Read for my toddler’s bedtime. A fantastic biography of Mary Anning, a paleontologist who discovered dinosaur fossils at a time when women was not allRead for my toddler’s bedtime. A fantastic biography of Mary Anning, a paleontologist who discovered dinosaur fossils at a time when women was not allowed to attend school let alone holding a professional job. She didn’t have any education and self taught through curiosities. Men didn’t accept her findings at first but she didn’t let that deter her and continued to learn and discovered more fossils. Loved the illustrations.
Read for my toddler’s nap time. A fantastic biography about Eugenie Clark, a shark lady. A girl who loved sharks at a young age, went through school tRead for my toddler’s nap time. A fantastic biography about Eugenie Clark, a shark lady. A girl who loved sharks at a young age, went through school to obtain her bachelor’s, master’s, and doctorate degree to study sharks and spend time with sharks, diving deep into the ocean. She defied the norms by proving that women can be smart enough during a time when women should be a secretary or a housewife. Loved the illustrations!
Read for my daughter’s bedtime. A great nonfiction story about a dog finding a human friend in the Gobi Desert and a man running a race expecting to wRead for my daughter’s bedtime. A great nonfiction story about a dog finding a human friend in the Gobi Desert and a man running a race expecting to win a race but also win a friend in the dog. Great illustrations!
A fantastic read, another installment with good humor and real life crisis. Excellent illustrations! I can imagine it’s hard to make individual faces,A fantastic read, another installment with good humor and real life crisis. Excellent illustrations! I can imagine it’s hard to make individual faces, hair, body image and clothes for so many characters. Love the glimpse into the illustrations process at the end of the book! Love seeing the publicity team’s eighth grade photos! Thanks for sharing! I like how this book influenced my son in a good way. Shannon was a straight A’s student who strived to win and be the best student. She wanted to make her parents proud but at the same time she wanted to do something and be somebody instead of thinking herself as a homemaker, a job most men think women should settle.
This book followed Shannon starting eighth grade. In seventh grade she made some friends, boys and girls so she continued the friendship in eighth grade. Even though she has friends, she still felt like she’s not good enough. She wanted to be beautiful, famous, successful, liked by boys, etc. She begged her mom to take her to a salon for a new hairstyle just to feel beautiful as her friends. Her friends all coupled up with boys except her. She worried if something was wrong with her when she had no boyfriend while her friends had many. She had a lot of emotions and constantly worrying that she’s not good enough. This worry spiraling downhill and made her depressed. Eventually she figured out a way to feel better and out of the depression hole.
Friends Forever was very well written and illustrated. It brought back a lot of memories for me. I felt exactly like Shannon with the boyfriend situation and the not beautiful. I do love those notes I passed back and forth with my friends too. There’s a book I read on this topic called Folded Notes from High School. This friends series is an awesome idea. A must read for kids everywhere. I liked how Shannon reached out to make friends and in the drama team despite how she usually doesn’t like the spotlight. An example is her runny nose in math class. She avoided at all costs to get up in front of the class to get a tissue off a teacher’s desk but she able to perform on stage. I like the issues of feeling not good enough vs feeling just enough. Reminding kids to love themselves and who they are is so important and I’m glad my son got the teaching from reading this book! I highly recommend everyone to read this series!
A fantastic read, this book introduced kids to so many different animals, from elephants to penguins to eagles to octopus to gorillas and so many moreA fantastic read, this book introduced kids to so many different animals, from elephants to penguins to eagles to octopus to gorillas and so many more. I loved the illustrations. Among the reasons, one was the large drawings of adult animals like elephants and penguins to show readers how the little babies would feel safe being protected by them. I would love it if the author decided to show readers of the eagle protecting its young in a nest instead of hunting for the hare. Same goes for grizzly bears hunting salmon. I don’t know if grizzly bears take care of their young ones or not but it would be great to read about them. I loved how the illustrations showed each animal’s habitat like the gorilla up in the trees and the octopus in a shipwreck at the bottom of the sea.
