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Title: A Drop Around the World by Barbara Shaw McKinney, Michael S. Maydak ISBN: 1-883220-72-6 Publisher: Dawn Pubns Pub. Date: April, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: An excellent book on the magic of Nature's Water Cyle
Comment: A clever poetic presentation integrates Language Arts and Science in a creative way. In addition to accuracy of content information, the author, Barbara Shaw McKinney incorporates literary devices: figurative language, alliteration, onomatopoeia, and personification. The opportunities for learning are endless as children read across the curriculum.
I particularly like the symbols that appear throughout the text, where the drop demonstrates the water cycle properties. They are further explained in the end pages titled, "A Magic Show Starring H2O." During subsequent readings, my students enjoyed dramatizing Drop's travels. "A Drop Around the World" lends itself well to interactive dramatization. For example, by pairing an action and sound effect with each water property/symbol, students are able to reenact Drop's journey, totally engaged in the text.
On another level, children are anxious to locate the drop on each page as it is revealed by the context of the story.
A "must have jewel" for innovative teachers attempting to engage the imagination of their students! Barbara Shaw McKinney's love of Nature's Magic is contagious as evidenced by the response of my students. They loved it!
I can hardly wait to see what wonders her next book will unearth!
Rating: 5
Summary: AS TECHNECALLY EXCELLENT AS ENTERTAINING!
Comment: Who would have ever thought the water cycle could be so entertaining! As an Environmental Educator, I am very VERY picky about children's nature books. Many are too technical to become a household favorite. Many others are too "watered down" (sorry very bad pun) to have any value in the classroom as a content book. Once in a very long while will a book be able to accomplish both goals. "A Drop Around the World" does this and much more.
Amazon lists it as suitable for ages 4-8 -- a conservative estimate, at best. Like only the best children books can, it appeals to all ages. And like only the best EE books, it has educational messages for young and old. At first, my 3-year-old was mainly concerned with searching out the "protagonist" drop from the rest of the water on each page. Now he also enjoys identifying all of the animals, so expertly drawn, as the pages go by. I myself get caught up in the text. I marvel at how factual and informative McKinney can be and still maintain an engaging and unforced rhyme scheme.
And finally as an added bonus, even the artwork is virtually flawless. I'm pleased to say that after close inspection I have found only one error. On the African Rainforest pages there is a Harpy Eagle which is a species only found in South America. Few $60-$80 ecology textbooks fair as well under my scrutiny!
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Title: A Teacher's Guide to Drop Around the World: Lesson Plans for the Book a Drop Around the World (Teacher's Guide) by Bruce Malnor, Carol Malnor, Barbara Shaw McKinney ISBN: 1883220777 Publisher: Dawn Pubns Pub. Date: September, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: The Drop in My Drink: The Story of Water on Our Planet by Meredith Hooper, Christopher Coady, Chris Coady ISBN: 0670876186 Publisher: Viking Childrens Books Pub. Date: October, 1998 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
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Title: Water Dance by Thomas Locker ISBN: 0152163964 Publisher: Voyager Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.00 |
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Title: The Magic School Bus Wet All over: A Book About the Water Cycle (Magic School Bus) by Scholastic Books, Patricia Relf ISBN: 0590508334 Publisher: Scholastic Pub. Date: June, 1996 List Price(USD): $3.50 |
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Title: A Drop of Water: A Book of Science and Wonder by Walter Wick ISBN: 0590221973 Publisher: Scholastic Pub. Date: April, 1997 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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