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Events and activities for families and children
You’re never too young to appreciate nature, and there are many local activities which support this:
- Black Park forest school events – a variety of activities for your child to go wild and many Forest School skills to learn about. This includes crafts, tools, campfire skills (seasonal), bug hunting, games stations, the digging pit, water play and more!
- The EcoHub in Berkhamsted – each month will cover a different topic with expert speakers and panels, tips on easy changes, general information, teens space for developing eco ideas and a fun children’s event – plus delicious refreshments
- Nature Champions at Amersham – increase engagement with the natural world for members of the Amersham community, by providing fun and educational sessions based at Amersham Field Centre, Mop End
- Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust events – regular nature and sustainability events for all ages
- Tring museum – local nature and history-focused events for families
- Iver Environment Centre – nature and environment activities and ‘drop-off days’ for families and children
Books for families and children
We also have a selection of tried and tested ideas of books for our kids and ourselves to learn how to love, protect and enjoy this beautiful planet. You can find most of these at our local Amersham Library!
- Adventures with Finn and Skip: Bird – an exciting tale about tackling climate change to protect the animals
- Be an Eco Hero!: At Home – looks at how we can use energy and water in our homes, and why it’s important to reduce, reuse and recycle our waste
- Big Blue Whale – find out about the largest mammal on the planet in this fun, informative, award-winning picture book
- Chews Your Own Tasty Adventure – A fun interactive cookbook which empowers children to choose and experiment with cooking with recipes from around the world
- Clean Up! – join Rocket as she sets sail on a brand new mission – to save a Caribbean island from plastic pollution!
- Climate Rebels – meet the humans, from around the world, who are fighting to save our planet
- Dear Greenpeace – an enchanting ecological fantasy from a multi-award-winning picture book creator
- Geographics: Earth’s Resources – learn about earth’s resources, from water and wood to diamonds and coal
- How You Can Save the Planet – if you’re worried about climate change, this book is an essential and reassuring read
- Let’s Save Antarctica: Why we must protect our planet – this fascinating picture book brings to life this extreme and exciting continent for young children, exploring its icy landscape and extraordinary wildlife
- Nature Trail – an uplifting celebration of nature and the wonder of the world around us
- No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference – a rallying cry for why we must all wake up and fight to protect the living planet, no matter how powerless we feel
- Pedro the Puerto Rican Parrot – Dominic takes Pedro the parrot under his wing, nursing him back o health, before releasing him back into the wild
- Princess Olivia Investigates: The Wrong Weather – Olivia sets out to solve the mystery and save Alez from climate destruction before it’s too late…
- The Bear in the Stars – a heartwarming and inspiring story about the power of kindness
- The Earthshot Prize: A Handbook for Dreamers and Thinkers – an empowering and practical handbook for young changemakers who want to save the planet!
- The Extraordinary Gardener – a charming story about the importance of nature, teaching us that if we work hard enough our dreams really can come true!
- The Girl Who Planted Trees – one small girl inspires her whole village to plant a beautiful forest on the mountain
- The Great Big Green Book – explains what we need for life on Earth and show us the importance of the rainforests and the oceans
- The Lighthouse Keeper’s Mystery – a puzzling mystery: someone is dumping rubbish into the sea!
- The Living planet report 2024 (youth edition) – explains the causes of biodiversity decline, what this means for us, and what we can all do to help reverse nature loss – as individuals, schools and communities.
- The Lorax – a timeless classic that has been using humour and rhyme to raise awareness of the destruction of the environment for more than fifty years
- RHS Grow Your Own: For Kids – show junior greenfingers everything they need to know to get the gardening bug
- Stuff – where your stuff comes from, and what happens to it when you’re finished with it
- What A Waste – in this informative book on recycling for children, you will find everything you need to know about our environment
- When The Storks Came Home – a charming, fictionalised retelling of the successful white stork reintroduction at the Knepp Estate
- When We Went Wild – a heartwarming, sustainably printed picture book about the benefits of letting nature take the lead, inspired by real-life rewilding projects
- Wild Wild Wood – an empowering, rhyming tale about the power of using your voice
- World Without Fish – a uniquely illustrated narrative nonfiction account (for kids) of what is happening to the world’s oceans and what they can do about it
