Why Are the Ice Caps Melting?: Let's Read and Find out Science - 2

Interesting facts in this books.

Excellent - thanks!

It is not right that children should be fed unprovable theories like this current book aimed at kids. The very title is misleading: the ice caps are not melting, and although the Arctic sea ice has been in retreat for a number of years, those at the Antarctic are at their greatest extent in living memory. The book purports to provide scientific facts but fails dismally, and it is morally wrong, in my opinion, to feed such material to children, whether at school or in the home.

I used this book for a unit I taught recently on natural resources and conservation, and my second graders loved it! One of the few books on the subject geared toward younger children, this book does a great job of presenting global warming in simple, kid-friendly terms without distortion. The fun and accessible illustrations are very engaging; my students spent several minutes just examining the page with plankton and other sea life. They came away from the book with both a sense of urgency about the topic and the conviction that they can do something to help.

A little wordy but overall a good book on the most important topic of our days. Very clearly lines out climate change in simple yet understandable terms.