Pink Kangaroo, the protagonist of this story and the one whose questions propel the flimsy plot, relaxes on a seaside and ponders the surf, then decides to ask Dr. Chris whether or not “waves ever cease.” Dr. Chris, a lab-coated white man with pale pores and skin and rosy cheeks, solutions this query and all of the others that Pink Kangaroo poses about waves. All through the story, Dr. Chris teaches Pink Kangaroo about wavelength, electromagnetic waves, the seen mild spectrum, microwaves, X-rays, and extra. Lots of the key phrases seem in boldface kind, and within the in depth backmatter, the glossary affords definitions of the entire phrases mentioned. There’s additionally a quiz to assist readers verify their studying in addition to a number of hands-on actions, with illustrations, to get youngsters experimenting with waves themselves. Way more tutorial than entertaining, this e book, like Let’s Fly a Airplane, a concurrently publishing companion in Ferrie’s On a regular basis Science Academy sequence, can be appropriate additions to science classes however not going pleasure studying. Moreover, the poor-quality illustrations, with repeated depictions of a lecturing Dr. Chris displaying barely any variation from unfold to unfold—or e book to e book, for that matter—assist clarify ideas however add nothing aesthetically.
