Spectacular Science A Book of Poems
by Hopkins, Lee Bennett; Halstead, VirginiaEdition: Reprint
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2002-07-01
Publisher(s): Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
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Summary
Offers young readers an easy introduction to science as this collection of colorfully illustrated poems explores interesting scientific events and topics, such as weather and the process of freezing. Reprint.
Author Biography
LEE BENNETT HOPKINS is a distinguished poet, writer, and anthologist whose poetry collections include the highly acclaimed Hand in Hand: An American History Through Poetry, illustrated by Peter Fiore, and My America: A Poetry Atlas of the United States, and America at War, both illustrated by Stephen Alcorn. Mr. Hopkins’s numerous awards include the University of Southern Mississippi Medallion for “lasting contributions to children’s literature” and both the Christopher Award and a Golden Kite Honor for his verse novel Been to Yesterdays: Poems of a Life. He lives in Cape Coral, Florida.
Table of Contents
| What Is Science? | p. 10 |
| Encounter | p. 13 |
| To Look at Any Thing | p. 14 |
| The Seed | p. 15 |
| Under the Microscope | p. 16 |
| Crystal Vision | p. 18 |
| Magnet | p. 21 |
| Dinosaur Bone | p. 23 |
| Rocks | p. 24 |
| Metamorphosis | p. 25 |
| How? | p. 26 |
| Snowflakes | p. 28 |
| What Are You, Wind? | p. 31 |
| Three Skies | p. 32 |
| Stars | p. 35 |
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