Augusta R. GoldinRezensionen

This book gives students a lot of information about ducks such as where they live, how they act, what they eat, etc. I like this book because there is not a lot of text, but still good information for students to learn from. Sometimes informational texts can be wordy and that will push a student to not want to read it. This book has a really good balance of words and pictures. This would definitely be a kinder or 1st grade level book. The students could even do some sort of project afterwards that had to do with ducks, that would be fun. This book talks about different types of ducks so maybe students could choose their favorite from the story, give information about that duck and draw/color a picture.

Ten different types of ducks are featured in this informational book about what ducks are.

Genre: Informational

Summary: This book explains why ducks can be in the water but don't get wet. It also discusses the different types of ducks and how and what they eat. the last main focus is explaining where and why ducks migrate south during the winter.

Review: This is a good informational book because it gives a lot of facts, gives reasoning for many facts (such as why ducks don't get wet,) provides accurate illustrations, and is written in clear non-scientific language easy for young readers and listeners to understand.

Have you ever wondered how ducks spend the whole day in the water and never get wet? Did you know that they can dive 100 feet deep, and still come up dry? We meet ten different kinds of ducks in this book and discover what they eat, how they find food and how they fly.

Genre: Information
Age: Beginner
Review/Critique: A book that gives facts about the lives of ducks and the reason why their feathers don't get them wet. The Book is information because it gives facts about ducks in an interesting way by providing pictures.
Medium: Pencil/Drawings

I had mixed feelings about this book. I liked the illustrations because they enhanced the story and the message that the author was trying to get across. The illustrations use all different colors and portray different hair types, which highlights the message that it is okay and normal to be different from others. For example, the illustrations on page 19 have brightly colored hair, and some black hair. Other hair is extremely short while another illustration is long and frizzy. By highlighting the differences in hair, the illustrations help enhance the story and the overall message that it is okay to be different. By using a variety of colors and showing drastic differences in the types of hair styles, the illustrations help to complete the message of the story. However, I did not like the language used in this book. The language was very informative and formal for a picture book that is targeted for a young audience. For example, the author writes, “If you looked at a slice of hair through a microscope, you would see that the shape of your hair matches the shape of your follicles” (p. 15). Word choice such as microscope and follicles may be too advanced and unfamiliar to a young audience, which would lead to students losing interest in the story since they may not understand what is being said. The language in the story is formal and not engaging for a young audience. Overall, the big idea of this book is that being different is normal and everyone has differences.

This book talks all about spiders and how they live. It describes their live from birth to death. It shows how they build webs and even talks about the different types of webs that you will find and where you can find them. It explains that the strongest web is the Orb web.

This book talks about the science involved behind this amazing insect.

What do different kinds of ducks eat? Why do ducks fly south for the winter? Are ducks very good swimmers? And, when they do swim, why don't ducks get wet?

The curious child will learn plenty about ducks from Ducks Don't Get Wet, a Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science Book by Augusta Goldin, illustrated by Leonard Kessler.

Like What Makes Day and Night, Ducks Don't Get Wet is interesting and informative, and the illustrations, though sometimes a little odd, go well with the text. Also like What Makes Day and Night, Ducks Don't Get Wet includes some experiments children can do at home to help them understand why ducks, as the book says, don't get wet.

There's a newer edition than mine with illustrations by Helen K. Davie. It looks to have much more realistic illustrations, compared to Kessler's version, but it seems a shame to miss the strangeness of Kessler's illustrations. Either version should be good, though.

Ducks Don't Get Wet is another wonderful book in the Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science Books series, and a great choice for children. It's educational and fun--you can't go wrong!

This review also appears on Barba Non DB.

This is a great book that explains how and why ducks don't get wet, even if they are completely under water! It has nice pictures to go along with the text to explain how ducks' bodies produce an oil to cover their feathers. This book also explores different species of ducks and how they migrate to find food during the winter. It also provides short experiments that you could do at home or in the classroom.

This is a decent informational book about ducks and how they live and grow. The information is clear and easily distinguishable from the story. The pictures add to the information and make it more clear and easy to understand. The facts are up-to-date and accurate. The language of the book is kept simple so the information is easily read by young students.

Genre: Informational
Age Appropriateness: Primary and Intermediate
Media: Watercolors
Review:
All types of ducks don't get wet, but why? This books does an excellent job of describing in a child-friendly manner how and why the ducks don't get wet when they are always swimming in the water. Also, this book portrays the life of a duck smoothly, including the reason for their migration, and wonderful illustrations to assist presentation of information. There is also an experiment included in the back of the book that allows the experimenter to see how something can be waterproof.

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This picture book describes how ducks' feathers have an oil on them that repels water which is why they are able to go into the water without getting wet. This informational book is fun to read and has many interesting facts.

Andy and I were able to read this book together and marvel at the mysteries of ducks. He enjoyed it as much as I did and we were able to talk about how oil repells water and how amazing it is that ducks are able to use it. We talked over the questions, "what would happen if ducks did get wet? would they be able to fly?", "What would ducks eat if they couldn't go under water?" and "do any other birds have this same property?"

As a teacher I would incorporate this book with a science lesson on buoyancy where I would read this book and then the students would experiement with water and oil and see what happens. They would also look up the word buoyancy and use it to describe what happens when water and oil are mixed.

Genre ~ Informational ~ This is a great way to introduce and work wtih environmental science and physical science. Readers learn and discover the life cycle of ducks, along with the idea that oil and water do not mix. Readers are able to learn about what makes up the world around them.

Media ~ watercolor, pencil, and pastel½

This is a good example of a simple informational book because the author uses simple language and simple descriptions to present the facts. She doesn't go into in-depth details about ducks but provides the reader with enough information to satisfy them.
The illustrations in this book are very well done and add to the story. Each picture has ducks in it. With each description of the ducks an illustration in included to help the children identify the different ducks.
Media: Mixed- watercolor, pencil, pastel