Science Verse by Jon Scieszka
Poetry Book Science Verse written by Jon Scieszka and illustrated by Lane Smith. Published by Viking (2004) When the science teacher says "they can hear the poetry of science in everything" one student is cursed/gifted to hear poetry in a variety of scientific topics. Scieszka adapts many different classic children's songs (It's Raining, It's Pouring, I've Been Working on The Railroad) and nursery rhymes (Mary Had a Little Lamb, Hey Diddle Diddle) into silly science verses in this collection of science poems. Scieszka uses many classic tunes that kids would be familiar with, and the adaptations don't lose too much of the cadence of their original works. This is a follow-up work to Scieszka and Lane's 1995 book, Math Curse , and the duo have only improved here. Scieszka and Lane have collaborated on over a dozen projects, and both can provide bizarre and hilarious moments in this book and others. Smith uses mixed media here, as he did in one of their...