Spectacular science
Subtitle: a book of poems
By: selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins ; illustrated by Virginia Halstead
Edition: 1st Aladdin paperbacks ed.
Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 37
ISBN-13: 9780689851209
Subjects: Science; Poetry; American poetry; Children's poetry, American
Description: A collection of poems about science by a variety of poets, including Carl Sandburg, Valerie Worth, and David McCord. Showing that science is not a dry subject at all--rather itUs a way of looking at the world--these poems, by poets both beloved and new, cover a wide array of topics, including tools of science, weather, seeds, animals, and the processes of freezing. Full-color illustrations.
Table of contents: title: What is science? / Revecca kai Dotlich; title: Encounter / Lilian Moore; title: Look at any thing / MJohn Moffit; title: Seed / Aileen Fisher; title: Under the microscope / Lee Bennett Hopkins; title: Crystal vision / Lawrence Schimel; title: Magnet / Valerie Worth; title: Dinosaur bone / Alice Schertle; title: Rocks / Florence Parry Heide; title: Metamorphosis / Carl Sandburg; title: SnowflaKes / David McCord; title: What are you, wind? / Mary O'Neill; title: Three skies / Claudia Lewis; title: Stars / Carl Sandburg.