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Fairly detailed book for early elementary children.
I have this book in my preschool classroom, but it is not one that I read at storytime. We use it as a resource when one child begins to question how or why the leaves change color. It is a helpful resource for me as an adult to understand the process, yet in simple language and with pictures to make it interesting for children. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Autumn    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    3. Children: Grades 2-3    4. Color    5. Fall foliage    6. Juvenile Nonfiction    7. Juvenile literature    8. Leaves    9. Science & Nature - General    10. Science & Nature - Trees & Forests    11. Juvenile Nonfiction / Science & Technology / General   

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Science Made Fun & Easy
I have a 6-yr old boy and a 7-yr old girl. It's very rare to find anything that they agree on but with What Is the World Made Of? I was able to find a book that both of them would enjoy and learn from at the same time. The easy-to-follow language made it easy for them both to follow along. The fun pictures and odd bits of humor kept them interested and wanting to know more. A fantastic find & one I hope to be able to use for quite some time.

Great for Teachers!!!
This book is an excellent way to introduce solids, liquids, and gases.I used it with a 3rd grade class and it was perfect!

wonderful science/literature connection
this is an excellent literature connection for young children studying the concept of matter.it works well with the foss science module, "solids and liquids" for students in grades one and two. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    2. Children: Grades 2-3    3. Constitution    4. Juvenile Nonfiction    5. Juvenile literature    6. Matter    7. Readers - Beginner    8. Science & Nature - Earth Sciences    9. Science & Nature - Physics    10. Juvenile Nonfiction / Science & Technology / Physics    11. Matter & materials   

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The Moon Seems to Change
I am a second grade teacher and this book enriched our textbook wonderfully.The illustrations and text were easy for the children to understand (and even taught me a few things as well!)We read several of Franklyn M. Branley's books during our year, but this one seems to be a class favorite. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    2. Children: Babies & Toddlers    3. Children: Grades 2-3    4. General    5. Juvenile Nonfiction    6. Juvenile literature    7. Moon    8. Phases    9. Science & Nature - Astronomy    10. Juvenile Nonfiction / Science & Technology / Astronomy    11. Solar-terrestrial phenomena   

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fun
I liked this book for my kids as I tend to like educational stuff.There is another book on amazon that I and my kids loved, because it was not only educational but super funny.It is DR JONES AND CAROLYN by carolyn apel Excellent Introduction to the Solar System...
I purchased this book for my five year old son, who loves anything that has to do do with outerspace and the planets.This is a terrific book for a young child, the information is direct and to the point and easy to understand.I think children in the older recommended age range would be somewhat dissappointed, it is not really meant for in depth understanding. Out Of This Place
I got this book for the boy I nanny for. He is on this kick about anything to with outer space. He loves it, and I don't get sick of reading it to him. Good buy if you love space. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    2. Children: Grades 2-3    3. Juvenile Nonfiction    4. Juvenile literature    5. Planets    6. Science & Nature - Astronomy    7. Solar system    8. Technology - Aeronautics, Astronautics & Space Science    9. Juvenile Nonfiction / Science & Technology / Aeronautics, Astronautics & Space Science    10. The planets   

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Educational and Fun
My 3 year old daughter loves it.It explains the process at a level she can understand.Great when used with the Butterfly Garden.

The Perfect Butterfly Book for Preschool-Third Grade
I am the director of a lower school (pre-k-2nd) and we have used this book for years. It is the perfect way to introduce children to the wonderful world of metamorphosis. And if you can also actually get the Painted Lady Butterflies and "grow" them in your class, it is an invaluable experience. We have our children keep journals and then buy them each a copy of this great book (it's cheap in paperback) and they get to keep the experience forever. One correction to another review: painted ladies and all butterflies do spin chrysalids, not cocoons. They look similar, but the chrysalis usually has little specks of gold in it, which is where the name comes from. Yes I am a huge fan of this book--and a huge fan of butterflies. This author also has a lovely book about honeybees, called Honeybees.

