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Category Archives: book review
Teaching Life Science with Children’s Literature: The Bug Scientists
Summary The Bug Scientists, written by Donna M. Jackson, takes a different approach by teaching students about insects but also about the men and women who study them in different ways. The book introduces us to insects and their attributes … Continue reading
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Teaching Life Science with Children’s Literature: Butterflies and Moths
Butterflies and Moths, written by Nic Bishop. This book provides basic information about moths and butterflies. The book goes on to discuss facts about the insects appearance and habits. For example Moths have fatter bodies, covered with furry hairs. One can tell … Continue reading
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Teaching Life Science with Children’s Literature: Animal Habitats
Michelle Kramer’s Animal Habitats is an early reader concept book on animal habitats and features great photographs by National Geographic. The book walks through and explains what habitat is and what animals need to survive in their habitats. After explaining … Continue reading
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Teaching Life Science with Children’s Literature: The Life Cycle of an Owl
In the book series Learning About Life Cycles, The Life Cycle of an Owl written by Ruth Thomson explains the entire life cycle of a barn owl. The book has real life pictures and is does an amazing job of … Continue reading
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Teaching Life Science with Children’s Literature: Butterfly House
Butterfly House, written by Eve Bunting and illustrated by Greg Shed, is a sentimental story about a young girl and her grandfather who raise a butterfly from a larva. The book walks through the life stages of the butterfly and … Continue reading
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Teaching Civics With Children’s Literature: Feathers and Fools
Feathers and Fools written by Mem Fox and illustrated by Nicholas Wilton is a story about two different flocks of birds living very close to each other. The peacocks lived in the beautiful garden and the swans live on the … Continue reading
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Teaching Civics with Children’s Literature: Liberty
Cartoon Nation presents Liberty a book that contains tons of facts and information about the political philosophy concept of liberty. Since liberty identifies people's rights and the ability to act according to one’s own will this book is a good … Continue reading
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Teaching Earth Science with Children’s Literature: The Little House
Once upon a time there was a Little House way out in the country. She was a pretty Little House and she was strong and well built. Virginia Lee Burton’s classic, The Little House, was the winner of the … Continue reading
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Teaching Life Science with Children’s Literature: Winter’s Tail: How One Little Dolphin Learned to Swim Again
Winter's Tail: How One Dolphin Learned to Swim Again, told by Juliana Hatkoff, Isabella Hatkoff, and Craig Hatkoff, is a heartwarming book that chronicles the amazing true story of Winter, a three-month old Atlantic bottle-nosed dolphin who lost her tail … Continue reading
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Teaching Life Science With Children’s Literature: The Tiny Seed
Introduction and Summary Eric Carle’s , The Tiny Seed, is a fabulous book about the life cycle of a tiny little seed as it finds it’s way through the world high in the air, far away, across the ocean, past … Continue reading
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