A concept whose time has not come...Science Verse is fairly dumb.Lessons taught on the perimeterOf bad iambic pentameterDoes not hearty reading make -It is simply hard to take.To seem nicer, it comes freewith the book read on CD.(But it's a double-edged sword;Jon and Lane sound rather bored.Plus, their own rhymes they don't sing -A few kids give it a fling.)Such topics as evolution(Though Kansas demands ablution),Molecular states and chemics,Things like global epidemics,Human bodies, dinosaurs.....

This book teaches science while at the same time is full of fun, providing lots of laughs. Many of the rhymes are take-offs of common songs and poems kids may recognize, such as “Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost or “Jabberwocky” by Lewis Carroll. Some are short but still so clever, as this one on the dual form of light:"Hey diddle diddle, what kind of riddleIs this nature of light?Sometimes it’s a wave,Other times particle . . .But which answer will be marked right?"Similarl...

I listened to the audio version of this book, while also having a hard copy to follow along. Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith read most the poems, and they are absolutely wonderful! I will never read this book again without listening to them. I also enjoyed them SO much because they would add lib between the poems and again at the end of the book, they are so funny and entertaining. Listening to them read it was so very enjoyable for me and it sounded like they enjoyed it as well. This book is a coll...

Science Verse, by John Scieszka and Lane Smith, tells the story of a boy who is zapped with the curse of science verse when his science teacher suggests that if “you listens closely, the poetry of science can be heard in everything”. The unnamed by falls into a deep sleep or trance in which all of his science studies are transformed into poetic and sometimes creepy verse. This humor filled collection of science poems includes science themes from biology to astrology. Those readers familiar with

The author's observations and conclusions noted at the end of this book were as interesting and funny as the book itself. Each poem has a science theme to which most students would be able to relate. Evolution, the water cycle, and the scientific method are a few examples of subjects put to familiar tunes such as "Casey at the Bat","It's raining, it's pouring..." and "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star." I didn't catch some of these connections until I read the author's notes, so it's worth an extra

A must have kid's poem book; I love it!

What an amazing book! This book has SO much to offer children; it has science, poetry, entertainment, and humor, all in one book. Being built off of the ending to “Math Curse,” the little boy in the story gets a science curse put on him that makes him look at everything in a scientific way, and he can only speak in verses to communicate what he sees.Children really will love all the humor they get out of this book. The rhymes, poetry, and even songs are all entertaining ways for them to read and...

Science verse is a book that tells the story of a young boy drifting off to sleep during a science class and dreaming of science related concepts written in poem form. Many of these humorous poems are similar in structure, verse and phrasing as many famous past poems. For example, "Astronaut Stopping by a Planet on a Snowy evening" is similar to "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening". All science poems and the originals they pair with are listed and discussed on the last page. While these poems

A Summary/Thoughtful Review:In his humorous scientific twists on age-old poems, nursery rhymes, and songs Jon Scieszka has written a collection of creative, witty poems about a broad range of science topics! Setting the scene in Mr. Newton's science class, a young boy has been "zapped" with a curse of the Science Verse, hearing everything as a science poem. In the pages that follow, readers enjoy the playful rhythms and rhymes of scientific topics such as: Evolution ("Glory, glory, evoluuution.....

Summary - Elementary science topics including the states of matter and the solar system described in poetry.Curriculum Connection - Great book to use as a fun way to introduce a science topic. Could also be used as a language arts connection (under line all the verb, circle all the nouns, etc.) Could also be used to connect as a model for a science extension activity (write a poem about habitats similar to the poems we read in Science Verse).Personal Reaction - LOVED IT!! This has been my favori...

This review was in my "Message" Box.This is an award-winning poetry book. It has vividly colored pictures and catchy (and sometime disgusting) verse. It is memorable and covers many science topics. The verses are set to poetry we (and many children) know and love.It can be used throughout the elementary curriculum and tied to science curriculum. Children and adults alike will laugh and remember the topics. It is an excellent addition to any classroom library.

I am a big fan of Jon Scieszka (author) and Lane Smith (illustrator). This particular collaboration of theirs takes scientific facts and puts them to verse based on nursery rhymes or popular folk songs. The illustrations and graphic design of the book is brilliant. And if you aren't careful, you may learn a thing or two.

Gigglesome science poems. Thanks for the rec, Rob!

Science Verse is a compilation of poems related to a science class. It is a companion book to Jon Scieszka’s Math Curse. It begins with a student who says that his science teacher, cleverly named Mr. Newton said that if they listen closely, they can “hear the poetry of science in everything”. The next day, the student begins to hear the poems in everything Mr. Newton teaches about science. This is a fun book for children to read because of its playful words and lightheartedness. This is not a go...

Science Verse is a wonderful compilation of science themed poems! Jon Scieszka takes typical, boring science topics (such as amoebas, the food chain, and black holes, metamorphosis) and spices them up to become thrilling, interesting, humorous stories. At the beginning of the book a boy is stricken with a "curse of science verse" and transforms all of his science topics into poems (several of which paradoy the rhymes of famous poems). The artwork throughout the book acts as a wonderful companio

This book was an interesting take on mixing poetry and science. The book opens with a boy who has been cursed with the science verse and he sees science through eyes of poems. There is a vast variety of poems written about various topics such as: evolution, the water cycle, body parts, dinosaurs, the food chain, chemistry, the scientific method, and much more more! This book would be a good literacy addition to opening up a science lesson and getting students to start thinking about what the poe...

Science Verse is a book about, you guessed it, science poetry. What makes this book fun is a lot of the poems are set to well known nursery rhymes such as Mary Had a... (Little Parasite) instead of Mary Had a Little Lamb, poems such as 'Twas the night (before anything) which is set to the same meter as "Twas the Night Before Christmas, and stories such as The Senseless Lab of Professor Revere which is a take on the Ride of Paul Revere. The end of the book even features an Observations and Conclu...

This is a very interesting book. It talks about a group of students in the class and they are learning science. Different pages were used to talk about different science theories. For example, there are theories on evolution, water cycle, dinosaur, food chain and scientific method at the bat, etc. For each one, a tiny little man is put there drawing a picture. These little people explain every science theory to readers. The picture is very vivid. The paragraph is simple and easy, very suitable

How often do you get to read poems about science? Or maybe you do and this is a genre completely new to me! I knew that with Jon Scieska as the author and Lane Smith as the illustrator, these would be a blast! Such as the scientified "I've been working in the food chain, All the live long day" (as in "I've been working on the railroad") or "Mary had a little worm, She thought it was a chigger, But everything that Mary ate, only it made bigger" genre. You get the idea. Big shout out to longer poe...