Mary Frances Garden Book

Posted in Home Economics, Public Domain on March 11, 2012

A colorful book for children that is chock-full of gardening information! Written in 1916, some of the information may not be up to date.  However, unlike other topics, plants have not changed much over the years. Download the Mary Frances Garden Book from archive.org.

Howdy Doody Comics 1-3

Posted in Kindergarten, Literature, Lower Elementary, Preschool, Public Domain, Reading, Upper Elementary on March 10, 2012

Howdy Doody was one of the first and most popular children’s television shows of all time. It ran on the air from 1947-1960. YouTube Video of Howdy Doody. There were multiple merchandising campaigns for Howdy Doody, including a cartoon, a Sunday comic strip (to which Stan Lee contributed), along with the color comics by Dell. Read More »

Stories from Chaucer

Posted in Art, Literature, Lower Elementary, Middle School, Mythology, Public Domain, Upper Elementary, Western Civilization on March 9, 2012

A beautifully illustrated book that tells some of Chaucer’s most famous stories in an easy, kid-friendly manner. Stories are from Canterbury Tales: The Knight’s Tale The Man of Law’s Tale The Clerk of Oxford’s Tale Wikipedia says of Chaucer (and the Canterbury Tales): He uses the tales and the descriptions of its characters to paint Read More »

Let’s Go to a Bakery

Posted in Health, Home Economics, Kindergarten, Lower Elementary, Preschool, Public Domain, Reading, Technology, Upper Elementary on March 3, 2012

Take a field trip to the bread bakery without leaving the house! This 50+ page book is filled with illustrations. The story explains how bread is made and distributed.  Written in the 1950’s, it may not be completely accurate as to the practices used today, but it could start a great discussion about the differences Read More »

Wilderness Ways

Posted in American History, Animals, Literature, Nature Studies, Public Domain, Reading, Scouting And Survival on March 1, 2012

The following sketches. . .are the result of many years of personal observation in the woods and fields. They are studies of animals, pure and simple, not of animals with human motives and imaginations. Eight compelling stories of wilderness creatures by naturalist William J. Long.  Each story is written so as to give children an Read More »