By Judy Allen
Published Kingfisher, Boston, 2006
ISBN 0-7534-5950-7
Photographs, pen and ink, watercolor
Annotation
The book Unexplained is an encyclopedia of strange mysteries and unexplained events and phenomena.
Personal Reaction
Unexplained has a complete and thorough investigation and history of any strange phenomena a student has or has not heard of or imagined. Like The Unexplained by Jim Pipe it has large full-page pictures and illustrations, however the content in this book is more detailed with far more factual accounts and historical information. This book is accessible to both low level readers who will enjoy the photos and captions while sustaining the interest of higher readers with the detailed historical paragraphs. I chose this book due to its popularity in many libraries in the SFUSD schools. In my own libraries it is always checked out or on hold which is an indication of its appeal to many reading levels. The subjects or questions will open students to possibilities even their imaginations could not provide. An especially interesting feature in this book is the list of unexplained events by area in the back of the book. This will allow students to discover where certain strange happenings have occurred and could motivate further research on that area or that event.
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