(Continued on back flap) 



really gets about, how a rattlesna 

 and the true facts behind snake ch; 

 well as other colorful snake lore 

 frogs, salamanders, chameleons, alli^ 

 crocodiles sea-dwellers and shor 

 from the clam and lobster to the 1 

 the shark and the whale -- these 

 curious ways are all explained vi 

 entertainingly. 



With this book to guide you, you 

 endless hours observing the marvi 

 insect world and really underst; 

 perhaps for the first time. The li 1 

 bees, the grasshoppers, the crickets, 

 the butterflies these are only a f< 

 things the author tells you about, 

 why the spider is not an insect ai 

 weaves its web. 



If you love plants, flowers, and 

 will appreciate the helpful words an 

 that show you how to recognize 

 understand their changes from seas 

 son. The author tells you how the 

 feed, grow and multiply, and even 

 can get your child off to a good 

 gardener indoors or out. 



The wonder of the night sky is 

 with great simplicity to help you e 

 heavens as well as the earth. Moor 

 stars and planets, constellations an< 

 all grow more meaningful as you r 

 them here. You learn the scientific f 

 the canals on Mars, why stars twi 

 we have day and night, changing se 

 eclipses. You and your child are told 

 should know about weather cond: 

 how to predict them; why it rai 

 sleets, or hails; and why we have 

 lightning, and rainbows, etc. 



As an illustrated out-of-doors nai 

 as a reading or reference book 01 

 insects, plants, trees, astronomy, an 

 as an activity and hobby book 

 Nature with Your Child is incom{ 

 is packed with advice on scores of 

 things you and your child can do, 

 how to keep a successful aquariur 

 make leaf collections and leaf prin 

 start children fishing, and how to c 

 terflies and preserve them. 



6REYSTONE PRESS HAWTHOI 



Printed in United States of America 



