Madam How and Lady Why

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English · 1869 · 7h 38m · Children's Fiction, Science, Children's Non-fiction

3.1 (287 reviews)

Did you ever wish you knew how to explain natural phenomena such as earthquakes and volcanoes to your children? Search no more, this book has all the answers (at least all the ones that were known in 1869) and gives them in a pedagogical way. Listed on the Ambleside homeschooling list. (Summary by Nadine)

Chapters

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Preface 10:50 Read by alwpoe
Chapter 1 - The Glen pt 1 20:42 Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
Chapter 1 - The Glen pt 2 21:31 Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
Chapter 2 - Earthquakes 34:28 Read by Spinhop
Chapter 3 - Volcanoes 33:48 Read by Esther
Chapter 4 - The Transformations of a Grain of Soil 25:03 Read by Lonelle Yoder
Chapter 5 - The Ice-Plough 27:31 Read by Pentti Hirvonen
Chapter 6 - The True Fairy Tale 30:40 Read by Pentti Hirvonen
Chapter 7 - The Chalk-Carts 32:29 Read by Pentti Hirvonen
Chapter 8 - Madam How's Two Grandsons 26:22 Read by Kalynda
Chapter 9 - The Coral-Reef 39:07 Read by Availle
Chapter 10 - Field and Wild pt 1 26:37 Read by Spinhop
Chapter 10 - Field and Wild pt 2 23:50 Read by Dawn Larsen
Chapter 11 - The World's end 44:30 Read by Spinhop
Chapter 12 - Homeward Bound pt 1 28:17 Read by E.Lee
Chapter 12 - Homeward Bound pt 2 32:55 Read by Sarah Crampton

Reviews

Great for kids


(3 stars)

It is a well-written book, the first I've read on this app. !!!

Very bad


(1 star)

Not recommended. Great app for books though! The readers were okay but some were hard to understand. I wish there was only one reader. One star.

It’s in the middle good book though


(4 stars)

I like to learn about science but I think it’s talks about volcanoes🌋 to much in the middle 🧐🤨🤨🤨🥹☺️😘.

good science book.


(4 stars)

I can’t tell if Like it?🤔🤨🤔🤨