This book opened up to tiger stripes. Readers will see a baby elephant and the baby elephant saw a herd. He’s being led by his mom or sisters or aunts because they have formed a protective wall around him. Next readers will see a baby penguin chick. The chick’s parents huddled together to form a barrier to keep the chick safe from the Antarctic storm. Another page showed a gorilla holding on to her child, cupped the baby in her large palms and they will stayed cuddling, climbing, and clinging onto each other. The rhino on the other hand, saw each other and instantly thought of each other as a rival. They glared, flared nostrils, and snorted in fury. They will fight to claim that part of land. There are other animals in this story with different situations.
What the Animals Saw was a fantastic book for kids. My toddler loved learning the names of different animals. She learned diver as her new word from this book as well as mushrooms and many more. I do like seeing different animals in its own habitat hunting for foods. How it prowled silently and camouflage itself around its surroundings to stay hidden. I loved the quick facts at the end of the book with each picture of the animals and its names. I highly recommend everyone to read this book!
It took me three nights to read 5 river stories to my daughter. In the meantime, we both loved to study the beautiful illustrations. I can’t decide whIt took me three nights to read 5 river stories to my daughter. In the meantime, we both loved to study the beautiful illustrations. I can’t decide which of the 5 river stories I love the most because I loved them all. In the Nile River, I was surprised to learn that Ernest Hemingway and his wife had two plane crashes and survived both times. It was also interesting to know that the Aswan High Dam took 25,000 people & 10 years to build it. The Mississippi River’s journey throughout United States was full of stories too. The sad story of Hurricane Katarina is forever in history. I only learned of Cairo, IL recently when I watched a movie on Huckleberry Finn so it was great to read about it even though it’s now known as a ghost town. The Rhine river was super neat when I learned that The Black Forest was the setting for The Little Red Riding Hood fairytale.
This book started readers with The Nile river. The page opened out four-page wide with three pages behind it. The Nile stories started from Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda to Sudan and ended in the Mediterranean Sea. Next up was The Mississippi river. Again 4-pages wide and 3 pages behind filled with many short stories. The stories started in Minnesota to Wisconsin down to Missouri to Louisiana and ended at The Gulf of Mexico. Follow next was The Rhine river. It started in Switzerland with mountains and The Rhine Falls to Germany and Netherlands. Next up was The Yangtze river. The river ran through the pages with stories from the beginning of the river to the end. The Yangtze river was full of mountains starting from Tibet near the Pacific Ocean to Shanghai, China near the East China Sea. This book ended with The Amazon river starting from Peru to Brazil to the Atlantic Ocean. The Amazon was filled with plants and animals.
River Stories was truly an awesome book for kids. The beautiful illustrations and mesmerizing colors took my breath away. I couldn’t look anywhere else. Every night before bed, my toddler daughter and I liked to look through the pictures in this book. She’s learning many shapes and sizes of boats, mountains, animals, colors, etc. The Yangtze river pages were so pretty. The green mountains and red/green dragons with black/white panda bear were eye catching. I loved the reminder about where rubber came from. That rubber tree illustration in The Amazon river was informative. Admittedly, many stories are new to me so I loved reading this book even more! I highly recommend everyone to read this book!
It’s great knowing facts about bears especially what to do when in the presence of a bear. I didn’t think pandas are considered bears too but it makesIt’s great knowing facts about bears especially what to do when in the presence of a bear. I didn’t think pandas are considered bears too but it makes sense. Sometimes we called it panda bear but so is koala bear and koala isn’t a bear. I like how the author pointed out about koala bear! Bears sounds like a great animal. They have a healthy diet of meat, seafood, and fruits. They also get to sleep all winter long! Loved the illustrations especially on bear safety.
This book started with an illustration of a bear. The author informed readers that bears are big and they have claws. Bears have multiple uses of their claws. Readers will learn that there are three common types of bears: polar, black, and brown bears. There is a list of other bears. There are quick facts about what bears eat. Despite bears being big and scary, readers will learn that their lives are being threatened. There aren’t enough fish for brown bears to eat and the ice are melting leaving the polar bears losing their homes.
