Nature Lore Books

“The real use of naturalists’ books [nature lore] at this stage is to give the child delightful glimpses into the world of wonders he lives in, to reveal the sorts of things to be see by curious eyes, and to fill him with desire to make discoveries for himself.” -Charlotte Mason, Home Education (vol 1) p. 64

Through the study of Charlotte Mason’s programmes, I see two distinct categories of nature lore: general nature lore and books that support a student’s special studies. For clarity, I will divide the books listed below into those categories. You can read more about how these books were assigned for your student’s particular form by reading the article Nature Lore: The Beginning of a Science Education. Form 3 students would continue to use nature lore to support their special studies. Still, it would not be assigned in their morning lessons. (Jump to middle and high school nature lore.)

Many of these nature books are out of print; therefore, some are expensive to purchase. They are so important, however, that I recommend you pick at least a couple each year to buy. I always use BookFinder.com to find the best price across the internet. After that, do some digging on your local library’s website to see available options. I have taken full advantage of interlibrary loan in the past. My local librarian was even willing to search for books in other states! Another option is to read an eBook online. Jennifer Duperon of BookishFamily.blogspot.com has created a robust list of online options. Previewing a book online may help determine whether you want to purchase a copy.

Here are a few publishers working to get some of these back in print and doing a wonderful job!

Purple House Press – find books by Robert McClung, Alice Goudey, Herbert Zim, Fabre, and Glenn Blough & Jeanne Bendick. They have recently republished the Immortals Science Biography series which I highly recommend!
Charlotte Mason Beehive – Edmund Selous, Arabella Buckley
Living Book Press – Handbook of Nature Study, Secrets of the Universe, Arabella Buckley books, Dallas Lore Sharp books, many of my assigned Form 2 books, and more.
Living Library Press – The Year Round by C.J. Hylander, Men, Microscopes, and Living Things, and many of the books assigned for my Form 2 guides.
The Good and the Beautiful – Robert McClung, Carroll Lane Fenton, and Nature Readers (insects and birds)
Yesterday’s Classics – Arabella Buckley, Clara Dillingham Pierson, Edith Patch, William Long, Edmund Selous, Margaret Warner Morley, Dallas Lore Sharp, and Richard Headstrom.
Riverbend Press – Life and Her Children by Buckley, Softcover Notebooks

Finally, I encourage you to check out Biblioguides, which now offers an SMH partner guide. They provide a list of all of the books on SMH, but with added information, including (when available) images of the book’s cover, a complete description, a look inside, and links to available digital versions. Also, with advanced search capabilities, you can find books that meet your qualifications. “Biblioguides gives you the resources and tools to discover the right book for the right person at the right moment.” They offer a free trial, so do check it out.

Nature Lore Books for Form 1-2 (grades 1-6)

Some examples for form 1 students:
Students read 30-40 pages from two of these books each term.

Eyes and No Eyes Series by Arabella Buckley (Charlotte Mason assigned one or half of one of these books every single term for form 1 students. There is nothing quite like them. They may seem densely packed with information, but they are still a quality living book and suit this category perfectly.)
Dallas Lore Sharp’s Fall of the Year, Winter, Spring of the Year, and Summer
Christian Liberty Nature Readers, Books 1-5 by Worthington Hooker (these progress in reading level)
- Book 1 (Nature Stories for Young Readers: Animal Life by Florence Bass)
  Book 2 (Nature Readers: Sea-side and Way-side No. 1 by Julia McNair Wright)
  Book 3 (Nature Readers: Sea-side and Way-side No. 2 by Julia McNair Wright)
  Book 4 ( by Edward J. Shewan)
  Book 5 ( by Edward J. Shewan)
African Critters by Robert Haas (95 pp. but PB style, 8 sections. Sometimes Charlotte Mason assigned a book in this spot that was of zoo animals or of animals in far off places.)
Squirrels and Other Fur-Bearers by John Burroughs
A Bunch of Wild Flowers for the Children by Ida Prentice Whitcomb (140 pp.)
A Pair of Wings by Marilyn Singer, (31 pp.)
What To Look For In Autumn, Winter, Spring, and Summer by E.L. Grant Watson

Some examples for form 2 students:
Students read 30-40 pages of one of these books each term, and therefore will continue in the chosen book for several years.

