Dragons and Marshmallows: The Science and the Catch
There is no dragon biology in here, because there are no dragons. What your child actually comes away with is the method, and it is handled better here than in...
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The Magic School Bus Lost in the Solar System, and Pluto
This one does not hide the science. It hides the schoolwork, which is a different trick and a better one. The single thing to settle before you hand it over...
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Who Was Rachel Carson? Evidence With Consequences
A friend wrote to her about the songbirds lying dead on the ground after a mosquito spraying. She spent the next four years reading everything anyone had published about it,...
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10 Best Read-Aloud Books for Third Graders
Ordered from the one that works at five to the one I would hold until ten. Every entry says which child it fits and what to know before you start,...
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Holes: The Best Plot, and the Real Caution
Nothing else on this list does what the last forty pages of Holes do. It is also the one with real violence in it, and you should know exactly what...
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James and the Giant Peach: Read It Aloud
Dahl is one of the few children's writers who is genuinely better out loud than on the page. He is also crueler than people remember, and the first page is...
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