Little Busybodies: The Life of Crickets, Ants, Bees, Beetles, and Other Busybodies
Posted in Animals, Lower Elementary, Middle School, Nature Studies, Public Domain, Reading, Upper Elementary on April 3, 2012
And we who wrote this book? Well, we, too, have been children. We used to climb trees and turn somersaults; why—But that is another story! And we remember so well what it used to be like to have to learn dull things we did not wish to know. So we said to ourselves, as we Read More »
Birds of Gay Plumage
Posted in Animals, Lower Elementary, Middle School, Nature Studies, Public Domain, Upper Elementary on March 18, 2012
I had never heard of a sunbird until I found this living nature book written by Mary and Elizabeth Kirby. From the “Sunbird page“: Sunbirds are tiny jewels of the Old World tropics. Most are forest birds, but some occur in patches of vegetation in the desert. Many species possess glittering iridescent colors. In this feature, Read More »
Bird Guide - Public Domain
Posted in Animals, Nature Studies, Public Domain on March 18, 2012
From the preface: The native birds are one of our nation’s most val- uable assets. Destroy them, and in a comparatively few years the insects will have multiplied to such an extent that trees will be denuded of their foliage, plants will cease to thrive and crops cannot be raised. This book has a color Read More »
Even More Bird Books!
Posted in Animals, College Prep, High School, Kindergarten, Lower Elementary, Middle School, Nature Studies, Preschool, Public Domain, Upper Elementary on March 18, 2012
There are just too many good public domain bird books! I have been finding more and more great books about birds to share and so I decided to share all the gutenberg.org resources in one post. These gorgeous color illustrations I am using come from a periodical called Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography. You can Read More »
The First Book of Birds
Posted in Animals, Kindergarten, Lower Elementary, Nature Studies, Preschool, Public Domain, Upper Elementary on March 16, 2012
Have I got a treat for you! If you haven’t noticed yet, I have been on a quest to find resources for bird enthusiasts. The public domain is filled with great books about fowl. And this resource is supreme! Every single page in this book has an amazing illustration on it. And the best part Read More »