The Truth About Bears was well written and illustrated. Wish there were more information about other bears because they were unfamiliar to me. I was almost surprised by the size difference of a baby bear vs an adult bear when I thought about a human baby and an extremely overweight adult human. The difference in size is definitely astonishing for both. I liked that young readers got to learn about hibernation in this book. I got my 9 year-old to read this book too. I recommend everyone to read it as well.
An amazing book about dolphins. From reading this book, I learned that baby dolphins drink milk from its mom. My question is, where? The illustrationsAn amazing book about dolphins. From reading this book, I learned that baby dolphins drink milk from its mom. My question is, where? The illustrations showed the area around the mom’s stomach and I’m curious to see it in person. Dolphins are definitely fun and cute animal. I have seen it do tricks at Sea World once long ago. This book introduced me to dolphins I have never seen before like the Atlantic Spotted Dolphin. From Sea World, I thought dolphins only live in warm climates so I’m happy to learn that they do exist in the Arctic and Antarctic.
This book introduced dolphins. They looked like a fish. Two pages showed the differences between fishes and dolphins, such as fish swim by moving their body side to side while dolphins move their tails up and down. Next page informed readers that dolphins are like humans because they breathe air and gave birth to live young. This book informed that there are more than 40 species of dolphins and they existed every sea/ocean around the world. Readers will learn what dolphins eat and how they communicate to each other. At the end of the book, readers learn that dolphins do have humans to be afraid of just like the other animals in this series.
The Truth About Dolphins was well written and illustrated. It’s good to learn new vocabularies in books, like blubber for the thick layer of fat that kept dolphins warm. I didn’t read the humor portion in this book this time because I wanted my daughter to know as many facts as she can remember. I’m sure the humor will be appreciated by readers in the suggested age group. The echolocation that the dolphins use to communicate to one another was cool. I appreciate the steps given so readers can visualize the animal’s way of communication. I loved the illustrations and I’m glad it seemed to show how happy the dolphins are. Two pages even showed how dolphins liked to have fun: they leap, they splash, they surf, and they spin! A great read and I recommend everyone to read this book and this series!
Loved this book! Very pretty illustrations. My nearly 2 year-old daughter loved the pink bathtub. There were many opportunities to teach my daughter nLoved this book! Very pretty illustrations. My nearly 2 year-old daughter loved the pink bathtub. There were many opportunities to teach my daughter new things when I read this book to her: maple leaves, red polka dot tea cups, books, swing, roller skates, and more. I liked how the library can be a safe haven for everyone to go to. I didn’t have the same experience at my first library visit, only because I was still learning English, but I do remember librarian were always friendly and helpful. I loved that the librarian in this book took the time to sit down to read to Lydia. I do love big libraries too. The last time I visited a big library was during a travel to Memphis, TN. My then 4 year-old son loved it. Another big library I would like to revisit is in Milwaukee, WI downtown. I used to go there all the time.
This book acted as a letter to a favorite librarian. It’s a story about the author, Lydia, when she was 5 years old. Her family composed of 5 big sisters and one baby brother along with her mom and dad. They had to move from Colorado to Iowa because her dad needed a new job and the family needed a new home. But after the move, they had to stay with different relatives until they got settled down. One day, her mom took the family to a library. At the library, Lydia met a librarian who read to her and introduced her to new books. From then on, the library became a safe haven for Lydia and she grew up to be a librarian too.
Dear Librarian was well written and a special book for everyone. A great book to remind readers that a library is always there to provide books to read, toys to play, movies to watch including a librarian to help expand your knowledge. This is the second book that mentioned about homeless and how the library is a reliable place. The other book was The Good Sister where Wally rely on the library to shower. I enjoyed reading the author’s note at the end of the book. Made me regret for not having a librarian buddy of my own. I loved that illustrations with the librarian reading a book to a roomful of kids. It reminded me that I should take my daughter to a toddler story time next month. Fantastic book and I highly recommend everyone to read it.
It’s great to have biography of someone who are actually alive. Kids can see a real living person doing the things they did written in books they readIt’s great to have biography of someone who are actually alive. Kids can see a real living person doing the things they did written in books they read rather than oh, the book was about someone they don’t know who died more than 50 years ago. Kids can verify for themselves who they are reading about because they most likely have seen him on TV during Covid-19 pandemic giving advice to the public about how to take care of themselves from contracting the virus. I liked how this book encouraged young readers that it’s good to ask questions and take the time to work out a problem and that all problems eventually has a solution. My husband liked how Dr. Fauci has a father figure to look up to and how his father supported him to not give up.
