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It is well, with my soul, Thou art giving and forgiving, ever It is well, it is well with my soul. blessing, ever blest, Well-spring of the joy of living, And, Lord haste the day when the ocean depth of happy rest! faith shall be sight, Thou our Father Christ, our The clouds be rolled back as a Brother- all who live in love are scroll, Thine; The trump shall resound and the Teach us how to love each other, Lord shall descend, lift us to the joy divine. "Even so" - it is well with my soul. It is well with my soul, Mortals, join the happy chorus It is well, it is well with my soul which the morning stars began, Father love is reigning ov'er us, Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee brother love binds man to man Henry Van Dyke Ever singing, march we onward, victors in the midst of strife, Joyful, joyful, we adore Thee, God Joyful music leads us sunward in of glory, Lord of love; the triumph song of life. Hearts unfold like flowers before Thee, Praising Thee, their sun Lord of the Sea above. W.C. Martin Melt the clouds of sin and sadness, drive the dark of doubt away; I know not the sea in whose waters Giver of immortal gladness, Fill us I sail, with the light of day! What perils may lie there for me; Dear Master come into my bark All Thy works with joy surround small and frail, Thee, Earth and Heaven reflect For Thou are the Lord of the sea. Thy rays, Lord of the sea, pilot Thou me, Stars and angels sing around Thee, Over life’s billowy sea; center of unbroken praise. Till I shall cast anchor at last, Field and forest, vale and And rest in the harbor with Thee. mountain, flowery meadow, flashing sea, When tempests arise and billows Chanting bird and flowing fountain, are high, call us to rejoice in Thee. Ah, then will I look to the Lord; For Thou wilt rebuke with a glance of Thy eye,

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And still their wild rage with a Nothing in my hand I bring, word. Simply to Thy cross I cling, Lord of the sea, pilot Thou me, Naked, come to Thee for dress, Over life’s billowy sea; Helpless, look to Thee for grace; Till I shall cast anchor at last, Vile, I to the fountain fly, And rest in the harbor with Thee. Wash me, Savior, or I die!

Thou knowest the harbor I seek, While I draw this fleeting breath, and the rest, When my eyes shall close in death, Thou knowest the paths of the When I soar to worlds unknown, sea; See Thee on Thy judgment throne, I know Thou wilt guide me in ways Rock of Ages, cleft for me, that are best, Let me hide myself in Thee. I trust my bark wholly to Thee. Lord of the sea, pilot Thou me, Send the Light Over life’s billowy sea; By Chas. H. Gabriel Till I shall cast anchor at last, And rest in the harbor with Thee. There’s a call comes ringing over the restless waves, Rock of Ages Send the Light! Send the Light! Augustus Toplady There are souls to rescue, there are souls to save, Rock of Ages, cleft for me, Send the Light! Send the Light! Let me hide myself in Thee; Send the Light! The blessed gospel Let the water and the blood, Light! From Thy wounded side which Let it shine, from shore to shore! flowed, Send the Light! The blessed gospel Be of sin the double cure; Light! Cleanse me from its guilt and Let it shine, forevermore! pow'r. We have heard the Macedonian call Not the labors of my hands, today, Can fulfill Thy law's demands; Send the Light! Send the Light! Could my zeal no respite know, And a golden offering at the cross Could my tears forever flow, we lay, All for sin could not atone; Send the Light! Send the Light! Thou must save, and Thou alone. Send the Light! The blessed gospel Light!

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Let it shine, from shore to shore! Thou Whose all pervading eye Send the Light! The blessed gospel Naught escapes, without, within, Light! Pardon each infirmity, Let it shine, forevermore! Open fault and secret sin!

We will pray that grace may Soon for us the light of day everywhere abound, Shall forever pass away; Send the Light! Send the Light! Then, from sin and sorrow free, And a Christlike spirit everywhere Take us, Lord, to dwell with Thee! be found, Send the Light! Send the Light! Sweet By and By Send the Light! The blessed gospel J.P. Webster Light! Let it shine, from shore to shore! There’s a land that is fairer than Send the Light! The blessed gospel day, Light! And by faith we can see it afar; Let it shine, forevermore! For the Father waits over the way, To prepare us a dwelling place We will not grow weary in the work there. of love, In the sweet by and by, Send the Light! Send the Light! We shall meet on that beautiful Let us gather jewels for a crown shore; above, In the sweet by and by, Send the Light! Send the Light! We shall meet on that beautiful Send the Light! The blessed gospel shore. Light! Let it shine, from shore to shore! We shall sing on that beautiful Send the Light! The blessed gospel shore Light! The melodious songs of the blest, Let it shine, forevermore! And our spirits shall sorrow no more, Softly Now The Light of Day Not a sigh for the blessing of rest. By Goe. W. Doane In the sweet by and by, We shall meet on that beautiful Softly now the light of day shore; Fades upon our sight away; In the sweet by and by, Free from care, from labor free, We shall meet on that beautiful Lord we commune with Thee! shore.

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To our bountiful Father above, Chorus… We will offer our tribute of In that beautiful home, we shall praise, rest, For the glorious gift of His love, And the Saviour we love we shall And blessings that hallow our days. see; In the sweet by and by, With the faithful and true ever We shall meet on that beautiful blest, shore; A most beautiful home it will be. In the sweet by and by, We shall meet on that beautiful The Lily of the Valley shore. I have found a friend in Jesus, The Beautiful Home He’s everything to me, Mrs. E.W. Chapman He’s the fairest of ten thousand to my soul; There’s a home in a beautiful The Lily of the Valley, in Him alone bow’r, I see By the side of the pure crystal All I need to cleanse and make me sea, fully whole. Where the roses a rich fragrance In sorrow He’s my comfort, show’r, In trouble He’s my stay, And the fruits of the garden are He tells me every care on Him to free. roll, He’s the Lily of the Valley, There’s a home which the The Bright and Morning Star, tenderest love, He’s the fairest of ten thousand to Hath created and furnished a new, my soul. In a land that is not far away, Where the sky shall forever be He all my grief has taken, blue. And all my sorrows borne; In temptation He’s my strong and There’s a home where the street is mighty tow’r; of gold, I have all for Him forsaken, Such a wonderful place it must be, And all my idols torn from heart There a beauty that ne’er can be And now He keeps me by His pow’r. told, Tho’ all the world forsake me, ‘Tis a home I am longing to see. And satan tempts me sore,

