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Basher Science: Chemistry: Getting a Big Reaction

Basher Science: Chemistry: Getting a Big Reaction

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ReviewToaKill
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5.0 out of 5 starsYou MUST Buy These Books
Reviewed in the United States on July 12, 2019
We stumbled upon the Basher Periodic Table book at our local B&N by accident. I’ve got a 6 year old boy who is obsessed with science, and we’ve read everything even remotely age-appropriate and then some. They simply don’t make books on topics like physics and chemistry for his age, and I’ve been desperate to feed his interest.

He spent the early part of the summer interested in radium and memorizing the atomic numbers of it and his other favorite elements. When I saw the periodic table book, I was sold. We brought it home and LOVED it. We are now on a mission to collect all of these books (then I’ll probably get the more humanities-driven books for his sister and him later).

These are so well written and illustrated that kids are drawn to these otherwise dry concepts and ideas. So far his mind is blown by the mixture and compound pages, but trust me that we’ll read them all. He’ll be able to teach his first grade science class next year, and maybe even the fifth graders.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 17, 2018
The Basher Science series goes with a homeschool curriculum we use. I'm not a fan. The author tries so hard to be snarky and funny you lose the focus on actual content and they're just confusing and sometimes borderline inappropriate for the level for whom they are written.
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ReviewToaKill
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5.0 out of 5 stars You MUST Buy These Books
Reviewed in the United States on July 12, 2019
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We stumbled upon the Basher Periodic Table book at our local B&N by accident. I’ve got a 6 year old boy who is obsessed with science, and we’ve read everything even remotely age-appropriate and then some. They simply don’t make books on topics like physics and chemistry for his age, and I’ve been desperate to feed his interest.

He spent the early part of the summer interested in radium and memorizing the atomic numbers of it and his other favorite elements. When I saw the periodic table book, I was sold. We brought it home and LOVED it. We are now on a mission to collect all of these books (then I’ll probably get the more humanities-driven books for his sister and him later).

These are so well written and illustrated that kids are drawn to these otherwise dry concepts and ideas. So far his mind is blown by the mixture and compound pages, but trust me that we’ll read them all. He’ll be able to teach his first grade science class next year, and maybe even the fifth graders.
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5.0 out of 5 stars You MUST Buy These Books
By ReviewToaKill on July 12, 2019
We stumbled upon the Basher Periodic Table book at our local B&N by accident. I’ve got a 6 year old boy who is obsessed with science, and we’ve read everything even remotely age-appropriate and then some. They simply don’t make books on topics like physics and chemistry for his age, and I’ve been desperate to feed his interest.

He spent the early part of the summer interested in radium and memorizing the atomic numbers of it and his other favorite elements. When I saw the periodic table book, I was sold. We brought it home and LOVED it. We are now on a mission to collect all of these books (then I’ll probably get the more humanities-driven books for his sister and him later).

