Cabinet of Curiosities: Collecting and Understanding the Wonders of the Natural World

by Gordon Grice

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 076116927X
• ISBN13: 9780761169277
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Workman Publishing
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 2.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.6" x 10.9"
• Age Range: 8 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 3 to Postsecondary