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Living Things and Nonliving Things: A Compare and Contrast Book
Contributor(s): Kurtz, Kevin (Author)
ISBN: 1628559853     ISBN-13: 9781628559859
Publisher: Arbordale Publishing, LLC
OUR PRICE:   $15.26  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: September 2017
* Not available - Not in print at this time *
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Concepts - Opposites
Dewey: 570
LCCN: 2017018953
Lexile Measure: 470
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 8.7" W x 10.1" (0.90 lbs) 32 pages
 
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Publisher Description:
Using a wide variety of stunning photographs, author Kevin Kurtz poses thought-provoking questions to help readers determine if things are living or nonliving. For example, if most (but not all) living things can move, can any nonliving things move? As part of the Compare and Contrast series, this is a unique look at determining whether something is living or nonliving. This nonfiction picture book with a cuddle factor includes a 4-page For Creative Minds section in the back of the book and a 30-page cross-curricular Teaching Activity Guide online. Living Things and Nonliving Things is vetted by experts and designed to encourage parental engagement. Its extensive back matter helps teachers with time-saving lesson ideas, provides extensions for science, math, and social studies units, and uses inquiry-based learning to help build critical thinking skills in young readers. The Spanish translation supports ELL and dual-language programs. The interactive ebook reads aloud in both English and Spanish with word highlighting and audio speed control to promote oral language skills, fluency, pronunciation, text engagement, and reading comprehension. Tap animals and other things that make noise to hear their sounds.

Contributor Bio(s): Kurtz, Kevin: - Award-winning author Kevin Kurtz holds degrees in English literature and elementary education and started his career by working at a marine biology lab. Since then, he has combined all of these experiences by working as an environmental educator and curriculum writer for organizations such as the South Carolina Aquarium, the Science Factory Children's Museum, and the Center for Birds of Prey. Kevin has authored A Day in the Deep, A Day on the Mountain, and A Day in the Salt Marsh for Arbodale. Kevin also wrote Uncovering Earth'sSecrets after spending eight weeks as the Educator at Sea aboard the marine geology research vessel JOIDES Resolution.