Susan Canizares

#1543 in our old book database.

It seems like a straightforward topic for an educational book for toddlers, but it was frustrating to realize how hard it is to guess the answer before turning the page because most times there are multiple acceptable answers that are ignored for the arbitrary one the author has selected.

For instance we're told a car parks "In a garage." This ignores people who don't have a garage at their home and might use public parking garages, parking lots, parking spaces show more on streets, etc. It also ignores the many places a person may park their car during a day of work or errands.

And just when I think maybe the author is ignoring places where vehicles may only be parked for short periods of time -- like school buses don't park at schools because they spend the night in bus yards -- we are presented with semis parked at truck stops, which are just big gas stations essentially, not the fleet centers of the corporate owners or the residences of independent owner/operators.

Seems like you'd spend a lot of time having to correct or expand on this book with any child you read it to. show less

#1585 in our old book database

There is so little to this board book -- each page is a single photograph captioned with a single-word emotion -- it's easy to get bored and start looking past the boring surface, overanalyzing in search of something more interesting, and --whoops! -- finding some problematic stuff being reinforced.

Like the little black girl being "mad." Like the little brown-skinned child being ignored by other kids is "lonely." Like the Asian girl with an academic achievement show more is "proud." Like a crying little white girl is the exemplar of "hurt." show less

Somewhat scare in text which makes it ideal for classroom read along and beginning readers. This book is comprised of stunning real-life photography which displays the power of wind, such as trees blowing and waves crashing. In addition to the brief descriptions found under each photograph there is a index of sorts located in the back which goes into further and more scientific detail about wind. While young children may not be able to read the information provided in the back it is perfect show more for the teacher follow up the lesson with. I would recommend this book as it is interesting and informative while at the same time the simple text can provide children with the feeling of "I can read!" show less

This book is good to have in a science classroom because the realistic pictures allow students to see a real life approach to the world around them. The simple text is also good for students new to English because the concept of bees is something that should be somewhat familiar to them and the simple text allows for them to follow along with the pictures. I think this book would be good to teach students on what they should look for in a science text. For example the students can be taught show more how to look for descriptive attributes. They can describe what a bee looks like or cause and effect and how the bee interacts with the world around them and how they impact the environment. show less