Solid Liquids Gases and Plasma by David A. Adler - ADVISABLE

Solid Liquids Gases and Plasma by David A. Adler, illustrated by Anna Raff. PICTURE BOOK/NON-FICTION. Holiday House, 2019. $19. 9780823439621

BUYING ADVISORY: EL (K-3) - ADVISABLE 

AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE

The narrator of this book explains the concepts of matter and after each explanation gives the reader something they can do to test out the principle themselves. For example, you can break a bar of chocolate up and see all the pieces and that they are made of the same things as the whole was. 

This is a solid (see what I did there) book on matter and it is effective in conveying the information and would fit perfectly in a second grade science curriculum. That said, as a stand alone book for students to pick up off the shelf, it is a little bit boring - illustrations are helpful but not exciting, similar to the text. 

Jen Wecker, HS English Teacher