Connecting Children to Nature Through American Literature 1890

June 5-25, 2011 - Dr. Linda Tate - Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey; Paddle to the Sea by Holling C. Holling; The Sense of Wonder by Rachel Carson

June 26- July 16, 2011 - Jennifer Emmett -

Week 1: Connecting children with nature through literature/Sharing wonder

Books: A Classic Treasury of Childhood Wonder, One White Wishing Stone: A Beach Day Counting Book, Crawdad Creek and underpinning all: Last Child in the Woods

Week 2: Connecting children with nature through literature/Empowering kids in nature

How to Survive Anything and Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George

Week 3: Connecting children with nature through literature/Inspiring conservation and stewardship

Earth in the Hot Seat and True Green Kids

July 17 - August 7, 2011 - Gail Gleeson - Miss Rumphis by Barbara Cooney and The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelley

August 7 - 27 - Greg Traymar - Sharing Nature with Children by Joseph Cornell

August 28 - September 24 - Ellen Orleans, Flotsam by David Wiesner and A Tree is Nice by Janice May Udry

Student Moderators from Morgan Academy - TBA - Discussing the books Hatchet lead by the 6th and 7th grade boys and Julie of the Wolves lead by the 4th and 5th grade girls

September 24 - October 12 - Ellen Murphy, Hatchet by Gary Paulsen

October 13 - November 19 - TBA

November 20 - December 17 - Deanne Endrizzi - Owl Moon by Jane Yolan

More moderators to come in 2012!

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Emily Krall - biography

Emily graduated from Whitman College with a BA in Environmental Studies and Sociology. A native of Steamboat Springs, she moved to Boulder after graduating from college to work at Natural Capitalism Solution(http://natcapsolutions.org/), an environmental non-profit that provides green solutions to businesses. Wanting the opportunity to work with children, Emily started as an intern for Thorne Ecological Institute (http://www.thorne-eco.org/) before being hired as a teacher at Thorne Natural Science School. While at Thorne, Emily found her passion for teaching environmental education to children. Before founding BookTrails, Emily held the position as Outreach Development Coordinator at INSTAAR (Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research http://instaar.colorado.edu/), a research institute of CU. At INSTAAR, Emily created an outreach program for biology professor Tim Seastedt that included developing and directing field trips for elementary-aged students to a remote research site. She also developed middle school science curriculum at Manhattan Middle School to teach students about CU biology research and the importance of a college education. Emily’s experiences at INSTAAR encouraged her to found BookTrails, an organization that provides both reading and science enrichment for students. Emily’s past research includes an independent study as requirement for the School of International Training (SIT http://www.sit.edu/) in Argentina, The Impacts of Ecotourism on the Patagonic Community of San Martin de los Andes. She wrote her undergraduate thesis for Whitman College (http://www.whitman.edu) titled, The Impacts of Losing a Forest: A Case Study of Mountain Pine Beetle Epidemic in Steamboat Springs, CO. Emily is an avid outdoorswoman and loves to explore the Colorado backcountry. She enjoys skiing, hiking, and traveling. She has extensive traveling experience in Latin America and is fluent in Spanish. She also loves to cook and spend time with her golden retriever, Eddy. Her family owns Off the Beaten Path bookstore in downtown Steamboat Springs. Off the Beaten Path is a supporter and partner of BookTrails.

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