Outdoor Visits (Yesterday's Classics)

by Edith M. Patch, Harrison E. Howe, George M. Richards (Illustrator)

Follow along with Don and Nan as they encounter one marvel after another in their visits out-of-doors through all seasons of the year. With adults to answer their questions and inspire them to further discovery, they learn an amazing amount of information about a handful of birds, insects, plants, and trees. Numerous illustrations, with accompanying large-print text in simple sentences, make this an ideal nature book for beginning readers.

228 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1932

About the author

Edith Marion Patch (27 July 1876 – 28 September 1954) was an American entomologist and writer. Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, she received a degree from the University of Minnesota in 1901 and originally embarked on a career as an English teacher before receiving the opportunity to organize the entomology department at the University of Maine. She became the head of the entomology department in 1904, and, despite misgivings from several male colleagues about having a female department head, she remained in this post until her retirement in 1937.[1] Patch is recognized as the first truly successful professional woman entomologist in the United States.

Patch earned her master's degree from the university of Maine in 1910 and a Ph.D. from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York in 1911. During her career, she was recognized as an expert on aphids and published Food Plant Catalogue of the Aphids in 1938. She was elected president of the American Nature Study Society and in 1930 became the first female president of the Entomological Society of America. Patch's residence in Old Town, Maine, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001 (from Wikipedia article)

Reviews

[Foxtower · Rating 5 out of 5]

THis book is the second book for elementary children presenting four hundred new vocabulary words different from what may have been in the first book "Hunting".

It's not clear which stories came from which author, though many of the same birds and insects that populate Edith Patch's earlier books are included, and this book adds plants, fish and reptiles. All the delightful short stories are of course scientifically accurate.

One bonus are the color lithographs on coated paper in addition to many lovely, detailed illustrations!

While the language may seem rather "queer", this book will introduce young children to a broad understanding of the wonders of nature.