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Par Wiley Blevins. 2021
Par Julia Garstecki-Derkovitz. 2021
You see your shadow outside on a sunny day. A rainbow appears in the sky after a storm. Light waves…
are all around us, even when it's dark. With engaging, at-level text and colorful images, readers will learn about light waves and how we use them every day.Par Wiley Blevins. 2021
Did you put the cap on the toothpaste tube today? Then you’ve used a screw! These simple machines are all…
around. Take a look inside and discover 13 different ways we use screws.Par Michael Dahl. 2021
Birds chirp. A dog barks. Thunder claps. We hear sounds all around us. But how? Sound waves travel through the…
air, but we don't see them. With engaging, at-level text and colorful images, readers will learn about sound waves and how we use them every day.Par Tracy Vonder Brink. 2021
Microwaves heat our food. They carry messages from phone to phone. They help detect the weather. Microwaves are all around…
us, even if we don't see them. With engaging, at-level text and colorful images, readers will learn about microwaves and how we use them every day.Par Wiley Blevins. 2021
Did you walk up a ramp today? Then you’ve used an inclined plane! These simple machines are all around. Take…
a look inside and discover 13 ways we use inclined planes.Par Jackie Walter. 2021
This book is part of Reading Champion, a series carefully linked to book bands to encourage independent reading skills, developed…
with UCL Institute of Education (IOE)Make a Splash is a non-fiction text exploring how different people can make a splash in water. The repeated sentence structure offers readers the opportunity for a very first independent reading experience with the support of the illustrations.Reading Champion offers independent reading books for children to practise and reinforce their developing reading skills.This early non-fiction text is accompanied by engaging artwork and a reading activity. Each book has been carefully graded so that it can be matched to a child's reading ability, encouraging reading for pleasure.Par Katie Woolley. 2021
Make it Move is an informaiton book about pushing and pulling objects for children starting to learn to read. This…
book is part of Reading Champion, a series carefully linked to book bands to encourage independent reading skills, developed with Dr Sue Bodman and Glen Franklin of UCL Institute of Education (IOE)Reading Champion offers independent reading books for children to practise and reinforce their developing reading skills.Fantastic, original texts are accompanied by engaging artwork and a reading activity. Each book has been carefully graded so that it can be matched to a child's reading ability, encouraging reading for pleasure.Par Lisa J. Amstutz. 2022
A pencil is stiff. A rubber band is bendable. Why are some objects stiff and others bendable? Find out in…
this series about materials and their properties. Informative, at-level text and engaging photographs help readers understand the differences between stiff and bendable objects.Par Emily Raij. 2022
Light is all around us. What is light? Where does it come from? How does it help us see? Readers…
investigate and read straightforward text accompanied by vibrant photos to learn all about light.Par Emily Raij. 2022
Par Lisa J. Amstutz. 2022
A rubber duck floats in the tub. A rock sinks to the bottom of a lake. Why do some objects…
float and others sink? Find out in this series about materials and their properties. Informative, at-level text and engaging photos help readers understand the differences between objects that sink and float.Par Lisa M. Simons. 2022
Par Lisa J. Amstutz. 2022
A piece of silk is smooth. Tree bark is rough. Why are some objects smooth and others rough? Find out…
in this series about materials and their properties. Informative, at-level text and engaging photographs help readers understand the differences between smooth and rough objects.Par Lisa J. Amstutz. 2022
A bowling ball is heavy. A feather is light. Why are some items heavy and others light? Find out in…
this series about materials and their properties. Informative, at-level text and engaging photographs help readers understand the differences between heavy and light materials.Par Lisa J. Amstutz. 2022
A diamond is shiny. A brick wall is dull. Why are some objects shiny and others dull? Find out in…
this series about materials and their properties. Informative, at-level text and engaging photographs help readers understand the differences between shiny and dull objects.Par Yvonne Pearson. 2022
Par Lisa J. Amstutz. 2022
A nail is hard. A cotton ball is soft. Why are some objects hard and others soft? Find out in…
this series about materials and their properties. Informative, at-level text and engaging photographs help readers understand the differences between hard and soft materials.Par Bryan Stone, Anita Yasuda. 2013
Who invented the airplane? When were airplanes invented? And why do planes have wings if the wings don't flap? Kids…
can answer these questions and more by jumping into the cockpit and soaring into Explore Flight! With 25 Great Projects, where they'll learn about the history of our human obsession to conquer the feat of flying.For kids ages 6-9, Explore Flight! With 25 Great Projects introduces them to the dreamers, inventors, aviation pioneers, and record breakers. They will read about the myths and legends of flying and about the wondrous flying machines of the past, present and future. They will learn that in the 15th century Leonardo da Vinci drew sketches of airplanes, helicopters and other flying machines, and that the first passengers in a hot air balloon were a sheep, a rooster, and a duck. Along the way, they will develop a better understanding of the rich history of aviation, investigate what causes flight, and learn about the science of aerodynamics. Projects and experiments range from making a paper airplane to building an airfoil. All the projects in this book are easy to follow, require little adult supervision, and use commonly found household products, many from the recycling.Par D. J. Ward. 2015
Read and find out about six simple machines—the lever, the wheel and axle, the pulley, the ramp, the wedge, and…
the screw—in this colorfully illustrated nonfiction picture book.Machines help make work easier, like when you need to lift something heavy or reach way up high. Can you adjust a seesaw to lift an elephant? What happens when you combine two or more simple machines? Read and find out out in the proven winner Simple Machines!This clear and appealing science book for early elementary age kids, both at home and in the classroom, uses clear explanations and simple, fun diagrams to explain how machines work. This book also includes a glossary and a find out more section with a lever experiment.This is a Level 2 Let's-Read-and-Find-Out, which means the book explores more challenging concepts for children in the primary grades. The 100+ titles in this leading nonfiction series are:hands-on and visualacclaimed and trustedgreat for classroomsTop 10 reasons to love LRFOs:Entertain and educate at the same timeHave appealing, child-centered topicsDevelopmentally appropriate for emerging readersFocused; answering questions instead of using survey approachEmploy engaging picture book quality illustrationsUse simple charts and graphics to improve visual literacy skillsFeature hands-on activities to engage young scientistsMeet national science education standardsWritten/illustrated by award-winning authors/illustrators & vetted by an expert in the fieldOver 130 titles in print, meeting a wide range of kids' scientific interestsBooks in this series support the Common Core Learning Standards, Next Generation Science Standards, and the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) standards. Let's-Read-and-Find-Out is the winner of the American Association for the Advancement of Science/Subaru Science Books & Films Prize for Outstanding Science Series.