Children will see the natural world around them with brand new eyes, as they learn to follow its signs, hear its language, and understand its secrets.

Includes index.

Introduction -- Discovering a bigger backyard -- Exploration 1: sit spot -- Exploration 2: wandering -- Exploration 3: mapping -- Your backyard trees -- Exploration 4: expanding the senses -- Exploration 5: exploring field guides -- Exploration 6: mind's eye imagining -- Your backyard mammals -- Exploration 7: fox feet -- Exploration 8: questioning -- Exploration 9: tracking -- Your backyard birds -- Exploration 10: owl eyes -- Exploration 11: deer ears -- Exploration 12: bird language -- Your backyard community -- Exploration 13: journaling -- Exploration 14: story of the day -- Exploration 15: giving thanks -- Your backyard journey continues -- Closing story: the barred owl -- The backyard quiz, revisited.