Edward Miller (1)Recensioni

reviewed - Katrina

Beginning with concise discussions of each of the food groups, along with the newly redesigned food pyramid, Ed Miller looks at all aspects of health and nutrition in this accessible and informative book. Fun facts about different foods are included throughout to keep the reading upbeat and clear distinctions are made between healthy and not-so-healthy meal choices. Readers will learn about nutrients, how to read foods labels and what it means to count calories.

I get that this is a difficult topic to introduce to children - after all, how enthralling is recycling even to adults? - but this book didn't feel as if it introduced anything "fun" into the mix. Nothing really grabbed at my attention as I read. It's a very simple, sparse story that I can't see a lot of kids getting very involved in. Even the art style feels very cut and paste, like it was drawn by the company that makes all of those motivational posters for elementary schools. Still, it's better than nothing.

It's a bit sad, admitting that's the best thing I can say about this book.

Not a read-aloud book

An empty lot slowly becomes a dump in this picture-book examination of recycling, leading to a crew of rats moving in and bullying the local insects. Just when the bugs are at the end of their rope, something exciting happens: the local humans announce a recycling day. On the big day, the children clean up all the trash, and sort it into various categories to be recycled, answering the bugs' questions about the process in the meantime. When it is finally clean, a community garden is planted, and the insects have a beautiful new home...

Both fiction and non-fiction, author/illustrator Edward Miller's Recycling Day pairs an entertaining tale about insects, rats and humans with informational sidebars giving more details about the creation and recycling process of various categories of trash - glass, metal, plastic, paper, and compost. Additional sidebars give facts and figures about energy savings that might result from recycling various items, as well as the rate that Americans and other peoples consume those items. Recommended to anyone looking for picture-books about recycling and composting in particular, and environmental stewardship in general.

This is a book that guides kids on how to have good hygiene. It is very important to brush your teeth every morning and every night so you wont get a cavity. If you don't, you will have yucky teeth.

The language in this was very grown up even if it was direct. It was more of an expanded safety comic book (the kind they hand out at school) than a story book for little ones. My three-year-old picked it out, but was quickly bored by the content. Was a good reminder for my seven-year-old, but too long in this tone - he got bored too.

This is a non-fiction book about all of the ways that kids can stay healthy and fit. There are many different chapters to the book that include nutrition, personal hygiene, mental health, and physical activity. This book would be a great mentor text when having kids learn about any of these topics or even when they are doing research on a related topic.

A good introduction to what it is and why it's important.

I think that this is a great book to read to children to teach them about recycling. Recycling is such an important part of taking care of the environment and all children should be educated about it. This story is about a group of bugs living in an empty lot and rats move in and take over. A group of volunteers come to the lot to clean it up, and the bugs get their home back. The volunteers end up teaching the bugs about recycling, composting, and how to take care of the trash. This book also provides facts about littering, trash, and recycling. As a class activity, the class could make their own compost out of their trash.½

This book would be good to start off a lesson on recycling. It will get your students interested and wanting to know more. It also shows them simple things that they, as kids, can do to help the Earth.½

I really like this book because it explains the concepts of eating and being healthy in a fun and colorful way. You follow the journey of this monster who is trying to eat healthy and on his journey through the grocery store we see all the foods that are good for you with mentions of food that is not so good for you. For example, in the "whole grain group," they talk about whole grain bread, cereal, oatmeal, brown rice and etc. There are facts about each of these things like for brown rice it says, "rice is grown on every continent except Antarctica, where it is too cold." I think these facts add an extra element to the book because it is not just saying what foods are healthy, you are actually getting to know where the food comes from and facts about it as well. I also like how they list the "not-so-healthy" foods at somepoint on the page. For example, on the "meat and bean group" page, they list "too-fatty meats: meat with fat you can see, hot dog, sausage, bologna, and bacon." I like how they did this because it is easy for children to see what is good for them and what they should probably cut back on. The illustrations are also very vivid and colorful, which is something I also love. They put emphasis on the good foods and don't show much of the "bad foods."

The big idea of this book is to be healthy. This book not only goes into what to eat and what not to eat, but it also talks about what to do to be active, "team sports, biking, dancing, walking, swimming," good sleep habits, "get 10-11 hours of sleep, try to go to bed at the same time every night, avoid snacking right before bed," and "say no to bad health: smoking, alcohol & drugs," where they talk about the concept of peer pressure and what it can do to you. This book covers a lot of boundaries but the main idea of it all is to be healthy and make good decisions.

