Synopses & Reviews
Science is about questions -- asking them, searching for answers -- as Lee Bennett Hopkins shows in this brilliant collection of poems.
With sensitivity and wonder, poets explore biology, chemistry, physics, and more. They ask how insects know that winter is coming and why the wind sometimes blusters, sometimes pauses. They tell us that a prism bends a beam of light and sand is made of ground rocks. But most of all, they remind us that we're all scientists at heart because of our curiosity.
Lee Bennett Hopkins combines new voices with those of beloved poets like Carl Sandburg, Valerie Worth, and David McCord. And Virginia Halstead's fanciful illustrations are the perfect complement to this thought-provoking anthology. In these pages, you'll discover the glory of science and the scientist in yourself.
Synopsis
This collection examines science through the poems of Carl Sandburg, Valerie Worth, and David McCord. Full-color illustrations.
About the Author
Lee Bennett Hopkins, a distinguished poet, writer, and anthologist, is one of the most sought-after speakers in the area of children's literature. His poetry anthologies include School Supplies, an American Bookseller "Pick of the Lists," and Marvelous Math, a Parent's Choice Gold Award winner and a Reading Rainbow selection. Mr. Hopkins's numerous awards and honors include the University of Southern Mississippi Medallion (1989) for "lasting contributions to children's literature," and both the Christopher Award and a Golden Kite Honor Award for his poetry autobiography Been to Yesterdays. He lives in Westchester County and Greenwich Village, New York.
Table of Contents
Contents What Is Science? Rebecca Kai Dotlich
Encounter Lilian Moore
To Look at Any Thing John Moffitt
The Seed Aileen Fisher
Under the Microscope Lee Bennett Hopkins
Crystal Vision Lawrence Schimel
Magnet Valerie Worth
Dinosaur Bone Alice Schertle
Rocks Florence Parry Heide
Metamorphosis Carl Sandburg
How? Lee Bennett Hopkins
Snowflakes David McCord
What Are You, Wind? Mary O'Neill
Three Skies Claudia Lewis
Stars Carl Sandburg