12 Vegbooks reviews tagged Science Books.
The wonderfully fun and informative SCIENCE COMICS series, which has brought us exciting topics like coral reefs, dinosaurs, and volcanoes, is about to get a new addition: Bats: Learning to Fly.Infusing storytelling…
Tags: BatsComic BooksFalynn KochGraphic NovelsIllustrationIssues Facing WildlifeKristin WaldNocturnal AnimalsOlder ElementaryScienceScience BooksTexasWild AnimalsWildlifeWildlife Rehabilitation
My five-year-old loves all things Magic School Bus — the TV show, the picture books, the chapter books, the science kits — all of it. And I have to say that I’m right there with her. The Magic School Bus series…
Tags: Chapter BooksEarly ElementaryEva MooreJennifer KaliMagic School BusScience BooksSeriesWhale WatchingWhalesWildlife Books for Kids
This unique read covers the life and times of the dung beetle, an insect that builds its life around the waste of others. Author Cheryl Bardoe packs a lot of information into the text, perhaps a bit too much at…
Tags: Alan MarksBeetlesCherly BardoeEarly ElementaryHeather ClarkIllustrationInsectsNonfictionScienceScience Books
Aimed at ages 8 and up, One Night in the Everglades is in interesting combination of picture book and environmental science text. There are beautiful illustrations to accompany the story of a night in the Florida…
Tags: Animals as FoodConservationEco-Friendly Kids BooksEvergladesFloridaFrogsHoma WoodrumIllustrationJoyce Mihran TurleyLaurel LarsenNonfictionOlder ElementaryScienceScience BooksSpanishWildlife
My three-year-old daughter has been obsessed with orangutans lately. It started when, in an effort toavoid the Memphis heat Memorial Day weekend, we stepped into an IMAX theater and saw the movie “Born to Be Wild.”…
Tags: ActivismAfricaBiographyChimpanzeesCircusFemale ProtagonistIllustrationJane GoodallJeanette WinterJennifer KaliNonfictionPreschoolersScienceScience BooksVivisectionWild AnimalsWildlifeWildlife Books for Kids
My kiddo’s kindergarten class has been focusing on nonfiction books lately, both reading and writing/illustrating books that make a detailed exploration of the science and natural history of wild animals. Of course,…
Tags: BirdsEarly ElementaryEarly ReadersMigrationNatural HistoryNature BooksNonfictionPaul MirochaRoma GansScienceScience BooksWildlifeWildlife Books for Kids
We picked up All About Turkeys at the library and have been enjoying it a great deal during the last few weeks. Author and illustrator Jim Arnosky provides detailed facts and images about the bird that is always late…
Tags: BirdsEarly ElementaryJennifer GannettJim ArnoskyNatural HistoryNonfictionScience BooksThanksgivingTurkeysWild AnimalsWildlifeWildlife Books for Kids
The Magic School Bus series of books and cartoons are a reliable source of good information about science for elementary aged kids. We have read a number of these books and enjoyed them, so I picked up The Magic…
Tags: Animals as FoodEarly ElementaryFishJennifer GannettMagic School BusMigrationNatural HistoryReproductionSalmonScienceScience BooksSeriesWildlife
What do you do when you notice all hell’s broken loose? That’s the question frog researcher Edgardo Griffith faced when he observed the dramatically declining populations of Panama’s national amphibian symbol, the…
Tags: AmphibiansCarolyn M. MullinEdgardo GriffithEnvironmentFrogsMysteryOlder ElementaryPanamaSandra MarkleScienceScience Books
Meet Max Axiom, a superhero scientist who leads readers into the renewable energy unknown in this attention-grabbing, educational graphic novel. Max is an atypical persona. He’s African American and bald. His lab…
Tags: Alternative EnergyCarolyn M. MullinEco-Friendly Kids BooksEnvironmentGraphic NovelsHydroelectric PowerKatherine KrohnOlder ElementaryScience BooksSolar PowerWind Power
If anything, Deformed Frogs is a unique way to approach and support an organic lifestyle. The premise of this non-fiction, educational work is for the reader to sleuth their way through the enigma of why, in some…
Tags: AmphibiansBiologyCarolyn M. MullinEco-Friendly Kids BooksEcosystemsEnvironmentFrogsKathy AllenOlder ElementaryScience BooksWildlife
Silver Dolphin Books has published the equivalent of a coffee table book for the elementary crowd. The Wonders Inside: Bugs and Spiders is gigantic, glossy, and gorgeous. Featuring see-through plastic overlays and…
Tags: AnatomyButterfliesInsectsMetamorphosisNatural HistoryOlder ElementaryPredatorsScience BooksSpiderWildlifeWildlife Books for Kids