Phyllis Fiarotta

"Author Phyllis Fiarotta writes the nationally syndicated column 'The Leisure Craftsman'. She is also the author of eight crafts books." This book is broken up into thirteen chapters. Chapter one is titled "The Flowers that Bloom in the Spring, Tra La." Demonstrated here are how to make things daisy chains and stained glass collages. Chapter thirteen is titled "The Smooth, Shiny, Slippery Stone." Here you learn how to make, among other things, Owl and Molly, two of the characters in the play, which completes this book.… (mehr)

"Author Phyllis Fiarotta writes the nationally syndicated column 'The Leisure Craftsman'. She is also the author of eight crafts books." This book is broken up into sixteen chapters, each with its own theme. Chapter one, titled "Flying Through the air with the Greatest of Ease shows how to make things from spinning star wheels to whirling birds. Source: the book's back cover. Chapter sixteen begins with a play and is titled "Puppets Are Almost People." This chapter shows how to build a puppet theater and create puppets such as ball-and-pencil puppets, soap-bottle puppets and more.… (mehr)

"Great Experiments with Light" is an experiment book that features a wide variety of activities featuring the properties of light. The book provides clear, detailed, step-by-step experiments and the illustrations effectively demonstrate what to do. The book also features a brief history of how light was used in ancient times. The book can be appropriate for children ages 6-8 as a tool to simply introduce how light works, but is not recommended to use for engaging students and leading them to an understanding of the scientific method. The format of the content is very simplistic - a concept about light is introduced, then the activity, and then the expected result - all in one page. To foster some sort of inquiry the authors could have incorporated, "what do think would happen?" types of questions rather than putting all the information about the activity in a single page. Also, although the drawings corresponding Good book to use for reference only.… (mehr)