Thursday, May 8, 2008

Cloister Songs and Hymns for Children By Sr. Mary Francis Clarke/Google Books

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The Sciences: A Reading Book for Children/Google Books

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Physical Training for Children by Japanese Methods/Google Books


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California Plants in Their Homes: A Botanical Reader/Google Books

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Famous Legends Adapted for Children/Google Books

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Wild Animals I have Known by Ernest Seton/Various Sources

The Baldwin Project : "A stirring account of the lives of eight wild animals, including Lobo, the king of Currumpaw; Silverspot, the story of a crow; Raggylug, the story of a cottontail rabbit; Bingo, the story of a dog; the Springfield fox; the pacing mustang; Wully, the story of a yaller dog; and Redruff, the story of the Don valley partridge. Ages 11-14"

Plain Text at Project Gutenberg.

Google Books with drawings.

The Wild Animal Play for Children, meant to go along with the book.

Speech Training for Children/Google Books

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First Lessons on Natural Philosophy(science), for Children

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The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children/Google Books


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The Stars and Their Stories: A Book for Young People/Google Books

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The Geography of the Heavens and Class Book/Google Books

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Outlines of Botany for the High School Laboratory/Google Books

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Outlines of Botany for the High School Laboratory/Google Books

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Friday, May 2, 2008

Wild Flower Study/ Google Books


Handbook of Nature-study for Teachers and Parents by ANNA BOTSFORD COMSTOCK:

Hepatica, Yellow Adder's Tongue, Bloodroot, Trillium, Dutchman's Breeches and Squirrel Corn, Jack-in-the-Pulpit, The Violet, May Apple or Mandrake, Bluets, Yellow Lady's Slipper, or Moccasin Flower, Common Buttercup, Hedge Bindweed, Dodder, Milkweed, and Evening Primrose(Elementary - middle school).

Botany: An Elementary Text for Schools

The Fairyland of Flowers: A Popular Illustrated Botany(elementary - middle school). In addition to botany, this book contains poetry and literature relating to the flowers.

Reference Guides:

How to Know the Wild Flowers: A Guide

A Guide to the Wild Flowers

Southern Wild Flowers and Trees

Also see the cherry blossom post.

History Stories of Other Lands by Arthur Guy Terry/Google Books

The Normans - Constantinople(middle ages)

Age of Louis XIV - early 20th century(teens)

New Barnes Readers - Third Grade/Google Books


"NOBILITY True worth is in being, not seeming, In doing each day that goes by Some little good, not in dreaming Of great things to do by and by."

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