Heather L. Montgomery schreibt fesselnde Sachbücher für junge Leser und erforscht die Wunder der Natur und Wissenschaft. Ihre Werke tauchen in vielfältige Themen ein, von den Feinheiten der Schlangenzunge bis zu den Wundern der Spinnenseide und sogar den bescheidenen Ursprüngen von Schneckenschleim. Mit ihrem Hintergrund in Biologie und Umwelterziehung strahlt Montgomerys tiefe Leidenschaft für die natürliche Welt durch ihre Schriften. Ihr abenteuerlicher Geist, oft beim Wandern oder Paddeln auf Flüssen zu finden, durchdringt ihre Erzählungen mit einem Gefühl der Entdeckung und des Staunens.
Charles Darwin, George Washington Carver, and Jane Goodall were once curious kids with pockets full of treasures--now in paperback! When you find something strange and wonderful, do you put it in your pocket? Meet nine scientists who, as kids, explored the great outdoors and collected "treasures": seedpods, fossils, worms, and more. Observing, sorting, and classifying their finds taught these kids scientific skills--and sometimes led to groundbreaking discoveries. Author Heather Montgomery has all the science flair of a new Bill Nye. Book includes the Heather's tips for responsible collecting.
Child abuse casts a long shadow over the history of childhood. Across the centuries there are numerous accounts of children being beaten, neglected, sexually assaulted, or even killed by those closest to them. This book explores this darker side of childhood history, looking at what constituted cruelty towards children in the past and at the social responses towards it. Focusing primarily on England, it is a history of violence against children in their own homes, covering a large timeframe which extends from medieval times to the present. Undeniably, the experience of children in the past was often brutal, and children were treated with, what seems to contemporary mores, callousness, and cruelty. However, historians have paid far less attention to how the mistreatment of children was understood within its contemporary context. Most parents, both now and in the past, loved their children and there have always been widely shared understandings of the boundaries that separate the acceptable treatment of children from the intolerable and morally wrong. This book will examine how these boundaries have changed and been contested over time and, in doing so, provides a context to the many forms of violence experienced by children in the past.
