Jane Wilsher’s What Do Scientists Do All Day? is a busy, fact-filled tour for 6 year olds that introduces more than a hundred people who use science in their jobs.<\/p>\n
The book takes your child to fourteen different places. There’s a nature reserve, a hospital, a museum, an Arctic research station, mission control, an observatory, the planning of a brand-new city and lots more. At each one you meet eight scientists at work.<\/p>\n
Each scientist gets a few short lines in their own voice. “I am a VOLCANOLOGIST.” “I am a MIDWIFE.” “I study EARTHQUAKES.” Then they tell you what they actually do all day, in words a six-year-old can follow.<\/p>\n
The best bit is how wide it goes. Of course there are astronauts, doctors and vets. But there’s also a plant librarian, a tree surgeon dangling in a harness, a perfume maker people call “the nose” and a polar bear expert who puts tags on bears to track them. Who knew there was a job just for studying mushrooms?<\/p>\n
The little voices have plenty of personality too. The X-ray technician claims to be a magician who can see inside you. The traffic planner HATES traffic jams. And well-brushed teeth make the dentist’s day.<\/p>\n
It’s also a spotting game. After each place, the book asks your child to go back and find all eight scientists in the busy scene, which gives it a lovely second life after the first read.<\/p>\n
It starts with a simple idea worth hearing young. Scientists ask questions, try things out and often get it wrong before they get it right. A child who’s been told off for a failed experiment in the kitchen might find that quite reassuring!<\/p>\n
It’s American in places (math, center, moms), which you might want to read round. There’s also a useful safety line about never picking or eating wild mushrooms.<\/p>\n
This is perfect for the child who wants to know what everyone’s job is, or who’s already announced they’ll be an astronaut and a vet at the same time. Dip into one place a night, or read it cover to cover.<\/p>\n
If this one sparks questions, Ada Twist, Scientist is a rhyming story about a little girl whose favourite word is “Why?” and whose experiments make a glorious mess before she gets anywhere.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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