This Hardcover Book was reviewed on 9-Oct-2008.
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1) Hardcover Book Science Verse by . This book is filled with useless nonsensical poems filled with scientific words, chemical names, etc, but with no actual point. While the illustrations are very cool, the book doesn´t make any sense.
Reading this book is the most annoying task I´ve had in years.¤ 2) Hardcover Book Science Verse by . Unfortunately, I bought this book without looking at it closely enough, (while on a book buying jaunt with my two young children who were having fun spending their Christmas money.) My oldest had wanted it, and at a glance I thought it would appeal to his love of word play and be a fun way to get into science topics.
When I actually read through it, I was rather appalled. First, it dredges up the nonsense about "your grandpa was an ape" when discussing evolution. Then it goes on with poem about a teacher boring his school kids to bits with endless talk about dinosaurs. Another poem (and the accompanying illustration) depicts ´a man of science, not one of your mental giants´ sticking a fork into a toaster - a great thing to have in a book intended for children! And just in case you don´t get the message that science is boring, the book ends with a riff about how the main character has fallen asleep in class.
The illustrations are overwhelmingly negative as well - the main character is either bored, scared or disgusted in all but about two of the pictures.
Bottom line: Do not buy this book if you want your children to actually enjoy science.¤ 3) Hardcover Book Science Verse by . It´s good. The one with the CD of the author and the illustrator reading each poem is great. I wish I could find that CD version.¤ 4) Hardcover Book Science Verse by . My 9-year-old has been quoting from this book since we got it months ago. I don´t particularly care for the verse about dinosaurs, but most of the rhymes are cute, and they do impart information to those of us who were science-challenged in school.
It´s a good book to transition kids from the generalities of early elementary school to more serious science.¤ 5) Hardcover Book Science Verse by . Okay. First of all, ignore the other reviews that rant about the unevenness of the poetry in here. Whoever said that all poetry must be measured exactly, like a recipe for the perfect peach pie? Lighten up people! Last time I checked, this book was in the children´s section. The idea here is to have FUN. You can read this to your little ones, and they may enjoy the crazy little illustrations and such, but I think the older crowd will appreciate it even more. (By older, I´m talking about middle schoolers and high schoolers, but adults will hopefully get the humor in it as well). The more you know your science terms and/or poetry, the more you will laugh! There are some great twists on classic poems like Edgar Allan Poe´s "The Raven" and Thayer´s "Casey at the Bat". My personal favorite was the section entitled, "Why Scientists Don´t Write Nursery Rhymes", particularly the one based on Jack Be Nimble - made my test tubes shake with delight.
¤ 6) Hardcover Book Science Verse by . "Amoeba"
Don´t ever tease a wee amoeba
By calling him a her amoeba.
And don´t call her a him amoeba.
Or never he a she amoeba.
´Cause whether his or hers amoeba,
They too feel like you and meba. What if a boring lesson about the food chain becomes a sing-aloud celebration about predators and prey? A twinkle-twinkle little star transforms into a twinkle-less, sunshine-eating-and rhyming Black Hole? What if amoebas, combustion, metamorphosis, viruses, the creation of the universe are all irresistible, laugh-out-loud poetry? Well, you´re thinking in science verse, that´s what. And if you can´t stop the rhymes . . . the atomic joke is on you. Only the amazing talents of Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith, the team who created Math Curse, could make science so much fun. A CD with text read by Scieszka and Smith is included.¤ Page Updated: Robert N. Goolsby, 6-Nov-2008, , 180-000-251-QEB-J8B-MAB-8 
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