Wisconsin Forest Tales
Wisconsin Forest Tales is a historical fiction book in which author Julia Pferdehirt and illustrator Pamela Harden share glimpses of forest history and life over the past 150 years. The book was produced through a partnership between the Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin; Learning, Experiences and Activities in Forestry (LEAF), Wisconsin’s K-12 forestry education program; and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources-Division of Forestry. Funding was provided by the Wisconsin DNR-Division of Forestry; a 2003-2004 grant from the Wisconsin Environmental Education Board; and LEAF.
©2004 Wisconsin Environmental Education Board and Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources; Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2004107492; ISBN: 1-931599-47-5; All rights reserved. Permission is granted for educators to print copies of the book chapters for class reading assignments. Otherwise, no part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission from the publisher.
Click on the titles below to get a PDF file of each chapter, which you can print for student reading assignments.
Each chapter also has an accompanying activity, developed by LEAF, and a Readers Theater script.
A Letter to Teachers
Chapter 1: Saenomehsaeh Finds A Way
- Activity 1
- Readers Theater script:A Sweet Story and a Gift Forever
Chapter 2: Roll Out Or Roll Up
- Activity 2
- Readers Theater script: Lumberjacks and Logging
Chapter 3: Calling Papa Home
- Activity 3
- Readers Theater script: Fire in Peshtigo
Chapter 4: Dreaming Of Wisconsin
- Activity 4
- Readers Theater script: Forests to Farms and Back Again
Chapter 5: Writing Home
- Activity 5
- Readers Theater script: Mr. Roosevelt's Tree Army
Chapter 6: Timber-R-R Thieves
- Activity 6
- Readers Theater script: Eaten Any Wood Today?
Chapter 7: The Elm Street Club House
- Activity 7
- Readers Theater script: Help! We've Been Invaded by Aliens
Chapter 8: Grandma's Walk
- Activity 8
- Readers Theater script: Wisconsin School Forests