This book followed Dr. Fauci when he was a little boy always asking questions. He constantly searched for answers with an open mind to questions about the world and how everything works. “His family encouraged that curiosity.” His father cooked him delicious Italian foods and ran a drugstore. Dr. Fauci helped deliver prescriptions. When he struggle with homework, his father would be there to remind “him that every problem has a solution.” Dr. Fauci wasn’t a big guy but he found ways to gain acceptance and leadership to his advantage. In high school Dr. Fauci knew he wanted to be a doctor. He worked hard and graduated first of his class. Throughout his career, he encountered many major diseases like AIDS, West Nile, SARS, Ebola. With his questions and problem solving skills as well as keeping an open mind and communicating with scientists around the world, new information were discovered and vaccines got developed.
Dr. Fauci: How a Boy from Brooklyn Became America’s Doctor was well written and illustrated. I loved that illustrations of the small fish tank in Dr. Fauci’s room to the big ocean above outside of his room. It’s good to inform young readers of what happened during pandemic because they might only have been aware of what happened to themselves. A good encouragement to teamwork for readers to finding a solution to a big problem like Covid-19. Also a good reminder to readers to keep practicing to “don’t get discouraged. Don’t run away because you don’t understand the problem. Think about it carefully and try to work it out.” At the end of the book there are explanations on whether vaccines work and if they are safe. Dr. Fauci also offered 5 tips for future scientists. A fantastic book for kids and I highly recommend everyone to read it (despite the bad publicity that circulates around Dr. Fauci currently).
An excellent book of advices and interesting sayings. I liked the bug spray can that says, “please don’t give me advice unless I ask for it” and so maAn excellent book of advices and interesting sayings. I liked the bug spray can that says, “please don’t give me advice unless I ask for it” and so many others. Advices sneaked into grocery lists and to-do lists were cool. Advices in diary entries and food brands/household products were creative. Being a dog doesn’t sound so bad or a desk plant or a phone or a stamp as mentioned in this book. Fabulous ideas! Loved the different ways the author present advices to readers. Such a fun self-help book because we all know self-help books can often be a bored to read. The illustrations were definitely random because I tried to connect to the words but they don’t relate. It’s fun to see different illustrations anyway.
This book started with an introduction from the author. She wrote this book from her own experiences with mental health. Many illustrations were created during lockdown. Chapter one was How to Not Make it Personal where the author informed readers that we should learn to respond to other people’s opinions instead of taking it personally. In the next few pages that followed will be random illustrations and short sentences of things that bothers you and advices on how to deal inserted in a to-do list/grocery list or a label on a bottle of bug spray. Then chapter two discussed about staying present and paying attention to whatever you are doing but often we do things while thinking of something else. Followed this chapter will be random illustrations, advices given in fun ways like on the label of a bottle of shampoo or a dear diary entry. Chapter three reminded us to be nice to ourselves because most often we are the first to criticize ourselves.
How to Deal: With Fear, Failure, and Other Daily Dreads was well written and creatively organized. Such a neatly packaged book of advices and things we do just because we are human. The errors of what we do that’s not good for us seems to be like something many of us do, such as self-criticism, self-doubt, unwillingness to share our feelings or not being present with yourself/friends. Therefore, this book can be helpful for everyone, if not from chapter one then maybe via chapter two or three or four or five. I liked how colorful this book was and the variety of how info were presented. It kept my attention and I read every word. I highly recommend everyone to read this book!
A fantastic book! I loved learning the metamorphosis stages of a butterfly. It’s so unique. Those facts were definitely interesting to read. Love the A fantastic book! I loved learning the metamorphosis stages of a butterfly. It’s so unique. Those facts were definitely interesting to read. Love the illustrations where it showed the details of the body structure of the butterfly as well as the scales on the wings. It’s great to see the difference between a moth and a butterfly. My neighbor recently owned a butterfly kit where she bought them from the caterpillar stage and watched it metamorphose. When the process completed and they became butterflies, she released them into the world. It’s neat that this book also taught readers ways to help raise butterflies or gave them a place to live.
