Charlie and I wanted to share Forest Magic for Kids: How to Find Fairies, Make a Secret Fort, and Cook Up an Elfin Picnic is a children’s nature book written by Susie Spikol (Author), this book is Illustrated by Renia Metallinou. We received a copy of the book in exchange for this review. Inside this post is our affiliate links. If you click on the links and make a purchase we will make a small percentage off the products you purchase.
Charlie and I sat down this morning to browse through Forest Magic for Kids: How to Find Fairies, Make a Secret Fort, and Cook Up an Elfin Picnic. If Charlie and I had still been #Homeschooling full time we would have use this book for our #Nature Studies and also for our PE Class as it would have gotten us up and moving and off electronics. Which is a Godsend isn’t it?
Charlie and I loved the bright yellow cover of the book with the green binding. I wish you could see all the Animals and Creatures on the front of the book including children and a family of Owls which I loved. Charlie liked the Mushroom House and David the Frog swinging through the air.
I love how the introduction tells us this is a chapter book and what we will find in each chapter which would have saved us time when teaching. I love how the Author has included things for us to do including “Top Ten Tools For A Forest Magic Search”.
I couldn’t wait to show my neighbors who have small children that the Author shows us what our children will learn in each chapter like observing, recording, climbing and storytelling and the words can be used in a Spelling Class.
With Easter right around the corner children will need a backpack and journal and instead of candy you could get them these as Gifts and the backpack would hold Easter Eggs they find. If Charlie was still taking part in his #Homeschool Art Class we could have made Leaf Crowns and Garlands to decorate our classroom with.
With Spring Break around the corner parents of small children should make sure they have this book on hand to keep child busy and from always saying I’m bored or there isn’t anything to do. Or can I plan a game on the Computer or Game System.
This book is going to keep not only children in Elementary School busy for hours on end but parents as well and even older children who love Nature. For those that like to #cook they can make Pine Tea which I can’t wait to do.
About:
Your enchanted guide to 50+ magical activities for everything from finding hidden Flower Fairies in your own backyard and making a special Wizard staff to creating a tiny woodland village and making your own forest potions.
“A delightful outdoor handbook to ignite curiosity and a passion for nature, this is a great resource for nature units as well as hands-on activities to bring a creative writing program to life.”―School Library Journal
Come discover the wild magic tucked into the nooks and crannies of Forests, thickets, and Meadows. Search for Fairy dusted glow-in-the-dark Mushrooms. Find secret worlds hidden in Trees and uncover the tunnels, trails, and dens of Gnomes and Trolls, and Mice and Moles. Learn to listen to the Forest, make Sun-warmed Pine Tea, and wear an Evergreen crown to an Elf picnic.
Look inside to learn how to:
Build your own hidden forest fort
Keep a secret notebook filled with maps, notes, and pockets for all your discoveries
Go on a quest for wild treasures
Follow a queen Bumblebee to her castle
Make your own Forest Teas and potions
Become best friends with a Tree
Create tiny Gnomes and build cozy Gnome homes
Seek where Mushrooms grow after a Fairy dance
Carve a walking stick Wizard staff
Meet the Author: Susie Spikol
Ever since she can remember, naturalist and writer Susie Spikol has always looked for where Nature and story meet. Her love of nature didn’t start with Science. It grew out of a rich diet of Fairy tales. While out searching her Brooklyn neighborhood for Fairies and Gnomes, she remembers being charmed by Fireflies and enchanted by Snails.
Over the course of her 30-year career as a naturalist, she has taught thousands of children, parents, and teachers and given hundreds of public talks at Nature Centers, Schools, Colleges, Universities, Libraries, and conferences.
Her first book, published in 2022, “The Animal Adventurer’s Guide: How to Prowl for Owls, Make Snail Slime, and Catch a Frog Bare-Handed”, was recognized with a National Parenting Products Award.
Her new book “Forest Magic for Kids: How to Find for Fairies, Make a Secret Fort, and Cook Up an Elfin Picnic” is filled with activities inspired by imagination, Folklore, and Science. It’s an invitation to all readers to step outside and discover the beauty and magic of the world.
Susie’s “Book of Fairies” will be casting a spell over people of all ages later this year.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cares
