Mary Lindeen

This is another wonderful entry into the Read and Discover Science series by Mary Lindeen. This series is full of great books for young readers and budding scientists. It documents people who closely observe nature and then emulates the patterns and techniques they find into the human world.

"Ideas From Nature" shows birds, snakes, burrs, lizards and more and how something about their body or or movement can be incorporated into human inventions. Nature inspires many different things from show more bullet trains, velcro, bumps on windmill blades and more. It jwas fun and interesting to discover how amazing inventions have been inspired, but it would have been nice to see more examples. This non-fiction Beginning-to-Read book contains crisp, clear photographs to demonstrate the facts discussed. The book contains high-frequency words, content vocabulary and activities to strengthen early science and literary skills. There are also notes to Parents and Caregivers about working with beginning readers and this book. I recommend this book and the whole "Read and Discover Science" series to school libraries, primary classrooms and families where budding scientists reside. The publisher, Norwood House Press, generously provided me with a copy of this book to read. The rating, ideas and opinions are my own. show less

This is a great beginning to read, non-fiction book. The pictures are large and visually appealing. The text is full of high frequency words and makes it easy to read for young readers as well as easy to understand if it is being read to them. The content words are listed at the back of the book, so could be introduced prior to reading. A great book for use in a primary classroom studying animals and how they protect themselves. I liked that the animals species in the book were varied and show more showed many different kinds of defenses from camouflage to use of skin and hide as well as animals that use teeth and claws. The information was presented in a very succinct way so children could remember things easily. I recommend this book to schools and primary classrooms as well as family libraries, especially if your children like animals and non-fiction books. As with other Mary Lindeen books, there are questions, facts, websites and books for further information and notes to parents. The publisher generously provided me with a copy of this book via Netgalley. show less

This is a great beginning to read, non-fiction book. The pictures are large and visually appealing. The text is full of high frequency words and makes it easy to read for young readers as well as easy to understand if it is being read to them. The content words are listed at the back of the book, so could be introduced prior to reading. A great book for use in a primary classroom studying the environment and the 3Rs of how to help the planet by producing less garbage. I liked the reduce and show more reuse sections, but the recycle missed a great opportunity. It showed things made from recycled materials, but really didn't discuss how and what to recycle. Recycling boxes were not even shown. The information was presented in a very succinct way so children could remember things easily. I recommend this book to schools and primary classrooms as well as family libraries, especially when learning about the environment and the problems with garbage. As with other Mary Lindeen books, there are questions, facts, websites and books for further information and notes to parents. The publisher generously provided me with a copy of this book via Netgalley. show less

This is a great book explaining to children about what happens when you visit the dentist. I wish I had had this book to read to my grandson before his first trip to the dentist. It shows what the dental hygienist does, about cleaning teeth and finally what the dentist does when he checks your teeth. In this book they even show a child with a small cavity and what happens when it is being filled. Once again, I liked that they showed both male and female workers in the dentist office. The show more text is short, perfect for emerging readers, with a glossary included to a parent, caregiver or teacher could pre-teach some of the subject related words that the reader would not have come across before. The photographs that accompany the text will assist the reader who uses picture cues. At the end of the book there are activities a teacher or caregiver could do with the reader as well as a list of words used in the book. The publisher, Norwood House Press, generously provided me with a copy of this book upon request. The rating, ideas and opinions shared are my own. show less