
Push-Pull Morning
Dog-Powered Poems About Matter and Energy
Lisa Westberg Peters(Author)
Wordsong (Publisher)
Published on 21. February 2023
Book
Hardback
40 pages
978-1-63592-527-2 (ISBN)
Description
Introduce children to physics through play, poetry, and a puppy in this joyous celebration of how physics matters in our everyday lives.
This remarkable picture book explores scientific concepts (gravity, magnetism, electricity, friction, etc.) through the story of the relationship between a child and a puppy. Acclaimed author Lisa Westberg Peters’s poems convey concepts in a way that children will remember—often with humor. Who could forget the various phases when they’re presented in the form of a dog—solid when eating dinner, liquid when pouring herself into her basket, and gas when leaping erratically after a fly? Serge Bloch’s whimsical illustrations extend the humor—and the love—in this tale of a child, a dog, and the energy that abounds in their world.
Extensive notes at the end of the book define and explain the physics subjects included in the poems.
This remarkable picture book explores scientific concepts (gravity, magnetism, electricity, friction, etc.) through the story of the relationship between a child and a puppy. Acclaimed author Lisa Westberg Peters’s poems convey concepts in a way that children will remember—often with humor. Who could forget the various phases when they’re presented in the form of a dog—solid when eating dinner, liquid when pouring herself into her basket, and gas when leaping erratically after a fly? Serge Bloch’s whimsical illustrations extend the humor—and the love—in this tale of a child, a dog, and the energy that abounds in their world.
Extensive notes at the end of the book define and explain the physics subjects included in the poems.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Astra Publishing House
Target group
Children/juvenile
US School Grade: From Preschool to Third Grade, Interest Age: From 4 to 8 years
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 282 mm
Width: 224 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
431 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-63592-527-2 (9781635925272)
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E-Book
02/2023
Wordsong
€10.49
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Persons
Lisa Westberg Peters is the author of nineteen children’s books including Our Family Tree, the winner of the Minnesota Book Award. Her first book, The Sun, the Wind and the Rain, was named a NSTA/CBC Outstanding Science Trade Book, and many of her titles have received starred reviews.
Serge Bloch is the illustrator of A Bunch of Punctuation. He also works in the editorial world for newspapers and magazines such as the New York Times, the Boston Globe, and more. His books are internationally translated and published.
Serge Bloch is the illustrator of A Bunch of Punctuation. He also works in the editorial world for newspapers and magazines such as the New York Times, the Boston Globe, and more. His books are internationally translated and published.