Books in First Step Nonfiction _ Observing Fall series

Let's go to the pumpkin patch to find huge pumpkins, tiny pumpkins, and maybe even a blue pumpkin! This book shows readers how pumpkins grow and introduces the parts of a pumpkin along with concepts of color and size. With bright pictures and simple text, readers will learn to observe nature and the changing seasons as well as begin to understand simple scientific concepts about what pumpkins need to grow and how the parts of a pumpkin are used.

In fall animals prepare for a long, cold winter. Readers will learn how squirrels, bears, geese, and butterflies change and get ready for winter. This book encourages readers to observe the world around them and identify those things in nature that point to changing seasons. Through imagery and text, readers will observe many different animals as they migrate, hibernate, and navigate the changing seasons.

This book takes emergent readers on a conceptual walk through a fall setting, looking at basic concepts such as color and shape through a close examination of beautiful fall leaves. Captions call readers' attention to important visual information in the images, and clear chapter headings help to organize the book's central messages. Readers will also find inviting questions, an accessible glossary, and an index that makes for a useful search tool.

What do apples, rice, and corn have in common? They are all crops farmers harvest in fall. Read this book to learn more about what happens on a farm in the fall. This book includes engaging questions and simple text and introduces students to captions and glossaries as tools for finding further information. Readers will learn to observe the world around them and identify things in nature that signal the changing seasons.

Take a trip to the apple orchard to examine basic concepts such as size, shape, and color as they apply to apples. Apples can be tiny or large, red or green―but did you know that the seeds of these round fruits form a star shape? Readers will learn all these things and more in this fun book! Captions call readers' attention to important visual information in the images, and clear chapter headings help to organize the book's central messages. Kids will also find inviting questions, an accessible glossary, and an index that makes for a useful search tool.

Let's go to the pumpkin patch to find huge pumpkins, tiny pumpkins, and maybe even a blue pumpkin! This book shows readers how pumpkins grow and introduces the parts of a pumpkin along with concepts of color and size. With bright pictures and simple text, readers will learn to observe nature and the changing seasons as well as begin to understand simple scientific concepts about what pumpkins need to grow and how the parts of a pumpkin are used.

Take a trip to the apple orchard to examine basic concepts such as size, shape, and color as they apply to apples. Apples can be tiny or large, red or green―but did you know that the seeds of these round fruits form a star shape? Readers will learn all these things and more in this fun book! Captions call readers' attention to important visual information in the images, and clear chapter headings help to organize the book's central messages. Kids will also find inviting questions, an accessible glossary, and an index that makes for a useful search tool.

In fall animals prepare for a long, cold winter. Readers will learn how squirrels, bears, geese, and butterflies change and get ready for winter. This book encourages readers to observe the world around them and identify those things in nature that point to changing seasons. Through imagery and text, readers will observe many different animals as they migrate, hibernate, and navigate the changing seasons.