Snowball Run: Pulleys (Science Solves It!) by Lisa Harkrader, PICTURE BOOK. Kane
Press, Inc., 2018. $6. 9781635920031
BUYING ADVISORY: EL-
ADVISABLE
AUDIENCE APPEAL:
AVERAGE
Emmie and her friend Booker are going to sled on Snowball
Run during a snow day. Emmie’s little brother, Owen, gets to come along for the
first time too. Unfortunately, Snowball Run is a big hill and Owen gets tired
of climbing to the top very quickly. Emmie decides they need a plan to get Owen
to the top without having to carry him themselves. They head home to have hot
chocolate and recruit their mom for help. She helps them create a pulley system
to get Owen to the top of the hill much more quickly.
This was a great combination of a fictional, relatable story
for kids, and a science concept that solves a realistic problem that they might
actually encounter. I liked that the children asked the mom for help and that
she was able to convey the scientific concept because she worked in
construction. It was nice to see a female in that role. There are science
concepts defined in different parts of the book and a page of scientific
inquiry information along with an experiment in the very back.
Shay, High School Librarian, MLS
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