Flat Earth? Round Earth?
by Theresa Martin
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Author: Theresa MartinEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2002-08
ISBN: 1573929883
Number of pages: 54
Publisher: Prometheus Books
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Book Review: Excellent story that teaches critical thinking skill!
Summary: 4 Stars
My almost 7 year old grandson loved this story!
I took off a star for being a bit over-lengthy in its explanation and for the teacher being pretty mean instead of patient with the little boy who just wanted to believe the earth was flat. She was, frankly, mean. It was she, not the story's hero, who should have explained all the ways we can know the earth is round, not flat and I suspect the writer's prejudices were shining through a little bit which I countered by telling my grandson, man, that teacher's mean -- to which he nodded. He's in 2nd grade so he already has some idea of mean teachers vs. nice teachers. (Due to a move during Kindergarten, he's had one of each and one in between; hopefully, his new teacher's on the nice side...)
That said the explanations make sense and are easily understandable even to an elematary school aged child. I learned from it because I did not know all the things brought up to show the Earth is round so it was interesting to me too. My grandson, who is somewhat hyperactive, did grow a bit impatient with the lengthiness of the explanations but was drawn back to hear the next one. If you have a child who doesn't like to sit still, might want to parse it down a bit when reading it to them.
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