These are so well written and illustrated that kids are drawn to these otherwise dry concepts and ideas. So far his mind is blown by the mixture and compound pages, but trust me that we’ll read them all. He’ll be able to teach his first grade science class next year, and maybe even the fifth graders.
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Karen
5.0 out of 5 stars LOVE BASHER SCIENCE BOOKS - Tell all of our science nerd friends about them!
Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2018
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We started with Basher Science's Periodic Table book and have been reading an element each night to our 4 yr old at bed time. Some of the facts are over his head, but the illustrations are fun and the text is interesting enough to keep him engaged. He even has a favorite element, thanks to the book. As science nerds, my husband and I are so thankful to have found this series of books. And, as we recently found out, there are games and science toys, too! Highly recommend for either a teacher looking for a new way to connect with students, or a parent who wants to make science fun and approachable for you kids.
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Roswell Ginny
5.0 out of 5 stars perfect silliness level to keep him engaged
Reviewed in the United States on May 22, 2017
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My son is a voracious reader. We got him 7 of the Basher Science books for his 8th birthday in late March. He had finished them all by the end of April and has picked them back up again to reread. (2nd grade, reading at a U-level) He won't touch a fiction book unless forced, but if it is about science or technology he can't put it down. Just enough pictures to keep him from feeling intimidated by the text, perfect silliness level to keep him engaged, and more real science facts than he could absorb the first time through.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Skip it.
Reviewed in the United States on July 17, 2018
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The Basher Science series goes with a homeschool curriculum we use. I'm not a fan. The author tries so hard to be snarky and funny you lose the focus on actual content and they're just confusing and sometimes borderline inappropriate for the level for whom they are written.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Wish I'd had this in school!
Reviewed in the United States on April 6, 2017
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I wish I had had this book in high school! While it doesn't tell you how to solve equations it does make memorizing different terms a lot easier by giving them character that helps explain what they do and why they're important. Perfect for my budding scientist and great to pull from to teach beginning chemistry!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Wish I'd had this in school!
By ChaosCreatorx5 on April 6, 2017
I wish I had had this book in high school! While it doesn't tell you how to solve equations it does make memorizing different terms a lot easier by giving them character that helps explain what they do and why they're important. Perfect for my budding scientist and great to pull from to teach beginning chemistry!
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Jason
1.0 out of 5 stars Waste of money
Reviewed in the United States on September 21, 2020
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What an incredible waste of money. I bought a few of these books and they don’t actually give you any information on anything. Just a weird quippy note that doesn’t make a lot of sense. It’s like they try to hard to be clever and didn’t give any real information.
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ElleCT
5.0 out of 5 stars 7year old loves
Reviewed in the United States on November 29, 2017
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Bought a few of the Basher books at a library fair not knowing what they were but was intrigued by the graphics and succint yet accurate teachings. My 7 year old loves science and LOVES these books. His reading is pretty advanced for his age and he can read these on his own asking for help with the bigger scientific terms. I think younger readers would still enjoy but would need parental co-reading to be able to tackle them. We have ordered 4 more!
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BarCoded
3.0 out of 5 stars May be too easy
Reviewed in the United States on July 21, 2020
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Average book. We bought it for a fourth grader love science. After reading the book he felt it was too easy.
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guitar geek
4.0 out of 5 stars Recommended despite my reservations
Reviewed in the United States on December 18, 2013
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This review applies to MOST of the Basher books as they all seem to share the same mix of excellence and failure.

First, these books are GREAT in that they present some of the terminology/jargon of the subject matter in a way that seems to interest small children! (in my experience, ages 4-7 seems about right) This is actually a BIG DEAL, as the books reliably deal in wonderfully important subjects. For this, I highly recommend them and thank the authors and publishers for their effort!

However... there are two ways in which I find these books to be terribly disappointing:

1) The attempts to make each entry clever and fun raise the effective reading level high above the target audience. Clever puns and delightfully descriptive diatribes do not go over so well with young children just beginning to read. My six year old is completely ready for the subject matter, but struggles to the point of giving up (!!) trying to manage the prose.

2) IMHO, the attempts at fun language and clever characterizations often work to obscure the simplicity of the subject matter at hand. As a scientist who understands many of the concepts under discussion, I often find myself marveling at how these descriptions express an opaque and incomprehensible version of what are fundamentally simple ideas.

*sigh*

Basher Guys... I LOVE what you are trying to do. IMHO, if you can find a way to simplify the prose, and not let "characterizations" get in the way of "simple explanations", then you will be changing the WORLD!!

So despite my reservations... BUY THESE BOOKS!... I think that as long as they use it to try to do better, these guys have TOTALLY earned our income!!
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Ruby Slippers
5.0 out of 5 stars Engaging, Clever, Kid Friendly
Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2017
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These Basher Science books are super great for a classroom library. I teach 4th graders, they love the half dozen or so of these books that we have. I do a little preview and the kids are hooked! Gotta love it when they don't realize they are even learning.
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