THE Book to accompany Butterfly Houses, Pavillions
We got this book in addition to a home "Butterfly Pavillion" by InsectLore. It prepared my son and us for what to expect as the Painted Lady Butterflies were developing through each stage. So even duringthe lulls in the action, we could spark some anticipation. Which heightened the whole process for my 5 year old. Read more

Subjects:  1. Animals - Insects, Spiders, etc.    2. Butterflies    3. Caterpillars    4. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    5. Children: Kindergarten    6. Juvenile literature    7. Metamorphosis    8. Nature - General    9. Science & Nature - General    10. Animals    11. Juvenile Nonfiction / Science & Technology / General    12. Zoology & animal sciences   

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Straightforward, engaging introduction to the 5 senses
My 5 year old son absolutely adores this book.He asks me to read it repeatedly, and has fun pointing out when he's using his senses just like the (adorably illustrated) child in Aliki's book does.It's a lively, fun introduction to an important scientific concept.

Not to be confused with Aliki's "My Five Senses"
Margaret Miller's book is a simple introduction to the five senses which young children can easily understand and relate to. I use it in teaching the concept of the five sensesto my English as a Second Language kindergarten students. Miller presents each sense with the related body parts, which makes it easier for children to understand the sometimes complicated idea of what a "sense" is.For example, "With my eyes, I see..." and then she gives examples.The book is illustrated with Miller's photos of children of different ethnicities, and the items they are seeing, smelling, etc are relevant to most children's experience.My students used this book as a starting point to make their own books about the five senses.As a teacher, I recommend this book to anyone looking for a way to introduce some science content to little ones.

My Five Senses
Appealing pictures accompany a straight forward text. "Sometimes I use all my senses at once...When I laugh and play with my puppy, I use four senses. I see, hear, smell and touch...each sense is very important to me because it makes me aware.To be aware is to see all there is to see...hear all there is to hear...[etc]." I like the progression from simple statements to more complex ideas, especially the use of the word 'aware'.How many early readers are aware of the word 'aware' and connect it to their senses?After reading this book, they all will! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    2. Children: Kindergarten    3. Juvenile literature    4. Science & Nature - Anatomy & Physiology    5. Senses and sensation    6. Juvenile Nonfiction / Science & Technology / Anatomy & Physiology   

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Excellent nonfiction
This is a very readable children's book about bats.It helps to dispel some of those nasty myths about our only flying mammal that seem to persist.I use this book as part of my unit on bats that I teach in my second grade classroom.A twin text that I also use is Stellaluna.Pairing fiction and nonfiction works very well with young children.Zipping... is very informative and a very good resource for exposing children to needed symbiosis of man and nature.I will be building a bat house with ny students as a follow up.Think about this book the next time you find yourself swatting at a pesky mosquito.

A Fabulous Book
Have you ever wanted to learn about bats?Well, I did.So after readingAnne Earle's fabulous book, Zipping, Zapping, Zooming Bats, I learned that bats are innocuous, useful and interesting mammals.Let me tell you what I have assimilated. Interesting, fun and educational
I love this book and so do my 5 year old son and 7 year old daughter.It is filled with great pictures of bats and all kinds of bat facts.It lets you know that bats are nothing to fear and even shows you how to make a bat house in the back of the book.Did you know that bats are the only flying animals that nurse their young?Bat "pups" hang together in large groups called nurseries and each mother returns at least twice during the night to feed her little pup.Did you know that there is a bat in Australia that has a six foot wing span?I didn't until I read this book...don't worry they eat fruit!I liked bats before...now I like them even more. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Animals - Mammals    2. Bats    3. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    4. Children: Grades 1-2    5. Juvenile literature    6. Nature - General    7. Science & Nature - General    8. Juvenile Nonfiction / Animals / Mammals   

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Read it as a story or do the experiments
The good thing about this book is that it is interesting enough to read it (at bedtime, for example) without pausing to do the experiments or you can use it in conjunction with some great little experiments to learn more about magnets.
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Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    2. Children: Grades 1-2    3. Experiments    4. General    5. Juvenile literature    6. Magnets    7. Physics    8. Electricity & magnets    9. Juvenile Nonfiction / Science & Technology / Physics   

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Great Experience!
Ordering on line was a wonderful experience.The quality of the book I purchased was amazing!
Very interesting and informative!My kids love it!
This book details what the bones in your body look like and their functions.Colorful pictures are helpful and entertaining.This book also mentions a broken arm.Fun reading if your child is in a cast. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Bones    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    3. Children: Babies & Toddlers    4. Human skeleton    5. Juvenile literature    6. Science & Nature - Anatomy & Physiology    7. Skeleton    8. Juvenile Nonfiction / Science & Technology / Anatomy & Physiology   

Subjects:  1. Children's 4-8 - Science    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    3. Children: Preschool    4. Day    5. Earth    6. Juvenile literature    7. Night    8. Rotation    9. Science & Nature - Astronomy    10. Science & Technology - Astronomy    11. Science & Technology - Machinery    12. Technology - Machinery    13. Juvenile Nonfiction / Science & Technology / Astronomy   

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love it
I used it to make an interactive bulletin board for my classroom.It is simple but it gets the point across.I use it with my 8th and 9th grade students, and they don't mind that it's a picture book.

