Light Is All Around Us

von Wendy Pfeffer

40 Seiten, Hardcover, ab 4 bis 8 Jahre

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Read and find out about light in this colorfully illustratednonfiction picture book.Light is all around you! It comes in many forms: Light from thesun brightens our day, firelight flickers in the night, electric lights fillour homes—and some animals even make the sea glow.With lively illustrations and diagrams and clear, engaging text,this Level 2 Let's-Read-and-Find-Out picture book is an engaging look into themany ways that light brightens our world.Now rebranded with a new cover look, this book features richvocabulary and uses simple, fun diagrams to clearly explain concepts like lightspeed. This book also includes a find out more section with activities thatshow why plants need light to grow and why our shadows look differentthroughout the day.This is a clear and appealing science book for early elementaryage kids, both at home and in the classroom. Both text and artwork were vettedfor accuracy by Russell P. Leslie, Professor and Associate Director of theLighting Research Center at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.This is a Level 2 Let's-Read-and-Find-Out, which means the bookexplores more challenging concepts for children in the primary grades. The 100+titles in this leading nonfiction series are:

- hands-on and visual - acclaimed and trusted - great for classrooms

Top 10 reasons to love LRFOs:

- Entertain and educate at the same time - Have appealing, child-centered topics - Developmentally appropriate for emerging readers - Focused; answering questions instead of using survey approach - Employ engaging picture book quality illustrations - Use simple charts and graphics to improve visual literacy skills - Feature hands-on activities to engage young scientists - Meet national science education standards - Written/illustrated by award-winning authors/illustrators & vetted by an expert in the field - Over 130 titles in print, meeting a wide range of kids' scientific interests

Books 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 theAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science/Subaru Science Books &Films Prize for Outstanding Science Series.

• Themen: Kinder, Jugendliche und Bildung Bilderbücher, Aktivitätenbücher, Konzepte der Früherziehung Mitmachbücher
• ISBN: 9780060291211
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.02.2014
• Größe: 260 x 211 mm
• Verlag: HarperCollins
• Empf. Lesealter: ab 4 bis 8 Jahre
• Illustrationen: Paul Meisel