Other editions of book The child's book of nature

Have you ever wondered what is made from blood? Or how the mind gets knowledge? Maybe you’ve pondered how muscles and nerves work? Or why we sleep? In this books you’ll learn all about the wonders of the body and the amazing way God has made it, answering not only the above questions, but many more also.The book is beautifully illustrated with 74 line drawings and each chapter features questions to test your understanding of what has been read.

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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Quoted in part from the author's Preface; " Children are busy observers of natural objects, and have many questions to ask about them. But their inquisitive observation is commonly repressed, instead of being encouraged and guided. ...... Here is a radical error in education. When we put a child into the school-room, to be drilled in spelling,reading,arithmetic, geography,etc., we effectually shut him in from all the varied and interesting objects of nature, which he is so naturally inclined to observe and study. These are very seldom made the subjects of instruction in childhood.. And even at the fireside the deficiency is nearly as great as it is in the school-room". Dr. Worthington Hooker therefore has written this pleasant little ( 179pages) in an easy to understand language, with many illustrations. He has divided this volume into 3 parts, PLANTS, ANIMALS, and AIR, WATER, HEAT, LIGHT,&c.

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1867 edition. Excerpt: ...thus makes the same use of lus bill that an old man docs of his cane when he stands leaning upon it. There is a fish that has a singular instrument. It is a squirtgun for shooting insects. It can shoot them not only when they are still, but when they are flying. It watches them as they are flying over the water, and hits one of them, whenever it can get a chance, with a fine stream of water from its little gun. The insect, stunned with the blow, falls into the water, and the fish eats it. I could give you a great many more examples of the different tools that we find in animals, but these are sufficient. You can observe other examples yourselves as you look at different animals. Questions.--Whnt is said about the saw-fly? Tell about the boring and cutting instruments of a certain kind of bee. Whut is said about silk-wonns? What ubout spiders? What about wasps? Why do some animals have such long, sharp teeth? What kind of machine is an elephant's trunk? What is the proboscis of an insect? Tell about the tongue of the humming-bird. How many instruments are there together in his tongue? What is said about the cat's tongue? Tell about the heron. Tell about the bird that lives on oysters. What is told about the tailor-bird? Tell about the bird that has no wings. Tell about the fish that shoots insects with water. Fighting instruments of animals. Why man has none of them. CHAPTER XXV. INSTRUMENTS OF DEFENSE AND ATTACK. Animals have various instruments for defending themselves. Some have claws, some horns, some hoofs, some spurs and beaks, some powerful teeth, and some stings. These they use to defend themselves when attacked. But man has none of these things. Why is this? It is because, as I have told you about tools, with his mind he can contrive...

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