ClearWater Kids – Books
How to Think Like a Mushroom:
ideas and activities for connecting kids with nature
How to Think Like a Mushroom provides parents, caregivers and teachers year-round discovery-based activities for getting kids outdoors, exploring, and gaining knowledge about nature. The 24 child-centred activities, coded by difficulty, time and supervision required, are tied to Grades 1 to 6 curriculum. The Inspired ideas for connecting kids to nature are helpful whether you are in the city or in the wild. The book captures the engaging experiences of the camps, events and school visits over the past three years at ClearWater Farm on Lake Simcoe (45 min North of Toronto). Embedded videos and a resource guide are bonuses. You can purchase the book here.
Click here to see the curriculum chart!
Non-fiction
Written and illustrated by Morgan Zigler
Designed by Deryk Ouseley
ClearWater Kids 2021 © 2021, Ontario Water Centre
ISBN 9780994792822
ClearWater Kids – Books
How to Think Like a Mushroom:
ideas and activities for connecting kids with nature
How to Think Like a Mushroom provides parents, caregivers and teachers year-round discovery-based activities for getting kids outdoors, exploring, and gaining knowledge about nature. The 24 child-centred activities, coded by difficulty, time and supervision required, are tied to Grades 1 to 6 curriculum. The Inspired ideas for connecting kids to nature are helpful whether you are in the city or in the wild. The book captures the engaging experiences of the camps, events and school visits over the past three years at ClearWater Farm on Lake Simcoe (45 min North of Toronto). Embedded videos and a resource guide are bonuses. You can purchase the book here.
Click here to see the curriculum chart!
Non-fiction
Written and illustrated by Morgan Zigler
Designed by Deryk Ouseley
ClearWater Kids 2021 © 2021, Ontario Water Centre
ISBN 9780994792822
Do Fish Fart?
This intriguing collection of questions and answers about our lakes and freshwater systems will fascinate, amaze and inform young readers and anyone who is curious about the world of water. Loaded with illustrations and photographs, the book tackles questions posed by kids in a fun and engaging way. Why is a lake blue? Can fish drown? Are there any spiders in a lake?
Plus, check out the “Do Fish Fart?” game on clearwaterkids.org! (hint: you’ll find it during your walk on the shoreline!)
Non-Fiction
Written by Keltie Thomas
Designed & Illustrated by Deryk Ouseley
© Firefly Books, 2016
Ages 7-10
ISBN-10: 1770857273
ISBN-13: 978-1770857278
Do Fish Fart?
This intriguing collection of questions and answers about our lakes and freshwater systems will fascinate, amaze and inform young readers and anyone who is curious about the world of water. Loaded with illustrations and photographs, the book tackles questions posed by kids in a fun and engaging way. Why is a lake blue? Can fish drown? Are there any spiders in a lake?
Plus, check out the “Do Fish Fart?” game on clearwaterkids.org! (hint: you’ll find it during your walk on the shoreline!)
Non-Fiction
Written by Keltie Thomas
Designed & Illustrated by Deryk Ouseley
© Firefly Books, 2016
Ages 7-10
ISBN-10: 1770857273
ISBN-13: 978-1770857278
E Meshkwadooniged Mitig
The Trading Tree
A book written in both English and Ojibway about the 250-year-old maple that stands on the shore of Lake Simcoe at ClearWater Farm. The story tells the tale of the tree from the days when Indigenous and early settler families traded goods and stories there, to a recent project of children building a series of rain gardens to honour the tree’s history.
Picture Book
Written by Nancy Cooper
Illustrated by Heather Charles
Translated by Myrtle Jamieson (Waaseyaankwot Kwe)
Photographs by Milena Vujanovic
Ages 6-9
The Prince’s Trust Canada and ClearWater Farm, 2020
ISBN: 9781989498002
E Meshkwadooniged Mitig
The Trading Tree
A book written in both English and Ojibway about the 250-year-old maple that stands on the shore of Lake Simcoe at ClearWater Farm. The story tells the tale of the tree from the days when Indigenous and early settler families traded goods and stories there, to a recent project of children building a series of rain gardens to honour the tree’s history.
Picture Book
Written by Nancy Cooper
Illustrated by Heather Charles
Translated by Myrtle Jamieson (Waaseyaankwot Kwe)
Photographs by Milena Vujanovic
Ages 6-9
The Prince’s Trust Canada and ClearWater Farm, 2020
ISBN: 9781989498002
ClearWater Kids Great Canadian
Books about Nature
Look for more great Canadian books about nature and science in this ClearWater Kids
online catalogue.
ClearWater Kids Great Canadian
Books about Nature
Look for more great Canadian books about nature and science in this ClearWater Kids
online catalogue.
