Look inside ...    The Lay of the Land by Dallas Lore Sharp A series of nature sketches, whose topics range from muskrats building for winter to buzzards nesting in the swamp, written in a way that encourages in the reader the habit of close observation. That the substance for most of the essays comes from personal observation of a small tract of land over a number of years illustrates how much can be discovered through regular observation in all seasons. In the final chapter he urges readers to adopt a similar practice.  Ages 12-18 167 pages $12.95

Table of Contents

The Muskrats Are Building
Christmas in the Woods
A Cure for Winter
The Nature-Student
Chickadee
The Missing Tooth
The Sign of the Shad-bush
The Nature Movement
June
A Broken Feather
High Noon
The Palace in the Pig-pen
An Account with Nature
The Buzzard of the Bear Swamp
The Lay of the Land

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