The Handbook Of Nature Study in Color - Fish, Reptiles, Amphibians, Invertebrates

by Anna Botsford Comstock

Take The Handbook of Nature-Study with you wherever you go with these handy new editions from Living Book Press. This volume features the author's classic "Introduction to Nature-Study", an invaluable guide to help parents and teachers both understand the importance and benefits of studying nature and introduce this wonderful skill to their children. New full-color photos are included for those times that you're unable to see nature up close. This volume features Fish, Amphibians, Reptiles, and Invertebrates along with the author's lesson questions, suggested readings, and teacher's stories. Grab this book along with a field guide specific to your area and enjoy delving into the endlessly fascinating world that is nature-study.

210 pages, Hardcover

Published August 10, 2020

About the author

Anna Botsford Comstock (1854-1930) was an acclaimed author, illustrator, and educator of natural studies. The first female professor at Cornell University, her over 900-page work, The Handbook of Nature Study (1911), is now in its 24th edition. Comstock was an American artist and wood engraver known for illustrating entomological text books with her her husband, John Henry Comstock including their first joint effort, The Manual for the Study of Insects (1885). She wrote Confessions To A Heathen Idol, published in 1906, under the name Marian Lee.