The Story-book of Science

Jean-Henri Fabre and Florence Constable Bicknell

Uncle Paul knows why the fairy tale loses to the true story: ants really do build cities, and cows really are walking factories. Fabre, the great insect watcher, spins science into fireside chapters on the sheepfold, a wily dervish, a numerous family, and one old pear-tree. Facts delivered with a storyteller's timing. Pull up a chair with the children and ask him anything. Please note: this is the text of the story only. It has no pictures, so it is meant for a grown-up to read aloud rather than for a child to read alone. The illustrated experience of this story is the audiobook edition on Littletone.