Customer Reviews

Lightning (Nature in Action)

5 star:		(0)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

Faidley is one of the best lightning photographer I've ever known and his books are breathtaking yet enjoyable. His books for children are comprehensive. This one is no exception. It is a high-quality production. Be careful! Your kid may get hooked and want to become a meteorologist or storm chaser!

As a middle school teacher, I have successfully used Lightning by Stephen Kramer with 6th & 7th grade students. I'm sure this book would contribute well to a weather unit in science; I, however, used this book for teaching Language Arts. First I used this book as a way to introduce nonfiction as a genre. We discussed the photography (which is wonderful) and other features typical of nonfiction. Then I used this book later in the year to model descriptive writing and figurative language. The introduction to the book is very well-written and uses several descriptive devices. I love to point out to the students that this is informational text, yet does not use "boring" language like many textbooks. Therefore, the students try to emulate the same techniques in their expository writing. The only reason I didn't rate this book with 5 stars is because it is too long to read aloud in one class period. I highly recommend this book to all middle school teachers!