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What Floats In A Moat? (2013)

by Lynne Berry(Favorite Author)

3.65 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1416997636 (ISBN13: 9781416997634)

languge

English

genre

Humor

publisher

Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

review 1: This had potential,but was in bad need of a good editor, something that seems to be going out of fashion. Sad.It seemed to be starting out in rhyme, but abruptly turned into straight prose. Yet, the same single goat/float/boat rhyme kept turning up over and over. This would make this very choppy to read aloud--and the most likely way I see this being used is in science classes studying this principle. Certainly, humor or no humor--and there IS humor here--there's minimal appeal for small children. And it's getting that second star only because I can see teachers using this creatively.
review 2: Pretty cute story about a goat and a chicken trying to get across a moat without using the bridge ("Bah...Draw-bridge, straw-bridge...this is a time for science!"). It ... moretakes a few tries and alterations, but eventually Archimedes (the goat) builds a barrel-boat that makes it across the moat. Young readers will laugh out loud at the surprise that greets Archie on the other side of the moat. This could be useful--and a lot of fun--in elementary classrooms. less

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