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Thro’ Jesus I shall safely reach The morning light, the lily white, the goal, declare their Maker’s praise. He’s the Lily of the Valley, This is my Father’s world, He The Bright and Morning Star, shines in all that’s fair; He’s the fairest of ten thousand to In the rustling grass I hear Him my soul. pass, He speaks to me everywhere. This is my Father’s world, O let me He will never, never leave me, never forget Nor yet forsake me here, That though the wrong seems oft While I live by faith and do His so strong, God is the Ruler yet. blessed will; This is my Father’s world, the A wall of fire about me, battle is not done, I’ve nothing now to fear, Jesus who died shall be satisfied, With His manna He my hungry soul and earth and heaven be one. shall fill. Then sweeping up to glory, “Whosoever” Meaneth Me To see His blessed face, By J.E.M Where rivers of delight shall ever roll, I am happy today and the sun He’s the Lily of the Valley, shines bright, The Bright and Morning Star, The clouds have been rolled away, He’s the fairest of ten thousand to For the Saviour said, “Whosoever” my soul. will, May come with Him to stay. This is My Father’s World “Whosoever” surely meaneth me, Maltbie Davenport Babcock Surely meaneth me, O surely meaneth me; This is my Father’s world, and to “Whosoever,” surely meaneth me, my listening ears, “Whosoever” meaneth me. All mature sings, and round me rings the music of the spheres. All my hopes have been raised, This is my Father’s world, I rest O His name be praised, me in the thought His glory has filled my soul; Of rocks and trees, of skies and I’ve been lifted up and from sin set seas - His hand the wonders free, wrought. His blood hath made me whole. This is my Father’s world, the “Whosoever” surely meaneth me, birds their carols raise, Surely meaneth me,

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O surely meaneth me; “Whosoever” surely meaneth me, “Whosoever,” surely meaneth me, Surely meaneth me, “Whosoever” meaneth me. O surely meaneth me; “Whosoever,” surely meaneth me, O what wonderful love, “Whosoever” meaneth me. O what grace divine, That Jesus should die for me; I was lost in sin, For the world I pined, But now I am set free.

Other Hymns You MUST Look Up! ☺

Abide With Me M. Flyte As the Life of the Flower By Laura E. Newell At the Cross By Isaac Watts Beautiful Zion Beulah Land Beyond the Sunset By Josephine Pollard Bringing in the Sheaves By Knowles Shaw Footsteps of Jesus By Mary B.C. Slade Heavenly Sunlight He Leadeth Me By Josh Gilmore He’ll Wipe All Tears Away By J.M. Hunter How Beautiful Heaven Must Be By A.S. Bridgewater I am Clinging to the Rock By J.W. Bowman I Want to Be A Worker By I. Baltzell I Will Sing the Wondrous Story By F.H. Rawley I Will Trust in My Saviour By Mrs. Lula K. Rogers In the Garden By C. Austin Miles In the Morning of Joy By Mrs. RA Evilsizer Jesus Saves By Priscilla Owens Jewels for Jesus By Jennie Wilson Master, The Tempest is Raging By Mary A. Baker Mighty Rock, Whose Towering Form By Fanny Crosby Nearer, My God to Thee By Sarah F. Adams Near the Cross By Fanny Crosby Oh, How I Love Jesus Praise Him! Praise Him! Saviour Like a Shepherd By Dorothy A Thrupp Seeds of Promise By Jessie H. Brown

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Shall We Gather At The River? By Robert Lowry Softly Now the Light of Day By Geo. W. Doane Sowing the Seed of the Kingdom By Fred A. Fillmore Sun of My Soul By John Kepler Sunlight By J.S. Van De Venter Sunshine By I.N. McHose The Beautiful Garden of Prayer By Eleanor Allen Schroll The Beautiful Home By Mrs. E.W. Chapman The Garden of My Heart By Haldor Lillenas The Light of the World is Jesus By A.J. Showalter The Ninety and Nine By Elizabeth Clephane The Rock That is Higher Than I By William H. Fisher The Unclouded Day By J.K. Alwood There is Power in the Blood By L.E. Jones There Shall Be Showers of Blessing By Mrs. Addie McGranahan There is Sunshine in My Heart By Alfred Barratt Though Your Sins Be As Scarlet By Fanny Crosby To That City Will You Go? By M.B.C. Slade Under His Sheltering Wings By James Rowe We are Going Down the Valley By Jessie H. Brown When I See Jesus Face to Face By Mrs. J.M. Hunter Where the Soul Never Dies By William M. Golden While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks By Nahum Tate Whiter Than Snow By James Nicholson

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Neat Quotes for Your Nature Notebooks...

The following are a sampling of the different types of quotes that are tucked away in my children’s notebooks. They come from devotional reading, read-alouds, quote books, and even friends and family. I am simply unable to share them all, but there are so many wonderful resources available for your to use with your children based on their interests. I almost promise that many of you will be able to spot those quotes from each of my children’s notebooks, just by their interests! Have fun!

“All I have seen teaches me to “Love comforteth like sunshine trust the Creator for all I have after rain.” not seen.” William Shakespeare Ralph Waldo Emerson “Thank You, God, for quiet places “There is snow on the window pane far from life’s crowded ways, framing my room. And the trees where our hearts find true are heavy with frosty bloom.” contentment and our souls fill up Anne Mary Lawler with praise.” Emilie Barnes “Only the actions of the just smell sweet and blossom in the dust.” “Hand in hand with fairy grace will James Shirley we sing, and bless this place.” William Shakespeare “We find God in so many things, in flowers wakened with each Spring, “ There is always something good in in butterflies and sunsets grand, people who love flowers.” we see God’s love—we touch God’s Esther Hautzig hand.” Emilie Barnes “Flowers leave some of their fragrance in the hand that bestows them.” Chinese Proverb

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“Were there no God, we would be “There is no season such delight in this glorious world with grateful can bring as Summer, Autumn, hearts and no one to thank.” Winter, and the Spring.” Christina Rosetti William Browne (1591-1643)

“ ‘Just living is not enough,’ said “Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so the butterfly. ‘One must have bright, The bridal of the earth and sunshine, freedom, and a little skies.” flower.” George Herbert Hans Christian Anderson “Only a sweet and virtuous soul, “More than anything, I must have Like seasoned timber, never gives.” flowers, always, always.” George Herbert Claude Monet “And hark! How blithe the Throstle “Just as the lovely flowers lend sings, their sweetness to each day, may He, too, is no mean preacher; we touch the lives of those we Come forth into the light of things meet in a kind and gentle way.” Let Nature be your teacher.” Emilie Barnes Wordsworth

“Nothing great was ever achieved “Morality without religion is only a without enthusiasm.” kind of dead reckoning, an Ralph Waldo Emerson endeavor to find our place on a cloudy sea.” “Life is short but there is always Henry Wadsworth Longfellow time for courtesy.” (1807-1882) American poet and Ralph Waldo Emerson educator, From Kavanagh

