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Nature walk with a literary twist at Ryerson

Children and parents marched and read their way through the Edward L Ryerson Conservation Area in Riverwoods on Thursday as part of a nature program called Trail Tales.

Environmental educator Jen Berlinghof led the small group through the woods as they read panels from a story book called "Winter is Coming" by Tony Johnston.

The group sniffed flowers, looked at animal pelts and listened for the sounds of nature as they wandered down a path reading stories as they walked.

"The program was started to engage young families with nature and literacy," Berlinghof said.

Berlinghof hopes the program will get people outside and see that reading can be an experience within the forest preserve.

To find out more about programs at Edward L Ryerson Conservation Area, visit www.lcfpd.org/photos/ryerson.

  Environmental educator Jen Berlinghof, left, shows a fox pelt to Maricela Verduzco, right, of Beach Park and her children Angelina, 8, and Alexa, 2, during a program Thursday called Trail Tales at Edward L. Ryerson Woods Conservation Area in Riverwoods. Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
  Angelina Verduzco, 8, of Beach Park smells a plant Thursday during a program called Trail Tales at Edward L. Ryerson Woods Conservation Area in Riverwoods. Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
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