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jwinchell's review against another edition
Bones! This is a speedy, accessible title that helped me bone up (ha ha) on my knowledge of skeletons, both human and animal. Any age reader will surely learn a lot from this visually powerful work of short nonfiction.
crystal_reading's review against another edition
4.0
great comparisons of skeletons from humans and animals - size and shapes. awesome visuals.
summerashley's review against another edition
5.0
A great non-fiction resource to learn about the skeletal system for youth. Compares us to snakes and other animals like a lemur, and even explains the connect between our bones and the Eiffel Tower. Interesting hooks grab the readers attention at each turn of the page.
abigailbat's review against another edition
4.0
4.5 stars.
A particularly impressive book from one of the central authors of children's nonfiction. The amount of painstaking work that had to go into these illustrations is amazing!
More on the blog: http://www.abbythelibrarian.com/2010/12/bones.html
A particularly impressive book from one of the central authors of children's nonfiction. The amount of painstaking work that had to go into these illustrations is amazing!
More on the blog: http://www.abbythelibrarian.com/2010/12/bones.html
libscote's review against another edition
4.0
I like this book. I think it gives a pretty good overview of what bones are, how they work, and has neat illustrations comparing our bones to animal bones.
libscote's review
4.0
I like this book. I think it gives a pretty good overview of what bones are, how they work, and has neat illustrations comparing our bones to animal bones.
adubrow's review
5.0
Really, really super cool. I love the amazing amount of work that went into the cut-outs of skulls and skeletons, especially the one for a snake.
tashrow's review
5.0
Really all any book needs is Steve Jenkins’ name on the front and his great illustrations inside. Just those two things and you know it’s going to be great. In this book, Jenkins turns his attention to bones and skeletons. The size and shape of bones are explored as are skeletons of the human body and of various animals. Information is given about bones and the illustrations of the bones are laid out on very colorful pages that highlight the bones but offer some vibrancy as well. This book of bones should be in every school and public library.
Jenkin’s text here offers just enough detail to be informative but also never too much too be weighty. It offers the same bright, freshness as the illustrations themselves. His illustrations are studies in restraint as he works his paper magic using a very limited boney palette of colors. The design of the book makes it rather like an archeological discovery, since you never know what bones you will find when you turn the page. Several of the pages fold out to offer large scale illustrations, including a full human skeleton. Along the way, readers are asked questions and get to think about the body, the bones and how they function.
A virtuoso book, it is appropriate for ages 7-10.
Jenkin’s text here offers just enough detail to be informative but also never too much too be weighty. It offers the same bright, freshness as the illustrations themselves. His illustrations are studies in restraint as he works his paper magic using a very limited boney palette of colors. The design of the book makes it rather like an archeological discovery, since you never know what bones you will find when you turn the page. Several of the pages fold out to offer large scale illustrations, including a full human skeleton. Along the way, readers are asked questions and get to think about the body, the bones and how they function.
A virtuoso book, it is appropriate for ages 7-10.
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