Reviews
NSTA Recommends Is All Soil the Same?
Part of the series Down & Dirty: The Secrets of Soil, this book focuses the reader on the differences in soils. When young scientists think about soil, they may have a single image of the dark, black soil that they planted a seed in. Examples are used to explore several… View →
NSTA Recommends How Do Animals Help Make Soil?
Part of the series Down & Dirty: The Secrets of Soil, this book explores that importance of animals in the formation of soil. The cycling of organic material back into the soil is the focus here. Starting with insects and worms helping to break down plant and other organic… View →
NSTA Recommends Dirt or Soil--What's the Difference?
Part of the series Down & Dirty: The Secrets of Soil, this book helps young students to develop a clearer understanding of the differences between soil and dirt. The book provides an understandable definition for what soil is, how it is formed, and why it’s important to… View →
NSTA Recommends The Wild World of a Zoo Vet
Would you like to work at a zoo? What jobs might be important? Have you ever thought about becoming a Zoo Vet and working with the wild animals there? Being a veterinarian takes on new meaning as the book connects the job and the adventures offered here through the use of real time… View →
NSTA Recommends Asteroid Hunters
Exploring an asteroid could be a challenge. Being an asteroid hunter takes on new meaning as the book connects the job and the adventures offered here through the use of real time photos and the most current science information… As the importance of S.T.E.M. education com View →
NSTA Recommends Exploring Distant Worlds as a Space Robot Engineer
What is a Space Robot? Why do we need to have Space Robot Engineers? When might we be exploring distant worlds? Being an engineer for space robots takes on new meaning as the book connects the job and the adventures offered here through the use of real time photos and the most current… View →
NSTA Recommends The Wonderful Worlds of a Video Game Designer
Do you like to play video games? ;Have you ever wondered what it would be like to design a video game and then have others play it successfully? Being a video game designer takes on new meaning as the book connects the job and adventures offered here through the use of real time photos… View →
NSTA Recommends Fog, Mist or Haze?
Have you ever stepped outside and didn’t know if the air was filled with fog, mist, or haze? Ellen Lawrence presents actual photographs with clear descriptions to support the understanding of these three weather… Through easy to read scientific definitions, this book illus View →
NSTA Recommends What is Lightning?
Have you ever wondered what causes lightning? Why are there different types of lightning? Through beautiful photographs and easy to understand context, Ellen Lawrence explains how this natural wonder is… Included is a beautiful image of lightning from the viewpoint of astro View →
Series Made Simple
Imparting just a few tantalizing morsels of information about various kinds of large-scale infrastructure, these primary-level introductions combine particularly vivid photos with comments that are simply phrased but not entirely generalized. In Bridges, for instance, Pettiford… View →
Series Made Simple
Beautiful photos and the use of appropriate vocabulary take precedence over the how-to in this cheerful series that gives developing readers early exposure to features of informational text. Every book includes sidebars, highlighted terms, diagram overlays, and one activity, which… View →
Series Made Simple
Each book introduces the class of animals in question before moving on to two chapters, each of which focuses on a different “biggest” animal. Basic info, with an emphasis on size, is provided. The authors employ child-friendly comparisons: school buses, cars, and average child or adult… View →