The Storybook of Science by Jean Henri Fabre
The Secret of Everyday Things by Jean Henri Fabre (381 pp.)
Insect Adventures by Jean Henri Fabre (298 pp.)
The Lay of the Land by Dallas Lore Sharp, 214 pages
Animal Life in Fields and Garden by Jean Henri Fabre (412) **harder
Nearer Nature by Jim Arnosky (160 pp.)
Life and Her Children by Arabella Buckley

Special Study Books (any age depending on reading level)

Various Examples

The Year Round: A Book of the Out-of-Doors Arranged According to Season by Clarence John Hylander
Ten Common Trees by Susan Stokes (122 pp.)
Pagoo by Holling C Holling (88 pp.)
Squirrels and Other Fur-Bearers by John Burroughs (144 pp.)
A Child’s Walk in the Wilderness by Paul Molyneaux (229 pp.)
The Watcher: Jane Goodall’s Life with the Chimps by Jeanette Winter (48 pp.)
Rocks in His Head by Carol Otis Hurst (32 pp.)
Dwellers of the Marsh Realm by Archie P McKishnie (79 pp.)
Rascal by Sterling North (192 pp.)
North: The Amazing Story of Arctic Migration by Nick Dowson (53 pp.)
Land of Little Rain by Mary Austin
Junior Science Book of Pond Life by Alexander Crosby
Reptiles Do the Strangest Things by Leonora & Art Hornblow (also insects, animals, birds, fish)
Trees Every Child Should Know by Julia Ellen Rogers

By Author

Clara Dillingham Pierson

Robert M. McClung (grade ~3-6)

Ruby Throat: The Story Of A Hummingbird
Luna: the Story of a Moth
Sphinx: The Story of a Caterpillar
Green Darner: The Story of a Dragonfly
Major: The Story Of A Black Bear
Leaper: The Story of an Atlantic Salmon
Spike: The story of a Whitetail Deer
Whitetail
Otus: The Story of a Screech Owl
Honker: The Story of a Wild Goose
Lili: A Giant Panda of Sichuan
Redbird: The Story of a Cardinal
Buzztail: The Story Of A Rattlesnake
Luna: The Story of a Moth
Whitefoot: The Story of a Wood Mouse
Samson: Last of the California Grizzlies
Whooping Crane
Horseshoe Crab
America’s First Elephant
Possum
Spotted Salamander
Bees, Wasps, and Hornets, and How They Live
Peeper, First Voice of Spring

William J. Long

Thornton Burgess

The Burgess Bird Book for Children
The Burgess Animal Book for Children
The Burgess Book of Nature Lore
The Burgess Seashore Book for Children

George F. Mason (~80-100 pp, grade ~4-8)

Animal Homes
Animal Tracks
Animal Weapons
Animal Clothing
Animal Ways
Animal Teeth
Animal Habits
Animal Feet
Animal Sounds
Animal Tails
Animal Tools
Animal Vision

Glenn Orlando Blough (grade ~3-6)

The Tree on the Road to Turntown
Who Lives in This House: A Story of Animal Families
Christmas Trees and How They Grow
After the Sun Goes Down: The Story of Animals at Night
Who Lives in This Meadow? A Story of Animal Life
Discovering Insects
Who Lives at the Seashore?: Animal Life Along the Shore
Bird Watchers and Bird Feeders
Discovering cycles

Jean Craighead George
(The Thirteen Moons series, “for children in the middle grades”, ~50 pp.)

The Moon of the Owls (January)
The Moon of the Bears (February)
The Moon of the Salamanders (March)
The Moon of the Chickarees (April)
The Moon of the Monarch Butterflies (May)
The Moon of the Fox Pups (June)
The Moon of the Wild Pigs (July)
The Moon of the Mountain Lions (August)
The Moon of the Deer (September)
The Moon of the Alligators (October)
The Moon of the Grey Wolves (November)
The Moon of the Winter Bird (December)
The Moon of the Moles (December and January)

Herbert Spencer Zim

Frogs and Toads
Sharks
Owls
Rabbits
Snakes

Margaret Waring Buck

Olive L. Earle

Robins in the Garden
Birds and Their Beaks
Birds and Their Nests
Thunder Wings: The story of a ruffed grouse
Birds of the Crow Family
White Patch A City Sparrow
The Swans of Willow Pond
Pond and Marsh Plants
Squirrels in the Garden
Pigs, Tame and Wild
Strange Companions in Nature
Paws, Hoofs, and Flippers
Strange Lizards
Strange Fishes of the Sea
Praying Mantis
Mice at Home and Afield
The Octopus
Animals and Their Ears
Scavengers
Camels and Llamas
The Rose Family
Strangler Fig & Other Strange Plants
Seeds and Seed Travels
Peas, Beans, and Licorice
Nuts
Animals and Their Young by Glenn Blough and Olive Earle
Animals That Live Together by Glenn Blough and Olive Earle

