KIDS

Check out an Adventure Backpack...Then Get Outside and Explore!

Make it more than a walk in the woods. The Library backpacks with all the tools you need to explore the great outdoors, or just a nearby city park.

No experience required—just check out a backpack of your choice with your library card. There are six kinds of backpacks that families with elementary-age children can enjoy for a three-week checkout:

Adventure Backpack: Animals

• Animal Babies in Forests and other books and field guides

• Animal scat keychain ID guide

• Binoculars

• Leave No Trace Ethics Card

• Magnifying glass

• Wildlife Ranger Action Guide: Track, Spot & Provide Healthy Habitat for Creatures Close to Home

  
  

Adventure Backpack: Birdwatching

• "Backpack Explorer: Bird Watch" and other books

• Bird field guides

• Binoculars

• Leave No Trace Ethics Card

• "National Geographic Kids Look and Learn: Birds"

  
  

Adventure Backpack: Bugs!

• Insect and Butterfly Net

• Port-O-Bug Container

• Magnifying Glass

• Missouri Butterflies & Pollinators Pocket Naturalist® Guide

• "Backpack Explorer: Bug Hunt: What Will You Find?"

• "Heads and Tails: Insects"

  
  

Adventure Backpack: Geology

• Sand Sifter Sieve

• Mini Trowel Set

• Magnifying Glass

• Natural Crystal Collection Specimen Box for Kids with Magnifier

• Geology, Pocket Naturalist® Guide

• "Fossils for Kids: A Junior Scientist's Guide to Dinosaur Bones, Ancient Animals, and Prehistoric Life on Earth"

  
  

Adventure Backpack: Nature Exploration

• "Backpack Explorer: On the Nature Trail" and other books and field guides

• Binoculars

• Dip Net

• Leave No Trace Ethics Card

• Magnifying Glass

• Port-O-Bug Container

  
  

Adventure Backpack: Plants

• "Baby 101: Botany for Babies"

• "Backpack Explorer: Discovering Trees: What Will You Find?" and other books and field guides

• Leave No Trace Ethics Card

• Magnifying glass

• Wing-Nut Plant Press

  
  

The Nature Exploration and Birdwatching Adventure backpacks were funded by Gregory S. Beard and the Republic Walmart, and developed by the staff of the Springfield-Greene County Library District.

The Animals and Plants Adventure Backpacks were partially funded by the Republic Walmart and developed by the staff of the Springfield-Greene County Library District.