Quin: Gardening: Activities for 3-5 Year Olds (Activities for 3-5 year olds series)
(***)
Cindy Krezel: 101 Kid-Friendly Plants: Fun Plants and Family Garden Projects
This is indispensable in helping to choose plants safely. (****)
Nicholas Hammond: The Wildlife Trusts Handbook of Garden Wildlife
This is for the library. (*****)
Garden Detectives' Handbook
Watch out for the stickers! (****)
Vicky Congdon: Garden Fun!: Indoors and Out - In Pots and Small Spots (Quick Starts for Kids)
Step-by-step guide to 28 projects.
Katie Dicker: Garden (Sparklers - Out and About)
See the review in the Book Reviews category.
Alan Bridgewater: Bird Boxes and Feeders
Some of these projects are simple enough to do with children.
Anne Morddel: The Big Field : A Child's Year Under the Southern Cross
There is a different bird on every page.
Barbara Brenner: Chibi: A True Story from Japan
This will explain the struggle birds have to live in the inner city!
Bruce Hiscock: Ookpik: The Travels of a Snowy Owl
The snowy owl is a bird familiar to people for so long that it can be found in European cave paintings. This story is about a North American snowy owl.
Carol Lerner: On the Wing: American Birds in Migration
North American birds only, and their migrations.
Charlotte Voake: Mrs Goose's Baby
Voake's drawings always delight. This tale may recall one by Anderson :) and is just as sweet
Debbie Miller: Flight of the Golden Plover: The Alaskan Migration of Hawaii's Favorite Bird
An explanation of the migration of the beautiful golden plover from Hawaii to Alaska and back every year.
Dr. Fran Smith: Friendly Feathers: Life with Pierre, an African Grey Parrot
Edward Cowie: Birds Talk: A Guide to Some Common British Birds in Which the Birds Tell Their Own Story
This book is about british birds only. It is very entertaining and full of detail.
Elizabeth Claire: The Little Brown Jay: A Tale from India (Mondo Folktales)
Eric Maddern: Rainbow Bird : An Aboriginal folk tale from Nothern Australia
A magnificently illustrated traditional tale.
Frances Barry: Little Eggs, Baby Birds (Fold Out and Find Out)
Greg Pyers: Why Am I a Bird? (Raintree Perspectives: Classifying Animals)
This is the best kind of natural history for children, teaching the thinking and observational skills necessary to learn and understand classification.
Gregory Wenzel: Feathered Dinosaurs of China
Bird ancestry.
Jane Goodall: The Eagle and the Wren
This is not natural history but a lovely retelling of an old story.
Joan Lingard: The Egg Thieves (Story Book)
An exciting story about ospreys, with facts woven into the storytelling. It has had many good reviews.
John Yeoman: Up with Birds! (Picture Puffin)
This is a fun story, not a teaching tool.
Kathie Atkinson: Birds (My Australian Animal Library)
A book to introduce children to Australian birds.
Madeleine Dunphy: The Peregrine's Journey: A Story of Migration
Another migration story, this about the world's fastest bird.
Mike Unwin: RSPB My First Book of Garden Birds (Rspb)
A clear and simple introduction to British birds.
Mini Grey: Egg Drop
A purely silly and fun story.
Pat Slater: Australian Birdlife (Nature Kids)
Very thorough and attractively illustrated.
Quentin Blake: Loveykins
One of many stories about how not to anthropomorphize animals with suffocating love. Blake's illustrations make this one the most enjoyable by far
Quentin Blake: Cockatoos (Red Fox picture books)
A very charming story.
Robert Burton: Pocket Birdfeeder Guide (RSPB)
A guide for feeding most European birds.
Sally Roth: The Backyard Bird Feeder's Bible: The A-To-Z Guide to Feeders, Seed Mixes, Projects, and Treats (Rodale Organic Gardening Book)
This is a fabulous guide on North American birds.
Stella Blackstone: Counting Cockatoos
A counting book of bird pictures for the very young.
Susan Meddaugh: Tree of Birds
A very cute and simple story that covers migration.
Tom Jackson: Parrots,Tropical and Rainforest Birds (Nature Watch (Lorenz))
An invaluable resource. Whether your region has parrots or not, much can be learned about all birds from this book and its excellent illustrations.
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