Archimedes Notebook

Whale Fall: Exploring an Ocean-Floor Ecosystem  by Melissa Stewart; illus. by Rob Dunlavey 40 pages; ages 4-8 ‎Random House Studio, 2023 the...

Chances are you've watched birds, gazed at stars, admired flowers, and maybe followed a frog or two. But have you ever set out to do som...

If You Wake a Skunk  by Carol Doeringer; illus. by Florence Weiser 32 pages; ages 5-8 Sleeping Bear Press, 2023    theme : animals, nature, ...

Last week I walked around Sapsucker woods ( Cornell Lab of Ornithology ). This is a great time to see trilliums (trillions of trilliums flow...

 A few years ago I was planting seeds in my garden and musing about the wonderful and yummy fruits of my labor. I started scribbling ideas i...