How do snow crystals form? Are there ever two snow crystals exactly alike? These questions and others are answered in this simple book about how snow crystals form. It also includes amazing photographs of snow crystals throughout the book. This is a great book to read with a nice hot cup of cocoa near a window on a snowy day.

Similar books: Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin

Awards nominated: 2013 Bluestem Nominee

Reviewed by: mec

Date read: 2/1/2010

ISBN-10: 0811868664

ISBN-13: 9780811868662

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Commenter: Ellen, grade 55

Have you ever wondered about the history of things like who invented the toilet? If so, this book is for you. It tells the stories behind some inventions that we use everyday. There is a quite humorous picture of a chamber pot being emptied out the window onto an unfortunate man! Did you know that Alexander Graham Bell taught deaf people to speak? The chapter on telephones discusses this, and other interesting facts about the inventor of the telephone, and how he thought up the whole concept of the telephone. Other inventions, such as frozen food, and the removable razor blade, are also discussed. This book is part of the Usborne Young Reading series.

Reviewed by: sc

Date read: 4/14/2009

ISBN-10: 079450888X

ISBN-13: 9780794508883

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Have you been picked on by bullies? Angelo Siciliano was picked on by bullies after he arrived in the United States from Italy. He spoke almost no English, and needed to know how to stop them. After visiting a museum where he saw a statue of Hercules, he started lifting weights that he made himself. Then he added stretching to his routine. Eventually, he became very strong, which earned him the name of Atlas, because people thought he looked like the Greek god, Atlas. From a 98-pound weakling, he turned into a giant that could tear phone books in half, and bend iron bars into u shapes. Charles Atlas successfully transformed himself into 'The World's Most Perfectly Developed Man,' and started a business with a friend that encouraged everyone to be healthy, and strong.

Reviewed by: sc

Date read: 4/14/2009

ISBN-10: 0375829407

ISBN-13: 9780375829406

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Part of the 'Neighborhood Walk' series. Suburb talks about the things that make a suburb unique, and how it differs from a big city, or a small town. Homes, transportation, schools, and work are all discussed, and compared to each other. There is also a section on what kind of libraries you may find in a suburb. The series features large, clear text. Words that are found in the glossary are printed in bold within the text. They also have an index.

Similar books: City, Farm Community, Military Base, and Small Town.

Reviewed by: sc

Date read: 4/13/2009

ISBN-10: 1403462259

ISBN-13: 9781403462251

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What does a thirteen-year-old girl growing up in the Middle Ages know about butterflies? PLENTY! In this easy to read and beautifully illustrated book 'Summer Birds: The Butterflies of Maria Merian' by Margarita Engle, we learn about a little girl who had the courage to disagree. In the Middle Ages, scientists believed that 'summer birds'(butterflies) were born from mud. Maria set out to prove that this theory was wrong. By observing caterpillars and documenting their activities with her vibrant paintings, Maria was able to disprove a theory that had existed since the ancient Greeks. Read this unique book about a young girl's bravery and determination to discover the truth.

Similar authors: Rachel Rodriquez

Similar books: Pricilla and the Hollyhocks by Anne Broyles; Velma Gratch and the Way Cool Butterfly by Cathryn Falwell; The Butterfly House by Eve Bunting; Arabella Miller's Tiny Caterpillar by Clare Jarett; The Things With Wings by Gregory J. Holch; The Poet Slave of Cuba by Margarita Engle

Reviewed by: mb

Date read: 7/28/2010

ISBN-10: 0805089373

ISBN-13: 9780805089370

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