Science Verse

"Amoeba"
Don't ever tease a wee amoeba
By calling him a her amoeba.
And don't call her a him amoeba.
Or never he a she amoeba.
'Cause whether his or hers amoeba,
They too feel like you and meba.

What if a boring lesson about the food chain becomes a sing-aloud celebration about predators and prey? A twinkle-twinkle little star transforms into a twinkle-less, sunshine-eating-and rhyming Black Hole? What if amoebas, combustion, metamorphosis, viruses, the creation of the universe are all irresistible, laugh-out-loud poetry? Well, you're thinking in science verse, that's what. And if you can't stop the rhymes . . . the atomic joke is on you. Only the amazing talents of Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith, the team who created Math Curse, could make science so much fun.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers
Published: 09/23/2004
ISBN: 9780670910571
Pages: 40
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 11.10h x 11.20w x 0.60d
Award: Connecticut Book Awards - Nominee
Award: Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award - Nominee
Award: Beehive Awards - Nominee
Award: Buckaroo Book Award - Nominee
Award: Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Award - Nominee
Award: Parents Choice Award (Fall) (1998-2007) - Winner
Award: Rhode Island Children's Book Awards - Nominee

Review Citations: School Library Journal 06/01/2005 pg. 56
Publishers Weekly 08/02/2004 pg. 70
Booklist 07/01/2004 pg. 1843
Kirkus Review - Children 08/15/2004 pg. 813
Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2004 pg. 574
School Library Journal 09/01/2004 pg. 179
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 11/01/2004 pg. 143
New York Times 11/14/2004 pg. 24
Booklist 12/01/2004 pg. 670
Booksense '76 Childrens Wtr 04 12/01/2004 pg. 1
ALA Notable Children's Books 02/15/2005 pg. 1020
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2005 pg. 51 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style
School Library Journal 04/01/2005 pg. 56