Learn from the Past to Protect Nature

“On that day in the mid-1800s seventy-five million Buffalo roamed in North America. In little more than fifty years, there would be almost none. What happened? The answer is a story of the American Indians, the Buffalo, and the grass.” 📖 The Buffalo Are Back ✍️ Jean Craighead George 🎨 Wendell Minor 🖨 Dutton Children’s Books // Penguin; 2010 . How to make our kids love and take care of our planet? Learn from the mistakes made in the past, see the trickle down effect, and connect all the dots so we can do better. This book is a reread. It just has so much good, and I may have kept referencing it to the husband about all the things I learned. Buffalo. Native Americans. The Dust Bowl. Prairie dogs. And Teddy Roosevelt - I admit the kids cheer for Teddy (thank you Night at the Museum! ❤️) . So much better than a textbook. With beautiful illustrations - need to find more by the illustrator! . Make the connections. Have the talks. Slow down and savor the book. Relate back to places you’ve seen and tell your Yellowstone bison stories and talk about the fields of prairie dogs in South Dakota. Share your current Dust Bowl adult novel and how it makes it so real. Connect the dots with the Civilian Conservation Corps projects you’ve seen all over the country. . Maybe we can raise a generation to see fifty years ahead. Scientists. Ecologists. Travelers. Trash picker-uppers? . They can’t love what we don’t show them! . If you need nature books, just look for Jean Craighead George. My Side of the Mountain should be essential for all kids. I love her love of nature. . #jeancraigheadgeorge #wendellminor @wendellminorstudio @duttonbooks @penguinkids