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The
Everything Kids’ Nature Book
Author: Kathiann M. Kowlaski
Publisher: Adams Media Corp.
Product: Book (132 pages)
Ages: 7 to 12
Cost: $14.95 (CDN) |
The Everything Kids’ Nature
Book is your ticket to creating clouds, making waves, and defying
gravity. You’ll visit the African savanna, learn about “ships
of the desert” (also known as camels), and get a recipe for GORP
(good old raisins and peanuts) to take with you on a hike.
Meet polar bears, peregrine falcons, and penguins. Trek through forests,
find out what makes the colours of a rainbow, and go meteor watching.
But don’t just read about nature, go outside and get your hands
a little dirty with activities such as learning how to preserve fallen
leaves, making bark rubbings, and putting together a pine cone bird
feeder. |
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Reviewer:
Leah Killam
Age: 10
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I thought this book was well designed
with lots of facts and activities as well as the main text. I found
the topic very interesting once I started reading even though it
is not one that I was ever particularly interested in. It really
captured my attention.
The part I liked the most about this book
was the part at the back where it listed spots to camp out in nature
and books and web sites related to the subject.
The part I liked the least was the “Natural
Stats” which were mainly measurements and distances. I found
these tedious and boring to read. I found that a lot of the activities
in this book were more focused on younger kids and having fun rather
than on teaching you anything, and it was very obvious what was
going to happen in some of the activities. If I could change anything
about this book, I would make the facts less basic and have the
activities be harder and more for learning something than just for
fun.
Although there were some boring parts in
this book, it was very informative and useful. Did you know that
a mudpuppy is a salamander? Or did you know scorpions, ticks, mites,
and spiders are all arachnids? My overall impression of this book
was that is was well researched. Out of 10, I would give this book
an 8, and I would recommend it to kids ages 8 to 11.
(Originally published in the Fall
2000 issue of YES Mag.) |
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