Every Day on Earth by Steve Murrie and Matthew Murrie
By Jennifer Coissiere • Sep 21st, 2011 • Category: Book Review 2011 •
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As a parent and future educator, I am always looking for a way to pique the interest of children. Every Day on Earth by Steve Murrie and Matthew Murrie (father and son) is a great book to share interesting facts with children through reading short paragraphs. I could not ask for anything else. Did it work to grab the attention of my 11 year-old son?
Yes, it did. I read some of the fun facts out loud to the entire family while we were driving and he enjoyed it so much he did not want me to stop. I think the shocker was when he asked if he could read it after I was done. He is my non-reader. I do not know if it had to do with the fact that I was reading the section on space and technology, but whatever it was got his attention enough to want to know about some other things regular every day people would not know unless they had a reason to find out. For instance, “an astronaut on the International Space Station” sneezes 100 times a day. The reason is explained in the paragraph. Another one would be about the 8,000 taste buds each having “about 100 taste receptor cells.” I was told years ago that certain parts of the tongue taste one of the four basic tastes, not so much.
There are so many other interesting fun facts throughout the entire book. There is not only reading going on, but also math literacy. Math conversions are found on just about every page. An example of that would be the “2 quarts (1.89 liters) of” hydrochloric acid the stomach produces every day. You get science, math, reading, social studies and much more from this book. I recommend Every Day on Earth to parents, teachers and students, especially boys.
The authors provided a copy of the book for review purposes.
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Jennifer Coissiere is an aspiring author, a mother, and a wife. She has been reading books as far back as her memory will allow her to remember. She has always used books as an escape from her everyday life. Her passion for words became evident to her English teacher in the eighth grade. Since then Jennifer has been writing non-stop, but it was not until 2006 when she finally realized her passion. She reviews books because she truly loves reading, and wants to spread the word to more than just the people she knows.
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