Trail Tales is an award-winning outdoor magazine just for kids. Issued four times a year (one per season), each 16-page issue is filled with puzzles, games, drawings, photos and interesting articles about nature, Nebraska and the outdoors. Explore animal highlights on native species, investigate fascinating Nebraska ecosystem information, and learn science concepts such as food webs, animal adaptations and outdoor sports.
Trail Tales is published by the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission and Nebraskaland Magazine.
Get Trail Tales for your classroom
Any fourth grade teacher in the state of Nebraska is eligible to receive a complimentary year of Trail Tales for each student in his or her classroom. All four issues of Trail Tales are now mailed in the fall at the start of the school year. In addition to the four issues (one for each student), you will also receive a Teacher’s Guide that highlights each article in the four issues and has suggestions for classroom activities to complement each article. The Teacher’s Guide also contains a guide to what’s happening in nature – feel free to make copies of this for each of your students!
If you need more Trail Tales, or would like to change your school’s order, please call 402-471-5475.
For more information about Trail Tales, email Monica Macoubrie.