Publication Date: April 1, 2004 | Age Level: 6 and up | Grade Level: 1 and up
The Arithme-Tickle duo is back--this time tackling science--with riddle-rhymes about everything from dinosaurs to gravity. The illustrations incorporate clues about the riddles, and the answers themselves are subtly included for anyone who needs a little extra help.
J. Patrick Lewis's clever word puzzles and bestselling illustrator Frank Remkiewicz's engaging illustrations harmonize perfectly in a fun, informative book that will inspire even reluctant young scientists to explore the world around them.
Endnotes expand on Albert Einstein, the solar system, and other fascinating scientific topics.
After nearly three decades as a professor of economics, J. Patrick Lewis turned to poetry. He is the author of more than 75 children's books including A Hippopotamusn't (1990), BoshBlobberBosh (1998), Please Bury Me in the Library (2004), First Dog (2009), Spot the Plot (2009), and The House (2009).
He has recently been named the third U.S. Children's Poet Laureate (2011-2013) by the Poetry Foundation.
His books have been published by Creative Editions, Knopf, Atheneum, Dial, Harcourt, Little, Brown, National Geographic, Chronicle Books, Scholastic, Candlewick, Schwartz & Wade, Holiday House, Sleeping Bear Press, Wordsong/Boyds Mills Press, Dawn Publications, and others. Gulls Hold Up the Sky, his first book of adult poems, was published by Laughing Fire Press (2010).
Pat's children's poems have also appeared in CRICKET (26 times), SPIDER, LADYBUG, CICADA, ODYSSEY, RANGER RICK, HIGHLIGHTS FOR CHILDREN, Ms. Magazine, YOUR BIG BACKYARD, CREATIVE CLASSROOM, STORYTIME, STORYWORKS, CHICKADEE, AHOY, LANGUAGE ARTS, JOURNAL OF CHILDREN'S LITERATURE, BOOKBIRD, READING TODAY and over 100 anthologies. He wrote the 1992 National Children's Book Week poem, printed on one million bookmarks and distributed nationally.
Lewis has received numerous awards from the American Library Association, the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, and others. He was the recipient of the 2010-11 National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Excellence in Children's Poetry Award, presented every two years.
WHERE I'LL BE NEXT--Schools, Bookstores, Conferences
October 14-16, 2011 Poetry Foundation--TED Lecture Chicago, Illiniois October 23-25, 2011 NY State Reading Assn. Rye Brook, New York October 28-31, 2011 Keystone State Reading Assn. Lancaster, Pennsylvania November 5, 2011 Buckeye Book Fair Wooster, Ohio November 8, 2011 Ashland University Ashland, Ohio November 15-16, 2011 St. Joseph's College Rensselaer, Indiana November 17-20, 2011 NCTE Convention Chicago, Illinois December 1, 2010 Hillview Elementary Newark, Ohio December 8, 2011 West Chester University (Dan Darigan) West Chester, PA January 18, 2012 Richard Avenue Elementary Grove City, Ohio January 24, 2012 Fouse Elementary Westerville, Ohio March 1-3, 2012 Charlotte Huck Ch. Lit. Conference Redlands, California April 3-5, 2012 Holland Hall Primary Tulsa, Oklahoma April 12, 2012 Washington-Centerville Public Library Centerville, Ohio April 13, 2012 Stingley Elementary Centerville, Ohio April 17-25, 2012 Anglo-American School Moscow, Russia April 29-May 2, 2012 IRA Convention Chicago, Illinois May 10, 2012 Wynford Elementary Bucyrus, Ohio March 22, 2013 OCTELA Conference Columbus, Ohio
This review is from: Scien-Trickery: Riddles in Science (Hardcover)
While some of the ideas/rhymes were a bit to advanced for my toddler she and I quite enjoyed most of the rhymes in this book, each rhyme describes something related to science, guess from the clues, with the answer upside down at the bottom of each poem. It covers teachings on: the Galapagos Islands, laser beams, germs, Albert Einstein, magnets, oxygen, gravity, electricity, planets, maps, humidity, numbers,constellations, decibels, oceans, dinosaurs, properties of rust and the moon. None of the text is wordy or complicated. Each poem rhymes and some only span a few words, making it an easy read for children of all ages. The very last page of the book has more facts covering each of the topics in the rhymes. A cute read and a good one to have.
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