#vintage children's science

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Land and Water by Kathie McMillan Via Flickr: "Science Stories Book Two" of the Curriculum Foundation Series. By Wilbur L. Beauchamp, Harriet M. Fogg, Gertrude Crampton and William S. Gray. Copyright 1935 by Scott, Foresman and Company. This series present textbooks of the highest quality, with 3 well-known artists of children's books listed as well as 2 well-known scientific illustrators. Great attention is paid to the readability levels, and the books are printed on good quality paper.

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The first fountain pen in space.

Exploring Science Four  By Walter A. Thurber - 1960

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Eleni’s Visitation, 1945

Selene followed her twin sister, Eleni, through the underbrush just after midnight. Eleni had been sneaking away into the woods for weeks. Sneaking away in secret to meet her “imaginary friend”.

July 16th, 1945, hours before humanity first splits the atom, Eleni makes contact. The lives of both girls change forever.

This is another illustration from my YA cosmic horror comic about a club of middle school cryptid hunters in 1990s New England. Let me know what you think! Which one is your favorite? I’m picturing Plantasia or Unexplained by Mort Garson playing. Or Dr Samuel J Hoffman. Wendy Carlos?

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Atoms the Core of all Matter - 1959.

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(via Dreams of Space - Books and Ephemera: A Journey to the Moon: A science fiction poem for children (1954))

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Your Trip Into Space (Book, Lynn Poole, 1953)

You can digitally borrow it here.

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Metal Men (1976-1977)

Art by Walter Simonson

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THE MYSTERIOUS CITY OF OO, ADVENTURES IN ORBELLO LAND by Charles Lotin Hildreth (New York: Belford, 1889) Illustrated

An early utopian science fiction novel.

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Just added to Etsy!

~ "Moths" By Jeanne S. Brouillette (1966) A Follett Just Beginning Science Books

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Vintage FRANK HERBERT Children of Dune 1st Edition Nel Paperback 1977 Vtg Scifi

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Aquarium fish by Kathie McMillan Via Flickr: "We Look About Us, Book 1" of the Pathways to Science Series by Gerald S. Craig and Agnes Burke. Intended for the first grade level. Copyright 1933 by Craig and Burke, published by Ginn and Company.

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The Human Body: What it is and How it Works by Mitchell Wilson illustrated by Cornelius de Witt - 1959

[studiolemonboy]

Day 16: Invisible Man

Season of the Bad Guys 8

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Our insect friends that reside near the lily pond.

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If Fallout 4 companions had TikTok accounts

Cait would have an account dedicated to fighting and thirst traps (aimed at women mostly). Teaches women self-defense techniques. She earns a spot in the algorithm of muscle mommies. She also raises awareness for addicts and former addicts, educating on the effects of drugs and the reasons people seek them out in the first place. Honestly, it's a very good account to follow.

Codsworth is just confused about TikTok. He's like "oh so what are the children saying these days? Aura? I'll have to add a new word to my vocabulary banks! Cheerio, mum!"

Curie makes educational videos for all ages and all subjects. She has a series of learning Japanese, a series of vaccines and the science behind them, a series about the effects of different types of parenting, you name it. She also takes suggestions from her audience on what new things to research.

Danse has unintentional thirst traps. He talks about power armor and the Brotherhood of Steel but also posts workouts. These are what get the most attention out of everything he posts. The BookTok girlies find him and all hell breaks loose in the comment sections. He responds to this with, "Thank you, civilians. I am not sure what you mean, but I am glad you are supporting the Brotherhood of Steel by being on my page. Thank you for your enthusiasm for our righteous cause. Ad victorium." People armchair diagnose him as autistic.

Deacon does "GRWM as i tell you about the time i ______" videos where each day he looks completely different and you can never tell if he's telling the truth or not. He also does head shaving videos that double as story times or opinion pieces. You can't tell if those are true or not either.

Dogmeat has a viral account followed by millions. Get's a lot of "I can't imagine liking this guy" comments with the op replying to their own comment with "anymore than I already do. Huge fan!"

Hancock does subtle cheeky thirst traps and dance challenges. This entire post was inspired by the FACT that Hancock would participate in the brat summer trend and would do the Apple dance with Fahrenheit filming it. He also tells stories, mostly of him being high. He gets a lot of requests to cosplay Deadpool.

MacCready has a lot of things he does. Some videos are sniper trick shots, some are Grognak the Barbarian yapping (he does short lore deep dives when he can), and some are about being a young single dad. He doesn't show Duncan's face because he's extremely protective. Casually drops the most insane lore about his childhood which leads to comments like "are we just ignoring that he said he grew up in a cave?"

Nick Valentine would be a very popular fashion and "a day in the life of a detective". He'd do vintage fashion looks, like loose slacks and suspenders with a trench coat to top it off. Sometimes does a deep dive into detective history. Gets a lot of thirsty comments to which he replies "that's one way to get the coolant pumping."

Old Longfellow has the appeal of the New England, stormy weather, sweater-wearing fisherman aesthetic, and he tells stories of his youth while showing people around the area he grew up. Learns mobile phone cinematography to make it look cooler. Every video has either a lesson or a skill for survival.

Piper's account is solely focused on news and truth, posting every source she uses. She uses the trend of an insane video, like someone falling badly on the ground or getting splashed with water, and stitches it to look like a seamless transition of her rolling from the fall or being splashed to start talking about her news stories. It gets traction so she continues.

Porter Gage has a side gig of running TikTok accounts for different people. Gets the money, doesn't get the backlash when they get canceled for racism or worker exploitation.

Preston has an account dedicated to charity work and social activism. He makes sure to highlight organizations he feels are doing the world a service and regularly has fundraisers. He's well-known for always sharing content from people in dire situations and raising money for them. Has a master document of Go Fund Me pages and vets every one of them.

Strong has a lot of those unintentional boomer tiktoks that are 1 second long and he's just looking at the screen in confusion.

X6 cyber bullies the rest of them because he thinks having a TikTok is cringe and stupid (he is currently writing hate comments with his TikTok account)