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Energy Makes Things Happen
Contributor(s): Bradley, Kimberly (Author), Meisel, Paul (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0064452131     ISBN-13: 9780064452137
Publisher: HarperCollins
OUR PRICE:   $5.39  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: December 2002
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Annotation: Different forms of energy are explained in this simple, fun activity book that encourages budding scientists to conduct their own experiments. Full-color illustrations.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature - Physics
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Readers - Beginner
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Concepts - Body
Dewey: 531.6
LCCN: 2001039520
Lexile Measure: 500
Series: Let's-Read-And-Find-Out Science 2
Physical Information: 0.2" H x 9.9" W x 7.8" (0.35 lbs) 40 pages
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 67014
Reading Level: 3.5   Interest Level: Lower Grades   Point Value: 0.5
 
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Publisher Description:

Read and find out about energy in this colorfully illustrated nonfiction picture book.

Did you know that energy comes from the food you eat? From the sun and wind? From fuel and heat? You get energy every time you eat. You transfer energy to other things every time you play baseball.

In this book, you can find out all the ways you and everyone on earth need energy to make things happen.

This clear and appealing science book for early elementary age kids, both at home and in the classroom, is a Level 2 Let's-Read-and-Find-Out, which means the book explores more challenging concepts for children in the primary grades. The 100+ titles in this leading nonfiction series are:

    hands-on and visualacclaimed and trustedgreat for classrooms

Top 10 reasons to love LRFOs:

    Entertain and educate at the same timeHave appealing, child-centered topicsDevelopmentally appropriate for emerging readersFocused; answering questions instead of using survey approachEmploy engaging picture book quality illustrationsUse simple charts and graphics to improve visual literacy skillsFeature hands-on activities to engage young scientistsMeet national science education standardsWritten/illustrated by award-winning authors/illustrators & vetted by an expert in the fieldOver 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 the American Association for the Advancement of Science/Subaru Science Books & Films Prize for Outstanding Science Series.

Contributor Bio(s): Bradley, Kimberly: -

Kimberly Brubaker Bradley is the author of Energy Makes Things Happen and Pop!, an Outstanding Science Trade Book for Children, in the Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science series. She has a degree in chemistry from Smith College and lives with her husband and two children in Bristol, Tennessee.

Meisel, Paul: -

Paul Meisel has illustrated many books for children, including Why Are the Ice Caps Melting?, Energy Makes Things Happen, and What Happens to Our Trash? in the Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science series. He lives in Newtown, Connecticut.