Books by Elizabeth Rusch
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review 1: Loved this book, and the content was gripping! The reason it got 4 rather than 5 stars has more to do with design for me. It felt a little chaotic at times--the lack of consistency in how the photos were captioned and the horrible yellow-encased page numbers that kept drawing my ...
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review 1: In the story Mighty Mars Rovers: The Incredible Adventures of Spirit and Opportunity the incredible true story of the Mars rovers is brought to life again in the form of an educational storybook. Through pictures and the written word the story of the two Mars rovers “Spirit” and ...
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review 1: A simple story for children about Maria Mozart and her relationship with her brother. The artwork is interesting and lends itself well to the story. The author's notes gives more background and context to Maria's life. I appreciate that the author kept the story focused on Mar...
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review 1: This story of Nikola Tesla is inspiring. His life shared is accessible for young children (third grade and up) and will be interesting for older ones, too. The early curiosity, the persistence he showed to realize the ideas that he worked out in his head amaze. From an early age,...
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review 1: Citations: Rusch, Elizabeth. (2012). The mighty mars rovers: the incredible adventures of spirit and opportunity. New York, NY. Houghton Mifflin Books for Children. Genre: Non-FictionFormat: Picure bookReading level: 5Theme/topic: SpaceSummary: The Mighty Mars Rovers: The Incredi...
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review 1: Generally when I read about volcanoes the focus is on the incredible destructive force they manifest, but in this book, Volcano Rising, the focus is on what the author calls creative eruptions. She uses this term to refer to slower erupting volcanoes that add land or slowly chan...