Hands-On Reading: The Pioneer Book Club

Hands-On Reading: The Pioneer Book Club

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In 2007, the Rockbridge Regional Library began an association with Boxerwood Nature Center and Woodland Garden in Rockbridge County, jonquille comestible Virginia.Our goal was to create programs that encouraged children to read, while also getting them outdoors to enjoy nature.Bonnie Bernstein and Hannah Klein from Boxerwood helped us to create the Survival Book Club for fifth through eighth graders.

The book club featured novels about kids surviving in the wilderness, and gave the kids the opportunity to spend time outdoors learning survival skills.The culmination of the experience was a campout in May, using short shifter rsx a shelter we built for ourselves in the woods.