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Hopkins, Lee Bennett, Spectacular
Science: A Book of Poems. New York: Simon and Schuster Books for Young
Readers, 1999.
ISBN: 0-689-81283-3
I seem to have a large collection
of Lee Hopkins Bennet resources! This just goes to show how versatile and
wonderful of an author he is. Spectacular
Science is a fun collection of poems chosen by Bennet. The poetry in this
collection focuses on different topics in science. For example, the reader can
read about topics like seeds, microscope, and magnetism.
The
illustrations are by Virginia Halstead. Oh my gosh, they are amazing! The
colors are bright with lots of yellows, oranges, and teals. I really love how
resilient she made them. These illustrations make reading about science even
more interesting! My favorite characteristic of Halsteads work in this book,
aside from the colors, is that she stretches her illustrations across several
pages. This really draws interest to the topic being discussed.
Spectacular Science is one of my favorite books of poetry
thus far in our class. The reason being is that it is so very interesting for
children. I can imagine my 8 and 9-year-old students reading through these poems
and loving the illustrations. I think reading a poem to students and having
them illustrate the poem could be a fun activity! I could also see having a
scavenger hunt and ‘doing’ the activities described in each poem. Overall, Spectacular
Science is a must have in any collection, especially science. I would
highly recommend this Bennett classic!
Poem:
The Seed
Aileen Fisher
How does
it know,
this
little see,
if it is
to grow
to a
flower or weed,
if it is
to be
a vine
or shoot,
or grow
to a tree
with a
long deep root?
A seed
is so small,
where do
you suppose
it
stores up all
of the
things it knows?
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