Eleanor Stackhouse Atkinson

“ They open up to the child, a new world of wonders; a world of intelligent plan, of order, of beauty and of the brotherhood of living things. They teach reverence, sympathy, and a sense of the worth and sacredness of all life. ”

“ He asks endless questions about life, its nature and origin. Any child old enough to put a little brown seed into the ground, with confidence that a flower will grow from it, or who sees a downy chicken or crying bird come from a shell, has a natural curiosity about them that should be and can be satisfied.
He can comprehend that all life reproduces itself by means of seeds and eggs, and grows from these simple seeds into the more complex form of the fully developed offspring. ”

“ The Story of Life Part I—Plants Editors' Note to Mother and Teacher.—Often, before he can talk plainly, a little child has some sense of the mystery of life, in himself, his playmates, his bird and his dog. ”