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This interactive guide explores Earth’s structures through paper cutouts and flaps on every page. It reveals features ranging from volcanoes and rivers to the planet’s hot interior, pairing the paper engineering with science facts. The book uses hands-on page elements to examine parts of Earth and to show details that lie beneath or across its surface.
This book appears on 1 reading list across 1 edition.
Nine Months: Before the Baby Is BornMiranda Paul, illustrated by Jason ChinA family prepares over nine months for the arrival of a new baby. A soon-to-be older sister and her parents experience the changing seasons from winter into summer as they wait. Alternating panels pair the family’s preparations with depictions of fetal development, using actual-size illustrations. The book ends with the baby’s birth and includes additional material about pregnancy and things babies can do before birth.Under FiveLexile Text Measure AD230LATOS Book Level 1On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Now You Know What You EatValorie Fisher, illustrated by Valorie FisherNow You Know What You Eat examines familiar foods, their ingredients, and the origins of those ingredients. Pizza, honey, milk, maple syrup, vegetable soup, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, and macaroni and cheese are among the foods considered. It explains why bread rises, what makes popcorn pop, and how bees produce honeycomb. Bold, simple graphics accompany the book’s food-science information.Winning TitlesOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Pollen: Darwin’s 130-Year PredictionDarcy Pattison, illustrated by Peter WillisThis book recounts a scientific question that began when Charles Darwin received a box of orchids on January 25, 1862. Darwin made a prediction about an improbable moth, but confirmation did not arrive until more than a century later. The account follows the long path from his observation and prediction to later proof, asking how long science may take to resolve a problem.Winning TitlesOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details