Review By JACQUELINE BODNAR As a nature lover, exposing my children to and helping them to learn about the great outdoors is paramount to me. From discussing things that fly by to taking nature walks, creating an appreciation for the natural world is an important mission. I was excited when How Things Work in the [...]
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How Things Work in the Yard
August 16th, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Tags:Clouds·Dandelions·Early Elementary·Fireflies·Jacqueline Bodnar·Lisa Campbell Ernst·Nonfiction·Preschoolers·Snails·Wagons
Bugs by the Numbers
August 12th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Books
Review By JACQUELINE BODNAR In the world in which we live, bugs usually get a bad rap! People fear them, don’t understand them and, well, tend to run from them. But one read through a book like Bugs by the Numbers and people may start to turn a new leaf. This book piqued my interest [...]
Tags:Cockroaches·Early Elementary·Fleas·Insects·Jacqueline Bodnar·Mosquitoes·Preschoolers·Sarah Forss·Sharon Werner
The Adventures of an Aluminum Can (and The Adventures of a Plastic Bottle)
November 19th, 2010 · No Comments · Books
Review By JACQUELINE BODNAR Both of these books deal with subjects that everyone should care about. They are stories of recycling, one about the aluminum can and one about plastic bottles. Each take the reader on a journey to learn about the recycling process of each. With both books taking a diary entry approach, it [...]
Tags:Alison Inches·Eco-Friendly Kids Books·Environment·Jacqueline Bodnar·Recycled Paper Books·Recycling
Where Does the Garbage Go?
November 16th, 2010 · No Comments · Books
Review By JACQUELINE BODNAR Where Does the Garbage Go? is an interesting book to read with children and use as a teaching tool. It demonstrates the entire process of where our garbage goes, how much we produce per day and what we can do to try to do better. Children will learn what happens when [...]
Tags:Early Elementary·Early Readers·Eco-Friendly Kids Books·Environment·Garbage·Jacqueline Bodnar·Paul Showers·Preschoolers·Recycling
I Can Save the Earth
November 13th, 2010 · No Comments · Books
Review By JACQUELINE BODNAR This is yet another great eco-friendly book by Alison Inches. The little monster in the book starts out not being environmentally friendly. He learns about all the ways that he is not making good choices and then on his journey learns that making eco-friendly choices is not only fun, but much [...]
Tags:Alison Inches·Early Elementary·Eco-Friendly Kids Books·Environment·Jacqueline Bodnar·Preschoolers·Recycled Paper Books
Compost Stew: An A to Z Recipe for the Earth
November 7th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Books
Review By JACQUELINE BODNAR While many of us know that composting is an environmentally friendly thing to do, most of us are yet to do it. Many more don’t even know what goes into composting. In Compost Stew: An A to Z Recipe for the Earth, Mary McKenna Siddals gives the reader a crash course, ABC [...]
Tags:Composting·Early Elementary·Earth·Eco-Friendly Kids Books·Environment·Garbage·Gardening·Jacqueline Bodnar·Mary McKenna Siddals·Preschoolers
Where There Once Was a Wood
November 5th, 2010 · No Comments · Books
Review By JACQUELINE BODNAR For every parent who wants to teach their child about urban sprawl and what happens when the woods are cleared for more houses, Where Once There Was a Wood is a great choice. The book, which is perfect for young children, takes them through pages of what was once in the [...]
Tags:Denise Fleming·Early Elementary·Eco-Friendly Kids Books·Environment·Foxes·Herons·Jacqueline Bodnar·Natural History·Nature Books·Preschoolers·Urban Sprawl·Woodchucks
McKenzie’s Frosty Surprise
September 11th, 2010 · No Comments · Books
Review By JACQUELINE BODNAR In this story by Patricia L. Atchison and Jo-Anne Jagers, McKenzie is a Mallard duck with a mind of his own. Rather than follow the other ducks and make the annual migration when the weather starts to get colder, he insists on staying behind. Soon thereafter, McKenzie learns that it wasn’t [...]
Tags:Animal Personalities·Ducks·Early Elementary·Jacqueline Bodnar·Jo-Anne Jagers·Migration·Patricia L. Atchison·Preschoolers
The Gas We Pass: The Story of Farts
September 9th, 2010 · No Comments · Books
Review By JACQUELINE BODNAR If there is one thing that most kids find funny, it is farting! And this book helps not only to provide a few laughs about this normal bodily function, but also to provide interesting information. The book focuses on explaining what farting is, why we do it and even how much [...]
Tags:Early Elementary·Human Body·Humor·Jacqueline Bodnar·Preschoolers·Shinta Cho·Vegetarian
Swine Divine
August 9th, 2010 · No Comments · Books
Review By JACQUELINE BODNAR Animals are dressed up on a regular basis and made to appear as something they are not. It may be in a circus, a show or even a photo shoot, as in Swine Divine. In this book, Rosie is a pig who gets a bath and then is taken to a [...]
Tags:Early Elementary·Farmed Animals·Jacqueline Bodnar·Jan Carr·Pigs·Preschoolers
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