Finding Your Way: The Art of Natural Navigation

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Millbrook Press, 2001 - Orienteering - 63 pages
In a series of exciting stories, naturalist Jennifer Owings Dewey relates real adventures from her own life. Visiting exotic locations around the world, Ms. Dewey has had her share of getting lost in challenging places and finding her way back to camp by using details from the environment. Readers will learn how to read clues in different environments -- from city to country -- to help them relax and enjoy being lost for a time...then help them find their way home again!

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Contents

Introduction
5
Penguin Country
17
The Female River Ghost
25
Copyright

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About the author (2001)

Author and illustrator Jennifer Owings Dewey was raised in New Mexico, but graduated from high school in California. She attended the Rhode Island School of Design and the University of New Mexico. Her writing career shows her deep attachment to the natural world and an interest in wilderness and unique environments. She received a grant from the National Science Foundation for a four-month stay in Antarctica, where she sketched and photographed the landscape and wildlife and kept a detailed journal of her experiences. She received the Orbis Pictus Award for Wildlife Rescue: The Work of Dr. Kathleen Ramsay, the John Burroughs Award for Mud Matters, and the National Science Teachers Association Award for her body of work in the field of nonfiction for children. She currently lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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