Greg's Microscope (I Can Read Book 3)
by Millicent E. Selsam
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Author: Millicent E. SelsamIllustrator: Arnold Lobel
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1990-09-30
ISBN: 006444144X
Number of pages: 64
Publisher: HarperCollins
Book Reviews of Greg's Microscope (I Can Read Book 3)
Book Review: Nice Book for Those Already Interested in Microscopes - a review of "Greg's Microscope"
Summary: 3 Stars
This would make a nice book for children already interested in microscopes. It introduces the idea of magnification and gives examples, via drawings, of various sorts of thread and hair, pepper, salt and sugar crystals.
Using sugar and salt as examples, the book also briefly introduces the concept of crystals and crystal formation. In the case of salt, children are shown what it looks like right out of the shaker-- it looks like blocks. Then, after being dissolved in water and allowed to reform (after the water evaporates), they are shown that salt takes on an entirely different appearance -- like little diamonds. Because this is a book for very young children, it discusses these topics only on the vaguest of levels and does not, of course, go into a discussion of molecular structure and the causes of various crystal formations.
The AR [Accelerated Reading] Level for this book is 2.3 which means that the AR group feels that the book is best suited for children reading at the 2nd Grader level.
[The AR designation is a general "guide" that rates books on a relative scale of difficulty. Children can certainly read at levels above or below their group range, so that this number should only be used as a aid to help choose books that are appropriate and not frustrating.]
Three Stars. This book introduces microscopes and the idea of magnification. There are sketches of salt and sugar crystals, pepper, threads, and hairs from different sources. It would probably be well received by children already interested in microscopes. The story itself is not particularly noteworthy and the one main drawback I found that there was too much uninteresting dialog that had nothing to do with microscopes or the cool images. This is probably why the book didn't engage either of my two children (boy and girl; 5 and 7 respectively).
Pam T~
mom and reviewer at BooksForKids-reviews
Summary of Greg's Microscope (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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