The Magic School Bus Explores the Senses
By: Joanna Cole
Illustrated by: Bruce Degen
This was the very first informational children's book that I have ever picked up. I enjoyed the fun aspect of the book. I thought the illustrations were fun and would be very appealing to younger audiences. The complaint I have about this book is that there was way too much going on when it came to the pages. Each page was jam packed with more information than I knew what to do with. It was hard for my eyes to know where to go. Once they found a spot they had a tendency to jump around. By the time I finished each page I hadn't learned much because I was too focused on a lot of things as opposed to just one. I feel that this wouldn't be a very good book to use with children for information. It is too distracting and they wouldn't know where to start. I haven't read any other books from this series, but I assume they are all written and illustrated the same way. While I know that understanding the five senses requires gaining a lot of knowledge about them, this book definitely overworked my eyes!
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