From the wriggly-one-celled bacterium to a sleeping grizzly bear, the cave is alive with activity and musty with history. Detailed illustrations and safe activities shed light on a mysterious habitat, complete with creepers, crawlers, swimmers, and fliers--hooters, buzzers, and growlers!
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Gr. 3-5. This attractively illustrated introduction to caves and caving begins by instructing readers to explore a pictured square that depicts cave life. The approach is confusing, but the book is chock-full of information. Moving from the cave's entrance to the dark world inside, the author focuses on the abundant wildlife and geological formations, including bats, stalactites, and stalagmites. Paralleling the scientific method, children are encouraged to draw their own conclusions based on the evidence, although more direct explanation would have been helpful. Written with immediacy, the text is illustrated with colorful, detailed line drawings, and there are plenty of sidebars featuring worthwhile experiments. Safety precautions are repeatedly emphasized, making the book good preparation for a family trip to any of the world's other grottoes. Julie Corsaro
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Moving from the ferns, owls, bats, wood rats, and crayfish found in the half light near a cave's entrance to the fungi, blind salamanders, colorless isopods, and sightless fish deep within, Silver presents a typical cave's geological formations, plants, and animals and goes on to tell how cave residents find food and to introduce other kinds of caves. Safety tips for spelunkers and some simple experiments demonstrating how caves are formed round out an attractive addition to the Scientific American One Small Square series, for somewhat older readers than Gail Gibbons's Caves and Caverns (1993). Handsomely detailed drawings in blue, green, and gold. Addresses to write to for more information; further reading; index. (Nonfiction. 9-12) -- Copyright ©1994, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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Charlotte Mason/Montessori type book,
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This book is so much fun and educational. Great for multiple ages and learning styles. It has beautiful pictures and easy to do projects with little preparation, but a lifetime worth of learning!
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