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Adventures With a Hand Lens
Published in Paperback by Dover Pubns (1976)
Authors: Birger Richard Headstrom and Richard Headstrom
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Introduction to the use of a neglected tool--the magnifier.
It has always annoyed me that toy shops are full of cheap microscopes but few good magnifiers. Children are more interested in that range of things which are a bit too small to see by eye alone, but too big to put on a microscope slide. Mr. Headstrom here provides a set of 50 "adventures" using an ordinary magnifying glass or hand lens to examine many of Nature's small wonders. It is a brief but detailled guide to the study of insects, flowers, and seeds, with occasional visits to the slimy side of nature; snails, leeches, and the like. Some of the adventures are for the shoreline, others merely to the backyard or nearby pond, but all are fruitful, well-described, and illustrated with line drawings. The book is a reprint of the 1962 edition, but is only charmingly dated. The language is a bit stiff for younger readers, but it would be an excellent guide for the parent/child team of explorers.


Adventures With a Microscope
Published in Paperback by Dover Pubns (1977)
Authors: Birger Richard Headstrom and Richard Headstrom
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The manual which should come with all children's microscopes
Microscopes in toy stores haven't really changed much with time. There are better-quality models now available, but the box still usually contains the 'scope and a few dozen glass slides of blood, insect parts, and such. Rarely are the directions enough to keep a child's interest in microscopy alive for more than a few weeks, at best. This book offers a guided tour of the microscopic world, in the form of 59 "adventures" which range from the kitchen to backyard pond or shoreline. More than instructions on how to capture a fly and examine its feet, the adventure includes a discussion of how the fly can walk on the ceiling. The microscope, then, becomes one gateway to rich discoveries in nature study. If there is a problem with this book, it is its age. This is a reprinted version of the 1941 edition. Many of the supplies recommended "for your laboratory table" are no longer easily available, while some are now considered hazardous. The fly mentioned earlier is to be killed with chloroform, for example. There are safer alternatives available, but the reader will have to do some further research. Nonetheless, it's a stimulating book, charmingly illustrated with many line drawings. The language is at times too difficult for younger readers, but a parent/child team of adventurers will find it useful.


The Beetles of America
Published in Hardcover by Oak Tree Publications (1977)
Author: Birger Richard, Headstrom
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A Complete Field Guide to Nests in the United States, Including Those of Birds, Mammals, Insects, Fishes, Reptiles, and Amphibians,
Published in Hardcover by David McKay Co (1970)
Author: Birger Richard, Headstrom
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The Families of Flowering Plants
Published in Hardcover by Oak Tree Publications (1979)
Author: Birger Richard, Headstrom
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Frogs, Toads, and Salamanders As Pets,
Published in Library Binding by David McKay Co (1972)
Author: Birger Richard, Headstrom
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Lizards As Pets
Published in Hardcover by Lippincott (1971)
Author: Birger Richard, Headstrom
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Lobsters, Crabs, Shrimps, and Their Relatives
Published in Hardcover by Oak Tree Publications (1979)
Author: Birger Richard Headstrom
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Nature in Miniature
Published in Hardcover by Random House (1968)
Author: Birger Richard, Headstrom
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Spiders of the United States,
Published in Hardcover by Oak Tree Publications (1972)
Author: Birger Richard, Headstrom
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