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Posted: June 11 2009 at 9:53am | IP Logged Quote JennGM
Following some links from other places (starting for a hunt for Burgess titles), I found this publisher, Yesterday's Classics.

I was interested in the Clara Dillingham Pierson Among the People series. The previews seem nice, without becoming twaddly or fairy type stories. I only found this previous thread.

I then found a collection of the whole series on Amazon, Clara Dillingham Pierson's Complete Among the People Series.

I also see Parables from Nature by Margaret S. Gatty, The Bee People by Margaret Warner Morley (on sale, and since my sister and I are really into bees right now, this seems perfect!)

Anyone use or enjoy these? I'd love to hear your input!

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Posted: June 11 2009 at 11:25am | IP Logged Quote JennGM
I do see that the Balwin Project has 6 of Clara Dillingham Pierson's books online.

Google Books also has the scanned books online, too.

I also found some of these books are recommended by Ambleside Online. Guess it's all connected somehow. I'm late to the party.

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Thank you Jennifer - I'm late right along with you. We'll walk in the door together and look like we planned it.

Seriously, thanks for the links - these look wonderful.

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I've been enjoying a little rabbit trail of my own searching for books in this genre. In searching for some of these books I came across some great informational sites I wanted to share:

Nature Study: online books page is a collection of many of these period nature study books, some of which are archived through the Baldwin Project.

The Library of Congress has an amazing list of Juvenile Nature Literature and Nature Pedagogy, c.1850-1920.

I also wanted to mention that the 6 volumes of books by Arabella Buckley available at Yesterday's Classics...

**Wild Life in Woods and Field
**Birds of the Air
**By Pond and River
**Trees and Shrubs
**Plant Life in Field and Garden
**Insect Life

...were originally published as one book entitled, Eyes and No Eyes. The original book was published with 48 color plates and several black and white plates. I was very much interested in these because Ambleside suggests them as the basis of their elementary nature study, but also because of the connection to a period of history my daughter is studying this year. We'll be using the collection of stories as our morning nature study read alouds.

I also have a lovely book a friend gifted me entitled Nature Study and Related Literature by Anna E. McGovern, published 1902, illustrating lessons suitable for each season of the year along with stories and poetry that emphasize the topic of the lesson. It's a treasure very much along the lines of Anna Botsford Comstock's Handbook of Nature Study. I find the text and the poetry quite engaging! The list of poetry associated with the seasons and nature study topics is tremendous!

I'm using Mrs. Gatty's Parables from Nature in my 8th grader's curriculum this year. I haven't decided yet if we'll read it aloud or she will read it on her own yet.

Enjoying this rabbit trail!

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