Books by Rowena Conahan

Fuzzy Caterpillar is Released into the Wild!

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Early childhood educators, parents, and all who spend time outside with young children, this book is for you:

  • If you’re leading a forest kindergarten, or building nature-connected culture in your home or classroom.
  • If stories around a campfire with little ones is your idea of a perfect day.
  • If you like to read aloud, but are ready to explore the connective magic of storytelling.
  • If you want to expand each story’s wonder by pairing it with related activities.
  • If you want to do all of it with heart.
 
Rowena Conahan co-founded and directed Nature Learning Community, a thriving outdoors education program, for ten years. Its first, and most popular program, Fuzzy Caterpillars, welcomed 3-6-year-olds, with their parents and younger siblings, to a cozy campfire setting in the woods. Every day was chock full of thrilling discoveries and gentle adventures. Now the fun is coming for you!
Fuzzy Caterpillar contains:

  • Fifteen original stories which portray young children living nature-connected lives.
  • Fifteen related activity sets, including foundational outdoors skills, crafts, games, social awareness and community building, sensory expansion, intuitive development, and more.
  • Guidance on how to tell stories and lead activities.
  • Abundant insight into what it takes to support a healthy nature-connected community (large or small).
 
The campfire is lit, and the folks are gathering up. With Fuzzy Caterpillar in your backpack, you’ll be ready to host!

Cheaper Local

Rude to a Robin is available on Amazon for $22.


But if you live in Southeast Michigan, you can buy it for $20 at these local businesses:

Schuler Books in Ann Arbor

Brewed Awakenings in Saline
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Camden Rose online or in Plymouth, MI
Teachers, parents, and all who love spending time outside with kids, this book is for you:

  • If you’re leading a nature connection program, or trying to build nature-connected culture in your home or classroom.
  • If you’ve ever sat around a campfire (or a kitchen table) wishing for the perfect story to connect your community with nature.
  • If you want to learn to tell a story, rather than just reading aloud.
  • If you want to take it a scooch deeper, and get everyone involved in a related activity right after the story.
  • If you want to do all of it with heart.
 
Rowena Conahan co-founded and directed Nature Learning Community, a thriving outdoors education program, for ten years. During those years, she told a story around the campfire, and hosted a veritable circus of activities at every single class. Along the way, she trained numerous new storytellers and outdoors educators, and now...maybe you, too!

​Rude to a Robin contains:

  • Fifteen original stories which portray people living nature-connected lives.
  • Fifteen related activities, including survival skills, crafts, games, community building, sensory expansion, intuitive development, and more.
  • Guidance on how to tell stories and lead activities.
  • Abundant insight into what it takes to support a healthy nature-connected community (large or small).
 
The campfire is lit, and the folks are gathering up. With Rude to a Robin in your backpack, you’ll be ready to host!