Crafts/Kids Wild A Rainforests (Crafts for Kids Who Are Wild about) [Library Binding]

Kathy Ross (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 7 and up | Series: Crafts for Kids Who Are Wild about

Introduces the world of rainforest plants and animals through twenty simple craft projects.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 2-5. Using such recyclables and readily available materials as pipe cleaners, plastic bottles, Styrofoam trays, clothespins, oatmeal boxes, toilet-paper rolls, and old socks and neckties, Ross proffers such projects as "Magnified Bugs," "Lucky Ladybug Necklace," and "Butterfly Lapel Pin" (Insects); "Tree Frog Beanbag," "Howling Howler Monkey Mask," and "Spider Monkey Mobile" (Rainforests). Most instructive and/or effective of the lot are "Rainforest Layers" (a terrariumlike model in a jar) and "Butterfly Metamorphosis" (an egg-carton model of the four stages); but, for the most part, information is minimal, and standards of authenticity casual, at best. (The author writes: "You can add more details to your projects or give them more accurate coloring by looking for pictures and more information on the plants and animals you make.") As arts-and-crafts activities, these have little merit; the process is too often time- and labor-intensive, and the product is generally uninspired and unrewarding. Even where rainforest and/or insect projects are in demand, these books will be of limited use. Extra copies of Dorothy Hinshaw Patent's Children Save the Rain Forest (Cobblehill, 1996) and Angela Wilkes's My First Green Book (Knopf, 1991; o.p.) will stand readers in better stead.?Marcia Hupp, Mamaroneck Public Library, NY
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 7 and up
  
• Library Binding: 48 pages
• Publisher: Millbrook Press (August 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0761301178
• ISBN-13: 978-0761301172
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 8 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #471,759 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Super Hands on book, June 16, 2000

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Carolyn Cheatham - See all my reviews

This review is from: Crafts for Kids Who Are Wild About Rainforests (Paperback)

This is a great book for children about third grade level. It does have a few activities that younger kids could do with a little head start. It has great step by step instructions and pictures. Most are things that can be recylcled and are inexpensive items. The ideas don't necessarily have to be related to the rainforest. Just an all around great book for hands on learning.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best craft book I have ever worked with., July 21, 2009

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C. L. Yarborough "lover of the Word" (Mobile, AL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Crafts for Kids Who Are Wild About Rainforests (Paperback)

I have ordered many craft books since I started having children. Most were just not worth the paper they were printed on. This one is totally different. My kids and I have LOVED many, many of the projects in the book. They go through the book regularly looking for a new project for us to do. All the projects only require items easily found around the house, and yet when the projects are finished they look really good. It isn't just a drawing, but a real three-dimensional object. (There were one or two exceptions in this book, but even those projects were interesting, unique and different from what you would expect.)