A Place for Fish
by Melissa Stewart, illustrated by Higgins Bond
Melissa Stewart is a science queen and writes wonderful
books about science topics. A Place for
Fish tells how human activities threaten fish. It also tells what humans
can do, or change, to create places for fish to thrive. Each double page also
gives more information for readers who want more. This is a beautiful and well
written book. Other books in the series include:
A Place for
Butterflies
A Place for Birds
A Place for Frogs
Just a Second: A Different Way to Look at Time by Steve JenkinsI have been a fan of Steve Jenkins' books for a long time. This book is one of his greatest. It has a simple concept: What can happen in a second? Well, a bat can make 200 high-pitched calls. A vulture in flight flaps its wings once. And what can happen in a minute? An hour? One day?... One year? Great stuff!
The Book of Why? 50Questions and All the Answers by Kath Grimshaw
Ever
wonder why soap makes bubbles? Why leopards have spots? Why deserts are sandy?
This book answers these questions and 47 more.
This Book Requires
Safety Goggles: A Collection of Bizarre Science Trivia by Kristi Lew (sorry, no link)
Find
out if lightning can knock your socks off. Find out about a mountain that
grows. Find out about a liquid metal. Find out what the Magnus Effect has to do
with baseball. This book has lots of interesting stuff!
The Quest to Digest by Mary K. Corcoran,
illustrated by Jef Czekaj
Somehow,
this book’s author and illustrator manage to make the digestion process both
easy to understand and funny. Sections include Chew on This, As the Stomach Churns, Give Me a Squeeze Please, and others. Quite fun!
Why? by Catherine Ripley,
illustrated by Scot Ritchie
Why
do my fingers get so wrinkled in the tub? Why do my fingers stick to the frozen
juice cans? Why can’t I see just after the lights go out? Why are peaches
fuzzy? Why do horses sleep standing up? All good questions and there are 66
more!
Question Boy Meets LittleMiss Know-It-All
by Peter Catalanotto
Question
Boy (dressed as a super hero) asks questions, LOTS of questions. Enough
questions to make grown-ups back away or drive off quickly. So what happens
when he meets Miss Know-It-All (who knows LOTS of stuff)? They clash, but then…
This book made me laugh LOTS of times.
Island: A Story of the Galápagos
by Jason Chin
This
is an amazing book! In just 25 picture book pages, it tells the life story of
an island over a span of 6 million years. It starts as a volcano, it cools,
animals find it and it becomes a complete civilization. The text and pictures
are so clear, you feel as though you really understand the life of this island:
birth, childhood, adulthood and old age. I look forward to reading this
author’s other books, Redwoods and Coral Reefs.
Robot Experiments by Ed Sobey
Written
for upper-elementary and middle school students, this book is stuffed with
science projects about robots. It starts with some easier projects (such as
taking apart motors) and works up to actually building a robot. Projects that
would make good science fair projects are marked. This is part of the Cool Science Projects with Technology
series. Other books:
Electric Motor
Experiments
Radio-Controlled Car
Experiments
Solar Cell and Renewable
Energy Experiments
Please share your favorite science books - write them in the Comments box!
Gail
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