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HarperCollins, 2000-03-05

What the Moon Is Like

What the Moon Is Like

Let's-Read-And-Find-Out Science 2, Let's Read-And-Find-Out Science (Paperback), and Let's-Read-And-Find-Out Science

Franklyn M Branley, Author

True Kelley, Illustrator

Paperback

9780064451857

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The veteran science team of Branley and Kelley lets readers see what they would experience if they could walk on the moon. The "Find Out More" page show readers how to make their own moon crater and try other moon activities. Color illustrations.
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This engaging introduction to lunar science balances clear explanation with a tone of curiosity and awe. Young readers are invited to look up and wonder, building foundational knowledge through vivid imagery and thoughtful comparisons.

Keywords and Themes: Activity Books • Aeronautics • Astronautics & Space Science • Astronomy • Awareness • Beginner • Critical Thinking • Curiosity • Discovery • Earth Sciences - Rocks & Minerals • Earth Sciences - Water (Oceans • Earth Sciences - Weather • Edu: Learning • Etc.) • Experiments & Projects • General • Inventions • Juvenile Nonfiction • Lakes • Machinery & Tools • Observation • Patterns • Readers • Science • Science & Nature • Technology • Wonder

Readability • 3.4

Age Range • 4-8

Pages • 40

Subjects • Moon • Juvenile literature

Categories • Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Astronomy • Juvenile Nonfiction | Readers | Beginner • Juvenile Nonfiction | Technology | Aeronautics, Astronautics & Space Science • Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Earth Sciences - Rocks & Minerals • Juvenile Nonfiction | Technology | Inventions • Juvenile Nonfiction | Activity Books | General • Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Earth Sciences - Water (Oceans, Lakes, Etc.) • Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Earth Sciences - Weather • Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Experiments & Projects • Juvenile Nonfiction | Technology | Machinery & Tools

Read and find out about what the moon is like in this colorfully illustrated nonfiction picture book.

Imagine that you're walking on the moon. What is it like? For thousands of years people looked up at the moon and wondered about it. Now we know what the moon is like. There is no air on the moon and nothing grows, but there are towering mountains and deep craters--and much more.

Colder than the desert, the hotter than the desert, the moon is an amazing place to explore.

This is a clear and appealing science book for early elementary age kids, both at home and in the classroom. It's 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.

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