“The only gift is a portion of “As the twig is bent, the tree will thyself.” grow.” Ralph Waldo Emerson Author Unknown

“Love comforteth like sunshine after rain.” William Shakespeare

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“The best things are nearest: “Flowers are like poetry: both breath in your nostrils, light in considered impractical in this your eyes, flowers at your feet, world, yet necessary food for the duties at your hand, the path of soul.” God just before you.” Connie Foss Robert Louis Stevenson “If seeds in the black earth can “My garden, with its silence and turn into such beautiful roses, pulses of fragrance that come and what might not the heart of man go on the airy undulations, affects become in its long journey toward me like sweet music. Care stops at the stars.” the gates, and gazes at me G.K. Chesterton wistfully through the bars.” Alexander Smith “The gloom of the world is but a shadow; behind it yet within our “Our life is like a garden, and with reach, is joy. Take joy!” God’s loving care it blossoms with Fra Giovanni the flowers of His blessings everywhere.” “There is no duty we so much Emilie Barnes underrate as the duty of being happy.” “The world will never starve for Robert Louis Stevenson want of wonders.” G.K. Chesterton “Still the fair vision lives! Say nevermore that dreams are fragile “Changes come all the time…” things. What else endures of this LM. Montgomery broken world save only dreams!” Unknown “There is so much in the world for us all if we only have eyes to see “We are such stuff as dreams are it…” made on…” LM Montgomery William Shakespeare

“If you desire to be more Heavenly “Solitude is as needful to the minded, think more of the things imagination as society is wholesome of Heaven, and less of the things for the character.” of earth.” James Russell Lowell Stonewall Jackson

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“…when meadow, grove, and “When it's gray outside and I stream, think the sun will never shine, The earth, and every common When the enemy is whispering and sight, it sounds like truth this time, To me did seem When I feel tired and frightened Apparell’d in celestial light, and every shadow grows, The glory and the freshness of a I look to the Ancient of Days...” dream.” Lisa Waites William Wordsworth “Whatever your circumstances may “If the day and the night be such be, no matter how long your tough that you greet them with joy, and times may have lasted, wherever life emits a fragrance like flowers you may be today. I bring you this and sweet-scented reminder, the stronger the herbs, is more elastic, more winds…the deeper the roots, and immortal—that is your success. All the longer the winds…the more nature is your congratulation, and beautiful the tree.” you have cause to momentarily Chuck Swindoll, bless yourself.” Living Insights Bible Henry David Thoreau “There is an old English Saying, ‘No “At Christmas I no more desire a fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no rose than wish a snow in May’s birds, November!’ It’s a time of newfangled mirth.” the year when you don’t have the William Shakespeare urgency of the plants and the garden. A time for moving indoors “There are few hours in life more to enjoy home and hearth. All my agreeable than the hour dedicated friends get knitting and quilting to the ceremony known as urges in November. It’s a time to afternoon tea.” enjoy the pleasures of a fire and a Henry James cup of tea. I will quote Henry James from The Portrait of a “The way each tiny flower reaches Lady, “There are few moments in up to heaven with trust, we, too, life more enjoyable than the hour should lift our hearts to God and set aside for the ceremony known know He cares for us.” as afternoon tea.” Emilie Barnes Tasha Tudor

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Great Read Alouds!

You must know that if anyone could be completely “Nature Study Challenged” when beginning to do nature studies, it was ME! We have always loved literature. Our love of literature has benefited us tremendously as we have found interesting things about nature that has been preserved through great books! As you grab your picnic basket and skamper out the door, don’t forget to grab one of these treasures to take along! Enjoy!

A Brief History of Time By Stephan Hawking (HS+) A Field Guide to the Birds East of the Rockies By Roger Tory Peterson A Natural History of the Senses By Diane Ackerman A Naturalist’s Notebook: Great Smoky Mountains National Park By Robert Johnson A Pocket Full of Goobers By Barbara Mitchell (George Washington Carver…1-3) A Practical Guide for the Amateur Naturalist by Gerald Durable A Shepherd’s Look at the 23rd Psalm By Keller A Thousand Mile Walk to the Gulf By John Muir (other titles, as well) A Trail Through Leaves By Hannah Hinchman A Zoo in Your Room By Roger Caras ABC’s of Nature Nature: A Family Answer Book (Readers’ Digest…Juvenile/Adult) Adam and His Kin By Ruth Beechick Adventures in the Solar System By Geoffrey T. Williams Ahoy! Ahoy! Are You There? Story of Alexander Graham Bell By Robert Quackenbush (1- 3) Albert Einstein By Elma Levinger (8+) Albert Einstein & the Theory of Relativity By Robert Cwiklik (12+) Albert Einstein: A Biography for Young People By Catherine O. Peare (8+) Album of Horses By Marguerite Henry (8+) All About Famous Inventors and Their Inventions By Fletcher Pratt (8+) All About Famous Scientific Expeditions By Raymond Holden (8+) All About Horses By Marguerite Henry All About Radio & Television By Jack Gould (8+) All About Rockets and Jets By Fletcher Pratt (8+) All About Satellites & Space Ships By David Dietz (8+) All About You By Paul Neimark All About You By Raymond V. Hand, Jr. All Creatures Great and Small By James Herriot All Nature Sings By Joanne DeJonge All Things Bright and Beautiful By James Herriot All We Like Sheep By Mary Glynn Peoples

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Almagest By Ptolemy (mature) Amelia Earheart Takes Off By Fern Brown An Ant Colony By Fischer An Autobiography By Theodore Roosevelt (12+) Analytic Theory of Heat Jean Baptiste, Joseph Fourier (HS+) Ancient Astronomy By Isaac Asimov And God Said By Martha Reidel …And Now Miguel By Joseph Krumgold (8+) Animal Heroes By Earnest Seton Thompson (8+) Animal Stories By Earnest Seton Thompson (8+) Animalia By Graeme Base Animals and Their Young By Anita Ganeri Animals of the Artic By Robert Burton Anne of Avonlea By L.M. Montgomery Anne of Green Gables By L.M. Montgomery Ant Cities By Arthur Dorros Ants By Yazima Ants are Fun By Mildred Myrick Amazing Impossible Erie Canal By Harness Archimedes and the Door of Science By Bendick Aristotle By Abraham Edel (12+) Arrowsmith By Sinclair Lewis (Mature) Audobon By John Wilmercling Backyard Birds By Julie Zickefoose Banner in The Sky By Ramsey Ullman Basket of Flowers Beatrix Potter's Art By Ann Hobbs Benjamin West and His Cat Grimalkin By Marguerite Henry Biblical Basis for Modern Science By John Morris (HS+) Big Red By James Kjeldahl (8+) Birds Do the Strangest Things By Hornblow Birth of an Island By Millicent Selsam Birds of the World By Colin Harrison and Alan Greensmith Birds Scaping Your Garden By George A. Adams Black Gold By Marguerite Henry Born To Trot By Marguerite Henry Bright Lights to See By By Miriam Anne Boune Brighty of the Grand Canyon By Marguerite Henry By The Shores of Silver Lake By Laura Ingalls Wilder Capturing Nature : The Writings and Art of John James Audubon By John James Audubon Carl Linnaeus: Father of Classification By Margaret J. Anderson Castle By David Macaulay Cathedral By David Macaulay

