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Posted: Jan 11 2010 at 4:47pm | IP Logged Quote Pamin OZ
young children? Any series that are good? Anything you think is overrated?

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Posted: Jan 11 2010 at 8:21pm | IP Logged Quote teachingmyown
I like the Let's Read and Find Out series.

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Posted: Jan 11 2010 at 8:45pm | IP Logged Quote Mackfam
teachingmyown wrote:
I like the Let's Read and Find Out series.


Me too!!!!!!!!

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Posted: Jan 11 2010 at 8:53pm | IP Logged Quote AtHomeScience
I third the Let's Read and Find Out series.

Also check out the Sylvan Dell catalog. These are available through most library systems, and they are beautiful books.
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OK, another vote for the Let's read and find out series. Also, Magic School Bus is a huge hit here, but most especially the classic series by Joanna Cole & Bruce Degen. The TV episode ones don't have enough facts and explanations for my boys. Gail Gibbons is an author that we have liked for a lot of science/nature topics.

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Posted: Jan 11 2010 at 10:34pm | IP Logged Quote Mackfam
Other favorites are older books found in used book stores or at library sales. I'm pretty discriminating with choosing these books - a requirement is beautiful illustrations! Some of the older Golden Books are wonderful in the nature corner - one of our favorites is Pussy Willow by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Leonard Weisegard, 1951 (we have this copy.)

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hmmm I think it was someone here who highly recommended the Seymour Simon (author) books.

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Mackfam wrote:
Some of the older Golden Books are wonderful in the nature corner - one of our favorites is Pussy Willow by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Leonard Weisegard, 1951 (we have this copy.)


I never even thought of them
Obviously this book is gathering dust

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teachingmyown wrote:
I like the Let's Read and Find Out series.


do you know how MANY of these there are? I like adding recommended books to my wish list at amazon so I can browse my lists when looking for something..

I went to the publisher and found 111 of these!!!

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I went to the publisher and found 111 of these!!!


Yes, there are a lot, aren't there?

I second Gail Gibbons and Seymour Simon - although Seymour Simon's are often geared toward the older elementary. What ages were you thinking of when you asked about "young children," Pam?

HA Ray's star/constellation and astronomy books are good resources for children as well.

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Well, the reason I'm thinking about it is that I am going to be doing Sonlight with my younger children and they have changed the science books in the early years. I have mixed feelings about the old Usborne books and the new ones they are using in Kinder and One look so easy and light.

So I was trying to remember what was good.

Wish I hadn't sold all my LRandFO books!

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