Millicent Selsam

Animals of the Sea
See Along the Shore
Hidden Animals
Keep Looking!
Terry and the Caterpillars
Big Tracks, Little Tracks: Following Animal Prints
When an Animal Grows
How Animals Tell Time
How Animals Sleep
How Animals Eat
How Animals Live Together
The Courtship of Animals
How to be a Nature Detective
Language of Animals
See Through the Forest
See Through the Jungle
See Through the Lake
Birth of a Forest
Stars, Mosquitoes and Crocodiles: The American Travels of Alexander Von Humboldt
Let’s get Turtles
How Puppies Grow
Tony’s Birds
A First Look at Birds
A First Look at Birds Nests
A First Look at Spiders
A First Look at Seashells
A First Look at Whales
A First Look at Cats
A First Look at Owls, Eagles and Other Hunters in the Sky
A First Look at Poisonous Snakes
A First Look at Animals that Eat Other Animals
A First Look at Animals With Backbones
A First Look at Animals Without Backbones
A First Look at Snakes, Lizards and Other Reptiles
A First Look at Seals, Sea Lions and Walruses
A First Look at Sharks
A First Look at Fish
A First Look at Insects
Ants
Egg to Chick
All About Eggs and How They Change Into Animals
Backyard Insects
Strange Creatures That Really Lived
Questions and Answers About Horses
Questions and Answers About Ants
The Bug That Laid the Golden Eggs
Where Do They Go: Insects in Winter
Plenty of Fish
Harlequin Moth: Its Life Story
All Kinds of Babies
Cotton
More Potatoes
Seeds and More Seeds
Bulbs, Corms, and Such
Plants that Heal
Plants We Eat
The Don’t Throw It, Grow It Book of Houseplants
Eat the Fruit, Plant the Seed
A First Look at Flowers
The Amazing Dandelion
The Apple and Other Fruits
Peanut
Maple Tree
Things to Do with Trees
Tree Flowers
Popcorn
The Carrot and Other Root Vegetables
The Tomato and Other Fruit Vegetables

Wilfrid Bronson

The Grasshopper Book
Water People
Children of the Sea
Cats
Turtles
Coyotes
Dogs
Starlings
The Chisel-Tooth Tribe (squirrels and such)
Goats
Horns and Antlers
The Wonder World of Ants
Beetles

Alice Goudey

Here Come the … (seals, squirrels, dolphins, cottontails, whales, deer, lions, raccoons, bees, beavers, bears, elephants, wild dogs, elephants)
Butterfly Time
Red Legs (grasshopper)
Graywings
The Merry Fiddlers

Charles L. Ripper

Trout
Bats
Hawks
Mosquitos
Foxes and Wolves
Woodchucks and Their Kin
The Weasel Family
Swallows
Diving Birds
Ground Birds
Moles and Shrews

Ferdinand Lane

All About The Flowering World
The Story of Trees
All About the Insect World
All About Animals and Their Young
All About The Sea
Thy Mysterious Sea
The Story of Mountains
Earth’s Grandest Rivers
The World’s Great Lakes

Dorothy Childs Hogner

Grasshoppers And Crickets
Sea Mammals
Frogs And Polliwogs
Endangered Plants
Spiders
Earthworms
Water Over The Dam
Water Beetles
Snails
A Book Of Snakes
Butterflies
Birds of Prey

Alice Hopf

Monarch Butterflies
Pigs Wild and Tame
Biography of a Rhino
Misunderstood Animals
Wild Cousins of the Dog
Biography of an Ant
Biography of an Armadillo
Wild Cousins of the Cat
Biography of an American Reindeer
Wild Cousins of the Horse
Biography of a Giraffe
Animal and Plant Life Spans
Nature’s Pretenders
Biography of a Snowy Owl
Whose House Is It?
Chickens and Their Wild Relatives
Hyenas
Bats

Dorothy Shuttlesworth

The Story of Ants
Animal Camouflage
All Kinds of Bees
The Story of Horses
Gerbils and Other Small Pets
How Wild Animals Fight
The Story of Cats
The Wildlife of South America
Zoos in the Making

Dorothy Sterling

By Subject

Ladybugs

Lucky Ladybugs by Conklin, Gladys
Ladybug, Ladybug, Fly Away Home by Hawes, Judy
Ladybug by McClung, Robert
My Ladybug by Wong, Herbert
Grouchy Ladybug by Carle, Eric
In a Garden by Kirn, Ann
Are You a Ladybug? by Allen, Judy

