A World in a Drop of Water: Exploring with a Microscope
by Alvin Silverstein, Virginia Silverstein
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Author: Alvin Silverstein, Virginia SilversteinEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1998-08-13
ISBN: 0486403815
Number of pages: 64
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Publisher: Dover Publications
Book Reviews of A World in a Drop of Water: Exploring with a Microscope
Book Review: Fascinating, but NOT a how-to manual.
Summary: 4 Stars
This is an excellent book describing the various life forms in a drop of pond water. It may well serve to make your child interested in using microscopes. In addition, there are a couple of pages about Anthony van Leeuwenhoek, who first made and described a microscope and what he could see with it.
But if your child is the owner of a new microscope, I recommend the Usborne book "The World of the Microscope" which will give you ideas for making your own slides and give tips for using the microscope.
For early-mid elementary aged kids, I also recommend "Greg's Microscope", which is a level 3 early reader that follows a young boy who yearns for a microscope, finally gets one, and learns to use it. THAT was the book that got my daughter to decide she wanted a microscope for Christmas!
Summary of A World in a Drop of Water: Exploring with a Microscope
A great introduction to the world of single-celled organisms, this inexpensive volume showcases an array of curious creatures: a blob-like amoeba; a slipper-shaped paramecium and its mortal enemy, the suctorian; the hydra and its crown of grasping tentacles; and many others. The authors recount the feeding, reproductive, and defensive strategies employed by these animals in easy-to-understand language that opens the door to a wonderful world of discovery. 1969 edition. 37 illus.General Books
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