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Character Sketches Charles Lindbergh By Blythe Randolph Charles Proteus Steinnetz, Wizard of Electricity By Erick Berry Charlotte's Web By E.B. White Chemical History of a Candle, Experiments in Electricity By Michael Faraday (HS+) Chipmunks on the Doorstep By Edwin Tunis (12+) Christian Liberty Nature Readers Cinnabar, The One O’Clock Fox By Marguerite Henry City By David Macaulay Clear the Cow Pasture, I Am Coming in for a Landing! A Story of Amelia Earhart By Robert Quackenbush Click! A Story About George Eastman By Barbara Mitchell (1-3) Conceptual Physics By Paul Hewitt Consider the Lilies; Plants of the Bible By John Paterson Creation and Time By Hugh Norman Ross (HS+) Creation Ex Nihilo Magazine Collecting Small Fossils By Lois J. Hussey and Catherine Pessino Concerning the Harmonies of the World By Johannes Kepler Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady By Edith Holden Dancer's in the Garden By Joanne Ryder Darwin’s Black Box By Michael Behe (HS+) Deephaven By Sarah Orne Jewett (12+) Destination: Moon By Astronaut James Irwin Diary of an Early American Boy By Eric Sloane Dinosaurs By Design By Gish/Snellenberger Dinosaur World By Geoffrey T. Williams Discovering Electricity By Rae Bains Doctor Paraclesus By Sidney Rosen (12+) Double Helix By James D. Watson Drawing and Painting from Nature By Cathy Johnson Drawn from New England By Bethany Tudor (about Tasha Tudor…This was a treat for ME! My children really enjoyed looking at it with me! You can imagine our surprise as we ran across a picture of Tasha Tudor, with her children, sketching out of doors! I loved this book!) Dr. Beaumont and the Man with a Hole in His Stomach By Sam and Beryl Epstein Dr. Elizabeth by Patricia Clapp Dr. George Washington Carver: Scientist By S & G Lipscomb Graham (12+) Dr. William Harvey and The Discovery of Circulation By William C. Harrison Dry Bones and Other Fossils By Parker (Creationist book) Edison: A Biography By Matthew Josephson (HS+) Eddie Rickenbacker, Young Racer and Flyer By Catherine Cleven Einstein and Newton By Aaron B. Lerner (8+) Electricity and Magnets By Barbara Taylor Elements of Chemistry By Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (HS+)

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Epitome of Copernican Astronomy By Johannes Kepler (HS+) Ernest Thompson Seton’s America Edited By Farida A. Wiley Ethics of the Dust (Recommended by Charlotte Mason) Eureka! It's an Automobile By Bendick Every Living Thing By James Herriot Experiments in Plant-Hybridization By Gregor Mendell (HS+) Experiments with Electricity and Experiments with Magnets By Helen Challand Exploring Nature In Winter By Alan Cvancara. Exploring the Night Sky By Terence Dickinson Exploring Planet Earth, The Journey of Discovery, from Early Civilization to Exploring the Sky by Day By Terence Dickinson Famous Firsts in Medicine By Bette Crook and Charles L. Crook Famous Men of Science By Sarah Bolton Farmer Boy By Laura Ingalls Wilder Fearfully and Wonderfully Made By P. and Yancey P. Brand (12+) Field Guides By Tom Brown (Series of Guides…12+) Find the Constellations By H.A. Rey First Book of Television By Edward Stoddard (8+) First Lessons in Nature Study By Edith Patch Five O’Clock Charlie By Marguerite Henry Flip, The Story of a Flying Horse By Wesley Dennis Focus on Medicine By Susan Destefano For All Mankind By many Apollo astronauts. For Signs and For Seasons By Robert Messina Francis Bacon: His Career and Thought By Fulton Anderson (Mature) Freckles By Gene Stratton Porter (12+) Future Exploration By John Tiner Galileo and the Magic Numbers by Sidney Rosen (12+) Genesis Flood By John Whitcomb & Henry Morris (HS+) Gentle Ben By Walt Morey George Washington Carver By Anne Terry White (8+) George Washington Carver By David Collins (8+) George Washington Carver: An American Biography By Rackham (12+) Germs Make Me Sick By Melvin Berger and others Giants of Electricity By Percy Dunsheath Giants of the Insect World By Geoffrey T. Williams Gift of The Wild Things By Fran H. Johnson (12+) Gifted Hands: The Story of Ben Carson B. Carson/C. Murphy (HS+) Girl of the Limberlost By Gene Stratton Porter (11+) Global Jigsaw Puzzle By Irene Kiefer (12+) God’s Secret Formula: Deciphering the Riddle of the Universe & the Prime Number Code By Peter Plichta (HS+) God’s Troubadour: St. Francis of Assisi By Sophie Jewett (8+)

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Golden Nature Guide-Insects By Herbert S. Zim and Clarence Cottam Golden Nature Guide-Rocks and Minerals By Herbert S. Zim and Paul Shaffer Golden Nature Guide on Trees By Herbert Zim and Alexander Martin Grasshopper on the Road By Arnold Lobel Great Men of Medicine By Ruth Fox (8+) Great Pets By Sara Stein Greek Way to Western Civilization By Edith Hamilton (mature) Green Grass of Wyoming By Mary O’Hara (12+) Hakluyt’s Voyages By Richard Hakluyt (mature) Harvester By Jean Stratton Porter (14+) Hatchet By Gary Paulsen Haunt Fox By James Kjeldahl (8+) Heidi By Joanna Spyri Heidi’s Children By Joanna Spyri Helen Keller Story By Catherine Peare (8+) Hello, Mars! By Geoffrey T. Williams Here a Plant, There a Plant, Everywhere a Plant By Robert M. Quakenbush (1-3) Hidden Messages By Van Woerkom How and Why a Kid’s Book About the Body By Catherine O’ Neil How Animals Live By Millicent Selsam (12+) How Birds Fly By Russell Freedman How Do You Lift a Lion? By Robert E. Wells How We Learned The Earth Is Round By Patricia Lauber Hurry Spring By Sterling North I Can Be An Archaelogist By Robert Pickering (1-3) If Animals Could Talk By Coleman I'll See You When the Moon Is Full By Susi Fowler I’m a Jet Pilot By Geoffrey T. Williams In His Image By P. and Yancey P. Brand (12+) Introduction to the Study of Experimental Medicine By Claude Bernard (HS+) Irish Red By James Kjeldahl (8+) Isaac Newton By John H. Tiner (Sower Series…8+) Island of the Blue Dolphins By Scott O’Dell (8+) It Couldn’t Just Happen By Larry Richards It's The Apple Tree By Lynley Dodd James Clerk Maxwell & Electromagnetism By Charles May (8+) Johannes Kepler By John H. Tiner (Sower Series…8+) John James Audobon’s Birds in Cross Stitch By Ginnie Thompson John Paul Jones: A Sailor’s Biography By Samuel Eliot Morison Josiah W. Gibbs: American Theoretical Physicist By B. Leerburger, Jr. (8+) Julie By Jean Craighead George (8+) Julie of the Wolves By Jean Craighead George (8+) Justin Morgan Had A Horse By Marguerite Henry (8+) Keeper of the Bees By Jean Stratton Porter

