Two Mount Holyoke teachers wrap natural history in a story: a family journeys to Rangeley village in Maine and spends the summer watching insects. The children meet the little army of ants, the fiddling crickets, the katydids and the bees, and hear why Mrs. Mosquito is the true busybody of the household.
Story-told science for children of eight to fourteen, gentle and well observed. Download the free EPUB.