By Pond and River de Arabella B. Buckley

By Pond and River

Arabella B. Buckley

en Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 dec 1906

Educator and science writer Arabella S. Buckley teaches children about various animals living near ponds and rivers, that they feel may inspired to explore and learn more about the great outdoors.
We are told of the ingenuity of the riverside and pond creatures, how they are adapted to the conditions of the water, and the smaller insects, other pond life and plants they consume in their diet. Experienced in the study science and nature and as an educator of young children, Arabella Buckley describes the frogs, otters, dragonflies and other such waterside animals in a style which provokes curiosity and interest in young readers.
The later chapters of this book introduce the plant life of the rivers and ponds. Buckley is keen to create a picture of the entire habitat, the relationships between the kinds of animals there, and the beauty of witnessing this corner of nature in action. Though this book is but an introduction to the subject, the author's passion and ability shines.

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Writer and science educator Arabella Burton Buckley was born on 24 October 1840 and passed away on 9 February 1929. In contrast to the prevalent emphasis on rivalry and physical survival, she promoted Darwinian evolution with a focus on the mind and morals. She was able to "handle evolution with remarkable finesse and sincerity," according to Charles Darwin. England's Brighton is where Buckley was born. Henry Buckley, the first Baron Wrenbury, was her brother. She began working as Charles Lyell's secretary when she was 24 years old, and she stayed with him until his passing in 1875, following which Charles Darwin wrote to her to express his sympathy. She had good credentials to instruct children because she was Charles Lyell's assistant and a woman. The Fairy Land of Science, one of Buckley's earliest works, presents her views on science in the context of a children's book, much like a mother teaching her kid. In one of her lectures titled "The Two Great Sculptors - Water and Ice," she makes a point of comparing how hills, crevasses, and valleys are formed by water and ice to how a sculptor shapes a statue with a chisel.