The time comes in most anglers’ lives when you get to pass along your wisdom and go fishing with kids. After all, it’s a great outdoor activity, and anyone can be successful at it—with a little bit of know-how and the right equipment. But it...
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Autumn is the perfect time of year for a day trip. The kids are settled into their school routines. The air temperature rests in that sweet spot between “turn on the AC” and “grab your coat.” Every bend along a country road reveals a new...
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Ryan Jacobson penned two Halloween ghost story books, Ghostly Tales of Michigan and Ghostly Tales of Wisconsin. He had so much fun that he also wrote a collection of stories for his home state of Minnesota. The following is one of his favorite Halloween ghost stories...
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The best children’s books are the ones that are read time and again—and that educate while they entertain. Adventure Publications has been publishing these kinds of books for years, and I thought it would be fun to look at their top 10. Following is a...
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I didn’t go looking for a scary Halloween book this year. It found me. I was rummaging through a stack of AdventureKEEN titles, and I came across an unfamiliar one: Shadows in the Asylum by D.A. Stern. I’ve written ghost stories in the past, and...
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When we think of Halloween books for our children to enjoy, real ghost stories might not spring to mind. These Ghostly Tales are intended for adults, right? While, yes, spooky collections are typically written for grown-ups, they can also be appropriate for young readers—at least...
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A child is never too young for books, and a board book is the perfect type to get into your little ones’ hands. Adventure Publications currently has six titles for the earliest of book lovers: Bird Color, Bird Count, Floppers & Loppers, Paws & Claws,...
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My heart goes out to the victims of the recent hurricanes, and my thoughts and prayers are with them. Closer to home, I find myself asking, “What should I tell my children?” My family lives 1,000 miles away from the ocean, so it’s tempting to...
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Sometimes it’s hard to get kids outdoors, but bird-watching is a perfect solution. In this age of smartphones, social media, and video games, there’s plenty to do from home. But we want our children to breathe fresh air, to exercise, to connect with nature. Luckily,...
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The solar eclipse is coming. On Monday, August 21st, North Americans get to experience one of the rarest and most awesome sights in nature: The path of the moon will perfectly intersect with the path of the sun at just the right time, causing the...
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