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Kid’s Summer Handbook King of the Wind, The Story of the Godolphin Arabian By Marguerite Henry (8+) Kon-Tiki By Thor Heyerdahl Lad, A Dog By Alberts Payson Terhune Laddie by Gene Stratton-Porter (10+) Ladis and the Ant By Sanchez-Silva Land of the Gray Wolf By Thomas Locker Landscaping With Nature - Using Nature’s Designs To Plan Your Yard By Jeff Cox Leonardo da Vinci By Jay Williams (12+) Leonardo da Vinci, Art for Children By Ernest Raboff Life and Her Children By Arabella Buckley (Recommended by Charlotte Mason for Form IIA) Little Britches By Ralph Moody Little House in the Big Woods By Laura Ingalls Wilder Little House on the Prairie By Laura Ingalls Wilder Little Town on the Prairie By Laura Ingalls Wilder Little Women By Louisa May Alcott Linnea’s Almanac By Christina Bjork and Lena Anderson Linnea in Monet’s Garden By Christina Bjork and Lena Anderson Linnea’s Windowsill Garden By Christina Bjork and Lena Anderson Longitude By Dava Sobel (about John Harrison, an English Scientist…12+) Louis Pasteur By John Tiner (Sower Series…8+) Louis Pasteur: Founder of Microbiology By Mary June Burton (8+) Lucky Ladybugs By Gladys Conklin Madam How and Lady Why By Charles Kingsley (recommended by Charlotte Mason for Form IIB) Madame Curie By Eve Curie (12+) Make Way for Ducklings By Robert McCloskey Making Leaf Rubbings: A Hobby for the Entire Family By Mary Lou Burch Managing Martians By Donna Shirley Marie Curie By Leonard Fisher (8+) Marie Curie: Brave Scientist By Keith Brandt (K+) Mathematical Demonstrations Concerning Two New Sciences By Galileo (HS+) Matthew Fontaine Maury: Scientist of the Sea By Frances Leigh Williams (mature) Medicine Hat Stallion By Marguerite Henry (8+) Men of Science, Men of God By Henry Morris (8+) Men Under the Sea By Ellsberg Methuselah's Gift By Mary Elizabeth Edgren Michael O’Halloran By Jean Stratton Porter (14+) Mickey's Magnet By Franklyn M Branley and Eleanor K. Vaughan Microbe Hunters By Paul de Kruiff (12+) Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel By Virginia Lee Burton Mill By David Macaulay Millions of Cats By Wanda Gag Minn of Mississippi By Holling C. Holling Miss Hickory By Bailey

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Misty’s Foal By Marguerite Henry (8+) Misty of Chincoteague By Marguerite Henry (8+) Monarch, The Big Bear By Ernest Thompson Seton (8+) Monet By Douglas Mannering Moonwalker By Charlie Duke (12+) Mountain of Fire By Paul Thomsen Mr. Bell Invents the Telephone By Katherine Shippen (8+) Mummies Made in Egypt By Aliki Mustang: Wild Spirit of the West By Marguerite Henry (8+) My Body Inside and Out By Dr. Anne Townsend My Friend Flicka By Mary O’Hara (12+) My Listening Ears By Joanne De Jonge My Side of the Mountain By Jean Craighead George (8+) Naming Living Things By Sarah R.Reidman Nansen By Hall (about Fridtjof Nansen, Artic Explorer, Scientist, Statesman…12+) National Velvet By Enid Bagnold (8+) Nature Activities and Hobbies By William Hillcourt Nature Drawing By Clare Leslie Nature in Winter By Donald Stokes Nature Journaling: Learning to Observe and Connect with the World Around You By Clare Walker Nature’s Sketchbook By Marjolene Bastene Noah’s Ark By Peter Spier Ocean Gold By Ellsburg Ocean Pathfinder: A Biography of Matthew Fontaine Maury By Francis Leigh Williams (younger) Ocean World By Jacques Costeau Of Skies and Seas By Joanne DeJonge Of Pandas and People By Davis and Kenyon (12+) On the Banks of Plum Creek By Laura Ingalls Wilder On the Circulation of the Blood By William Harvey (HS+) On the Generation of Animals By William Harvey (HS+) On the Far Side of the Mountain By Jean Craighead George On the Loadstone and Magnetic Bodies By William Gilbert (HS+) On the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals By William Harvey (HS+) On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres By Copernicus (HS+) One Man’s Horse By Marguerite Henry 120 Questions and Answers About Birds By Madeline Angell Origin and Development of the Quantum Theory By Max Planck (HS+) Ornithological Biography By John James Audobon (five volumes) Orphan of Chincoteague By Marguerite Henry Our Solar System By Seymour Simon Paddle to the Sea By Holling C. Holling Pagoo By Holling C. Holling (8+)

