The First Book of Water
Posted in Geology, Kindergarten, Lower Elementary, Middle School, Nature Studies, Public Domain, Upper Elementary on January 4, 2012
From the same publisher that brought us The First Book of Trees and The First Book of Stones comes another exciting book! Discover everything you ever wanted to know about your favorite liquid- water. From its properties and make-up to how its energy is harnessed, this book covers them all in 60 pages of engaging Read More »
Round-about Rambles in Lands of Fact and Fancy
Posted in Animals, Literature, Lower Elementary, Nature Studies, Plants, Public Domain, Reading, Upper Elementary on January 2, 2012
A wild, adventurous “living book” with plenty of illustrations! Most of the stories deal with how things work or curiosities of nature but some of them are pure fiction. From the preface: Come along, boys and girls! We are off on our rambles. But please do not ask me where we are going. It would Read More »
The American Boys’ Book of Bugs, Butterflies and Beetles
Posted in Animals, High School, Hobbies and Crafts, Lower Elementary, Middle School, Nature Studies, Public Domain, Upper Elementary on December 24, 2011
Don’t let the title of this book fool you, it is for girls and boys of all ages who love to study bugs, beetles, and butterflies! With 330+ pages of information, this is the most extensive public domain book for children I have seen covering the topic. With an introductory chapter on how to build Read More »
How Plants Travel Notebooking Pack
Posted in Free Use, Kindergarten, Lower Elementary, Middle School, Nature Studies, Plants, Upper Elementary on November 14, 2011
As a companion resource to the wonderful living book Little Wanderers, I have created a notebooking pack that includes individual pages for each of the main plants in the book. This pack is enormous, a whopping 57 pages! Study the way that seeds travel and have fun recording your progress. Along with the notebooking pages Read More »
The Star People
Posted in Lower Elementary, Middle School, Nature Studies, Public Domain, Science, Upper Elementary on November 6, 2011
“Why did not somebody teach me the constellations, and make me at home in the starry heavens, which are always overhead and which I don’t half know to this day?” —Thomas Carlyle. Children that show an interest in the stars and night sky will enjoy this book about the “star people”. The book is all Read More »
