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Biology: Life as We Know It!
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Nature’s building blocks have never been more sociable than in this newest offering from the creators of The Periodic Table and Physics. From cells to DNA, from viruses to mammals, from chlorophyll to flowers and fruit, and including the human body’s parts and systems, Biology is a single volume BIO101 course. Distinctive characters, a creative pallette, and straig
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Paperback, 128 pages
Published
September 16th 2008
by Kingfisher
(first published January 1st 2008)
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A clever and witty way to teach science. Some children might end up more puzzled than informed.
Explains the basics of biology. Although a children's book with cutesy drawings and writing, it is surprisingly informative for people like me who don't know anything about mitochondria, ribosomes, protists and keratin.
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Gives clear introductory information about biology and its related terms and concepts in a precise, easy-to-read manner. The illustrations are reminiscent of the anime style, so while they are clever and "hip" now, they will likely be considered outdated and old-fashioned in a few years.
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I liked this book because it taught me new things and was entertaining at the same time. Also because it taught me facts about how things in the body works and how you can keep yourself healthy. Another reason is because it talked about differant types of animals and how plants and trees grow.
A very fun and easy way to learn about the body, basic life forms, and always includes a poster!!!!!!
I liked this one. It was interesting.
I like these kind of book because they are funny and they give great information.
Love it! My only wish is that the section on life showed more clearly how the subgroups fit into the main groupings.
The book is very clearly written and precise with information on each biology part. Also, it makes learning fun by creating and using characters to make it interesting. The key points are listed at the beginning then goes into more detail on how the subject works
List includes: cell types, animals, body parts, and more... - wide range of subjects!
List includes: cell types, animals, body parts, and more... - wide range of subjects!
I bought this book for The Kid because she begged for it. Actually, I would buy her any book that she asked for, but don't let her know that! :)
This book is informative and fun. It's drawings are hilarious, while being educational. I like how each example goes in-depth enough that my 7 year old understood what was going on, but I didn't have to have an awkward conversation about anything.
Frankly, I praise all the books in this series. :) ...more
This book is informative and fun. It's drawings are hilarious, while being educational. I like how each example goes in-depth enough that my 7 year old understood what was going on, but I didn't have to have an awkward conversation about anything.
Frankly, I praise all the books in this series. :) ...more
Our son received this as a gift on his fourth birthday. It quickly became a favorite. It is essentially an introductory biology text book, broken down for much younger readers. It's divided into sections such as building blocks (covering red blood cells, white blood cells, mitochondria, DNA, RNA, etc), life (bacteria, virus, fungus, protists, etc) and body parts (eye, ear, lungs, liver, kidneys, etc). Each item gets a page's worth of simple yet accurate information on how it works and where you
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My first grader enjoyed this as he does the rest of the Basher Science series. The breezy, cartoonish descriptions and humor suit him very well, and I think he absorbs a good bit of it. I thought it was definitely interesting, but after a first chapter on the basics, very long chapter full of organs and parts of the body, rather than general biology, annoyed me-- and not just because I had to read it all aloud! Non-human biology, including plant biology, is given short shrift though plant parts
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I'm not a big fan of the illustration style of this series of books, but my son is, so it seems to be a big success with its target audience. The author does a good job of adding a lot of humor to the text of this book. Also, it's kind of fun that all of the entries are written in first-person.
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Best way to comprehend what BIOLOGY is all about!
I think that Biology Life as we Know it was AWESOME!
This book would be great for older elementary kids. What grade will I end up with? ...
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