Easy and fun way to learn about nature. Interesting facts. Great pictures. Kids will love to learn by reading this book. Would recommend.

Great photos. Possibly a little more advanced language than I'd expect in a reader, but the parent guidelines will make up for the difficulty if they're followed.

This is another wonderful entry into the Read and Discover Science series by Mary Lindeen. This series is full of great books for young readers and budding scientists. It documents people who closely observe nature and then emulates the patterns and techniques they find into the human world.

"Ideas From Nature" shows birds, snakes, burrs, lizards and more and how something about their body or or movement can be incorporated into human inventions. Nature inspires many different things from bullet trains, velcro, bumps on windmill blades and more. It jwas fun and interesting to discover how amazing inventions have been inspired, but it would have been nice to see more examples. This non-fiction Beginning-to-Read book contains crisp, clear photographs to demonstrate the facts discussed. The book contains high-frequency words, content vocabulary and activities to strengthen early science and literary skills. There are also notes to Parents and Caregivers about working with beginning readers and this book. I recommend this book and the whole "Read and Discover Science" series to school libraries, primary classrooms and families where budding scientists reside. The publisher, Norwood House Press, generously provided me with a copy of this book to read. The rating, ideas and opinions are my own.

This book is for an even younger audience than the previous ones that I have read in the book section for children. . The book sets out a few examples of day-to-day things that were built/created with nature as inspiration. It is meant to help children who just started reading. It has easy words and a more elaborate glossary and suggestions to teachers/parents to further get them to think.I just wish there had been a few more examples!

“Ideas from Nature” by Mary Lindeen is another beautiful offering in the Read and Discover Science series, this time focusing on the way in which nature — such as birds, snakes, burrs, and lizards — has influenced the development of great ideas such as bullet trains, Velcro and bandages. Contains reading and content reinforcement activities that help young readers practice words and expand understanding of nature and science. Highly recommended!

Pub Date 01 Jul 2018

Thanks to Norwood House Press and NetGalley for the review copy. Opinions are mine.

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The idea behind this book is a good one. However, it could be better as a teaching tool. I felt like there was too much telling and not enough support for engaging students in conversations. For example, instead of explaining the connection on the page with the picture of the natural item, the book could ask students to imagine why a particular characteristic (like the bird's beak) is helpful or to think about what invention might have been inspired by the natural thing.

This wondeful book is a perfect one to place into the hands of a young budding scientist. It documents people who closely observe nature and then emulates the patterns and techniques they find into the human world.

"Ideas From Nature" highlights birds, snakes, burrs and lizards. It showcases how things found in nature have inspired people to incorporate their great ideas into bullet trains, snakebots, Velcro and bandages, just to name a few. It is always fun to discover how amazing inventions have transpired.

This non-fiction Beginning-to-Read book contains crisp, clear illustrations that will encourage kids to look around and become more observant to their surroundings as they interact with nature. The book contains high-frequency words, content vocabulary and activities to strengthen early science and literary skills. I recommend this book and the whole "Read and Discover Science" series.

Ideas from Nature is a simple early reader book featuring different aspects of nature that engineers and inventors have copied for people to use.

The clear photos illustrate ideas such as hook-and-loop closures (like Velcro) and the burrs that inspired them, snakes and snake-bots which have a few different uses, architecture shaped like a giant flower, and more.

This is a great way to inspire kids to look around at the ingenuity present in nature, as they grow in confidence with reading.

(Thanks to NetGalley for the review copy.)

Ideas from Nature is part of the Life Sciences series for young readers by Mary Lindeen. Full of lively pictures, this installment shows young readers how nature can inspire us. From Velcro burrs, to hovering hummingbirds, the natural world is full of innovation we can turn to human advantage. Like the others in the series, this one has simple, easy to read sentences, and provides grounding in basic scientific concepts in ways young readers can grasp. The end of the book features a Connecting Concepts section with questions to ask about the reading, and practise with vocabulary and reading fluency. My cubs and I enjoyed reading this book.

***Many thanks to Netgalley and Norwood House for providing an egalley in exchange for a fair and honest review.