Heather Dakota

Jump into your space ship and explore the solar system. Visit each of the planets and learn some quick facts. Journey outward and learn about the Kuiper Belt, comets, impacts, and more. Then make your own space balls and create a solar system of your very own.

Young readers and budding scientists alike will find much enjoy in this book. The science project, making space balls [to create planets] is not time-intensive . . . a space ball takes approximately ten minutes to complete, making it a perfect project for parents and children to enjoy together.

Recommended.… (más)

Jurassic Survival Guide is a nonfiction and fictional picture book that tells the story of a field an unknown person that was asked to be part of a top secret, Japanese expedition team to a remote island in the South Pacific. Enroute the expedition members are told that frozen dinosaurs were found intact on Antarctica. The dinosaurs were moved to the secret island in the South Pacific to continue to thaw. The dinosaurs miraculously survive and are now living on this island. One expedition member smuggles some dinosaur eggs off the island and they hatch. In order to give people a chance to survive the impending dinosaur attack the survival guide was written. The story is written in field journal format (fiction) with with hand drawn illustrations and digitally enhanced photographs to give the story more of an authentic feel. Real dinosaur and Jurassic period facts are mingles throughout the book making the story both entertaining and informational. The story does remind me too much of the Jurassic Park series, but my son loved it. For ages 10 and up.… (más)