Have you seen????

Stranger in the Woods book coverI just love the website http://www.wiseowlfactory.com/ .  The author, Carolyn Wilhelmn has a goal to publish activities for a book a day for a whole year.  Recently, I came across one for the Photographic Fantasy Stranger in the Woods.   This is a book my mother in law gave me many years ago when I was first starting out in teaching and have used for many years since! 

She has published a great resource involving Inferring Questions based on the book and I would love for you to check it out. 

http://www.wiseowlfactory.com/BookaDay/PDFs/2011/11/ainferringwithstrangerinwoodsa.pdf


She has many other science related literature connections such as....

Agate, What Good is a Moose?
Animals Asleep
Stranger in the Woods picture of PDFAre You a Grasshopper?
Aunt Chip and the Great Triple Creek Dam Affair
Baby Whale's Journey
BATS by Gail Gibbons
Beaver at Long Pond
Biggest, Strongest, Fastest
Bonny's Big Day
CATS by Gibbons
Chameleon, Chameleon
Do Tornadoes Really Twist?
Earthquake in the Early Morning
Everybody Needs a Rock
FROG OR TOAD Nonfiction
Frogs, Toads, and Turtles
Fun Facts About Pets
GATHERING A Northwoods Counting Book
Hawk, I’m Your Brother
Honk, Honk, Goose
Hummingbirds ZOOBOOK
Hurricanes
I See a Kookaburra! Discovering Animal Habitats Around the World
Knut How One Little Polar Bear Captivated the World
Long Night Moon
Lost In The Woods: A Photographic Fantasy
Make Way For Ducklings
My Visit to the Aquarium
Night in the Country
On the Way to the Beach
OWL MOON by Jane Yolen
OWLS by Gail Gibbons
Rock Picker’s Guide to Lake Superior’s North Shore
Science Experiments & Amusements for Children
Spiders
STELLALUNA
SUN
The Emperor's Egg
The Night of the Fireflies
The Pumpkin Book
The Sea House
The Vegetables We Eat
There is a Tree
Tracks in the Wild
Trees, Leaves, and Bark
Volcanoes and Earthquakes
Wait Till the Moon is Full
Waterdance
WETLANDS A Survival Story
White Owl, Barn Owl
WIND

Hope you enjoy her website!

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