Whats Smaller Than a Pygmy Shrew?
Rating: 5 (out of 5) Summary: What an incredible idea for a scientific children’s book!! Comments: I have had a hard time finding high-quality children’s books in the area of the sciences. (You know… books that are interesting and beautiful in addition to being educational). Thus, when I found this book I was so excited!! My 8 yr old and 5 yr old boys were mesmerized by the story line… the author introduces a pygmy shrew that thinks he’s small (at3inches long) and then progressively introduces smaller and smaller things (you are not so small, pygmy shrew!!) until he delves into the world of one-celled animals and then molecules, atoms, and finally protons, neutrons, electrons and quarks!! Needless to say, this is an amazing introduction into one-celled animals, elements, molecules, protons/neutrons/electrons/quarks (and even the use of microscopes, both optical and electron)… and all delivered at the level of 5 yr old and 8 yr old boys (with interesting and beautiful illustration
