The Sun is a Compass: A 4,000-Mile Journey into the Alaskan Wilds   by Caroline Van Hemert Caroline Van Hemert is a scientist and adventurer...

The Burgess Seashore Book for Children by Thornton W. Burgess This book has been on my shelf for a few years now, purchased when I tho...

The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science by Joyce Sidman I happened upon this book in a library searc...

The Burgess Bird Book for Children by Thornton W. Burgess Mater Amabilis™Level 1A  recommends The Burgess Bird Book for Children  ...

My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell This book is recommended as a nature study book in  Mater Amabilis™ ™Level 4 ,...

The Curious Nature Guide: Explore the Natural Wonders all Around You by Clare Walker Leslie Many years ago I read Keeping a Nature Jou...

We started the week with another break, of course! The kids all stayed overnight with their grandparents while Kansas Dad and I celebrated...

Pagoo by Holling Clancy Holling Pagoo is recommended in Level 1B of Mater Amabilis along with Nature Study. I read it aloud years ago,...

A few weeks ago, Kansas Dad put out a bird feeder for us. It's just outside our kitchen window and near a scraggly bush I grudgingly a...

Nature study is an integral part of Charlotte Mason's philosophy. It was, in fact, one of the main tenets that drew me to shaping our s...

Winter Is Coming by Tony Johnston, illustrated by Jim LaMarche If you're looking for a book to read to encourage quiet contemplation ...

Editha's Burglar by Frances Hodgson Burnett is the story of a little girl who confronts a thief and foists upon him her own treasures i...

The Education of Catholic Girls by Janet Erskine Stuart Originally written in 1912 (with an imprimatur), this book speaks to the educator...

In August, we spent three nights at the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve in Colorado. I would like to devote today's seve...