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Is it magnetic or nonmagnetic?

Trudy Rising (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427180636

This colorful and engaging title is sure to attract curious readers! Using familiar examples, readers will discover the difference between magnetic and nonmagnetic materials. Accessible text and supportive images encourage readers to identify and classify materials based on magnetic attraction.

Is it heavy or light?

Susan Hughes (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427180612

This title has mass appeal! Colorful images and clear and concise text invite readers to look at the property of weight. Using familiar examples, readers learn how to tell the difference between heavy and light objects and learn how people weigh objects. Readers then identify, describe, and compare materials based on weight.

Is it flexible or rigid?

Sheila Fletcher (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427180605

This book looks at the difference between flexible and rigid objects. Using familiar objects, readers discover how flexible and rigid objects are used in everyday life. Readers are encouraged to identify and classify materials based on these physical properties.

Outstanding Oils and Wonderful Water

John Burstein (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9780778797982

In this fascinating new book Slim explores the essential nutritional value of oils and water. Children will learn why oils are essential to health, what foods produce oils, what oil products are consumed around the world, and how much oil is needed every day. Readers will also learn about why drinking enough water is essential to good health and how much water they need each day.

Vital Vegetables

John Burstein (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9780778797975

In this interesting new book Slim explores the essential nutritional value of the vegetable group. Children will learn about the incredible variety of vegetables and vegetable products, the history of vegetables in the human diet, what is special about dark green and leafy vegetables, what changes occur when vegetables are cooked, vegetables grown around the world, and how many vegetables a person needs each day.

Marvelous Meats and More

John Burstein (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9780778797968

In this meaty new book Slim explores the essential nutritional value of the meat group. Children will learn that this group is made up of more than meat. It includes poultry, fish, dry beans, eggs and nuts. They will also discover why tofu is part of this group, how this group helps build strong muscles, what different kinds of meats, poultry, fish, etc. are eaten around the world, and how much a person needs to eat each day from this group.

Delicious Dairy

John Burstein (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9780778797937

In this interesting new book Slim explores the essential nutritional value of the dairy group. Children will learn about why dairy products are so important for healthy bones and teeth, how milk is brought to market, the difference between whole milk and fat-free milk, how cheese and yogurt is made, what kinds of animals produce milk, different dairy products used around the world, and how much dairy a person needs to consume each day.

Fabulous Fruits

John Burstein (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9780778797944

In this sweet new book Slim explores the essential nutritional value of the fruit group. Children will learn about the amazing amount of water in fruit, how fruit blossoms, why the tomato is considered a piece of fruit, the wide variety of products made with fruit, groves and orchards around the world, how worms get into apples, and how many fruits a person needs to eat each day.

I am growing and changing / Crezco y cambio

Bobbie Kalman (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427195937

Young readers are introduced to the many changes children experience in their early years. The simple text takes readers on a journey from the day a child is born through the first six years of life. An interactive activity asks them how old they were when they reached their own growth milestones of first teeth, first steps, and first day of school.

Baby Animal Names / Nombres de animales bebé

Bobbie Kalman (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427195920

This delightful book teaches readers about the world of baby animals by identifying animals that share the same names. Adorable photos feature pups (baby dogs and foxes), cubs (baby wolves and bears), and kids (baby goats and human children).

Arms and legs, fingers and toes / Brazos, piernas y dedos

Bobbie Kalman (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427195906

This entertaining book teaches young readers about the different body parts they use to move and play. Body parts are labeled on the photos showing how elbows, knees, ankles, and fingers bend.

I eat a rainbow / Me como un arco iris

Bobbie Kalman (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427195890

By introducing young readers to the colors of food, they also learn about healthy eating. Eating fruits and vegetables in as many colors of the rainbow everyday ensures that we get all of the important vitamins and nutrients we need to stay healthy.

What is a food chain?

Bobbie Kalman (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427196743

This clear, simple book introduces children to the concept that living things need energy, and energy comes from food. Starting with an introduction to photosynthesis, children will follow along the food chain as the energy flows to herbivores and carnivores. A diagram, using photos of plants, a rabbit, and a fox, demonstrates a food chain. A detailed illustration of a forest food web follows.

Animals move like this

Bobbie Kalman (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427196712

Children will love the entertaining photos in this book, which feature animals in motion-walking, climbing, swinging, and pouncing. They will also be amazed by the way animals without legs move-sliding on mucus, slithering, and swimming. An activity asks children to write down all the ways they move in one day.

Where does our food come from?

Bobbie Kalman (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427196729

Grains, vegetables and fruits, meat, eggs, and dairy foods-where do these different food groups come from? Children will discover such things as how grains are grown in fields, which vegetables are really fruits, where certain fruits grow, and the importance of pollination. A special section gives children suggestions for eating healthy foods.

How do animals change?

Bobbie Kalman (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427196750

Wonderful photos show children how some animals look like their parents when they are born or when they hatch, and how their bodies change as they grow. Metamorphosis, life cycle, and what baby animals learn as they grow are explained in a clear, simple way.

What is it made from?

Bobbie Kalman (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427196699

This intriguing book asks children to identify objects made from different materials-metals, wool, rubber, glass, wood, and paper. Simple explanations follow each object describing where these materials come from. An activity asks children to match objects with the materials from which they are made.

Which season is it?

Bobbie Kalman (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427196606

Which season is it when it snows; when flowers grow; when leaves fall; when it is very hot? This simple book features childrens descriptions of the weather and activities that make each season fun for them.

Water changes

Bobbie Kalman (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427196668

In this simple science book, children will learn about the different states of water-liquid, vapor, and solid, and what happens when water changes from one state to another. An illustration of the water cycle helps explain how water evaporates, moves to the sky, and falls back down as rain or snow.

What is an ocean?

Bobbie Kalman (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427195197

This introductory book shows children where the five oceans are on a simple map and on photos of planet Earth. Children are asked to find the icy oceans at the top and bottom of Earth and the warm oceans around the middle. Amazing photos of a huge moray eel, sea turtle, shark, octopus, and whales will delight young readers.

What are dinosaurs?

Bobbie Kalman (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427195180

Amazing illustrations of dinosaurs help give children the basic facts of these giant reptiles - body parts, how they moved, and what they ate. An entertaining game asks children to pair up modern animals with dinosaurs that share the same body characteristics.

What is hatching?

Bobbie Kalman (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9781427195159

Children are introduced to the concept of hatching. Young readers will love the incredible photographs that show a variety of animals hatching from their shells. An activity at the end asks children to guess which of the things pictured on the page hatch and which do not.

My senses help me

Bobbie Kalman (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9780778791973

Young readers are introduced to the five senses: sight, hearing, taste, smell, and touch. Each spread in this fun book features one sense. An activity asks children to guess which foods on the page would taste sweet, sour, salty, or spicy.

Rodent rap

Bobbie Kalman (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9780778792024

Beavers, chipmunks, porcupines, mice, and other rodents sing rap songs about themselves in this clever and highly entertaining book! Simple rhyme and humorous photographs help teach readers about the unique characteristics of animals in the rodent family.

Meet my neighbor, the paramedic

Marc Crabtree (author)

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9780778791546

Roberta Scott has a very exciting job. She is a paramedic, responding to emergencies and helping people when they get hurt. Follow along as Roberta and her partner run to the ambulance and do their job when someone calls 911.