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Parables from Nature By Margaret Gatty (AWESOME! Reprinted by Rushton Family Ministries in a comb bound version. Recommended by Charlotte Mason.) Pathfinder of the Sea: The Life of Matthew Fontaine Maury By John W. Wayland (younger) Patriot Doctor, The Story of Benjamin Rush By Esther M. Douty Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat By Marguerite Henry Picciola (recommended by Charlotte Mason) Picta the Painted Turtle By Virginia Frances Voight Pilgrim at Tinker Creek By Annie Dillard (Mature) Physics, Organum, Essays on Biology By Aristotle Plants and Animals By Jenny Tesar Plants and Animals By Lestina Larsen Colby Principles of Geology By Charles Lyell (HS+) Pyramid By David Macaulay Rabies By Elaine Landau Rambles in the Canadian Forest By Catherine Traill Rascal: A Memoir of a Better Era By Sterling North (8+) Reader’s Digest: How Nature Works By David Burnie Reader’s Digest: How Science Works By David Burnie Reader’s Digest: How the Earth Works By David Burnie Reader’s Digest: How the Universe Works By David Burnie Relativity, Theoretical Physics, Evolution of Physics By Albert Einstein (HS+) Rising From the Plains By John McPhee (12+) Robert Boyle By John Tyner (Sower Series…8+) Robert Boyle: Father of Modern Chemistry By Harry Sootin (12+) Robert Fulton, Boy Craftsman By Marguerite Henry (8+) Robert Goddard, Pioneer Rocket Boy By Clyde B. Moore (8+) Robert Knoch: Father of Bacteriology By David C. Knight (8+) Robert Louis Stevenson: Storyteller and Adventurer By Katherine Wilkie Robinson Crusoe By Daniel Defoe (12+) (recommended by Charlotte Mason) Robots, What They Are, What They Do By Fredericka Berger Rocket--How a Toy Launched the Space Age By Maurer Rosy's Garden By Laird San Domingo By Marguerite Henry (8+) Science & Hypothesis, Science and Method By Jules Henri Poincare (HS+) Science & the Modern World By Alfred Whitehead (HS+) Science in Ancient China By George Beshore (12+) Science in Early Islamic Culture By George Beshore (12+) Science in Ancient Egypt By Geraldine Woods (12+) Science in Ancient Greece By Katherine Gay (12+) Science in Ancient Mesopotamia By Carol Moss (12+)

Science in Ancient Rome By Jacqueline Harris (12+) Science in the Creation Week By David Unfred

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Science in the Vacant Lot By Seymour Simon Science of the Early American Indians By Beulah Tannenbaum (12+) Science with Slime By Rich Murphy Scientific Dialogues By Joyce (recommended by Charlotte Mason) Scientific Treatises By Blaise Pascal (HS+) Sea Bird By Holling C. Holling Sea Star, Orphan of Chincoteague By Marguerite Henry (8+) Secrets of a Wildlife Watcher By Jim Arnosky Shakespeare's Flowers By Jessica Kerr Sharing Nature with Children By Joseph B. Cornell Ship By David Macaulay Silent Spring By Rachel Carson (12+) Sing Down the Moon By Scott O'Dell Sketching Outdoors in Spring By Jim Arnosky Skin and Bones By Joanne De Jonge Sky Songs By Myra Cohn Livingston Sky Tree: Seeing Science Through Art By Thomas Locker Smithsonian Visual Timeline of Inventions By Richard Platt Soldier Doctor By Clara Ingram Judson (About Yellow Fever…8+) Some Wonders of Matter By Bishop Mercer (recommended by Charlotte Mason) Song of the Swallows By Leo Polloti Space Songs By Myra Cohn Livingston St. Francis of Assisi By G.K. Chesterson (12+) Starlight and Time By D. Russell Humphreys (HS+) Starry Messenger By Peter Sis Starting from a Walk State Birds By Arthur Singer and Alan Singer Steven and the Green Turtle By William Cromie Stones & Bones By Carl Wieland (HS+) Story of George Washington Carver By Eva Moore (8+) Story of Inventions By McHugh/Bachman Story of My Life By Helen Keller (8+) Story of Thomas Alva Edison By Margaret Cousins (8+) Stormy, Misty’s Foal By Marguerite Henry (8+) Strawberry Girl By Louis Lenski (8+) Subtle is the Lord: the Science & Life of Albert Einstein (HS+) Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman Swiss Family Robinson By JR Wyss Switch On, Switch Off By Melvin Berger Tale of Peter Rabbit and Other Stories By Beatrix Potter Ten Fingers For God (Dr. Paul Brand) By Dorothy Wilson (12+) Tesla: Man Out of Time By Margaret Cheney (HS+) The ABC of Relativity By Bertrand Russell (HS+) The Amazing Story of Creation (from Science and The Bible) By Duane Gish

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The Amateur Naturalist’s Handbook By Vinson Brown (Mature) The American Leonardo By Carelton Mabee (HS+) The Anne of Green Gables Treasury By Carolyn Strom Collins and Christina Wyss Erikson The Ants Go Marching By B. Freschet The Answers Book By Ham, Snelling, and Wieland (Genesis, Creation…12+) The Art of Robert Bateman By Ramsay Derney The Backyard Naturalist By Craig Tufts (Mature) The Big Snow By Berta and Elmer Hader The Bird Feeder Book The Bird Watcher’s Bible By George Laycock The Bird’s of North America By John James Audobon The Black Stallion By Walter Farley The Blossom on the Bough: A Book of Trees By Anne Ophelia Dowden The Boy’s Life of Edison By William Meadowcroft (8+) The Cartoon Guide to Genetics By Larry Gonick The Cartoon Guide to Physics By Larry Gonick The Changing Year (Recommended by Charlotte Mason ) The Children’s Story Bible By Catherine Vos The Complete Birdhouse Book By Donald and Lillian Stokes The Country of Pointed Firs By Sarah Orne Jewett (12+) The Curies & Radium By Elizabeth Rubin (8+) The Disease Fighters By Aaseng The Doctors Who Conquered Yellow Fever By Ralph Nading Hill (8+) The Double Helix By James D. Watson (HS+) The Easy Guide to Attracting Nesting Birds By Donald and Lillian Stokes The Edge of the Sea By Rachel Carson (12+) The Faber Book of Science The Flight of the Lone Eagle, Charles Lindebergh Flies Nonstop from New York to Paris By John T. Foster The Flying Circus of Physics with Answers By Jean Walker The First Flight: The Story of the Wright Brothers By Richard Taylor The First Four Years By Laura Ingalls Wilder The Forest Rangers By Montgomery M. Atwater The Genesis Record By Henry Morris The Glow In The Dark Night Sky Book By Clint Hatchett The Golden Circle By Hal Borland (12+) The Great Dinosaur Mystery and The Bible By Paul Taylor The Holy Bible The Human Body By Jonathan Miller The Human Body-Your Body and How it Works By Ruth Dowlig Brown The Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford The Last Frontier: Antarctica By Geoffrey T. Williams The Last Hero: Charles A. Lindbergh By Walter S. Ross

