What's Alive?: 1 (Let's-Read-And-Find-Out Science 1) - Softcover

Zoehfeld, Kathleen Weidner

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0064451321 ISBN 13: 9780064451321

Publisher: HarperCollins, 1995

Synopsis

Read and find out about what makes something alive, and what all living things need to stay healthy, in this colorfully illustrated nonfiction picture book.

A person and a cat have something in common: You are both alive. People and plants and animals are all alive, but is a doll alive? Or your bike? How can you tell?

This is a clear and appealing science book for early elementary age kids, both at home and in the classroom. It's a Level 1 Let's-Read-and-Find-Out, which means the book explores introductory concepts perfect 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 the American Association for the Advancement of Science/Subaru Science Books & Films Prize for Outstanding Science Series.

About this title

About the Author

Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld is the award-winning author of more than sixty books, including How Mountains Are Made, What Is the World Made Of?, What's Alive?, and What Lives in a Shell? When she's not reading, researching, writing, or editing, Kathleen loves to spend her free time exploring, doing fieldwork, and preparing fossils in the laboratory for her local natural history museums. She lives in Berkeley, CA.

From the Back Cover

Are you like a cat?

You don't look like a cat. But you and a cat have something in common: You are both alive. People and plants and animals are all alive, but is a doll alive? Or your tricycle? How can you tell? Read and find out what makes something alive, and what all living things need to stay healthy.

Edition details

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0064451321
• ISBN 13: 9780064451321
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32