Jacqui Bailey

Written especially for young adult readers, this heavily illustrated book talks about the threat to our planet's environment and outlines steps that governments, organizations, and ordinary citizens--including this book's young readers--can take to help keep the planet green. Author Jaqui Bailey points out the major problems, which include
Climate change: The Earth's temperature is rising, which could soon have a disastrous effect every living being
Pollution and acid rain: Earth's air, water, show more and soil are being damaged because we depend too heavily on fossil fuels, and because we over-fish the oceans and destroy the forests
Fortunately, we can all take steps to start solving the problem. This book focuses mainly on things young readers can do, which include:
Conserve electricity in the home by turning off lights and appliances that aren't being used.
Walk, bike, or use public transportation instead of depending entirely on the family car
Stop using plastic bags
Conserve water . . . and more
The issues are presented in brief, illustrated copy blocks that kids will find both entertaining and easy to read. They include fact panels, true/false panels, case histories, and action panels. Color photos and cartoon-style illustrations on every page. show less

This is a cute book for children which describes how dinosaur bones became fossils. It's one of the best simple descriptions I've seen, and my son thought the book was cute because the dinosaur in question (a coelophysis) spent a lot of time talking to himself (even after he was dead). A nice beginner book on the subject for elementary-aged children.

Summary: This book gives great detail on the technical aspects of eating and digesting with great diagrams. It also discusses oral hygiene, balance in your diet, and benefits of water.
Review: This was a fact packed book that moves quickly enough not to bore a child and doesn’t read like a textbook. This is part of a series of informative books that I recommend. The mix of drawings and pictures created a collage style presentation which I enjoyed.
Themes: Eating, Digesting, Informative, Hygene

“Why Does Light Cast Shadows?” is a non-fiction book that goes into detail on answering questions with information and experiments on the areas of light and shadows. The book discusses what light is, how it travels, etc. The book answers many interesting questions and gives many experiments that are fun and easy to try that go along with the subjects. All of the information in this book is factual and could be used for the higher elementary grade levels. I would highly suggest using this show more book when discussing light and shadow in science class. show less