A clearly written, brief—but surprisingly complete— discussion of the brain and its parts. While the format resembles the ``Let's-Read-and-Find-Out'' series, the information and concepts here are for an older audience and require careful reading; compressing the functioning of the brain into eight sentences, for example, is a remarkable feat. Though there is no glossary or index, specialized words (``glial,'' ``synapse'') are defined in the text. Colorful, amusing illustrations show a multiracial group of children joining the slightly loony Dr. I.Q. in his lab, participating in experiments, and commenting on the text (``He should sing tenor''; ``Yeah, ten or eleven miles away!''). The drawings also add sly humor: piles of books with titles like ``Moby Brain,'' or ``Brains I Have Known'' by S. Freud. An appealing, and unusual, sort of introduction. (Nonfiction. 12+)
Pub Date: March 12, 1993
ISBN: 1-878093-27-4
Page Count: 48
Publisher: Boyds Mills
Review Posted Online: May 19, 2010
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Feb. 1, 1993
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Pub Date: Jan. 1, 2000
ISBN: 0-689-82979-5
Page Count: 32
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Review Posted Online: May 19, 2010
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Dec. 1, 1999
The Pumpkin Book (32 pp.; $16.95; Sept. 15; 0-8234-1465-5): From seed to vine and blossom to table, Gibbons traces the growth cycle of everyone’s favorite autumn symbol—the pumpkin. Meticulous drawings detail the transformation of tiny seeds to the colorful gourds that appear at roadside stands and stores in the fall. Directions for planting a pumpkin patch, carving a jack-o’-lantern, and drying the seeds give young gardeners the instructions they need to grow and enjoy their own golden globes. (Picture book. 4-8)
Pub Date: Sept. 15, 1999
ISBN: 0-8234-1465-5
Page Count: 32
Publisher: Holiday House
Review Posted Online: May 19, 2010
Kirkus Reviews Issue: July 15, 1999
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