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Author: Gaff
Publisher: Kingfisher
Imprint: Kingfisher
Dimensions:
Width: 22.60cm
, Height: 1.00cm
, Length: 27.40cm
Weight: 0.181kg
ISBN: 9780753473610
ISBN 10: 0753473615
Pages: 32
Publication Date: 17 January 2017
Recommended Age: From 5 to 8 years
Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Children / Juvenile
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Temporarily unavailable
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Reviews
Provides young children with an excellent starting point for exploring their universe. Child Education Designed to capture the imagination. School Library Journal
Provides young children with an excellent starting point for exploring their universe. Child Education Designed to capture the imagination. School Library Journal Provides young children with an excellent starting point for exploring their universe. --Child Education Designed to capture the imagination. --School Library Journal PRAISE FOR I WONDER WHY SERIES: Provides young children with an excellent starting point for exploring their universe. --Child Education PRAISE FOR I WONDER WHY SERIES: Designed to capture the imagination. --School Library Journal PRAISE FOR I WONDER WHY SERIES: Provides young children with an excellent starting point for exploring their universe. --Child Education Designed to capture the imagination. --School Library Journal Children's Literature This slim book acts as a nice introduction... Hillary Homzie - Children's Literature This offering, from Kingfisher's I Wonder Why series, explores various features of mountains. Using a question and answer format, this title begins with an explanation of the difference between a mountain and a hill. The discussion is simple, short and developmentally appropriate for primary school students. Every spread features a blend of realistic illustrations and goofy, child-appealing cartoons. Additionally, there are some amusing supplemental facts, which are set off with gray dots, supporting the main text. However, the questions themselves are not consistently child-centered and some appear contrived. For example, the second question, Can spacecraft measure mountains? is set up in such a way that we know the answer will be in the affirmative. A more child-centered question might have been--how do you measure mountains? Nevertheless, this slim book acts as a nice introduction to one aspect of geology, and would be an appropriate purchase for free-choice science reading in the second- or third-grade classroom. 2004 (orig. 1991), Kingfisher Publications, Ages 5 to 8.
Provides young children with an excellent starting point for exploring their universe. Child Education Designed to capture the imagination. School Library Journal Provides young children with an excellent starting point for exploring their universe. --Child Education Designed to capture the imagination. --School Library Journal PRAISE FOR I WONDER WHY SERIES: Provides young children with an excellent starting point for exploring their universe. --Child Education PRAISE FOR I WONDER WHY SERIES: Designed to capture the imagination. --School Library Journal PRAISE FOR I WONDER WHY SERIES: Provides young children with an excellent starting point for exploring their universe. --Child Education Designed to capture the imagination. --School Library Journal Children's Literature This slim book acts as a nice introduction... Hillary Homzie - Children's Literature This offering, from Kingfisher's I Wonder Why series, explores various features of mountains. Using a question and answer format, this title begins with an explanation of the difference between a mountain and a hill. The discussion is simple, short and developmentally appropriate for primary school students. Every spread features a blend of realistic illustrations and goofy, child-appealing cartoons. Additionally, there are some amusing supplemental facts, which are set off with gray dots, supporting the main text. However, the questions themselves are not consistently child-centered and some appear contrived. For example, the second question, Can spacecraft measure mountains? is set up in such a way that we know the answer will be in the affirmative. A more child-centered question might have been--how do you measure mountains? Nevertheless, this slim book acts as a nice introduction to one aspect of geology, and would be an appropriate purchase for free-choice science reading in the second- or third-grade classroom. 2004 (orig. 1991), Kingfisher Publications, Ages 5 to 8.
Author Information
Jackie Gaff has over 20 years' experience in illustrated books for children. Previously a non-fiction editor, she is now a full-time author with a real commitment to, and enthusiasm for, creating books that children both want and are able to read.
