Gardening Wizardry for Kids – L. Patricia Kite

Posted on March 25, 2008 by Lauri Griffin

Gardening Wizardry for Kids: Green Thumb Magic for the Great Indoors is a fun book for children and parents alike. Teachers will also find lots of fun growing experiments and food lore they can use in their classrooms. The legends and histories behind different foods are fascinating. Did you know that in the Middle Ages magicians put celery seeds in their shoes, hoping it would help them fly? Or that there are more pictures of onions on Ancient Egyptian tombs than any other plant? Or that the soldiers inside the Trojan horse ate carrots before getting in the horse to … Continue reading →

Smash It! Crash It! Crunch It! – Rain Newcomb & Bobby Mercer

Posted on February 25, 2008 by Lauri Griffin

Smash It! Crash It! Launch It!: 50 Mind-Blowing, Eye-Popping Science Experiments is not a book for the timid. Be brave though, and keep reading, it’s a great book for introducing scientific principles. The introduction talks about “descructology” – the study of how different items like fruits and vegetables explode when they hit the ground. The introduction also says that if you follow the instructions the messes “won’t provoke a freak-out by your parental units”. I don’t know though. The first experiment involves dropping old tomatoes and melons out the window onto the driveway. The mom in me says no way, … Continue reading →