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Swirl by Swirl: Spirals in Nature by Joyce Sidman, Beth Krommes

readingjag's review against another edition

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4.0

Very pretty.

jaij7's review against another edition

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4.0

This has beautiful illustrations.

lannthacker's review against another edition

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In the poetry section of my library, this is really a great early science book with illustrations to spend a lot of time with.

jwinchell's review against another edition

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5.0

This is on the 2014 Monarch list.

I love Beth Krommes' art (The House in the Night), and so I found this book to be absolutely gorgeous. It's amazing that this is a great read-aloud and also a great piece of non-fiction; that's no easy feat. I had profound realizations about the power of the spiral in my readings of this; it caused me to look at that form of nature in a whole new way.

I can imagine many cool potential connections to art, math, & science with this one--Fibonacci numbers, the golden mean, all of the ways spirals occur in nature.

sducharme's review against another edition

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5.0

This is a gorgeous book devoted to the wonder of the spiral shape in nature. The poem leads us gradually through forests, to animals sleeping, to plants, and into space, encouraging us to find the spirals in the pictures and explaining how the shape is powerful. The colorful scratch art by Beth Krommes ties into the poem in its content and design. This makes a good text for science and language arts integration.

tlindhorst's review against another edition

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5.0

Every page is beautiful. Nice explanation for interested kids at the end.

lizwuestefeld's review against another edition

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5.0

Yoga storytime!

shawnareads24's review against another edition

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5.0

Beautifully illustrated book showing spiral shapes in unexpected places.

wiseowl33's review against another edition

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4.0

From the beautiful illustrations to the amazing poems about nature this book is a total hit!

shighley's review against another edition

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5.0

When I started purchasing eBooks for our school library, I tried to think of books that a teacher might want to share that could be better when displayed on a SmartBoard. Using this book with students, you have to be able to show the illustrations. As a former science teacher, I love this marriage of poetry and science. As with many good books, you have to read more than once to fully appreciate it.