Neighborwood:
Earth Literacy for Kids (Pen Pals Book 1)
By April Manning
Publisher: Beau Coup Publishing LLC
Published: July 21, 2014
ASIN: B00M0ENDG2
Amazon Synopsis:
Join Lamb and her animal friends as they explore the world
around them, make friends with their pen pals, and learn more about Earth and
its habitats.
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Neighborwood was a beautifully written, informative book
about different habitats in our environment. A variety of different words were
defined, and these important words were highlighted by underlining them. This
was a book that would work very well in a classroom as part of a science
lesson. There is also information on how to connect with penpals at the back of
the book if children wish to do so as the animals in the book are doing in
their class.
I really liked the
way the author explained the terms she used such as habitat, community and
niche. This book was most informative and it was easy to read the book to
gather the information as well as to enjoy the story. Having the animals as
students learning along with the reader was rather fun.
The one thing I didn’t
really like were the pictures. While they were appealing in that they were
child-like as they were hand-drawn, some of them appeared rather faded. I would
have preferred a little more punch in the colour of the pencil coloured
drawings.
There was also one
page that was either missing some words or one page missing as the last
sentence on the page ends “They also help stop flooding by taking up the extra
water by”. The words on the next page begin in another colour and begin with a
new sentence.
Overall I thought
the book was well done. The information was excellent and I think the book
would appeal to children. I gave this book 4 stars out of 5.
Thank you to the
author for providing a copy of this book in exchange for a fair and honest
review. A positive opinion was not required. All thoughts are my own.
About the Author:
I love to learn
and have earned two AAS in quality science, a BS in biology with a minor in
chemistry, an MA in earth literacy. The earth literacy program is
interdisciplinary learning that fosters the capacity to understand the natural
world in order to ensure sustainability of the planet as a habitat for life. I
am a firm believer in the importance of diversity and want to teach this
importance to the next generation. On a personal note, I am happily married to
a wonderful man (Shawn Doan), and we enjoy living in Indiana raising our
four-legged children together.
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