Greg's Microscope (I Can Read Book 3) [Paperback]

Millicent E. Selsam (Author), Arnold Lobel (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: K and up | Series: I Can Read Book 3

Greg makes fascinating discoveries about things he finds at home when he looks at them through his new microscope. ‘An accurate and entertaining book for beginning independent readers.' 'BL.

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About the Author

Millicent Selsam was a popular childrens science writer whose work includes Egg to Chick, a Reading Rainbow book illustrated by Barbara Wolff, and Gregs Microscope, illustrated by Arnold Lobel.

Marlene Hill Donnelly is a staff artist at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Paperback: 64 pages
• Publisher: HarperCollins (September 30, 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 006444144X
• ISBN-13: 978-0064441445
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #23,435 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #9 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Children's Books > Authors & Illustrators, A-Z > ( L ) > Lobel, Arnold
  • #18 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Children's Books > Science, Nature & How It Works > Fiction
  • #48 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Children's Books > Series > Early Reader > I Can Read Books

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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Giving a microscope to a child? Get this book too!, September 16, 2005

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This review is from: Greg's Microscope (I Can Read Book 3) (Paperback)

This is the perfect companion gift for anyone who intends to give a child a microscope. Although it's written for 2nd through 4th grade children to read on their own, children in the 5th and 6th grades will certainly benefit from the information in this book as well. As the boy in the story learns to use his new microscope, readers will gather ideas of things to look at under their own microscope. The book encourages children to make their own slides for viewing under the microscope. Some of the items the boy in the story examines include salt, sugar, pepper, hair, thread, and onion. Drawings of what each item should look like through the microscope are included. In the case of the salt and sugar, water is added to see what would happen. Then, the resulting salt and sugar-water is allowed to evaporate, and the slide is examined again, to discover the resulting crystals. Once the children look at those things under a microscope, they will be able to think of other things to examine on their own. It's a wonderful starting place. It will open up the world of the very small to children. Absolutely excellent!

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Greg's Microscope, April 25, 2000

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This review is from: Greg's Microscope (I Can Read Book 3) (Paperback)

This is a wonderful book for any budding scientist. It is the story of friends using Greg's new microscope to look up close and personal at everyday objects found around the house. The book contains illustrations of items they observe under the microscope...like sugar. It would be a great book to go along with a new microscope.

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Had this book as a child, now for my child, October 5, 2004

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This review is from: Greg's Microscope (Library Binding)

I loved this book as a child. My scientist uncle had given us a microscope, so the ideas I learned from this book I was able to put into practice. Now my daughter is getting a microscope for her birthday, and I look forward to having the same fun with her that my mother and I had.

As for the comment that it's for boys, I don't get it. I'm a woman, and I enjoyed this book as a girl. It certainly didn't warp me with any underlying social commentary. It's a book about a kid and his microscope...