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This book was required summer reading for my son who is entering 5th grade. It was hard to find, but I found it on eBay for a great price! We read it from cover to cover in a week as a family read-aloud, and paused to do almost all of the dozen or so "Activities" described. We paced out the solar system to scale on a beach with the sun as a soccer ball, stacked as many pennies as we could find in the house to take a look at population growth, etc. It was a most delightful learning experience! We cooked up the small amount of rice that a child in Africa would be given to eat in a day, and wondered soberly how they can survive. When I saw my 10-year-old's face truly acknowledge how fortunate he is to live in the U.S. under a large roof with more than three meals a day, that was worth ten times what I paid for this book. The writing is sometimes goofy, very down to earth, and always grabbing your interest -- not your ordinary textbook fare. You kind of consume it by getting up close and personal with the facts. We won't forget these concepts that we learned. A gem. Thank you, John Cassidy!Read full review
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