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Posted: March 29 2014 at 10:19am | IP Logged Quote SallyT
There was a post on the Common Room blog yesterday or the day before about a 1923-vintage book in a World Book science series of that era. I pulled it up here, and it does look like fun.

Then I went looking for an earlier, more nature-themed book in the same series, Trees, Stars, and Birds, and found it here.

Both can be downloaded for free in .pdf and other e-reader formats. I spent some time reading through them last night and really liked them. (I love the photos of 20s-era kids doing science experiments in the Common Science book!)

So if anyone's looking for a budget-friendly spine for a middle-school general science, or a nature spine for older elementary, I think these could work. You could read TSB aloud to younger kids, but it doesn't have the narrative sweetness of some classic nature reads -- which my kids actually appreciate. I hate to say it, but we have a real Arabella Buckley allergy going in my house, which is too bad, because I love her. So I was actually looking for something slightly drier, weird as that sounds.

Anyway, just thought I'd share my finds!

Sally

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