Description "Outside, you notice things." Time spent in the outdoors stirs a child's imagination.Nature sparks wonder, wonder leads to curiosity, and curiosity brings about a greater knowledge of the world and one's self. In Outside, You Notice, a meditative thread of child-like observations (How after the rain /Everything smells greener) is paired with facts about the habits and habitats of animals, insects, birds, and plants (A tree?s roots reach aswide as its branches). Author Erin Alladin invites young scientists and daydreamers to look closely and think deeply in this lyrical nonfiction text, celebrating all the kinds of outside that are available to children, from backyards to city parks to cracks in the sidewalk. Illustrator Andrea Blinick portrays these spaces bursting with small wonders with a child's-eye view, her na.ve andnostalgic style capturing the joy of endless discovery.