Earth (Scholastic News Nonfiction Readers: Space Science)

by Christine Taylor-Butler

Overview

Learn about Earth, our planet and the third one from the sun in our solar system, and its geographical features.

Scholastic News Nonfiction Readers: Space Science series gives the youngest reader (Ages 6-7) an introduction to Space. Each book includes chapters that help readers identify key details while the photographs, and other text features encourage students to make connections on their own.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780531147603
Publisher:	Scholastic, Inc.
Publication date:	03/01/2008
Series:	Scholastic News Nonfiction Readers
Edition description:	Updated
Pages:	24
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.07(d)
Lexile:	420L (what's this?)
Age Range:	6 - 7 Years

About the Author

Taylor-Butler studied both engineering and art & design at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Table of Contents

Word Hunt     4
Earth!     6
Earth's Layers     8
Continents and Islands     10
Earth's Plates     12
Earth's Mantle     14
Things Move     16
What Lives on Top     18
Earth in Our Solar System     20
Your New Words     22
Earth Is an Amazing Planet!     23
Index     24
Find Out More     24
Meet the Author     24

Editorial Reviews

Gr 1-2-Aimed at emergent readers, each of these elementary titles includes a seven-word glossary, a few facts presented in a handful of brief sentences, and an undifferentiated mix of colorful graphic images and single or composite space photos. Despite some boilerplate and visual filler, the three take different general tacks. Earth covers our planet's internal and surface structures, as well as "plates"; Neptune is largely about the discovery of "the first planet found using math"; and Venus, the skimpiest of the trio, includes several eye-opening comparisons between that planet and ours, but culminates in a weak try at humor: on Earth, "You can fly a kite. You can swim in the ocean, and you can be happy you do not live on Venus!" Neptune and Earth make serviceable additions, at least for well-budgeted collections; Venus doesn't measure up to Dennis Brindell Fradin's equivalent "True Book" title (Children's Press, 1993; o.p.).-John Peters, New York Public Library Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

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