Man and His World (Through Golden Windows)

Story/Poems

• 1 The World Stands Out on Either Side p.2
• 2 Across Our Country p.3
• 3 My Prairies p.7
• 4 Fog p.8
• 5 The Rivers and the Sea p.9
• 6 The Ocean and Its Work p.10
• 7 Volcanoes and Earthquakes p.18
• 8 Giant "Eyes" p.28
• 9 The Stars p.30
• 10 Portrait of the Sun p.37
• 11 Silver p.44
• 12 The Moon and Her Mother p.45
• 13 Let's Go to the Moon p.46
• 14 Cloud Zoo p.51
• 15 The Storm p.52
• 16 Thunder and Lightning p.54
• 17 How We Measure and Observe the Weather p.59
• 18 The Seasons p.70
• 19 The Months p.71
• 20 In Spring p.72
• 21 April is a Dancer p.73
• 22 How to Know the Trees p.74
• 23 The Green Grass Growing All Around p.78
• 24 The Heart of the Tree p.80
• 25 June p.81
• 26 Foolish Flowers p.82
• 27 Rain in Summer p.83
• 28 End of Summer Poem p.84
• 29 The Mist and All p.85
• 30 Something Told the Wild Geese p.86
• 31 Snowflakes p.87
• 32 Frost Work p.88
• 33 Children of the Wind p.90
• 34 Bird Song p.92
• 35 A Bird p.93
• 36 Couriers of the Sky p.94
• 37 To a Spider p.99
• 38 The Butterfly and Caterpillar p.100
• 39 Insect Music p.102
• 40 They Build with Wax p.108
• 41 What is an Ant? p.115
• 42 Snakes p.120
• 43 Four Little Foxes p.122
• 44 Introducing Dinosaurs p.123
• 45 Lion Adventures p.128
• 46 Journey for Elephants p.136
• 47 The Land Animal that Went to Sea p.146
• 48 How to Tell the Wild Animals p.153
• 49 The Panther p.155
• 50 The Lama p.155
• 51 The Vulture p.156
• 52 The Ostrich is a Silly Bird p.156
• 53 Habits of the Hippopotamus p.157
• 54 Circus Elephant p.158
• 55 The Law of the Jungle p.159
• 56 The Story of Wildlife Conservation p.162
• 57 My Private Natural History Museum p.166
• 58 The Scientists and the Bright Design p.170
• 59 A Hundred Years of Inventions p.175
• 60 These Curious Numbers of Ours p.177
• 61 Counting Moons p.180
• 62 The First Metal Workers p.186
• 63 Man-Made Plants p.191
• 64 Bridges Help Us Every Day p.197
• 65 Bridges p.205
• 66 Clipper Ship p.206
• 67 A Magic Mineral p.207
• 68 The Rock that Glowed in the Dark p.214
• 69 Atoms are Like Letters p.220
• 70 New Light for the World p.225
• 71 Ben Franklin of Old Philadelphia p.234
• 72 Mr. Bell Invents the Telephone p.237
• 73 Johann Gutenberg and His Type p.244
• 74 John James Audubon p.247
• 75 John Muir Comes to America p.255
• 76 Plant Peanuts p.263
• 77 A Daring Voyage p.272
• 78 Airplane in a Cow Pasture p.281
• 79 "Calling All Cars" p.289
• 80 Round-Trip to the Moon p.295
• 81 Jet Propulsion p.201
• 82 Chemistry is Nature's Magic p.303
• 83 To See the Very Small p.306