Natural History 9 titles published
between 1940 - 1980
Like many of Ladybird’s,
651 was a sporadic series, released under the generic title
of "A Ladybird Natural History Book".
Life of the Honey-bee, a delightful addition to the series
and without doubt my favourite from this series, saw a new
author illustrator team for Ladybird - the writer W Sinclair
obviously had a passion for bees and illustrators Jill Payne
sets the mood perfectly for the subject matter.
Timeless advice is also given for the handling of bees - "tuck
your trouser legs into your socks to avoid bees crawling up
your legs", perhaps something that most of us might forget
to do when getting the honey. We also learn how to spot the
difference between the ‘round dance’ and the ‘waggle
dance’!
Books in series 651 There were 9 titles published in this series.
All entries below describe the first edition of each title.
The Tinker's Wig (series 478) is the only Ladybird book to have gilt lettering used on it's front board -it was also twice the size of a standard Ladybird book.