Marine animals and the ocean

The Sea Around Us by Rachel Carson
Under the Sea Wind by Rachel Carson
Children of the Sea by Wilfrid Bronson
Who Lives at the Seashore? By Glenn Blough
The Silent World by Captain J.Y. Cousteau
A Whale for the Killing by Farley Mowat (250 pp.)
The Burgess Seashore Book for Children by Thornton Burgess
Along the Seashore by Margaret Waring Buck
Fiddler Crab by Mary Adrian
Wild Folk at the Seashore by Carroll Lane Fenton
Shimmer and Splash: The Sparkling World of Sea Life by Jim Arnosky
Wild Folk at the Seashore by Carroll Lane Fenton – my favorite
Collins Pocket Guide to the Sea Shore by John Barrett – field guide
Life of the Seashore by William H. Amos
Exploring the Seashore William H. Amos
Sunlit Sea by Augusta Goldin (LRFO)
Bottom of the Sea by Augusta Goldin (LRFO)
First Book of the Ocean by Sam & Beryl Epstein
Coral Reefs by Lois & Louise Darling
Oceans by Irving & Ruth Adler
Wonders of the Sea by Louis Sabin
See Through the Sea by Millicent Selsam
Oceans by Seymour Simon

Winter and Snow books

Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin (33 pp.)
Snowflakes in Photographs by W. A. Bentley
See my post Winter Nature Study Inspiration. Scroll to the bottom for a list of fun books.

Hibernation

Animals in Winter by Henrietta Bancroft (Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out Book)
When Winter Comes by Russell Freedman
Over and Under the Snow by Kate Messner
Where Do They Go? Insects in Winter by Millicent Selsam
Animal Timekeepers by Navin Sullivan
Animal Clocks and Compasses by Margaret Hyde
How Animals Tell Time by Millicent Selsam
Winter-Sleeping Wildlife by Will Barker
Animals through the Year by Margaret Waring Buck
Where They Go in Winter by Margaret Waring Buck
Wintertime for Animals by Margaret Cosgrove
Winter-Sleepers by Phyllis Sarasy

Farm Animals

Nearer Nature by Jim Arnosky
Want to Be a Farmer by Carla Greene
Perhaps I’ll Be a Farmer by Ray Bethers
Barnyard Family by Dorothy Childs Hogner
True Book of Farm Animals by John Lewellen
Animal Stories by James Herriot
Among the Farmyard People by Clara Dillingham Pierson

Non-Flowering Plants

Non-Flowering Plants (Golden Guides) by Floyd Shuttleworth
Let’s Learn about Mushrooms by Phyllis Perry (The book that started it all! I wouldn’t be doing any of this if not for this book and the discovery of a little mushroom.)
Mushrooms by Millicent Selsam
Dependent Plants by Bertha Morris Parker
Story of Mosses, Ferns, and Mushrooms by Dorothy Sterling
Plants that Never Ever Bloom by Ruth Heller
Mushrooms and Molds by Robert Froman (LRFO)
Wondrous World of Seedless Plants by William Grimm
Fairy Rings and Other Mushrooms by Gladys Conklin
Story of Mosses, Ferns, and Mushrooms by Amy Jensen
Wonders of Fungi by Lucy Kavaler
Strangler Fig and Other Strange Plants Strangler Fig and Other Strange Plants
by Olive Earle
Adventures with a Hand Lens by Richard Headstrom
Ferns: Plants Without Flowers Bernice by Kohn
How to Know the Ferns: A Guide to the Names, Haunts, and Habits of our Common Ferns
by Frances Theodora Parsons
Wonders at Your Feet by Margaret Cosgrove
Plants without Leaves by Ross Hutchins
Plants Without Seeds by Helen Challand

Mold, Yeast and Bacteria

Too Small to See by Marie Neurath
Smallest Life Around Us by Lucia Anderson
Lots of Rot by Vicki Cobb
Our Tiny Servants: Molds and Yeast by Bernice Kohn
What We Find When We Look at Molds by William D. Gray
Story of Microbes by Albert Schatz
Microbes at Work by Millicent Selsam
Plants without Leaves by Ross Hutchins
Wondrous World of Seedless Plants by William Grimm
Adventures with a Hand Lens by Richard Headstrom
Hunting With the Microscope by Gaylord Johnson
Messing Around with Baking Chemistry by Bernie Zubrowski
First Book of Microbes by Lucia Lewis
Microlife by David Burnie
Microbes Are Something Else by A. Harris Stone
Junior Science Book of Bacteria by Gerald Lietz

