Favorite Living Science Books

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  • March 14, 2012 at 3:18 pm
    Sue
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    My earlier thread about this was destroyed in the software glitch tornado here in midwestern SCM Wink, so I thought I’d try it again.

    I was reading the science chapter in Catherine Levison’s book, “A Charlotte Mason Education,” and she had mentioned that if you find a really good living book for science, you should make certain to recommend it to all of your homeschooling friends and support groups.

    They can be hard to find (good living science books), so I was asking for anyone to chime in with their favorite titles and include why you liked it and with what ages you used them.

    Love all the sharing that goes on here….thanks!

    March 14, 2012 at 4:20 pm
    suzukimom
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    Not sure it is exactly a living book – although it is written by a single author that loves science.  I guess it just isn’t a narrative style….   

    “Naked Eggs and Flying Potatoes” – has lots of great experiments (ie, the FUN experiements) with common items.

    March 14, 2012 at 4:29 pm
    missceegee
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    Anything by Jim Arnosky.

    Among the Night People & that series

    March 14, 2012 at 4:53 pm
    nerakr
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    Smithsonian Backyard and Smithsonian Oceanic series

    A Tree is Nice by Udry

    The Real Hole by Beverly Cleary (I use it for plants/trees in preschool and K)

    Be Nice to Spiders by Margaret Bloy Graham

    Let’s Read and Find out series (various authors)

    March 14, 2012 at 4:54 pm
    RobinP
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    Robert McClung is my favorite living science author for children.  Sadly OOP.

    Gladys Conklin books

    Here Come the…series by Alice Goudey

     

    March 14, 2012 at 7:50 pm
    Tristan
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    Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White – love the farm life.

    March 14, 2012 at 7:58 pm
    Sue
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    I hadn’t thought of Charlotte’s Web as other than literature, but that’s an excellent thought!

    March 14, 2012 at 8:10 pm
    mom
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    We are loving Fabre’s books! He has a bunch of them and we have learned so much. 🙂

    March 14, 2012 at 9:51 pm
    RobinP
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    And of course, don’t forget Thornton Burgess and Arthur Scott Bailey.

    March 15, 2012 at 12:18 am
    pianogirl363
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    Some of our favorites–

    Archimedes and the Door of Science – Jeanne Bendick

    The Hole in the Tree – Jean Craighead George

    Greg’s Microscope, Let’s Get Turtles, Tony’s Birds – Millicent E. Selsam (I CAN READ science books)

    An Owl in the House: A Naturalist’s Diary – Bernd Heinrich

    Pagoo – Holling C. Holling

    Biography of a Leaf – Burke Davis

    (All of these I use for my elementary-age children.)

    ~Anna

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