title: Make it Wild!: 101 Things to Make and Do Outdoors
author: Fiona Danks
description: This inviting collection of outdoor activities, beautifully illustrated with color photographs, is sure to inspire couch potatoes to go outside and test out many of its creative suggestions. Using the raw materials nature has to offer, the authors offer clear, concise instructions on how to create ephemeral art, outdoor toys, jewelry, sculptures, and dozens of other things using materials like clay, ice, leaves, sand, and wood. The instructions offer good guidance but also encourage children to use their own creativity and imagination to craft the final product. The projects range in level of difficulty and, depending on the age of the child, can be done individually or in collaboration with siblings, peers, or parents. The authors include safety instructions and recommendations for further resources on outdoor creative exercises. The activities will teach problem solving and commonsense, useful skills; instill a deeper appreciation of nature; and encourage creativity and ingenuity. An excellent choice for any library collection. Grades 4-8. --Ed Sullivan
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  From the Woods
  
  
  Synopsis
  
  
  When Fiona’s friends drag her along on a two-week backpacking trip in the
  remote Colorado mountains, she’s pleasantly surprised to learn that she’ll be
  spending that entire trip with their attractive trail guide, Roz.
  
  
  Once in the woods, however, far from anything resembling civilization,
  something or someone comes for them.
  
  
  With their lives in danger, Fiona and Roz are forced to set off on their own
  to look for help, drawing the threat from the woods and away from their
  friends but directly toward them.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  What Reviewers Say About Charlotte Greene’s Work
  
  
  Legacy
  
  
  “Greene does a good job of building suspense as the story unfolds. Strange
  things happen one by one in increasingly spooky fashion. Background
  information is revealed a little bit at a time and makes you want to try and
  solve the mystery. …I recommend this to those who like to read about
  hauntings, nature, history, DIY home maintenance, violent h