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Enid blyton. Enid Blyton's Nature Lessons
Enid Blyton's Nature Lessons
Table of Contents
FOREWORD
HEATHER
Ling
Roots and Leaves
Cousins of the Heather
QUESTIONS TO ANSWER AND THINGS TO DO
SOME SEEDS AND FRUITS
The Wind
When Animals Help
Fruits that Explode
Floating Seeds
QUESTIONS TO ANSWER AND THINGS TO DO
MIGRATION
What Migration is
The Flight
Accidents
Some Interesting Facts
Partial Migrants and Birds of Passage
QUESTIONS TO ANSWER AND THINGS TO DO
FALLING LEAVES
Why Do the Leaves Change Colour?
Why Do They Fall?
The Leaf’s Last Work
Evergreens
Something to Do
QUESTIONS TO ANSWER AND THINGS TO DO
GETTING READY FOR THE WINTER
Where Do They Go?
Animal Hiding-places
Snakes, Newts, and Fish
Other Winter Changes
QUESTIONS TO ANSWER AND THINGS TO DO
THE SQUIRREL
The British Squirrel
The Squirrel’s Food
Winter Stores
Where He Sleeps
Other Squirrels
QUESTIONS TO ANSWER AND THINGS TO DO
THE CAT
A Cat’s Eyes
Whiskers
Paws and Claws
Tongue and Teeth
Haughty Manners
Cousins of the Cat
QUESTIONS TO ANSWER AND THINGS TO DO
HOLLY AND MISTLETOE
The Mistletoe
How the Birds Help
Mistletoe Flowers
Mistletoe at Christmas
The Holly
A Pretty Bush
Holly Flowers
Holly Wood
Holly at Christmas-time
QUESTIONS TO ANSWER AND THINGS TO DO
FOOTPRINTS IN THE SNOW
A Great Game
Following the Hare
QUESTIONS TO ANSWER AND THINGS TO DO
THE ROBIN
A Brave Suit
The Danger Signal
The Early Bird
Courting Days
The Nest
Baby Robins
The Robin’s Song
QUESTIONS TO ANSWER AND THINGS TO DO
BUDS OF TREES
The Easiest Way
What is a Bud?
The Arrangements of Buds
Bud-scales
How to Recognise Buds
Something to do
QUESTIONS TO ANSWER AND THINGS TO DO
FLOWERS OF TREES
The Beauty of Tree Blossoms
Misty Trees
Big Trees and Little Flowers
A Curious Thing
Flowers to Look For
QUESTIONS TO ANSWER AND THINGS TO DO
THE LITTLE COLTSFOOT
A Quaint Plant
The Strap-shaped Ray-Florets
The Tubular Disc-Florets
Insect Visitors
Bracts and Stalk
The Underground Stem
The Leaves
A Wonderful Little Flower
QUESTIONS TO ANSWER AND THINGS TO DO
THE FROG
Frog Spawn
The Tadpoles
Babyhood
Growing Up
A Land Animal
A Fine Time
The Grown-up Frog
A Cold-blooded Creature
Amphibians
QUESTIONS TO ANSWER AND THINGS TO DO
THE MOLE
A Lost Mole
A Velvety Coat
A Hearty Eater
The Vanishing Mole
The Mole’s Tunnels
Enemies
QUESTIONS TO ANSWER AND THINGS TO DO
THE CUCKOO
A Lazy Mother
The Cuckoo’s Egg
When the Egg Hatches
The Baby Cuckoo at Work
Everybody Overboard
The Foster-parents
A Greedy Little Bird
The Cuckoo’s Good-bye
The Cuckoo’s Plumage
QUESTIONS TO ANSWER AND THINGS TO DO
THE BUTTERCUP
The Bulbous Buttercup
The Meadow Buttercup
The Creeping Buttercup
Buttercups in General
A Simple Experiment
The Seeds
The Buttercup’s Name
Cousins of the Buttercup
QUESTIONS TO ANSWER AND THINGS TO DO
THE MAY TREE
Bread and Cheese
In the Autumn
The Flower
The Haw
Leaves
The Thorns
The Tree
May Day
An Old Legend
Last of All
QUESTIONS TO ANSWER AND THINGS TO DO
THE COMMON GNAT
A Water-Baby
The Eggs
The Larva
The Pupa
A Little Boat
The Great Day
The Perfect Insect
Mrs. Gnat
QUESTIONS TO ANSWER AND THINGS TO DO
THE FOXGLOVE
A Fairy Name
Where Foxgloves Grow
Poison!
Stem
The Flower
The Seed-box
The Foxglove’s Cousins
QUESTIONS TO ANSWER AND THINGS TO DO
THE HEDGEHOG
Where the Hedgehog Lives
His Body
The Hedgehog’s Meals
Rolling Themselves Up
Can a Hedgehog Climb?
An Old Story
The Hedgehog’s Babies
In the Winter
His Enemies
His Relations
QUESTIONS TO ANSWER AND THINGS TO DO
THE BAT
A Queer Little Animal
A Flying Mammal
The Face
Teeth
Sight, Hearing, and Smell
The Bat’s Voice
In the Winter
Baby Bats
Our Common Bats
Foreign Bats
QUESTIONS TO ANSWER AND THINGS TO DO
FLAT FISH
Thin Fish
The Baby Flat Fish
The Change
Further Changes
Swimming
A Few Flat Fish
Marking Fish
A Funny Story
QUESTIONS TO ANSWER AND THINGS TO DO
THE JELLYFISH
Eggs
Planulas
Magic
Jellyfish
The Jellyfish’s Lodgers
Swimming
At Night
Some Different Kinds of Jellyfish
QUESTIONS TO ANSWER AND THINGS TO DO
THE CRAB
A Crab-baby
The Crab-baby Changes
The Perfect Crab
The Armour
A Crab’s Eyes
A Crab’s Ears and Nose
Non-swimmers
Crabs Twelve Feet Across
QUESTIONS TO ANSWER AND THINGS TO DO