This book started by informing readers that butterflies are colorful flying insects. There’s an illustration to show a butterfly’s body parts. Readers will learn that there are more than 18,000 butterfly species. Both pages are filled with illustrations of a few butterflies and where in the world you can find them. There are quick facts where readers learn how butterflies avoid becoming another animal’s meal. There’s a page to compare between a butterfly and a moth. Readers will learn what butterflies eat and the stages in which they metamorphosis. In the end, readers are informed of how people can play a role in either helping or destroying the lives of the butterflies.
The Truth About Butterflies was well written and illustrated. I liked examples given of butterfly’s predators both large and small. The definition of metamorphosis was helpful and I liked especially the direction on how to pronounce proboscis. Any help on big words are always a plus on books for kids. I didn’t read the humor part of the illustrations this time because I wanted my daughter to learn the animal facts, but when my son read it, I’m sure he enjoyed the jokes. Butterflies are beautiful insects and my family love to visit butterfly garden like the one at Callaway Gardens. This book was an awesome read and I highly recommend everyone to read it.
This book was a wonderful read! I just realized belatedly that those croc shoes must have got its name after crocodiles because the author called themThis book was a wonderful read! I just realized belatedly that those croc shoes must have got its name after crocodiles because the author called them crocs! I’m surprised to learn of the third type of croc. I liked the page that informed readers on how to spot the differences between the three croc families. Definitely interesting facts about these croc’s jaws/teeth and what they eat! Yikes! Although the title of this book says crocodiles, alligators are part of the croc family too. These animals sounds like they have it all. From the facts within this book, it’s cool that they can stay on land and under water and they can live in many areas.
This book started out by introducing the crocodiles’ scientific name and how to pronounce it. Then readers will learn where in the world these crocs can be found. The illustrations showcased the three different crocs and what small differences they have to tell them a part. Each page new croc facts popped up: reptiles, cold-blooded, walk and run on land, don’t chew its foods with its teeth, and so much more. Readers will learn about how seriously crocs take about their parenting. Unlike some animals who abandoned their kids after they are born, these crocs takes care of the little ones.
The Truth About Crocodiles was fascinating to read. I had no idea little baby crocs make cat sounds. The size of them from small baby crocs to adult crocs sounds massive. I found animals who swallowed their foods whole interesting and I only knew that about snakes but as I learned, crocs do that too. The croc country No-Nos are helpful. The review at the end of the book was a plus. I enjoyed the illustrations and how closely resembled they are to real crocs. Fantastic facts. I highly recommend everyone to read this book!
I loved the quick facts on hippos. I am actually only aware of the common hippos and was surprised to learn of the second type. The size of the hippo I loved the quick facts on hippos. I am actually only aware of the common hippos and was surprised to learn of the second type. The size of the hippo comparison to 4 cows were easy to imagine. It’s good to know what they eat and when they eat. These facts are easy to understand and remember. That illustration about the hippo’s mouth open wide and the accompanying fact was super cool. I enjoyed the humor and illustrations with the hippos especially how hippos can’t swim nor bike!
This book started by introducing the two types of hippos. From there on, each page will give a fact about common hippos versus pygmy hippos. Then there are pages where there’s information on how dangerous the hippos are and the unique way they do number two. In those pages there were no specification on the types of hippos so I’m guessing those facts are for both types of hippos. There are facts about what hippos like to do on their free time and it might be what readers like to do as well. At the end, there’s a review page to give readers quick facts about the differences between the two types of hippos.
The Truth About Hippos was well written and illustrated. Kids will for sure enjoy reading this book because it has fun facts and fun illustrations. There’s one fact that will make readers laugh out loud! I like that there’s definitions to big words like nocturnal and dense. There’s a map of Africa where Hippos reside. A hippo’s tooth can be as long as 20 inches! Whoa! Out of 8 books, I happened to grab randomly the author’s debut. I loved reading this hippo book for my daughter. I had my son read it too. I highly recommend everyone to read this book!
