You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Soil!

by Ian Graham, Mark Bergin (Illustrator)

Soil supplies a surprising variety of materials for making things. If soil didn't exist, life would have developed differently on Earth and humans probably wouldn’t be here. You Wouldn’t Want to Live Without Dirt! is part of a brand-new science and technology strand within the internationally acclaimed You Wouldn’t Want to Be series. The clear, engaging text and humorous illustrations bring the subject to life and stimulate young readers' curiosity about the world around them. Specially commissioned cartoon-style illustrations in full colour make these books attractive and accessible even to reluctant readers. Information is conveyed through captions, labels and humorous speech bubbles in addition to the main text. Illustrated sidebars headed ‘How It Works’, ‘Top Tip’ or ‘You Can Do It’ supply more facts, describe simple, safe experiments, or steps that readers can take to help make the world a better place. Each volume includes a timeline and a list of ‘Did You Know?’ facts.

Genres: Science, Childrens, Nonfiction

40 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 23, 2020

About the author

After working as an in-house journalist and editor in consumer electronics magazines, Ian Graham became a freelance writer. He has written more than 230 illustrated non-fiction books for children and teens, and contributed chapters to books including Dorling Kindersley’s Know it All and Big Ideas that Changed the World. He has a degree in applied physics and a postgraduate diploma in journalism.

Reviews

[Sandy · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great book in a great series of books. My Kindergartener and I are exploring dirt and how vital it is to our world. This book definitely has a lot of information to share. We do one or two sections a day. Any more than that and there would be too much to try to absorb in one day.

[Susan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Learned more about dirt from this book than I really cared to know. Good primer about the function of dirt (soil).

[KrisLynn · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great information and lots to read. A little too much for 6yo but good for research paper for 8yo.

[Ad Astra · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not only do I love this series, but this book really hit it out of the park for me as an adult. I learned quite a bit and will never look at dirt the same way!

[Ms. Whitaker · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute and so infomative. Kids will love the format and pictures

[Koravat(Ing) Vidhayapat · Rating 5 out of 5]

this is good it fits everything I learnt about soil in a short book and it isn't boring