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Outdoor School: Hiking and Camping: The Definitive Interactive Nature Guide
by Jennifer Pharr Davis (Author), Haley Blevins (Author), and Aliki Karkoulia (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: Rewild your life and make every day an adventure with:
– Immersive activities to get you exploring
– Write-in sections to journal about your experiences
– Next-level adventures to challenge even seasoned nature lovers

No experience is required–only curiosity and courage. This interactive field guide to hiking and camping includes:
– Planning your next adventure
– Essential outdoor gear
– First aid & survival
– Navigation
– How to handle extreme weather
– Crossing dangerous terrain
– Setting up camp
– Building a fire in rain or shine
– Games for the trail
– Finding and filtering water
– Animal tracks, calls, and sounds
– Bird watching
– Plant spotting
– Rock hunting
– What to do if you’re lost
And so much more!

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Bach to the Rescue!!!: How a Rich Dude Who Couldn’t Sleep Inspired the Greatest Music Ever
by Tom Angleberger (Author) and Chris Eliopolous (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: Every famous piece of art has an origin story–even Bach’s Goldberg Variations! When the richest dude in town can’t sleep, he hires a much-less-rich dude named Johann Gottlieb Goldberg to play him lullabies on the harpsichord. Goldberg does an OK job, but as the Rich Dude hollers for Goldberg each night, he wakes up the whole town in the process. As the town gets sleepier and sleepier and grumpier and grumpier, Goldberg worries he may be out of a job soon. But then, the one and only Bach enters the scene with a series of lullabies composed specifically for the Rich Dude. And, thus, the Goldberg Variations are born!

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Hear it yourself at The Open Goldberg Variations.