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The Lever and The Pulley By Hal Hellman The Little Fellow By Marguerite Henry The Long Winter By Laura Ingalls Wilder The Lord God Made Them All By James Herriot The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat By Oliver Sacks The Man Who Painted Birds By Norah Smaridge The Merchant’s Mark By Cynthia Harnett (12+) The Miracle of Flight By Richard Cromer The Moon Book By Gail Gibbons The Moon, Fact and Fancy The Mysterious Island By Jules Verne (HS+) The Mysterious Rays, Marie Curie’s World By Nancy Veglahn The Naturalist Buys a Farm The Nature Book By Midas Dekkers The Oak By Andrienne Sutter-Perrot The Origin of the Species By Charles Darwin (12+) The Phone Book By MacLeod The Physical Geography of the Sea and Its Meteorology By Matthew Fontaine (mature) The Pond By John Samson (12+) The Quest of Michael Faraday By Tad Harvey The Rainbow Book of Nature Studies By Donald Peattie The Readers Digest ABC of the Human Body The Remarkable Spaceship Earth By Ron Cottrell (12+) The Rose in My Garden By Arnold Lobel The Rustling Grass By Joanne DeJonge The Sciences (also called Real Things in Nature) By Edward Singleton Holden (Recommended by Charlotte Mason) The Sea Around Us By Rachel Carson (12+) The Sea Brings Forth By Jack Rudloe The Secret Family By David Bodanis The Secret Garden By Frances Hodges Burnett The Secret House By Diane Ackerman The Skeleton Inside You By Philip Balestrino The Smithsonian Book of Flight for Young People By Walter J. Boyne The Snail's Spell By Joanne Ryder The Springs of Joy By Tasha Tudor The Spirit of St. Louis By Charles Lindbergh The Starry Messenger By Galileo (HS+) The Story of Atomic Energy By Laura Fermi (8+) The Story About Ping By Marjorie Flack and Kurt Wise The Story of Amelia Earhart, Lost By Patricia Lauber The Story of My Boyhood and Youth By John Muir (12+) The Story of Physics By Lloyd Motz & Jefferson Hane Weaver (HS+) The Story of Rocks and Minerals By David Seaman

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The Sun, Wind, and the Rain By Lisa Peters The Thomas Edison Book of Easy and Incredible Experiments By James G. Cook The Tree Identification Book By George Symonds The Trumpet of the Swan By E.B. White The Universe & Dr. Einstein By Lincoln Kinnear Barnett (HS+) The Universe of Galileo & Newton By William Bixby (12+) The View From the Oak By Judith and Herbert Kohl. The Visit By Diane Wolkstein The Very Busy Spider By Eric Carle The Very Hungry Caterpillar By Eric Carle The Voyage of the Beagle By Charles Darwin (mature) The Voyage of the Lourdes By Alexis Carrel (12+) The Voyages of Doctor Doolittle By Hugh Loftin The Wartime Journals By Charles A. Lindbergh The Way Things Work By David Macaulay (8+) The Weather Book By Michael Oard The Wildest Horse Race in the World By Marguerite Henry The Wizard of Menlo Park: The Story of Thomas Alva Edison, Inventor By Mickie Compere (1-3) The Wizard of Sound By Barbara Mitchell (Thomas Alva Edison…1-3) The Wright Brothers By Quentin Reynolds (8+) The Year at Maple Hill Farm By Alice and Martin Provensen The Yearling By Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings The Young Earth By Henry Morris (HS+) The Young Naturalist: An Introduction to Nature Studies By Andrew Mitchell (Usborne Publishing) The Young Oxford Book of Astronomy By Simon and Jacqueline Mitton The Young Rockhound’s Handbook By W.R.C. Shedenhelm These Happy Golden Years By Laura Ingalls Wilder Thinking Physics By Lewis Carroll Epstein Thirty Fathoms Deep By Ellsberg This Year's Garden By Cynthia Rylant Thomas Alva Edison: Young Inventor By Louis Sabin (8+) Thomas Alva Edison: Young Inventor By Sue Gutheridge (8+) Thunderhead By Mary O’Hara (12+) Tim Tadpole and the Great Bullfrog By Marjorie Flack. Time-Life Books Complete Guide to Gardening and Landscaping To Space and Back By Sally Ride Treasure Island By Robert Louis Stevenson Treatise on Light By Christiaan Huygens (HS+) Tree in the Trail By Holling C. Holling Time of the Turtle By Jack Rudloe Time of Wonder By Robert McCloskey Tracking and The Art of Seeing

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Travels in Interior of America 1809-11 By John Bradbury (Mature) Treasures of the Barrier Reef By Geoffrey T. Williams True Adventures with Nature By Kathryn Howshall 20th Century Inventors By Nathan Aaseng (12+) 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea By Jules Verne Two Bad Ants By Chris Van Allsburg Underground By David Macaulay Unlocking the Mysteries of Creation By Dennis Petersen (12+) USA TODAY - The Weather Book - An Easy-to-Understand Guide To The USA’s Using Solar Cells for Fun, Education, Hobbies, and Crafts By Gary Herrlinger Volcano By Patricia Lauber Volcanoes By Seymour Simon Wait Til the Moon Is Full By Margaret Wise Brown Walden By Henry Thoreau (12+) We Have Conquered Pain By Dennis Fradin (Anesthetics…12+) Weather By Jack Williams We’ll Race You, Henry By By Barbara Mitchell (Development of Model T…8+) What Are You Figuring Now? By Jeri Faris What Does a Geologist Do? By R.V. Fodor What Really Happened to the Dinosaurs? By John Morris and Ken Ham (1-3) What Tree Is It? By Anna Pistorius What Wildflower Is It? By Anna Pistorius Wheel on the School By Meindert DeJong Wheels At Work By Bernie Zubrowski Where the Red Fern Grows By Wilson Rawls (12+) Where the River Begins By Thomas Locker Where's Inky? By Sam Campbell White Stallion of Lipazza By Marguerite Henry Why Nothing Can Travel Faster Than Light By Barry E. and David Zimmerman Wild Animals at Home By Ernest Thompson Seton (8+) Wild Animals I Have Known By Ernest Thompson Seton (8+) Wild Green Things in the City By Anne Ophelia Dowden Will & Orv By Walter A. Schultz (1-3) Wind in the Willows By Kenneth Grahame Wolves By Seymour Simon Wonderful Worms By Glaser Wonders of the Forest By Francene Sabin Wright Brothers By Charles Ludwig (8+) Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk By Donald J. Sobel (8+) Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane By Russell Freedman (1-3) Yellow and Pink By: William Steig Young Albert Einstein By Laurence Santrey (1-3) Your Body and How it Works By Ovid K. Wong Your Body is Wonderfully Made By Fred B. Rogers

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Great Resources for Nature Studies!

Resource Books...

