Nice Book for Those Already Interested in Microscopes

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	• Greg's Microscope (I Can Read Book 3) Millicent E. Selsam HarperTrophy, 1990 - 64 pages average customer review:based on 11 reviews view larger image
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Introduce the magic of a microscope to kids

Greg's Microscope tells the story of Greg experiencing how a variety of common substances look when they are enhanced under the microscope--sugar, salt, sand, It's a good way to introduce young children to the fascinating world that can only be seen under a microscope.

Nice Book for Those Already Interested in Microscopes - a review of "Greg's Microscope"

This would make a nice book for children already interested in microscopes. It introduces the idea of magnification and gives examples, via drawings, of various sorts of thread and hair, pepper, salt and sugar crystals.

Using sugar and salt as examples, the book also briefly introduces the concept of crystals and crystal formation. In the case of salt, children are shown what it looks like right out of the shaker-- it looks like blocks. Then, after being dissolved in water and allowed to reform (after the water evaporates), they are shown that salt takes on an entirely different appearance -- like little diamonds. Because this is a book for very young children, it discusses these topics only on the vaguest of levels and does not, of course, go into a discussion of molecular structure and the causes of various crystal formations.

The AR [Accelerated Reading] Level for this book is 2.3 which means that the AR group feels that the book is best suited for children reading at the 2nd Grader level.

[The AR designation is a general "guide" that rates books on a relative scale of difficulty. Children can certainly read at levels above or below their group range, so that this number should only be used as a aid to help choose books that are appropriate and not frustrating.]

Three Stars. This book introduces microscopes and the idea of magnification. There are sketches of salt and sugar crystals, pepper, threads, and hairs from different sources. It would probably be well received by children already interested in microscopes. The story itself is not particularly noteworthy and the one main drawback I found that there was too much uninteresting dialog that had nothing to do with microscopes or the cool images. This is probably why the book didn't engage either of my two children (boy and girl; 5 and 7 respectively).

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Excellent story book with science content

It's so hard to find storybooks about science that also have valid science content. This one does. It's simple to read and understand, but it conveys some real information as well as a joy of discovery.

My son loves this book. I bought it for him when he was six and he still reads it now that he is eight. One of the nice things about the story is that the parents are involved with the enjoyment of the microscope. Just as in the story, we also bought him a nice microscope, which we have a lot of fun with.

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It's an educational book to read. My child and I like reading it together.

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Good book for early readers

This book made my son pull out his microscope and look at everything he could find. It was amazing hto see how some items like salt look when magnified. A fun read.

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Greg makes fascinating discoveries about things he finds at home when he looks at them through his new microscope. ?An accurate and entertaining book for beginning independent readers.' 'BL.

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