kolamum Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 I'm looking at ordering an actual book & not an ebook. I find that big books like that as ebooks are difficult, especially if a child wants to go back & look something up later, or an adult for that matter. However, I think the titles are right up my youngest student's alley & that they'd be well loved & enjoyed to help things blend together with what we are doing. With that said, is it worth the expense I will endure for shipping? Last night I was playing around with the website & it quoted me at $50 for having all three volumes {no TM's or anything} shipped to me. 2 were quoted at $39. I never thought to check for 1 until today, which is now quoting me at $50, in which case it's going to be cheapest {shipping wise} to just purchase all three. That takes these reasonably priced books up to a new level, meaning that instead of the reasonable $16 they were I'm now looking at about $32 each. While I'm asking, anyone just read them without doing all the notebooking, experiments & extras? I don't really need all that for what I have planned.. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirstenhill Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 We bought ours on amazon -- not sure if that helps you in your situation (maybe their shipping is just as bad to your location?). The first book I had my DD do the notebook pages and it was ok. She wasn't very into it. The teacher's guide wasn't incredibly helpful for us. I have had my DD read the 2nd and now the 3rd books independently, without any notebooking. She likes the stories and and I just consider it a science "extra" -- which for the size of the book, it was well worth $16, with no extra shipping charge via amazon prime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kolamum Posted October 3, 2014 Author Share Posted October 3, 2014 Oo, thanks for that! They'll only charge me $25 for shipping.. Hmm, okay Haha, posted too soon I mean to say I can snag Botany & Anatomy for a total of $50 {including shipping AUD}. I'd love the Zoo one, but I don't "need" it right now so it could wait.. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soror Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 I know it saves money but I think it might be good to hold off on ordering them all before even trying it out. I bought the first one and although the dc's liked it the first few weeks it quickly became boring and repetitive. Read a little story, the same basic facts nearly listed and it is incredibly shallow. I couldn't stand to continue it as a readaloud, it really wasn't worth our time, there are much better books out there. For example we are reading the Scientist in the Field book, Tarantula Scientist right now, this is a great example of a living science book, the story is very engaging and it has tons of facts in it as well, considerably more than Sassafras. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 What Soror said. I'd try one before you get all three. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kolamum Posted October 4, 2014 Author Share Posted October 4, 2014 Thanks Ladies, good point. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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