I used to read a lot of articles on CBS 48 Hours Mysteries, and reading this book reminded me of how much I missed reading true crimes. The start of tI used to read a lot of articles on CBS 48 Hours Mysteries, and reading this book reminded me of how much I missed reading true crimes. The start of this book was excellent! I loved the details about the parents' marriage and their family life. It definitely gave me the conclusion that due to their dysfunctional home life, the whole family suffered unhappiness. And since they were all unhappy, they treat each other very badly. This book gave me a close view on what happened to people who committed a crime but were found not guilty due to mental illness. The hospital in this story is Clifton T. Perkins aka Perkins located in Maryland. I'm surprised to know there are so many people suffered from mental illness and especially that many people are highly intelligent. It's interesting to know that when a person is diagnosed with schizophrenia, it becomes a permanent record. Patients are so vulnerable when they have no say in their medications intake. It's awful because patients alone knew how medications affect them but if they show signs of refusal, doctors will think they're acting out. The descriptions of how medications caused a person to be half person half corpse pains me. Why would doctors purposely prescribed so much drugs to a person that all they could do was sleep and slumped. That's not helping at all but sounded harmful even. To read how patients prefer prison over mental hospital was a sad one. Mental health patients sounded so sad how their life are dictated by others at every turn. Life is definitely meaningless in their situation.
This book started with an introduction about what true crime is and the age a person most likely to commit a murder. Then the story began, February 1992, when a young man came into the office in Port St. Joe, Florida to announce something bad had happened. Meanwhile in Hillandale, Maryland, a homicide detective named Drewry went to check on a house as a response from a dispatch call. He knocked but no one answered so he went to the back of the house and saw through the window two bodies he knew for sure were dead. He then called for backup. Later readers found out that the young man in Florida was Brian, 22, confessing to killing his parents George 65 and Dorothy 62 in Maryland. The family's mental health illness went back to the dad, George's family. The story then told about the parents, how they first met, got married, and had 5 children where Brian was the youngest and an accidental pregnancy. The family became dysfunctional as the couple had more kids. One daughter ran away, another committed multiple suicides, and the older son constantly had fistfights with his dad and caused troubles with the law. Growing up in this household, no one can blame for what Brian did next.
Couple Found Slain was well written and researched. Interesting that patients from Perkins go to the University of Maryland Medical Center for treatment instead of a regular hospital. Would the doctors be students in training I wonder. I liked reading about different patients at Perkins. Some patients' eating habits made me gagged and others I was in awed at them for standing up to defend themselves, even acting as a lawyer in court to represent themselves. In this story, readers followed the life and crimes of Brian. I can't help but felt frustrated for him. He committed the worse crime only once but doctors kept telling him that he's dangerous while there were others that were more dangerous than he was and committed far more crimes than he did. The stories on staffs at the mental hospital was a fascinating read. It's definitely a dangerous place to work at because many patients raped and killed and not just with people from outside before they are admitted but with people within the hospital. I read this book so slowly to comprehend what I was reading about. Many parts of this story were a fast paced read. It's my first time to read about a mental hospital that I want to absorb all information presented. A great book and I highly recommend everyone to read it.
This book is wonderful for children and adults alike. It’s a story to remind kids that while they were at home and probably watching outside through tThis book is wonderful for children and adults alike. It’s a story to remind kids that while they were at home and probably watching outside through their windows, to remember that there are other people still out to work to help others in need, like getting the sick people to the hospitals and helping to bring foods to them because their parents couldn’t go to the supermarket like they did in the past. The illustrations of the empty city streets are awesome to look at but sad to see at the same time. It’s like seeing a movie, a deserted city streets due to an apocalypse. Busy streets and store fronts are reduced to stragglers. Many readers may live in small towns and don’t experience the pandemic the same way as people in the big city. This book looks like it shows the big city of New York with tall buildings and many windows. A glimpse into how different empty city streets of New York from the empty streets of where readers live.
