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Backpack Explorer: Beach Walk

Backpack Explorer: Beach Walk

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Author(s)

Editors of Storey Publishing

Co-Authors / Illustrators

Oana Befort

Publisher

Storey Publishing, LLC

Genre(s)

Age Range

Release Date

April 09, 2019

ISBN

978-1612129020

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Pack up sandcastle-building supplies, sunscreen, and this take-along activity book! In the second book of the Backpack Explorer series from the Editors of Storey Publishing, little beachcombers are encouraged to discover all the wonders of saltwater oceans and freshwater lakes, from identifying shorebirds to learning about the life found in tide pools to listening to the waves and watching the tides.

Backpack Explorer: Beach Walk is packed with prompts and activities, including 12 interactive field guides (for shells, jellyfish, and more), sensory scavenger hunts, science experiments such as a Stick Sundial, games, and simple projects including food chain match-ups and driftwood fish. Equipped with a real magnifying glass, stickers, and a beach log for recording shoreline sightings and adventures, this book is the perfect takealong for any beach adventure.

Now nature-curious kids can play and learn with the companion Backpack Explorer online game!

Editor review

1 review

Fantastic Adventure Book!

August 31, 2024

Overall rating

4.3

Writing Style

4.0

Illustrations/Photos (if applicable)

5.0

Learning Value

4.0

I have recently fallen in love with the Backpack Explorer books!

Backpack Explorer: Beach Walk is a highly educational interactive workbook/field guide hybrid.

Perfect for children ages 3 and up, they will learn the basics of beach going such as different sea shells, types of sand, so much more! While a bunch of the information is more suited for ocean beaches, it does work well for fresh-water beaches as well. My children (7 & 10) had a blast at our local beaches in Michigan.

Beach Walk also inspires creativity! For example it discusses things you can do in the sand, like hopscotch, or suggesting adding cute things like rocks and shells to your sand castles, making shell art & sundials, life cycles of some animals you can find on the beach, and getting your senses involved like smelling & touching!
The book does come with a small child sized magnifying glass for an up close look at beach objects, however we felt it didn't work very well, it didn't magnify as much as we would have liked for the different activities.

The illustrations are nice and colorful, mixed in with beach type photography there is a nice balance of fun & education.
Also included are fun little stickers to create a beach scene, mark off items you've recognized on the beach, as well as beach patch stickers.

Backpack Explorer: Beach Walk is a book that we will definitely take with us while exploring new beaches.