A Wild Year Nature Journal – Your Wild Books – Undated 12-Month Guided Journal

The A Wild Year Nature Journal is a guided, undated journal with one outdoor invitation for every month of the year—bird watching, a night walk, a sunrise, a tree to sit with—plus drawing lessons and coloring pages to capture what you find. Published by Your Wild Books in Australia, the journal is divided into 12 monthly sections, each with its own activity to help families, teens, and adults connect with nature in a new way. Because it is undated, you can start in any month, in any season, wherever you live. Why Parents Love It A plan for every month: Twelve sections, each with a fresh activity, so getting outside never starts with a blank page. Screen-free ideas: Dozens of simple outdoor prompts, from bird watching and night walks to watching the sunrise or sunset. Drawing made doable: Step-by-step drawing lessons help hesitant artists of any age sketch what they see. Coloring pages: Detailed pages to color, on paper the publisher chose so color does not show through. Start any time: Undated, so it works whether you begin in January or in the middle of a muddy April. Lay-flat binding: Opens flat for drawing and writing on a log, a picnic blanket, or the kitchen table. Built for Real Outdoor Use Nature journaling works best when it actually comes along. At 25 × 18 cm (about 9.8 × 7.1 inches), A Wild Year is backpack friendly, and the lay-flat binding means it stays open on your knee while you sketch a feather or note the first frost. It is just as useful on the way home: a few minutes after a walk to draw the leaf in your pocket, write down the bird you heard, or color in the page while the day is still fresh. Over twelve months, it becomes a record of a whole year spent outside. Things to Know Audience: The publisher designed it for families, tweens, teens, and adults. Younger children can join in alongside a grown-up. Undated: Begin with any month of the year. Size: 120 pages, 25 × 18 cm (about 9.8 × 7.1 in). Paper: High-quality, sustainably sourced paper chosen so coloring does not show through. Printed in Australia: Ethically printed in Australia by Your Wild Books. Product Details Product type: Guided nature journal Publisher: Your Wild Books Title: A Wild Year – Nature Journal ISBN: 9780645545975 Pages: 120 Dimensions: 25 × 18 cm (about 9.8 × 7.1 in) Binding: Lay-flat Inside: 12 monthly sections, outdoor activities, step-by-step drawing lessons, coloring pages Paper: Sustainably sourced Printed in: Australia Published: August 2024 Why ODSS Recommends It ODSS recommends A Wild Year for families who want to get outside more often but are not sure where to start. It gives every month a simple, specific invitation—and a place to remember it. We especially like that it grows with the year. The night walk in winter, the sunrise in spring, the bird you finally identified in fall: by the last page, you have a family record of time spent outside, in your own drawings and words.