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Defines words and terms commonly used in discussing the environment, from "acid rain" to "wetland."
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Gr. 3^-5. Similar to Simon's Space Words (1991), this environmental dictionary features definitions (up to a paragraph long) of terms such as biodegradable, biome, europhication, food web, oil spill, PCBs, and wetland. Sometimes Simon talks about a word rather than defining it. For example, the entry for sun describes it as "the center of the solar system" and discusses how it affects the earth's climate and ecology, but the paragraph doesn't describe the sun itself or identify it as a star. Less space is devoted to text than to the unusual and sometimes striking illustrations, which vary from the diagrammatic to the impressionistic to the hyperrealistic. In some cases, captions would have been helpful to explain what's happening in the pictures. Although children old enough to read the book could handle more information than is given for each topic, consider the book anyway as supplemental material for classroom units on ecology. Carolyn Phelan
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Earth Words: A Dictionary of the Environment
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Harpercollins Childrens Books, 1995
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Earth Words : A Dictionary Of The Environment
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Hardcover. Condition: Good (ex-library). Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Mark Kaplan (illustrator). First Edition. Hardcover. 48 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Harper & Row, 1995. First Edition. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in good (ex-library) condition and comes in very good dust jacket. More specifically: Text and spine/cover marked with Library stamps, in all other respects in very good condition throughout. Corners of boards are lightly bumped. Edges of dust jacket have light bumping. Dust jacket is unclipped. Dust jacket is protected in clear, plastic sleeve. Pages are lightly creased. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: Defines words and terms commonly used in discussing the environment, from "acid rain" to "wetland." *** Illustrator: Mark Kaplan. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Children & Young Adult; Children's Non-Fiction; ISBN: 0060202335. ISBN/EAN: 9780060202330. Inventory No: 21030087. Seller Inventory # 21030087
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