The Story Book of Science

Title: The Story Book of Science

Author: Jean Henri Fabre

Rating: ★★★★★

Age Category: Middle Grade

    Back Cover Synopsis: 

    The wonders of plant and animal life told with rare literary charm by Uncle Paul in conversations with three children, who ask their uncle to tell them "true stories." Besides such stories as the ants' subterranean city, the spider's suspension bridge, and the caterpillar's processing, he unlocks the mystery behind thunder and lightning, clouds and rain, the year and its seasons, volcanoes and earthquakes. 

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"Love is like a summer night, mysterious but beautiful and heartwarming." - Unknown -

Sonnet 56

Sonnet 56

by William Shakespeare

Sweet love, renew thy force; be it not said
Thy edge should blunter be than appetite,
Which but to-day by feeding is allay'd,
To-morrow sharpen'd in his former might:
So, love, be thou; although to-day thou fill
Thy hungry eyes even till they wink with fullness,
To-morrow see again, and do not kill
The spirit of love with a perpetual dullness.
Let this sad interim like the ocean be
Which parts the shore, where two contracted new
Come daily to the banks, that, when they see
Return of love, more blest may be the view;
Else call it winter, which being full of care
Makes summer's welcome thrice more wish'd, more rare.

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"I knew when I met you an adventure was going to happen." - Winnie the Pooh -

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 "The summer night is like the perfection of thought." - Wallace Stevens -

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 "Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better take things as they come along with patience and equanimity." - Carl Jung -

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"When you have something to say, silence is a lie." - Jordan Peterson -