Young Adult Books

Lesson 4: Just for Fun Books

Fun Books for Kids

Look for these books at your local library or bookstore, or click on the link to order from Amazon.

Title: Darwin & Evolution for Kids

Author: Kristan Lawson

Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: Chicago Review Press

ISBN: 1556525028

Ages: 9 to 12

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Read about Darwin's privileged childhood and education, as well as his five-year voyage on the Beagle. On this voyage he collected specimens to send back to England for study.

Some of the 21 activities in this book include tying nautical knots, how to develop a taxonomy, and making a geologica strata.

Go on a botanical treasure hunt, learn how to make field notes and how fossils are created. This book is not just about a theory of a man. There's lots to learn between the covers of this fantastic book.

Title: How Do You Know It's True?

Author: Hyman Ruchlis

Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: Prometheus Books

ISBN: 0879756578

Ages: 9 to 12

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Want an unusual read? This is the ticket. Learn how to tell the difference between truth and superstition.

Did you know that a United States President once changed his plans because of superstition? It's hard to believe, but it's true. Very important people can be superstitious, even though they are highly educated and should know better.

The book explains that facts must be made on observation. You use your senses of touch, taste, smell, hearing and sight to observe.

Table of contents includes, How New Facts Are Discovered, Unusual Events: Luck and Chance, Science Gives Us Real Knowledge, and much more.

Title: Shanley's Quest: A Botany Adventure for Kids 9 - 99

Author: Thomas J. Elpel

Illustrator: N/A

Publisher: HOPS Press

ISBN: 1892784165

Ages: 9 to 12

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Set in a mythical world, this book is delightful. In Shanley's world, Time is a liquid that falls as rain. Around her home are several islands that Shanley wishes to explore in order to learn about the plants that her people use in their everyday lives. When she paddles out to these islands, Shanley finds that each is home to a different family of plants - and each family has a Guardian with lessons to teach on the identification of the plants.

The tree of life is part of the story. It is buried up to its branches in an ocean of Time that continues to get deeper.

On her quest, Shanley learns all about the closely related plants on each island. You will learn the patterns to correctly identify more than 45,000 species of plants to their proper families.

Your whole family from the youngest to the oldest, (yes, that includes Grandma) will love this unusual read and forever after view the world quite differently.

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