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    Bianca SchulzeBy 2 Mins Read General

    The Children’s Book Review
    Published: July 29, 2011

    Earth Day BookKnowledge is the key to discovery. Fill your brain with fun facts about space, technology, pop culture, food, animals, sports, and the human body. Enter to win a signed copy of Every Day on Earth by Matthew and Steve Murrie—not only will you have some seriously fun stuff to talk about … you’ll be quenching your thirst for knowledge.

    Reading Level: 8-12

    Paperback: 224 pages

    Series overview: Did you know the average adult breathes in 88 lbs. (roughly the weight of a 10 year old boy) of air every day?

    Just think of what else happens in a single day! Your taste bud cells are replaced at a rate of 50,000 a day. Almost 40,000 trees are cut down every day just to make paper bags. And a mayfly lives its entire life in a single day. This book is full of fun facts about space, technology, pop culture, food, animals, sports, the human body, and more!

    About the authors: Matthew Murrie is the coauthor of Every Minute on Earth, Planet Earth Guide to the Planet, Planet Earth Up Close, and The First Book of Seconds. He has an MA in the Teaching of English from Teachers College, Columbia University and is an English Professor at Westminster College in Fulton, MO.

    Steve Murrie is the coauthor of Every Minute on Earth, Planet Earth Guide to the Planet, Planet Earth Up Close, and The First Book of Seconds. He holds an MA from Penn State University in Science Education and is a retired science teacher residing in Union, MO.

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    Bianca Schulze is the founder of The Children’s Book Review. She is a reader, reviewer, mother and children’s book lover. She also has a decade’s worth of experience working with children in the great outdoors. Combined with her love of books and experience as a children’s specialist bookseller, the goal is to share her passion for children’s literature to grow readers. Born and raised in Sydney, Australia, she now lives with her husband and three children near Boulder, Colorado.

    37 Comments

    2. Mel on

      Wow! I have boys 6 and 8 – and we love the earth! What a way to get the big wide earth manageable (or unmanageable once we learn everything that goes on from this book). Yup, our family would really enjoy this book. Here’s to hoping!

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    6. Staci A on

      My son absolutely loves learning new facts (and sharing them with anyone who’ll listen.) So this sounds like a book he would adore!

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    18. Cindy Macbeth on

      Learning interesting and fun facts is always a thumbs up. My neices and nephew, I think would really like this books.

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    21. Christine W on

      I would love to read this book myself and then use it in my math classroom. Plus, I think that this would be a great book for me to use at the Library when we present our monthly Science Explosion program.

      Thank you,

      Christine Womack
      [email protected]

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    29. Clare Pagliettini on

      I’m sure all of my kids would love to go around asking my husband & I questions and telling us facts they’ve learned from this book as well. 🙂 Thanks.

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    30. Jo Anne Vincenti on

      My grandchildren love books like this – hope I win it for them and thanks for the opportunity to give them something eductional but fun at the same time

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    32. Marcia Berbeza on

      Every kid loves science! Would love the opportunity to add a new book that answers questions about the world around us for my readers!

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    35. Morgen Larsen-Atwood on

      This book would be a great resource in our school library. My students love to play trivia and environmental stewardship is a great topic to focus on.

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