Explore a city park in this playful, illustrated adventure full of two hundred words for children to learn: names for interesting plants, birds, delicious picnic foods, and more!
Time for an adventure! Families will join Sam as they explore the young adventurer’s city’s park, from the bandstand and the greenhouse to the great lawn and the animal farm.
Starting with a bustling map of the park, young readers follow along to fourteen park destinations and discover fascinating people, activities, animals, and plants, with helpful illustrations and labels to expand their vocabulary. Families will enjoy comparing their own park adventures with Sam’s while delighting in some of the rarer finds.
In each area, Sam points out a collection of treasures plus a favorite discovery. Tagging along, readers will see:
A llama
A tightrope walker
Ducklings
A snail
Pickles
A toucan
A tuba
And so much more!
At the end of the day, readers can choose one of many urban transports from a busy city map and travel back to Sam’s home where they can test their new vocabulary with a fun memory game.
Packed full of details that will bring children back for multiple reads and new treasures, My Day in the Park is the perfect gift for young adventurers who love exploring new places and words!
Blue Dot Kids Press books are printed with vegetable inks on responsibly-sourced paper certified by the Forest Stewardship Council. From the sale of every book, we donate to environmental causes through our membership with 1% for the Planet. Through our annual Earth Day Initiative with our partner One Tree Planted, readers have the opportunity to plant trees—over 1,000 trees planted to date!
A delightful walk through the park with many surprises and over two hundred words to learn
Parents and children can invent their own itineraries to make reading fun and new each time; children will enjoy finding well-loved and familiar places, plus new treasures in the park
Children can spend hours revisiting the maps and fourteen different locations in the park and always find something new; attentive readers will find new connections with each perusal
Children will find comfort in a familiar and well-loved outing to the park, seeing new and familiar, sights and places
Perfect for celebrating and sparking appreciation for our urban parks in young children
Includes backmatter page with dozens of search and find elements
Lexile: AD580L, Includes online teacher's guide
Extension opportunities with citizen science, bird watching, gardening, music, and sports
Printed on sustainably sourced, FSC-certified paper with vegetable inks; 1 percent of sales of this book will be donated to initiatives that support more equitable access to outdoor parks for children
A perfect gift for young adventurers who love exploring new places and words!
“An observant child experiences the wonders of an outdoor city park.... A charming and expansive view of a common childhood excursion.” —Kirkus Reviews
