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64 pp.
| Handprint
| December, 2003
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TradeISBN 1-59354-005-1$$14.95
(3)
K-3
Illustrated by
Richard Thompson.
Clever and informative, this book's forty-one poems meet two demanding criteria: good science and good verse. Subjects--including earth and space sciences, life sciences, and chemistry--are treated accurately but lightheartedly ("Some genes are shy, they're called recessive, / While dominant genes are more aggressive"). Cartoon-style illustrations add humor, and mnemonic tips to the related science subject are atop most pages. Ind.