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Renée Heiss is a retired teacher of child development. Her books have earned many awards for their ability to combine academic concepts with character education.
Gary A. Stewart is a successful inventor and active educator. He has leveraged his scientific and business background to promote entrepreneurship, strategic and critical thinking, innovation and creativity.
Gary and Renée are co-founders of Entelechy Education, LLC which produces products that promote STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) topics, character education, and language literacy.
Reviewed by Katelyn Hensel for Readers' Favorite
In What's the Matter?, Renee Heiss and Gary A. Stewart bring to life something that is usually pretty boring: temperatures, the particles of matter, and other basic science tools. Ning, Ellie, and Priti are particles that are bent on saving their good friend Ice from melting. They've got to get to the North Pole, but they’re too late; now they are going to hang out with Water for a bit. As the book progresses, we learn all about the water cycle and how temperature affects the changing states of matter. Our particle pals lead the way and spend lots of time discussing scientific thoughts and ideas. As a book for younger elementary students, this piece succeeds on all levels. I am always looking for ways to get kids interested in math and science, and why not start early with a cute and fun read? This book is interactive, with questions for its audience and lots of fun science facts packed into one very short book.
Although this was my first venture into the EnteleTrons Series, it definitely won't be my last. I'm always looking for fun and educational books to share with my niece and nephew, and this one was fabulous. Christina O'Brien did the illustrations, and I thought her choices were well thought out and very imaginative. On a side note, I applaud the authors for choosing diverse names for the electrons, protons, etc. They were named to give children some sense of the real world, but weren't plain old white bread names like Peter and Nancy, which I appreciated.
