Forest Magic for Kids: How to Find Fairies, Make a Secret Fort, and Cook Up an Elfin
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.
Silver Medalist, 2025 National Outdoor Book Awards, Children's Category
Bookshelf Pick, Big Bang Notable Book List 2025
“Science facts readily interweave with a smattering of folklore as the text and charming illustrations encourage kids to charge up their imaginations and get outside....The spirits of scientific inquiry and old-fashioned wonder coexist happily here and will delight magic-minded children.”—Booklist
“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
“Science, folklore, and imagination come together in this delightful offering brimming with ideas to get kids thinking, observing, and discovering outdoor wonders.”—Shelf Awareness
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.
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