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Title: Crinkleroot's Guide to Knowing the Trees by Jim Arnosky ISBN: 0-02-705855-7 Publisher: Simon & Schuster (Juv) Pub. Date: June, 1992 Format: School & Library Binding Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: This book is a GREAT INTRODUCTION to trees!
Comment: The Crinkleroot series is a favorite at our house. We purchased the Guide to Walking in Wild Places a few years ago and still refer to it before taking family hikes with our young boys. We've enjoyed reading any Crinkleroot book we've ever gotten our hands on. I understand what an earlier reviewer says about the information being basic, but I disagree with the "being dumbed-down" description. I honestly feel that the goal of this series is to be a FIRST look into different nature arenas for kids... and for this, I find Crinkleroot books to be MORE thorough than many. These books are SOLID teasers to get kids started at looking at some details on nature-related topics... then we can expand on that information through leading questions with our kids, and they can turn to more detailed photo guides as longer term references later on, too.
We just got this Guide to Knowing the Trees out of the library before beginning a leaf collection and identification project on our own. Upon first reading, it got my 5 1/2 year old self-described "science guy" very excited about trees... looking out his window and determining what were evergreens and broad leaf (even though the terms weren't even all that new to him), etc. Crinkleroot is always a fun character... especially when kids are able to identify him in more than one book. The character brings a story to the information, and we've found that to make chatter more immediate after reading. I found this book to be a VERY GOOD springboard for further tree discussion! I would recommend it as much as the other Crinkleroot books we've enjoyed!
Rating: 2
Summary: very dumbed-down information; good for ages 2-4 only
Comment: A very basic introduction to trees. Definitions are given to easy (common) terms such as saplings, seedlings, limbs, and the trunk. Leaves of 27 different trees are identified. The book is way too oversimplified to be very useful; for example, it states things live in three zones in a forest, the ground, the middle branches, and the upper branches, but it does not give examples of what lives in these zones.
I was very disappointed in the content of this book. It is way too dumbed-down. Perhaps it would be useful for the very young reader (2 years old through 4) who has no knowledge of trees at all. I felt that other than knowing (all of) the different leaf identifications, my five year-old already knows this information based on casual conversation and his own observation!
The illustrations are hand drawn and charming, and the main character is an elderly man named Crinkleroot who gives a mysterious and weird explanation that he was born in a tree.
Rating: 2
Summary: Way too oversimplified! Very dumbed-down!
Comment: A very basic introduction to trees. Definitions are given to easy (common) terms such as saplings, seedlings, limbs, and the trunk. Leaves of 27 different trees are identified. The book is way too oversimplified to be very useful; for example, it states things live in three zones in a forest, the ground, the middle branches, and the upper branches, but it does not give examples of what lives in these zones.
I was very disappointed in the content of this book. It is way too dumbed-down. Perhaps it would be useful for the very young reader (2 years old through 4) who has no knowledge of trees at all. I felt that other than knowing (all of) the different leaf identifications, my five year-old already knows this information based on casual conversation and his own observation!
The illustrations are hand drawn and charming, and the main character is an elderly man named Crinkleroot who gives a mysterious and weird explanation that he was born in a tree.
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Title: Crinkleroot's Guide to Knowing the Birds by Jim Arnosky ISBN: 0027058573 Publisher: Simon & Schuster (Juv) Pub. Date: August, 1992 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Crinkleroot's Guide to Walking in Wild Places by Jim Arnosky ISBN: 0689717539 Publisher: Scott Foresman (Pearson K-12) Pub. Date: August, 1993 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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Title: Wild Ponies by Jim Arnosky ISBN: 0792271211 Publisher: National Geographic Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Stone Soup by Marcia Brown ISBN: 0689711034 Publisher: Scott Foresman (Pearson K-12) Pub. Date: 01 August, 1997 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett, Ron Barrett ISBN: 0689707495 Publisher: Aladdin Library Pub. Date: 01 April, 1982 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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