Books in Science All Around Me series

This book explains the basic scientific principles of movement through everyday experiences and direct observation. Questions answered include: what do knees and elbows do; how do animals without legs move; and, can plants move?

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Text and experiments introduce the scientific properties of heat and cold, examining such topics as temperature, thermometers, freezing, and melting

What is electricity? How is it made? How does it end up in your house? This simple, colorful book teaches kids about the force that powers our world.

Amphibians are some of the most interesting animals around. Follow frogs, salamanders, and their relatives from the ponds and lakes where they are born to the land where they lead their adult lives. Learn what amphibians can teach us about our environment.

Scoop up some dirt. It's made of many things. What are dirt's ingredients? How is it made? What happens inside it? This simple, colorful book will make kids think differently about the dirt beneath their feet.

Describes solids, liquids, and gases, covers how matters change states, and looks at the uses of solids, liquids, and gages.

The young reader identifies close-up photographs of common edible plants, such as melons, mushrooms, and cucumbers, and then learns the differences and similarities among these plants that humans eat.

Air may be invisible, but it's a powerful force all around us. Air makes wind. It carries sound and smells. It lets us breathe. This simple, colorful book teaches kids all about amazing air.

Photographs and text depict the many different kinds of sponges, their similarities and differences, habitats, and behavior.

Introduces the concept of what things are made of, including the solid state, atoms, molecules, how things may change, and the difference between weight and mass.

Different kinds of mammals have various ways of traveling, using hands, feet, paws, wings, flippers, or hooves, and children match the animal to the foot as they learn about the different ways that mammals get around.