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Welcome to the Backyard
Excellent introductions to how ecosystems function.
These books clearly explain how plants and animals survive the seasons (or the tides in Seashore) in the title ecosystems and how every living thing gets what it needs from its habitat. Spreads are cluttered with sidebars and layered photos (full-page, close-up, and inset); a question leading into each new spread will engage readers. Food web diagram appended. Reading list. Glos., ind. Review covers the following Nature's Neighborhoods titles: Welcome to the Backyard, Welcome to the Forest, Welcome to the Pond, and Welcome to the Seashore.
Asteroid Hunters
Readers will flock to this fun and informational series.
These books introduce four science-, math-, and technology-related professions. Each book explores the use of data, scientific tools, and the latest technology to determine an asteroid's proximity to Earth, create a space-exploring robot, develop new blockbuster video entertainment, or care for dangerous animals. Behind-the-scenes photos in a distracting design support these enthusiastic overviews. Reading list. Glos, ind. Review covers these Get to Work with Science and Technology titles: Asteroid Hunters, Exploring Distant Worlds as a Space Robot Engineer, The Wild World of a Zoo Vet, and The Wonderful Worlds of a Video Game Designer.
How Do Animals Help Plants Reproduce?
Gr 2–4—In specific, methodical language (with rare fumbles: "When the animal then goes to the bathroom some time later, the seeds leave its body…"), Owen offers solidly informative explanations of how plants nourish themselves, grow, and reproduce...
Desert Animals
Gr 4–6—Even novice folders can achieve origami success as long as they pay close attention to the detailed steps in these books, which offer six critters per volume, ranging from the simple (tropical fish, parrot) to the challenging (lobster, panda)...
Baking and Crushing: A Look at Metamorphic Rock
Gr 1–3—Vibrant, full-page photos combine with accessible, comprehensible text in this fresh exploration of all things rock...
Anglerfish
Gr 3–6—Each sea creature's most frightful and dangerous feature (the stingray's venom, an octopus's tentacles) provides an entry point into its world...
The Halloween Gross-Out Guide
Gr 3–6—It is a fact universally acknowledged that craft books often come with gender baggage...
What Happens When I Eat?
K-Gr 2—The large format and interesting mix of photos, diagrams, and cartoon drawings will assist librarians in sharing these introductions with a group...
Holiday Crafts
Gr 3–6—Each of these titles begins by supplying meaningful statistics regarding the staggering amount of waste that occurs on a regular basis in the United States...
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