Plant uses (including fiber, dyes, teas, rubber, paper)

Dandelion, Pokeweed, and Goosefoot: How the Early Settlers Used Plants for Food, Medicine, and in the Home by Elizabeth Schaeffer (Form 2-6)
Tree Products by Irving and Ruth Adler (Form 2-6)
Plants that Changed History by Joan Elma Rahn (Form 3-6)
More Plants that Changed History by Joan Rahn (Form 3-6)
Napoleon’s Buttons: 17 Molecules That Changed History by Penny Le Coureur (Form 5-6, specific chapters)
Fuzz Does It! by Vicki Cobb (Form 1-2)
How We Get Our Clothing by Edith McCall (Form 1-2)
Fibers by Irving & Adler (Form 1-3)
Cloth: From Fiber to Fabric by Walter Buehr (Form 1-4)
Textiles by Walter Shepherd (Form 2-3)
Warm as Wool, Cool as Cotton by Carter Houck (Form 2-6)
Unraveling Fibers by Patricia Keeler (Form 2-6)
Twist and Twine: Story of Cordage by Solveig Russell (Form 2-5)
Plants We Eat by Millicent Selsam (Form 2-6)
This Noble Harvest: A Chronicle of Herbs by Anne Ophelia Dowden (Form 2-6)
Plants that Heal by Millicent Selsam (Form 2-6)
Poisons in Our Path: Plants that Harm and Heal by Anne Ophelia Dowden (Form 2-6)
First Book of Weeds by Barbara Beck (Form 3-6)
Weaving the Rainbow by George Ella Lyon (Form 1-2)
Kirsten’s Craft Book by Jodi Evert (Form 2-3)
From Rubber Tree to Tire by Ali Mitgutsch (Form 1-2)
Your Friend, the Tree by Flore White (Form 1-3)
Magic of Rubber by E. Joseph Dreany (Form 2-5)
Rubber: Natural and Synthetic by Walter Buehr (Form 2-6)
Secret Life of School Supplies by Vicki Cobb (Form 2-6)
New World of Rubber: Natural and Synthetic by Irmengarde Eberle (Form 4-6)
From Trees to Paper: The Story of Newsprint by Henry Lent (Form 1-2)
Story of Paper by Odile Limousin (Form 1-3)
Magic of Paper by Walter Buehr (Form 2-4)
Pogo’s Letter: A Story of Paper by Jo & Ernest Norling (Form 2-6)
Books: From Papyrus to Paperback by Esther S. Harley (Form 4-6)

Symbiosis

Natural Partnerships: The Story of Symbiosis by Dorothy Shuttlesworth
Plant and Animal Partnerships by Bertha Parker
Strange Companions in Nature by Olive Earle
Strange Partners: The Story of Symbiosis by Anabel Dean
Living Together in Nature: How Symbiosis Works by Jane E. Hartman
Partners for life: the mysteries of animal symbiosis by Margery Facklam
Partners, Guests, and Parasites: Coexistence in Nature by Hilda Simon
Insects and Plants: The Amazing Partnership by Elizabeth K. Cooper
Strange Animal Partnerships by Malcolm Penny
Insects that Live Together by Michael Dempsey
Medusa and the Snail by Lewis Thomas

Water Plants

Water Plants by Dorothy Childs Hogner
Water Plants by Laurence Pringle
Ocean Sunlight: How Tiny Plants Feed the Seas by Molly Bang

Pond Life (Each will include a section on water plants.)

Adventures with a Hand Lens by Richard Headstrom
Nature in Miniature by Richard Headstrom
By Pond and River by Arabella B Buckley.
Life in Ponds and Streams by William Hopkins Amos
Edge of the Pond by William White
Life of the Pond by William Hopkins Amos
Pond Life by George K. Reid
Pond Life by Lynn M. Stone
Pond Watching with Ann Morgan by Michael Elsohn Ross
See Through the Lake by Millicent Selsam
Watchers at the Pond by Franklin Russell
Wonders of the Pond by Francene Sabin
America’s Wetlands by Frank J. Staub
Wonders of Swamps and Marshes by Stephen Caitlin
Wetland Walk by Sheri Amsel
Everglades by Jean Craighead George

