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Air Is All Around You by Franklyn Mansfield Branley
Category: Children's Fiction | Series: Let's-Read-And-Find-Out Science 1 Ser.
Read and find out about how to discover more about the air that's all around you in this colorfully illustrated nonfiction picture book. What weighs 5 quadrillion tons but can't knock you down Air! The air that surrounds the earth weighs an enormous amount, but you can't even feel it unless the wind i ...Show more
Animals in Winter by Henrietta Bancroft; Richard G. Van Gelder; Helen K. Davie (Illustrator)
Category: No Category | Series: Let's-Read-And-Find-Out Science 1 Ser.
Have you ever seen a butterfly in the snow?Probably not. Butterflies can't survive cold weather, so when winter comes, many butterflies fly to warmer places. They migrate. Woodchucks don't like cold weather either but they don't migrate; they hibernate. Woodchucks sleep in their dens all winter long. Re ...Show more
Animals in Winter - Newly by Henrietta Bancroft; Richard G. Van Gelder; Helen K. Davie (Illustrator)
Category: No Category | Series: Let's-Read-And-Find-Out Science 1 Ser.
While watching winter's snows blanket the Earth, what child hasn't wondered, 'What will the rabbits do? Or the birds?' This wonderfully simple Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science book explains the many ways animals have of coping with harsh weather. Helen K. Davie's elegant illustrations perfectly evoke the ...Show more
Archaeologists Dig for Clues by Kate Duke (Illustrator)
Category: No Category | Series: Let's-Read-and-Find-Out-Science Ser.
Archaeologists on a dig work very much like detectives at a crime scene. Every chipped rock, charred seed, or fossilized bone could be a clue to how people lived in the past. In this information-packed Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science book, Kate Duke explains what scientists are looking for, how they fin ...Show more
Be a Friend to Trees by Patricia Lauber Holly Keller
Category: Picture Books | Series: Let's-Read-And-Find-Out Science 2 Ser.
Why should you be a friend to trees? Trees are a valuable natural resource. People depend on trees for food, and animals depend on trees for food and shelter. But most important, we depend on trees because they add oxygen, a gas we all need, to the air. While trees give us many wonderful products, we mu ...Show more
Big Tracks, Little Tracks - Following Animal Prints by Millicent E. Selsam; Marlene Hill Donnelly (Illustrator)
Category: No Category | Series: Let's-Read-And-Find-Out Science 1 Ser.
Does a cat use his claws when he walks? How does a rabbit run? What does a skunk smell like? Find out the answers in this classic text that teaches young readers how to track animals by finding footprints and other clues. Marlene Donnellys lovely illustrations and Millicent Selsams gentle text make this ...Show more
Day Light, Night Light - Where Light Comes From by Franklyn M. Branley; Stacey Schuett (Illustrator)
Category: No Category | Series: Let's-Read-and-Find-Out-Science Ser.
Moonlight is really sunlight! Did you know that the moon doesn' t make its own light? Instead, it receives light from the sun and reflects it to us on the Earth. Read and find out about how the sun, the stars and light bulbs make light so we can see.Did you know that moonlight is really sunlight? The mo ...Show more
Down Comes the Rain by Franklyn M. Branley; James Graham Hale (Illustrator)
Category: No Category | Series: Let's-Read-And-Find-Out Science 2 Ser.
Did you know that rain is recycled?After rain comes down, the sun comes out and dries the puddles. But the water isn't gone. The heat from the sun has turned it into water vapor -- it has evaporated. Eventually, this moisture in the air condenses to form new clouds. Soon the rain will fall again. Read o ...Show more
Down Comes the Rain by Franklyn M. Branley; James G. Hale (Illustrator)
Category: No Category | Series: Let's-Read-and-Find-Out-Science Ser.
Did you know that rain is recycled?After rain comes down, the sun comes out and dries the puddles. But the water isn't gone. The heat from the sun has turned it into water vapor -- it has evaporated. Eventually, this moisture in the air condenses to form new clouds. Soon the rain will fall again. Read o ...Show more
Falcons Nest on Skyscrapers by Priscilla Belz Jenkins; Megan Lloyd (Illustrator)
Category: No Category | Series: Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science Ser.
Not only can falcons dive at 200 miles per hour and build nests atop skyscrapers, but the peregrine falcon has fought its way back from near extinction in parts of the United States. With a ban on DDT and the help of dedicated ornithologists, the peregrine has made a phenomenal comeback.This book tells ...Show more
Floating in Space by Franklyn M. Branley; True Kelley (Illustrator)
Category: No Category | Series: Let's-Read-and-Find-Out-Science Ser.
Have you ever dreamed of being an astronaut? Wondered what it might be like to see the sun set sixteen times in one day? Open this book and be transported on an information-packed voyage aboard the space shuttle. True Kelley’s kid-friendly diagrams and illustrations and Franklyn Branley’s straightforwa ...Show more
From Caterpillar to Butterfly by Deborah Heiligman; Bari Weissman (Illustrator)
Category: No Category | Series: Let's-Read-And-Find-Out Science 1 Ser.
After a caterpillar comes to school in a jar, the children are captivated as it eats, grows, and eventually becomes a beautiful Painted Lady butterfly. This title features colorful illustrations from veteran illustrator Bari Weissman and lively text from National Book Award finalist and Michael L. Print ...Show more