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"The Apple Pie Tree","Dirt: The Scoop on Soil" and "Mammoths on the Move"
I raided the nonfiction shelves this week.
The Apple Pie Tree
5 stars
Author: Zoe Hall
Illustrator: Shari Halpern
What is the most important ingredient in an apple pie? This ingredient grows on a tree. The text follows as the apple tree goes through the season along with robins and others who live in the tree.
The illustrations look like decoupage. They are big, bold, colorful.
There is an apple pie recipe in the end of the book.
Dirt: The Scoop on Soil
4 stars
Author: Natalie M. Rosinsky
Illustrator: Sheree Boyd
This is a good introduction to what dirt or soil is. There are several simple experiments included.
The illustrations are decoupage. They show the types of dirt and some of the creatures that live in or affect dirt.
Mammoths on the Move
3 stars
Author: Lisa Wheeler
Illustrator: Kurt Cyrus
The story is basically about wooly elephants on migration in a snowy landscape. There is limited information about mammoths.
The illustrations are good and more informative than the text.
The Apple Pie Tree
5 stars
Author: Zoe Hall
Illustrator: Shari Halpern
What is the most important ingredient in an apple pie? This ingredient grows on a tree. The text follows as the apple tree goes through the season along with robins and others who live in the tree.
The illustrations look like decoupage. They are big, bold, colorful.
There is an apple pie recipe in the end of the book.
Dirt: The Scoop on Soil
4 stars
Author: Natalie M. Rosinsky
Illustrator: Sheree Boyd
This is a good introduction to what dirt or soil is. There are several simple experiments included.
The illustrations are decoupage. They show the types of dirt and some of the creatures that live in or affect dirt.
Mammoths on the Move
3 stars
Author: Lisa Wheeler
Illustrator: Kurt Cyrus
The story is basically about wooly elephants on migration in a snowy landscape. There is limited information about mammoths.
The illustrations are good and more informative than the text.