Tree Leaves, bursting bud

True Book of Buds by Helen Ross Russell
Blossom on the Bough by Ophelia Anne Dowden
Biography of a Leaf by Burke Davis
Winter Buds by Bette J. Davis
Play With Trees by Millicent E. Selsam
Trees and Their Story by Dorothy Sterling
Leaf, Fruit and Flower by Marshall McClintock
Leaves by Bertha Parker
Seeing Trees Hugo Ross Nancy

Photosynthesis

How Plants Make Food by Martin J. Gutnik
Plant Magic by Aileen Fisher
Living Sunlight: How Plants Bring the Earth to Life by Molly Bang
Environment by Irving Adler
Vital Process: Photosynthesis by Jeffrey Baker
How Did We Find Out About Photosynthesis by Isaac Asimov
Photosynthesis by Alvin Silverstein
Photosynthesis by Isaac Asimov

Weeds and Grasses

First Book of Weeds by Beck
Weeds by Hogner
Grasslands by Goetz
One Day in the Prairie by George
Seasons of the Tallgrass Prairie by Learner
Grasses and Grains by Greenaway
Tall Grass Zoo by Lubell
Grasses by Eberle
About Grasses, Grains, and Canes by Uhl

Spiders

A First Look at Spiders by Selsam
Spiders by Hogner
Christian Liberty Nature Reader: Book 1
Spiders and Their Kin by Levi
Jerry Finds Spiders by Darby
Spiders and Scorpions by Cloudsley-Thompson
Garden Spider by Adrian
Spiders by Bason
Black Widow Spider by Conklin
Tarantula by Conklin
Spiders by Dupre

Animal Structure

Teeth by Sneed B. Collard
What Big Teeth You Have! by Patricia Lauber
Wings, Paws, Hoofs and Flippers by Joe Kaufman
What Good is a Tail? by Solveig Russell
Paws, Hoofs, and Flippers by Olive Earle
All Kinds of Feet by Ron & Nancy Goor
Animal Clothing by George Mason
Animal Feet by George Mason
All Kinds of Legs by Solveig Russell
Animal Vision by George Mason

Animal Parenting

How Animals Care for Their Babies by Roger B. Hirschland
All About Animals and Their Young by Robert M. McClung
Animal Babies by Margaret Bauer
Animal Fathers by Russell Freedman
He and She: How Males and Females Behave by S. Carl Hirsch
All About Animals and Their Young by Robert McClung
When Animals Are Babies by Elizabeth Schwartz
All Kinds of Babies by Millicent Selsam
Animals as Parents by Millicent Selsam
Courtship of Animals by Millicent Selsam
Animal Families by Gene Stuart
Towns Down Underground by Gene Stuart
Animal Babysitters by Frances Zweifel
How Animals Defend Their Young by Russell Freedman

Asia

Birds of Asia For Kids by Rachel Bubb
Animals of Asia For Kids by Rachel Bubb

Middle and High School Nature Lore and Special Study Books

The Amateur Naturalist by Gerald Durrell
Gathering Moss by Robin Wall Kimmerer
My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell
A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold
This Green World by Rutherford Platt
The Songs of Trees by David George Haskell
The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben
Our only world: ten essays by Berry, Wendell
The Geese of Beaver Bog by Bernd Heinrich
A Year in the Maine Woods by Bernd Heinrich
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard
John Burroughs’ America: Selections from the Writings of the Naturalist by John Burroughs
Deep Woods by John Burroughs
The Wilderness World of John Muir, Edited by Edwin Way Teale (review)
All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot
Making Sense: Animal Perception and Communication by Bruce Brooks (68 pp.)
Anatomy Of A Rose: Exploring The Secret Life Of Flowers by Sharman Apt Russell
The Rose Family by Olive L. Earle
Last Child in the Woods by Richard Louv
Lay of the Land by Dallas Lore Sharp
Rural Hours by Susan Fenimore Cooper
The Land of Little Rain by Mary Austin
The Natural History of Selborne by Gilbert White
The Outermost House by Henry Beston
Hal Borland’s Book of Days by Hall Glen Borland
Wild Life of Orchard and Field by Ernest Ingersoll
The Wit of the Wild by Ernest Ingersoll
Books by John Muir
Books by Jacques Costeau

Gene Stratton-Porter

The Keeper of The Bees
Freckles
A Girl of the Limberlost by Gene Stratton-Porter (233 pp.)
The Song of the Cardinal

Edwin Way Teale

Jean-Henri Fabre

The Life of the Spider
The Life of the Fly
Bramble-Bees and Others
The Life of the Grasshopper
Insect Adventures
The Life of the Caterpillar
Field, Forest, and Farm