Who Eats What? Food Chains and Food Webs
I found this book to be very entertaining and I feel the children's interest held to the very end of the story.

Food Chains and Food Webs
Detailed examples of food chains and food webs, but hard to follow the arrows in the illustrations in food chains.
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Subjects:  1. Animals - General    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    3. Children: Grades 1-2    4. Ecology    5. Food chains (Ecology)    6. Juvenile Nonfiction    7. Juvenile literature    8. Nature - General    9. Science & Nature - Environmental Science & Eco Logy    10. Science & Nature - General    11. Juvenile Nonfiction / Animals / General   

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Educational
This book explains about how the human body deals with reflexes.It gets a little technical, but a four or five year old can definately understand the content.I enjoyed reading this book to my children because even Ilearned a little that I either had not learned or had forgotten. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    2. Children: Grades 1-2    3. Games & Activities - Questions & Answers    4. Juvenile Nonfiction    5. Juvenile literature    6. Reflexes    7. Science & Nature - Anatomy & Physiology    8. Body & health    9. Human biology    10. Juvenile Nonfiction / Science & Technology / Anatomy & Physiology   

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Lots of age-appropriate information
I am a huge fan of the Let's Read and Find Out science series of books, and this one doesn't disappoint.Clearly written information, great photographs, and wonderful illustrations educate the K-2 science student in an enjoyable way.

Nicely Done
My husband and daughter are both geologist and they thought this book was well written.My bright 3 year old grandson enjoys having it read to him.Usually it would be enjoyed by an older child, but he enjoys it.

Simple and easily observable science concepts
This book is part of the Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science series, which has more than 80 titles. The Stage 1 books explain simple and easily observable science concepts for preschool- and kindergarten-age children. Stage 2books, which includes this title, explore more challenging concepts forchildren in the primary grades and include hands-on activities thatchildren can do themselves. "Let's Go Rock Collecting" is suitable foryoung children. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    2. Children: Grades 2-3    3. Collection and preservation    4. Juvenile Nonfiction    5. Juvenile literature    6. Rocks    7. Science & Nature - Earth Sciences    8. Science & Technology - Earth Science    9. Juvenile Nonfiction / Science & Technology / Earth Sciences    10. Rocks, minerals & fossils   

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Great informative book!
My 3 year old grandson loves this book.I bought it for him because he loves to watch the garbage truck come by every week.This book really taught him what happens to the garbage after pick-up.

Great introduction to waste management for young children
This book is one of my collection for a Recycling education center.It is helpful because it breaks down the process of landfilling and recycling as well as shares what we throw away as Americans via a pie chart.

Sumthin 4 the young 2 know
Descriptive book on the idea of Garbage and Recycle. A good way to get your kids to start realizing how much damage garbage can do. Would of give it 5 stars but a book is not the best way to get to your kid's mind, better visualizations, like a field trip is an excelent idea. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    2. Children: Grades 3-4    3. Juvenile literature    4. Recycling (Waste)    5. Refuse and refuse disposal    6. Science & Nature - Environmental Conservation & Protection    7. Juvenile Nonfiction / Science & Technology / General   

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    2. Children: Grades 1-2    3. Energy resources    4. Energy transfer    5. Force and energy    6. Juvenile Nonfiction    7. Juvenile Science (General)    8. Juvenile literature    9. Power resources    10. Readers - Beginner    11. Science & Nature - Physics    12. Juvenile Nonfiction / Science & Technology / Physics   

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Blah
This is an uninspired book.There were a few very interesting pages that the author seemed to spend some actual time on.Beyond that, naming the constellations does not make for very engaging kids reading.There are better choices for young astronomers.

