How Come? Planet Earth

I am a teacher and the articles are about things that kids wonder about all the time! They articles are short enough to use in a single class period, but still are thought-provoking and informative, while being written at a school-age reading level. Bravo!!

I bought this book for my 5 year old girl who kept saying things like "Mom, I'm wondering... how did all the water get on our planet in the very beginning?" The answer was in there!!! And in terms that she could follow. Awesome book! The book is probably geared toward older kids but I guess it doesn't matter what age they are when those questions start coming :)

Kathy Wollard and Debra Solomon have put together a wonderful book of science questions commonly asked by students (K-12) and practical approaches to answering them. Entertainingly illustrated and a joy for any teacher to use. This is just one of many of their publications and as a former public school science teacher I highly recommend it.

Perfect book to inspire young minds

You learn all about the science of a varied array of things. I appreciated hearing about the colors of the rocks that contain diamonds, how they are related to pencils, their pyramid structure, and some of the theories of how they originated: dinosaurs, meteorites, broken continents, etc. And, their composition of minerals: magnesium and iron. Amethysts, rubies, pearls and quartz are also discussed. Other topics were so interesting as well. I enjoyed reading about how the refrigerator works to remove heat from food, circulate cooling gasses. I enjoyed the section on glass blowing too. And, the way that the microwave works to heat up the water molecules was informative. The whole concept of music being an electric current that is communicated by radio waves which are light waves that are to low for us to see and ubiquitous was pretty mind boggling. And, the whole idea that cds are made like records with microscopic ridges that are read by laser beams took me by surprise. The description of how a hot air balloon stays up in the air combined with airplane flight really gave me food for thought. I never would have imagined the heat blew back and the contour of the tops of the wings to create such a phenomenon. What else can I say? You can live your whole life clueless about a lot of things that some really smart people figured out. How in the heck they figured it all out is a mystery to me. I am grateful though. This book is a gem because it is all explained well in a concise manner and with easy to read font.

This is a compendium of 126 simple questions of the type that we all might ask ourselves during the course of our lives, questions like:*How come fish and dolphins don't sleep?*Why are electric eels electrical?*Why do people get goose bumps?*How come chopping onions makes you cry?It's a fun read and, of course, doesn't have to be read straight through front to back. A good resource, you can pick it up at any time, real through the table of contents and find a question or two you want to explore.What's more, it's written in simple enough language that it fits well for both children and adults. Get it and share with your kids.

I bought this for my 5 year old and I find myself running to the bookshelf all the time. Whenever my son asks me those questions, which I knew once upon a time, this book serves as a valuable resource to make daddy look smart.I highly recommend this book.

This book is a follow-up to the original How Come? book. The book is broken up into four main parts: questions about the earth, animals, the body, and how things are made. Each question is answered in just a few pages and includes cartoon pictures and fast facts. There is an index at the end of the book. This is a great book to pick up and put down over and over. All questions were submitted by kids, which makes it appealing to young readers. The questions are common ones that kids are always asking, like why it looks like there is a man on the moon and why dogs bark. Now they can find the answers themselves! It is an easy reader and the pictures are really cute. Even older students would enjoy this book because it is long so it does not look like a children's book and it answers the types of questions that kids of all ages ask. This would be a nice book for a classroom where students could pick it up and look through it little by little.