The First Book of Trees
Posted in High School, Hobbies and Crafts, Lower Elementary, Middle School, Nature Studies, Plants, Public Domain, Scouting And Survival, Upper Elementary on October 19, 2011
Can you identify the trees in your neighborhood? You can with the help of this ebook! The First Book of Trees is chock-full of information about leaves, pods, and other ways to figure out what kinds of trees are around the town. Girls and boys alike can use this book in their nature studies, for Read More »
Nature Stories for Young Readers
Posted in Animals, Lower Elementary, Nature Studies, Plants, Public Domain, Upper Elementary on October 13, 2011
A great example of how public domain texts can be used for commercial projects is the series of nature readers Christian Liberty Press offers. Each of these books (except volume 4) is a reprint of an older book that has fallen into the public domain. The volumes have been edited and beautifully reprinted. I highly Read More »
Trees Worth Knowing
Posted in High School, Middle School, Nature Studies, Plants, Public Domain, Scouting And Survival, Upper Elementary on October 13, 2011
This book was just recently cataloged by gutenberg.org and I couldn’t wait to share it! It is perfect for older elementary kids up to high school age. Julia E. Rogers knows trees. She provides in this book a way to both discover new trees and become familiar with the ones you think you know. An Read More »
Nature-study readers
Posted in Animals, Kindergarten, Lower Elementary, Middle School, Nature Studies, Plants, Preschool, Public Domain, Upper Elementary on October 12, 2011
If there were ever a better set of nature books suitable for notebooking projects than these simple beauties they would certainly be on my bookshelves! We have been printing chapters from this series for years now to read aloud together and to use for copywork and notebook projects. The text is fairly simple and straightforward Read More »
Living Nature Books by Margaret Warner Morley
Posted in Animals, Lower Elementary, Middle School, Nature Studies, Plants, Public Domain, Reading, Upper Elementary on October 6, 2011
Margaret Warner Morley was an American biologist, educator, and writer of many children’s books about nature and biology. Her books are written in a conversational tone perfect forreading aloud and for Charlotte Mason-style narration. All of her works have now fallen into the public domain and are available at several sites online including Google books Read More »
