Albert may be the smallest mouse with the smallest bag at the outset of the story, but by the end Albert has the biggest bag.
Early math skill of big, bigger, biggest and small, smaller, smallest work their way through this story as three young mice retrieve food from the humans’ kitchen in which they live.
Includes adult directed “FUN ACTIVITIES” .
Washington readers, please note, the content consultant for this book is from the Burke Museum at the University of Washington.
Following the format of “A TRUE BOOK” this book begins with “Find the Truth!” A challenge to see which of the two statements is true or false as you read through the book’s five chapters.
Not all fossils are of dinosaurs. Examples of fossils found in hard rock: footprints, bones- though rarely a complete skeleton, worm tracks, scaly skin texture, amber. Examples of fossils found trapped in tar, ice, or sticky tree sap: hair, skin, bones, muscles, and internal organs. Many animals did not become fossils because conditions were not correct or their bodies did not have “hard parts to leave behind[ slugs, jellyfish].”
Includes a “Timeline of Life on Earth” on pages 34-35. This would have been visually helpful when reading pages 12-14, perhaps a cross reference could be added for this.
If your school population likes the fun, cute side of Halloween or no Halloween at all, then this is not the book for you!
“In Britain, Ireland, America, Canada and now more and more countries, children- and grown-ups too- try to come up with their best disguises as witches, vampires, and other scary creatures, which haunt our bad dreams.”
This European written and published book has some hits and misses when it comes to the practice of Halloween in Washington State.
‘Sweets’ or candy = hit , covering a door with jam as a trick = miss, painting a cat green as a trick = miss, carving pumpkins = hit, making Halloween soup out of the carved pumpkin’s insides = miss, costumes and/or face make-up = hit, Halloween parties with themed food = hit ( but ‘devil’s pizza & death cake’= miss), and home-made paper Halloween decorations( with directions) = hit.
There is a little pre-Christian history included about the Celts. “In the last century, the Irish took Halloween to America.”- but the illustration looks more like the 1700s than the 1800s, but this book was first published in 1998. And, there is a little history about the origin of the ‘pumpkin lantern’.
Unique creatures can be found in this book! Eleven animals are featured including the horned lizard, aye-aye, and red lipped bat fish. Full page color photos cover each page spread along with four to five sentences of general information for each animal. Young readers will be surprised while reading! This book includes a table of contents page, glossary, index and resource page.
This is a quick peek at the United States Air Force. Amazing full page photographs of military members, their vehicles and missions, as well as three to four sentences of information is on each page spread. A table of contents page, glossary and index as well as resource information is included.
BMX fans will enjoy learning about the achievements of 12 selected famous BMX riders including Dennis McCoy, Dave Mirra, Mike Dominguez and Randy Stumpfhauser. It is a quick read with approximately three sentences on each page spread. The page layouts are attractive with full page photos, red accents and an eye catching font to introduce each rider’s name. This book includes a table of contents page, glossary and index as well as other reference pages.
This book is a great introduction to the life cycle of a butterfly. What separates this book from the others is its amazing, nearly full page photographs that completely spell out the literature on each page. This level 3 reader is an early-fluent reader with 4 to 5 sentences on each page spread. It includes a table of contents, glossary and index, as well as other resource pages.
Step by step instructions, with photos and templates. This is a well organized and practical craft book for elementary and even middle school children. The pictures are even in color, which will appeal to the reader. Every project shows a picture of the final product, and a photo along with each new set of instructions. This would be easy to teach from or try to work independently from. Recommended.
On a class field to the Busy Bee Farm, students learn how bees work together to gather nectar, pollinate crops of our food, and make honey. In a back and forth dialogue format, Farmer Ellen explains to the students the step by step process covering the interesting essentials as well as new vocabulary of bee farming.. She teaches the students to “Listen to their buzz.” At this point the story makes a shift into a counting section with the bees counting the things they fly over. Thinking that this interrupted the flow of the story, I wondered why the author made this choice. Then Farmer Ellen asked the kids what they heard. One student said, “Bees count!” Adults may groan at the somewhat forced double meaning, but the text moves quickly to an explanation of how bees make honey and such a hiccup will probably not be an issue for the intended audience. Being so highly informative, this publication is a great way to introduce the subject of bees and their critical importance in our food supply. The Back Matter, “The Buzz on Bees”, includes much more fascinating bee information.
A preschool-age gem that will delight the toddlers and parents alike. Starting with one baby, then adding one on each two- page spread…they run, spin, bounce, jump , hop , bang, shout, jiggle, wriggle, their way up to ten babies on their way to bed. The bold, vibrant colored, roly-poly babies are so endearing you want to take them right off the page and snuggle. Just the right amount of text, just the right amount of visuals, and just the right amount of silly. I can see why Karen Katz has won so many awards from parenting publications.