The Holy Bible (We love the King James Time Began in a Garden By Emilie Version…although you may want to use Barnes other versions for study, memory work, Nature Projects; True Adventures with and copywork) Nature By Kathryn Howshall Character Sketches Victorian Family Celebrations By Sarah Reader’s Digest North American Ban Breathnach pp.54-57; 80-85; 110; Wildlife 145-147;156-157;168-172 are all Handbook of Nature Study By Anna especially great for ideas on Botsford Comstock Nature Studies in the home!. First Lessons in Nature Study By Edith The Christian Liberty Nature Readers Patch The Audubon Nature Encyclopedias - Parables from Nature By Margaret Volumes 1-12 Gatty Naming Nature By Mary Blocksma The Nature Study Idea Book By Mary E. First Book of Nature (Usborne) Woodis (This book is due out any day! Pets in a Jar By Seymour Simon Actually Mary began this book as she was The Bird Feeder Book writing chapters for Nature Study: The Drawing from Nature By Jim Arnosky Easy Way! We had so much to share that Drawing Life in Motion By Jim Arnosky we divided the books into two books. In Usborne Illustrated Encyclopedia of the our area, we lovingly call Mary, our Nature Natural World (Usborne) Queen! You won’t want to miss this one! Peterson Field Guide Coloring Books Especially if you have older children!) (Check these out...they are great for Wild Days: A Guide to Discovery budding artists! You can use these to Journals By Karen Ratcliffe (This one is sketch…trace…color…AND find due out any day too! I have already seen information about animals! These were the pictures on the Internet from Karen’s essential for us as we got started with Sketchbooks…GORGEOUS!) Watch out Nature Studies!) for this one!) How to Draw Cats (Usborne) Audobon Field Guides The Kid’s Nature Book By Susan Milford A Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady The Kid’s Science Book By Robert By Edith Holden Hirschfeld and Nancy White Nature Notes of An Edwardian Lady By Science for Every Kid By Janice Van Edith Holden Cleave

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Exploring Nature with Your Child By Science Wizardry for Kids Dorothy Edwards Shuttleworth Explorabook Back to Basics Published by Reader’s Fun Science Digest The Backyard Scientist Books USA Today Weather Book By Jack Science the Search Williams

Any resource from Boy Scouts of America...Their handbooks have awesome Science/Nature Information and Ideas for your Homeschool! We have particularly found Cub Scout Leader How-To Book to be a treasure house of information! It has details about how to do anything from collecting and keeping insects to crafts and puzzles to Nature and Hiking trips! We also love Webelos Den Activities for ideas for our Homeschool! They have booklets that are to help the boys earn achievements but these are awesome handbooks for learning on topics ranging from Camping to Geography to Reading to Forestry to Nature. These are very reasonable and can be found at stores that carry Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts Supplies! Don’t miss these!

Great Poetry Collections...

A Child’s Book of Poems By Gyo Fujikawa Feather or Fur By Grete Manheim A Child’s Garden of Verses By Robert Rhymes and Verses By Walter de la Louis Stevenson Mare A Child’s Treasury of Animal Verse By Sing a Song of Popcorn By B.S. de Mark Daniel Regniers A Rocket in My Pocket By Carl Withers The Home Book of Verse for Young Favorite Poems Old and New By Helen Folks By Burton Egbert Stevenson Ferris (This one is a MUST…it is the best The Oxford Book of Children’s Verse In treasury of poetry I have ever seen! If America By Iona and Peter Opie you must pick JUST ONE, this is the one! The Random House Book of Poetry for Check your local library first. I found one Children tucked away at ours in the children’s Wings From The Wind Selected and section! Delight of all delights!) Illustrated by Tasha Tudor

Don’t Forget to Look for Poetry by... Emily Dickinson Robert Frost Robert Louis Stevenson Christina Georgiana Rossetti

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Great Nature Writers/Naturalists to Look For... (Hunt for biographies about them…journals written or sketched by them… stories by them…art by them!)

Albert Einstein George Washington John Muir Alexander Bell Carver Leonardo Da Vinci Aristarchus (Greek Hal Borland Lewis and Clark Astronomer) Henry David Thoreau Louis Pasteur Aristotle Henry Ford Marguerite Henry Beatrix Potter Herbert Zim Michael Faraday Benjamin Franklin Isaac Newton Nicholas Copernicus Christopher Columbus James “Jimmy” Doolittle Ptolemy Chuck Yeager Jane Goodall Richard Byrd Eddie Rickenbacker Jim Arnosky Robert Boyle Ernest Thompson Seton Johannes Kepler Tasha Tudor Galileo Galilei John James Audubon Samuel Morse Thomas Edison

Don’t forget Biographies about (or Interviews/Apprenticeships/Time with)...

Architects… Construction Workers… Naturalists… Astronauts… Engineers… Physicians… Astronomers… Geologists… Physicists… Aviators… Inventors… Pilots… Biologists… Meteorologists… Scientists… Botonists… Nature Artists… Chemists… Nature Writers…

Field Guides... Audobon Golden Press Peterson Usborne Spotter’s Guides Tom Brown’s

Picture Books With Great Illustrations and Information...

Eyewitness Dorling Kindersley Kingfisher Usborne

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Great Series To Look Into...

A Day In The Life Of Series A Marine Biologist Beekeeper

Dover Coloring Books Common Weeds; Favourite Roses; Birds of Prey; Whales and Dolphins; Dinosaur ABC; Sharks of the World; History of Space Exploration; Dinosaur Life Activity Book; Horses of the World; Wild Animals; The Days of the Dinosaur Coloring Book; Small Animals of North America. Each year Dover publishes over 200 books on fine art, music, crafts and needlework, antiques, languages, literature, children’s books, chess, cookery, nature, anthropology, science, mathematics, and other areas.

Janice Van Cleave books Earth Science for Every Kid, Biology for Every Kid, Chemistry for Every Kid, Astronomy for Every Kid, Physics for Every Kid)

Jim Arnosky’s Nature Notebooks Bug Hunter’s; Bird Watcher; Animal Tracker Other Books by Jim Arnosky: Nearer Nature, Watching Foxes Come out Muskrats, Rabbits and Raindrops Otters Under Water All Night Near the Water Secrets of a Wildlife Watcher

National Audubon Field Guides Birds - East and West; Butterflies; Fishes, Whales, and Dolphins; Fossils; Insects and Spiders; Mammals; Mushrooms; Night Sky; Reptiles and Amphibians; Rocks and Minerals; Seashells; Seashore Creatures; Trees - East and West; Wildflowers - East and West; Weather

Nature Company Discovery Series Dinosaurs, Stars and Planets, How Things Work, Science and Technology

Stokes Nature Guides A Guide to Nature in Winter A Guide to Observing Insect Lives A Guide to Bird Behavior, Volumes 1-3 A Guide to Enjoying Wildflowers A Guide to Animal Tracking and Behavior A Guide to Amphibians and Reptiles

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