Recycling Day is about volunteers coming together to help clean out an old empty lot in their neighborhood, and is told through the perspective of a group of bugs that are bullied by some not-so-nice rats. I really liked the layout out of this book. First off, I noticed that this book could be used for a few age groups. The story is told in simple, easy-to-read sentences with colorful (and diverse!) accompanying pictures. On the other hand, once the volunteers get into the recycling, there are boxes that further explain that process of recycling and some statistical data. And, to top it off, at the end there was a page explaining what else could be recycled that wasn't mentioned in the story. Overall, I really enjoyed this book. The only thing that kept me from giving it a full 5-star rating was the fact that I wished the author had included some additional references to research for kids. Since some of the boxes are geared toward an older audience, I was hoping there would be a page with maybe some books or websites for how kids could get involved in "thinking green" themselves.

Summary: This book contains three popular fairy tales; The Three Little Pigs, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, and Three Billy Goats Gruff. In the Three Little Pigs the brothers want to build houses to protect themselves from the wolf. The first builds his house out of bricks, the second out of straw, and the third out of bricks. The wolf is able to blow down the first two houses and swallow the pigs. When he gets to the third pig's house he cannot blow it down so he tries to trick the pig into going to the garden with him. When the wolf learns the pig already went to the garden he tries to go down the chimney but he is too fat so he coughs the other two pigs up. He then slides right down into a big pot of boiling water. In Goldilocks and the Three Bears Goldilocks wanders into the house after the bears go for a walk. She eats their porridge until she finds one that is just right, tests their chairs, and falls asleep in baby bear's bed. The bears come home to empty bowls, a broken chair, and a girl sleeping upstairs. She helps them to fix everything up before she leaves. In Three Billy Goats Gruff the brothers want to cross a bridge to get to a better pasture but there is a mean troll who lives under the bridge. When the first two goats cross the troll threatens to eat them but they tell him to wait for their older and larger brother. When the last goat goes to cross the bridge he too is confronted by the troll. The troll says he is going to eat him and the goat uses his horns to knock him off the bridge.

Review: I liked that the author chose to include three classic fairy tales in one book. The stories are all short ad easy to read. They also include many of the basic elements of fantasy such as things happening in threes (in this case the characters). The illustrations went perfectly with each story and really helped to join the three stories together. They were bright and colorful and supported each story. I think think this would be a great book to use with younger students who are just learning to read or who are learning about fairy tales.

This book shares three fairy tales and uses good textual features to aid the context of the story. Textual features are used in at least two different ways. One way it is used is through the font size and style throughout each story. For example, for "Three Little Pigs", the word "blow" has larger font size, uses seven "o's" instead of one, and the letters follow a curved line. This helps express the action of the wolf blowing at the houses to make them fall down. There are also words that are larger than the rest of the text and bolded. This creates emphasis on these words which helps understand the content and illustrations. Textual features are also used within the illustrations. For example, the wolf falls into a pot of boiling turnip soup in the first story. In the second story, there is a newspaper on the floor that reads, "WOLF IS SOUP!". This creates connections between the different fairy tales in this book. There is also a line of "Z's" coming out of Goldilock's mouth to show she is sleeping. Next to the bed she is sleeping in, a bookshelf contains books based on the other two fairy tales in the picture book. The central message of the book is that no matter what conflict arises, there is always a way to get through it.

This a great book for teaching about fire. The book covers topics on what to do if a fire breaks out. Fireboy also tell you about fire drills and what to do. If you catch on fire what do you do? Read the book to find out tips on fire prevention Ten out of ten.

"The Monster Health Book" is a wildly entertaining book that focuses on health and nutrition, through discussions on the food pyramid, reading food labels, and recommendations for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks. The graphics are entertaining and straightforward so students can use the images to help support their reading. For each food group, there is a page that presents some great food options, and then also recommends the appropriate servings for that group. There is a thorough list of foods that are great for different meals. For example, a grilled turkey sandwich for lunch. There is also a section in this book on physical fitness. It even breaks it down to show how much physical activity you need to burn off a certain amount of calories. This makes the information incredibly relevant and accessible to everyone. To address Strand 2: Alcohol, Tobacco, and other drugs, there is a section at the end of the book that helps teach kids how to say no, and about the negative effects of these substances.

This is a very informative book about teeth. Everything from how to brush, to the inside of a tooth, to history and other countries tooth traditions. It is highly educational with great illustrations but doesn't have a storyline or plot.

I would definitely not read this out loud, especially to small children. There is A LOT of information and small blurps as well as things kids wouldn't find interesting. I, however, learned a lot by reading this. I never knew about what other countries and ancient civilizations felt about teeth. I feel the need to go brush my teeth too!

There are easy extensions to the classroom we can make with this book. We could have a dentist come and talk about what we read about and show us exactly how to brush our teeth. We could give out free toothbrushes, toothpaste and floss. We could also play pin the cavity on the tooth, much like pin the tail on the donkey. This would require prior preparation.

A very cute story about school for elves. Lots of interesting historical information about Christmas in the drawings, but this gets lost when reading aloud.