{"product_id":"among-the-meadow-people-classic-childrens-nature-stories-of-meadow-animals-birds-and-insects-hardcover","title":"Among the Meadow People: Classic Children's Nature Stories of Meadow Animals, Birds, and Insects - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eClara Dillingham Pierson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eClara Dillingham Pierson's \u003cem\u003eAmong the Meadow People\u003c\/em\u003e is a charming collection of classic children's nature stories about the birds, insects, and small creatures that live in the meadow.\u003c\/strong\u003e Written for young readers, the book gives each creature a lively personality while keeping its habits rooted in close observation of the natural world. Grasshoppers, bees, butterflies, spiders, birds, and other meadow dwellers appear not as abstract lessons, but as little lives unfolding in a shared landscape of work, danger, curiosity, play, and change.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe stories are gentle, educational, and quietly moral without feeling heavy-handed. Pierson uses the everyday activity of meadow creatures to introduce children to animal behaviour, seasonal life, friendship, responsibility, patience, and the consequences of foolishness or pride. Project Gutenberg describes the book as a late nineteenth-century collection of children's stories about insects and meadow creatures, combining entertainment with gentle moral lessons for young readers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor families, teachers, homeschoolers, libraries, and readers of vintage children's books, \u003cem\u003eAmong the Meadow People\u003c\/em\u003e remains an appealing example of nature writing for children from an earlier age. It belongs with classic animal stories and gentle educational fiction: observant, wholesome, readable aloud, and designed to make children look more closely at the small living world around them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eClara Dillingham Pierson was married to John W. S. Pierson. They lived in Stanton in the early 1900s. She was a kindergartner and an author of children's books. He owned a hardware store. The home they lived in is now the Free Evangelical church on North Lincoln Street in Stanton, Michigan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 84\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.31 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 03, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50314177609965,"sku":"9781515435204","price":34.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/yZ0n6biIj99781515435204.webp?v=1784656746","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/products\/among-the-meadow-people-classic-childrens-nature-stories-of-meadow-animals-birds-and-insects-hardcover","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}