Cabinet of curiosities
Subtitle: collecting and understanding the wonders of the natural world
By: Gordon Grice
Publisher: Workman Publishing Company, Incorporated
Published: 2015
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 188
ISBN-13: 9780761169277
Subjects: Collection and preservation; Biology; Cabinets of curiosities; Juvenile literature; Biological specimens; Geological specimens
Description: Exactly the book for every young explorer who loves finding stuff in nature and bringing it home.Cabinet of Curiosities is a lavishly illustrated introduction to the wonders of natural history and the joys of being an amateur scientist and collector. Nature writer Gordon Grice, who started his first cabinet of curiosities at age six when he found a skunk s skull, explains how scientists classify all living things through the Linnaeus system; how to tell real gold from fool s gold; how to preserve butterflies, crab shells, feathers, a robin s egg, spider specimens, and honeycombs; how to identify seashells; the difference between antlers and horns; how to read animal tracks. And then, what to do with your specimens, including how to build a cabinet of curiosities out of common household objects, like a desk organizer or a box for fishing tackle.
Notes: A Childrens Plus, Inc.