A book that makes learning fun presents material in an engaging manner, encourages readers to think strategically, or models critical thinking and discovery.

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1580174930 Keeping a Nature Journal: Discover a Whole New Way of Seeing the World Around You
Clare Walker Leslie and Charles E. Roth

Study nature: pull out your notebook!
Importance: Stars-2-0
Topic: science
Level: advanced
You'll use it occasionally
1570541574 Lego Crazy Action Contraptions: A Lego Inventions Book
Dan Rathjen and Klutz Press

more amusement with legos
Importance: Stars-3-0
Topic: science
Level: elementary
You'll use it occasionally
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Lyrical Life Science
Doug C. Eldon, Dorry Eldon, and Bobby Horton

body songs that stay with you
Importance: Stars-5-0
Topic: science
Level: elementary
You'll use it weekly
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Lyrical Life Science: Mammals, Ecology and Biomes, Vol. 2 (Lyrical Life Science)
Douglas C. Eldon and Dorry Eldon

science songs you'll always remember
Importance: Stars-5-0
Topic: science
Level: elementary
You'll use it occasionally
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Lyrical Life Science: Mammals, Ecology, and Biomes (Lyrical Life Science)
Doug C. Eldon, Dorry Eldon, Bobby Horton, and Eric Altendorf

science songs you'll never forget
Importance: Stars-5-0
Topic: science
Level: elementary
You'll use it weekly
0471254894 More Pet Bugs : A Kid's Guide to Catching and Keeping Insects and Other Small Creatures
Sally Kneidel

build a habitat for your bug
Importance: Stars-1-0
Topic: science
Level: elementary
You'll use it occasionally
1550376861 Nibbling on Einstein's Brain: The Good, the Bad and the Bogus in Science
Diane Swanson and Warren Clark

What's good? What's bad? In science.
Importance: Stars-1-0
Topic: science
Level: middle school
You'll use it occasionally
047131188x Pet Bugs: A Kid's Guide to Catching and Keeping Touchable Insects
Sally Kneidel

home building for bugs
Importance: Stars-1-0
Topic: science
Level: elementary
You'll use it occasionally
1582460213 Q Is for Quark: A Science Alphabet Book
David M. Schwartz and Kim Doner

A quark?
Importance: Stars-4-0
Topic: science
Level: secondary
You'll use it weekly
0670910570 Science Verse (Golden Duck Awards. Picture Book (Awards))
Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith

Poetic science
Importance: Stars-3-0
Topic: science
Level: elementary
You'll use it occasionally