Stars book rates Stars from me
The Sky Is Full of Stars is an excellent and informatiive book for primary age kids. It gives lots of information about the night sky and constellations in an easy to understand format for children. Kids can takethis book outside and find constellations following the directions in thebook. I can't wait to use it in my second grade classroom! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's 4-8    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    3. Children: Kindergarten    4. Constellations    5. General    6. Juvenile literature    7. Stars    8. Juvenile Nonfiction / Science & Technology / Astronomy   

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My five year old enjoyed this book
We enjoy the "Let's - Read - & - Find - Out" series of books. This one is a good addition, explaining seeds on my five year old son's level of understanding . Something that many adult writers of childrens' science books sometimes aren't very good at getting across.It is in my child's library at school. Life Springing Forth.
This book should have been more appropriately titled HOW TO WATCH A SEED GROW. Instead of discussing the various stages of development and explaining what happens, the book is basically an extended science project explaining how students can watch a seed grow into a plant. The book talks about the different stages, but only discusses what the planted beans should look like in those stages, not really explaining what is happening or why. Nevertheless, the book does outline a good science project for younger children, but isn't much as a book to read to kids.

A Kids First Science Book
This is one very good science book.If you would like to do a seed project then this is a good guide to lots of young peoples questions about plants.It has colorful illustrations about what is happening with yourproject.It is written in detail, but not like a boring high schoolscience textbook that goes on, and on, and on about one thing, giving everydetail that there is.So what I'm trying to sayis that this is a goodbook. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    2. Children: Kindergarten    3. Germination    4. Juvenile literature    5. Readers - Beginner    6. Science & Nature - Botany    7. Seeds    8. Juvenile Nonfiction / Nature / Flowers & Plants   

Subjects:  1. Animals - Marine Life    2. Body covering (Anatomy)    3. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    4. Children: Preschool    5. Juvenile literature    6. Nature - General    7. Science & Nature - General    8. Shells    9. Juvenile Nonfiction / Nature / General   

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When my kids were sick, this was one of two books we always read...
My children, now 19 and 17, loved this book.I guess they were about 6 and 4 when I got it.Whenever they were sick, we read this book and a Sesame Street book called "It's No Fun to be Sick."Reading these books became a comforting ritual, as well as an easy way to learn some basic science.

A missed opportunity to teach about hygiene
Although this book is thorough in describing the differences between viruses and bacteria, I think it misses an important opportunity to reinforce hygiene...wash your hands, cover your mouth etc.These are given a cursory review on the last page, with no accompanying illustration.I had hoped that this book would help my almost-4-year-old to understand how people get sick, how they get well, and how they can help prevent communicable disease to reinforce what I teach at home.I do not think that the authors did a very good job of meeting those expectations.

An untimidating, practical account of germs for young reader
My three-year old son really enjoys this book.The book's fairly simple, yet informative account of how viruses and bacteria can make us sick helps to make the abstract concept of germs more concrete for him.As an addedbonus, the book gives a plug for handwashing, covering mouths when sneezingor coughing, and not sharing cups that most preschoolers can benefit from. I must also confess that, despite having read the Times Science section foryears, I learned quite a bit about viruses and bacteria from this simple,well-illustrated book.A good buy, especially for parents who field a lotof factual queries every day.The Let's Read and Find Out series is agreat way to let someone else do the explaining for a change. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Bacteria    2. Bacterial diseases    3. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    4. Children: Preschool    5. Health & Daily Living - General    6. Juvenile literature    7. Science & Nature - General    8. Virus diseases    9. Viruses    10. Juvenile Nonfiction / Science & Technology / General   

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Lets-Read-and-Find-Out Science book series is great for kids
The Lets-Read-and-Find-Out Science book series is great.It is the right amount of information and the right level for young readers. My first grader read 200 books last school year and it was nice to know she was learning about her world at the same time.She read this and other books from the series to my four year old who also retained much of the information.

Hear Your Heart
This book has captivated my 4 1/2 year old son.(My 8 year old daughter likes it, too)My son actually stood up in preschool yesterday (he is normally quiet) and taught the class details of how the heart works and the parts of the heart.His teacher's were amazed that he was sharing something, so they let him teach.We have to read this book over and over again.

Can you hear your heart?
An introduction into how the heart works along with feeling your pulse and listening to a hearts beat with amusing illustrations reader can imitate and view diagrams of the heart.
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Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    2. Children: Kindergarten    3. Health & Daily Living - General    4. Heart    5. Juvenile Nonfiction    6. Juvenile literature    7. Readers - Beginner    8. Science & Nature - Anatomy & Physiology    9. Body & health    10. Early learning / early learning concepts    11. Human biology    12. Juvenile Nonfiction / General