Nature Spy Guide

By Shelley Rotner

What can you find in nature? Look for bright flowers and listen to buzzing bees! Feel rough tree bark and taste a sweet apple! Join author and photographer Shelley Rotner as she encourages kids to use their senses to safely explore the outdoors. With simple text and photos featuring kids in nature, this book invites children to search for colors, shapes, and more in the world around them. Back matter includes easy activities to enhance the outdoor experience.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lerner Publishing
• Release date: Mar 5, 2024
• ISBN: 9798765619278

Shelley Rotner

Shelley Rotner is a noted freelance photojournalist, whose work has appeared in Time magazine, National Geographic's World Magazine, Conde Nast Traveler, Outside Magazine, Food and Wine, and numerous others. She is also the author and photo-illustrator of over 30 award-winning children's books. Her most recent books include Many Ways, Every Season, and Feeling Thankful. Shelley has also traveled extensively for UNICEF documenting programs about children, women, and education. Currently, Ms. Rotner is working on a collection of large, hand-painted photographs that capture beautiful and sacred places she has discovered in her travels. Shelley Rotner received her undergraduate degree in photography and psychology from Syracuse University and a dual Master's degree in elementary education and museum education from Bank Street College.

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