The Boy Travellers

Posted in Culture, Lower Elementary, Middle School, Public Domain, Science, Upper Elementary on April 23, 2013

 A Civil War soldier turned journalist, turned world traveller, Thomas Knox was a man that knew adventure. Are you familiar with The King and I? Well – Knox actually knew the king of Siam intimately and taught him many things about American education. He is mentioned in the book Anna and the King of Siam Read More »

Snake & Reptile Nature Ebooks

Posted in Animals, High School, Lower Elementary, Public Domain, Upper Elementary on April 20, 2013

Last week someone on the Homeschool Commons Facebook page asked if I had seen any free ebooks about snakes. While she was looking for material to read to her younger son, I found mostly adult books. But I still wanted to share them here in case there are any older snake and reptile lovers out Read More »

Bird World; A Bird Book For Children

Posted in Animals, Lower Elementary, Nature Studies, Public Domain, Upper Elementary on April 11, 2013

I’ve had this nature reader in my bookmarked list for quite some time. In fact, it was near the top. For some reason or another I hadn’t shared it with you. But when I went looking for resources this week I happened once again upon it. It has everything a living book needs – beautiful color images, Read More »

The Quadrupeds of North America

Posted in Animals, High School, Middle School, Public Domain, Science, Upper Elementary on March 21, 2013

Amazing illustrations and descriptions of quadrapeds (four-legged animals) that are common to North America by none other than J. W. Audubon himself! Each species has a detailed illustration, synopsis of it’s looks, and a description of it’s habits and where it can be found. Download The Quadrupeds of North America from archive.org.

Folk Tales From The Russian

Posted in Lower Elementary, Middle School, Mythology, Public Domain, Upper Elementary on March 13, 2013

In sending forth the stories in the present volume, all of which are here set down in print for the first time, it is my hope that they may enable American children to share with the children of Russia the pleasure of glancing into the magic world of the old Slavic nation. Russian folk tales! Read More »

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