Kid-Friendly Fridays – Happy Arbor Day!

It’s Arbor Day (and my birthday!) today. It’s a gorgeous spring day, and it’s Friday. I can’t think of a nicer day.

The Arbor Day Foundation website has a terrific list of ideas on how to celebrate Arbor Day. If you are looking for a gift (like, for example, a birthday gift…) for someone who’s hard to shop for, consider giving an Arbor Day Foundation membership as a gift, or send an Arbor Day e-card. Not only do e-cards save trees, every Arbor Day Foundation e-card plants a tree.

Looking for some books to share with the green kids in your life? I received two early presents last night from my mother-in-law – picture books with beautiful earth-friendly messages from her own private collection (I think re-gifting is a wonderful thing. It means you care enough about someone to share something of your own with them):

The Earth Is Good – A Chant in Praise of Nature by Michael DeMunn and Illustrated by Jim McMullan

and

Mother Earth by  Nancy Luenn and Illustrated by Neil Waldman

I can’t decide which is my favorite yet. Both are simple and poetic. Suitable for young children. Perfect as reminders for all of us.

The sun is good; the day is good. The moon, the stars, the night are good. The earth is good…and you are good.