This story follows the people watching the world goes by through their window. It looks different outside from what they see now versus what they saw before. How? The streets are empty and the stores/schools are closed. Only very few cars are operating like food/shopping delivery services, police officers, paramedics, doctors, nurses, hospital staffs, etc. Those people who continued working despite pandemic because they are the people keeping the city going. The people worry about what will happen next as they sit at home to keep their distance from others and to keep safe. And so the people thank the frontline workers for keeping the city going and keeping everyone safe.
Keeping the City Going is an excellent book. A closer look at the frontline workers for their continuous service despite putting themselves at risks to the virus in order to keep the rest of the people safe. I enjoy the humor in this book with the mention of toilet paper (see image below). Pandemic got people into a frenzy, cleaning out shelves of toilet papers. People couldn’t help taking pictures of the empty shelves in those early days. This book doesn’t talk about the changes in the children’s lives during pandemic (like not going to school face to face and switching to virtual learning) so children can’t relate much. It’s a story to inform the children that while they are at home with their parents, their classmates’ parents could have been the ones keeping their family safe. A must read book and I do recommend this read to everyone!
I loved reading Animal Watching. Each chapter has a couple of pages of info, such as becoming an active observer, scouting for wildlife, how to be a bI loved reading Animal Watching. Each chapter has a couple of pages of info, such as becoming an active observer, scouting for wildlife, how to be a birder, spot birds by silhouette & shape, etc. After the quick easy and interesting informative read, there's a page or two that teaches you how to apply what you learned in the real world which is labeled Try It. Then there's the Track It page "where you can answer specific questions, write down details, and record the critters you've spotted." There are areas where you can write down date of activities and check mark that you did it. This interactive learning gives kids the chance to stay alert because they are expected to do what they just read!
There are 5 parts to this book: what is animal watching, birds, mammals, amphibians & reptiles, and fish. I like that there are different pages dedicated to different animals so readers can take notes when they spot them in the wild.
While reading this book, my kids and I would sit on our picnic blanket as many mornings as we can (rain) to watch for birds. I think my 20 months old daughter loves it a lot. From the book, I see my front and backyard are mostly a host for American Robin. I loved learning a lot about birds. One thing I did remember seeing was the birds poking themselves into their tails but I didn't know it's part of preening/grooming.
We took a walk and spotted 2 bird's nest on one tall tree. Animal Watching taught me about eyeshine. I just learned of the vocabulary. Definitely interesting to know the difference between tree squirrels and ground squirrels. I will look for them next time I go out for a walk! The terms page are helpful. The back of the book can act as a ruler which was awesome. This book is color-coded too so you can find your section quickly. Highly recommend this series to everyone!
Such a fantastic book! I loved how the author incorporated children's voices into how they felt and what they did. The illustrations were awesome. I lSuch a fantastic book! I loved how the author incorporated children's voices into how they felt and what they did. The illustrations were awesome. I loved how smart the kids were dressed back then. I loved the reminder of how kids worked to earn their hard earned money and then to willingly wanted to donate for a good cause. As I read, I reminded my son that it's true, little kids do hold jobs back in the day, unlike today. Definitely a good book, informative enough for kids to know where the Statue of Liberty came from and how it was born through the generosity of the general people. It's interesting that the original color was copper but now through time and weather, it's green!
Readers will learn that when America celebrated its 100th Birthday, the French presented a gift hard to refuse. This gift represent freedom and friendship between US and France. The gift was a lady named Liberty and she sailed across the Atlantic in 1885 from France to New York. She's too big to travel in one piece so she travelled in 350 pieces stored in 214 crates. But when she arrived in New York, she couldn't stand upright because American have yet to build her a pedestal. The pedestal cost one hundred grand and the wealthy didn't think it was the money worth spending. Until one day...
Let Liberty Rise! is a great nonfiction read made easy for kids to understand. It's upbeat and exciting to read. The donors were schoolchildren as small as kindergarteners. The kids voices and generosity were contagious. It makes me smile at the kids who saved their candy money to donate and others who donated instead of going to the circus. It's wonderful to have kids read this type of books where they learn of doing something that changes history. I loved the facts at the end of the book! How cool that the sculpture traveled all over US and then decided that New York Bedloe's Island as the gateway to America. Those last few pages were as awesome as the story. I highly recommend everyone to read this book!
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