Teachers.netBook Reviews
| Title | Review |
|---|---|
Discover The Amazon |
CLEAR Review (SWON Libraries)—Created using the browns and greens associated with forests, "Discover the Amazon” is a thrilling book from front to back. The information is written in an easy conversational style that makes the book more personal for the reader and is easy to follow. Read More... |
Explore Solar |
National Science Teacers Association (NSTA.org) —The inviting cover of this science book will attract the attention of young readers right from the start. Part of a series of Explorer books for readers in grades 1 through 4, the book focuses on all the interesting bodies that make up our solar system. Read More... |
Explore Spring |
“The information is sound, with engaging activities to test and illuminate spring events. With a heavy emphasis on keeping a journal to record observations, many of the activities can be developed into science projects. Explore Spring! is a fun and worthwhile book.” —School Library Journal, October 2007 Read More... |
Explore Winter |
A Parents' Choice 2007 Recommended Award Winner |
Human Body |
— School Library Journal Feb 2009 "The workings of the human body are expertly summarized in 11 tidy chapters, which include experiments that explain how the body works by creating models that either imitate or test its functions…. Read More... |
Kitchen Chemistry |
"…This tidy kid-friendly book is crammed with activities and information on chemistry ... Lots of science information is mixed with the how-to of the projects and there is hardly a blank space on a page anywhere in the book. ...A very nicely done and reasonably priced collection." —Gwynne Spencer , Children’s Literature Fall 2008 |
Leonardo da Vinci |
"Anderson regales us with tales of Leonardo's brilliant, often mischievous nature, and the nearly unfathomable range of his inventions." -The New York Times Book Review, July 9, 2006 "More than an activity book, this nifty volume explores Leonardo's life, times and endless imagination." -Seattle Post-Intelligencer Read More... |
Discover the Oceans |
CLEAR REVIEW (SWON Libraries) — The book on oceans is an amazing resource for any child interested in the world's largest ecosystem. If you had a question to be answered about the ocean, you would more than likely find it in the eighty-six page resource guide. Read More... |
Tools of Navigation |
"This delightful mix of science, history, and adventure makes the perfect basis for a unit study on navigation or as an adjunct to a unit on exploration." —Eclectic Homeschool Online "Information-packed resource." —Curriculum Connections (School Library Journal supplement) Read More... |
Tools of Timekeeping: A Kid's Guide to the History & Science of Telling Time |
"This book brings time into your home school in a totally new way…. Tools of Timekeeping will have kids begging to take time for…time. An excellent addition to any studies, this would be a particularly pleasurable way to enhance summer learning." —Eclectic Homeschool Association May 2008 Read More... |
