This article describes a semester-long project developed by the authors to create a positive connection between children and nature. The project integrated reading instruction with science activities to emphasize the natural world in the lives of children. This intervention involved the authors visiting an elementary classroom five times over the course of a semester to teach nature and reading activities. Each lesson consisted of a literary component wherein students read and discussed a single issue of "Keeping Texas Wild," a Texas Parks and Wildlife magazine for children. The purpose of these lessons was to emphasize activities that would necessitate student observation of animals indigenous to the area where the students currently reside. Focusing on such animals increased the probability that students might encounter the wildlife during random outdoor experiences, thus increasing their interest in nature.