Earth Verse: Explore our Planet through Poetry and Art #Hardcover @WalkerBooksUK #childrensbooks24/2/2018
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Explore the wonders of our planet through poetry and art in this stunning picture book from award-winning illustrator William Grill.
From the hidden wonders of fossilization, rocks and the water cycle, to awe-inspiring spectacles like volcanoes, thunderstorms and glaciers, discover the magnificent ways the world works in this unique and beautiful approach to earth science. Vivid illustrations by William Grill, the Kate Greenaway medal-winning creator of Shackleton's Journey, and illuminating haikus from Sally M. Walker reveal the extraordinary processes that happen all around us. A book to treasure for art- and science-lovers alike. Our thoughts.
The minute this book was delivered, Ellie couldn't wait to read it. I'd explained the book to her and asked if she would be interested in it. YES YES YES was her reply.
Ellie is currently learning about fossilization and rocks in school, so she was eager to check out this book. I do think the fact that it's what she is currently learning about at school helped with her interest in this book. While this book starts off with poetry for the first half, Ellie managed to read it all (age 8) I would say younger children may struggle, but with an adult would be fine. I would say aged 8 upwards for this book. There were parts of the poetry that I used the images to try help Ellie understand what it meant. Ellie is quite a good reader for her age, so she did very well well with the book. She was fascinated with the way the book was done. She loved the parts towards the back of the book that explained about Earth, Minerals, Rocks, Fossils, Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Atmospheric and surface water, Glaciers and Groundwater. There is a page dedicated to each topic. This book has been to school 3 days this week, where the teacher has read it out to class, so not only did we benefit from this book, her whole school class did to. The book is brilliantly put together, a sturdy hardback which will survive the many times its being used. Great illustrations. Our thanks go to Walker books for sending us a copy of this book.
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