Emily BoneReviews

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Storms and Hurricanes by Emily Bone is a descriptive picture book that helps readers understand the definitions of different storms and the process of storms being created. The author of the book informs readers in engaging and creative ways. Vignettes are used to tell interesting and relevant stories, like the weather on Jupiter. Sequence of events are also used when describing the formation of storms such as snowstorms, ice storms, and dry storms. Comparing and contrasting the categories of different storms also engages readers in learning.

The Solar System guided reading book by Emily Bone is another Usborne book that would be great as a comprehension text. This also has elements of descriptive attributes, characteristic events, cause and effect, and compare and contrast. Students reading this text would be asked to read a couple pages/ subtitle of the book and be asked to close the book and summarize what they just read. Using this book will test children to see how much of the text they comprehended reading the text once. In general, this would be a good book to keep in a classroom library because it is interesting, informational, and will capture young minds' attention.

This book has many bite-sized chunks of information on space on it's 32 pages, from space stations to gas giants the information is laid out in a way that kids can easily digest.

Excellent lift the flap book- very detailed and great info 3yr+. Excellent for topic of how foods are grown, cultivated. Fruits and vegs, how they're picked. Detailed info on how food comes from animals in a simple format- such a milking, eggs, and how animals are farmed for meat without being to upsetting. Excellent page of fishing and different types of fish. Good info on sugar, and bees, pollination and how ice cream is made. Briefly touches on food groups for young readers. A big hit. Took about 45mins to read with 3year old.

Where do penguins live? What do they eat and how do they catch their food? Beginner readers can find answers to these questions and more in this colourful information book.

A big picture book with giant fold-out pages to satisfy the curiosity of every young space enthusiast. Everything children need to know about the solar system, which is dispalyed on a hige double-gate fold. Makes a substantial gift which children will pore over for hours.

I might be an adult but every once in awhile I like to indulge my inner child, and this one is very creative and colorful.

I might be an adult but every once in awhile I like to indulge my inner child, and this one is very creative and colorful.

An excellent resource of things to make from rubbish.

An excellent resource of things to make from rubbish.

Summary: The book has much information about our planets. It tells about space and what is out there, and how scientists think the solar system got started. It tells about each planet and what is significant about each one. The book also explains how scientists see things that are very far away with telescopes, and how some travel around the Earth in space, and how scientists get information from them.
Personal reaction: I enjoyed reading this book and believe children will like it as well. The illustrations are really colorful and show what they believe the planets to look like, down to the craters, and clouds of dust on the different planets. There is good information that our young children can easily understand and some may be able to read. I like how it shows pictures and explains each planet in simple detail for the children. It also has a glossary to help students with words they might not know.
Classroom Extension Ideas: We can have a telescope for the students to look through. We can make planets with clay or play dough. We can talk about what is on Earth and look for pictures on our computer and in other books, then draw our favorite planet and color it, like they think it should be.

$6.99

Katie and Josh

Katie and Josh

Katie and Josh

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