The sciences: a reading book for children : astronomy, physics-- heat, light, sound, electricity, magnetism-- chemistry, physiography, meteorology

by Edward Singleton Holden

This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.

Genres: Science

Nook

First published May 27, 2009

About the author

Edward Singleton Holden was an American astronomer and the fifth president of the University of California.

Reviews

[Laura W · Rating 3 out of 5]

I think this would be fine for 8& up, not 11&up. I read it to my high schooler and he already knew most everything in it, but I liked it as a review of all the disciplines of science before we delve more deeply into each one again.

[Mariah Dawn · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this to my boys this year as an introduction to some of the different types of sciences. It was a perfect fit for their ages—mainly for the 11 year old, but the 7 year old always tags along. The dialogue makes it easy to read and enjoyable. If the book shared an idea for an experiment we would do it, and I would have them put an entry in their science notebooks. It fit nicely as a Year 5 read.

[JQ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great little story. Easy to read and well organized. It's a keeper.