November 1, 2016
PreS-Gr 2-These titles will encourage students to not only engage with the books but with the world around them as well. Stock photos accompany brief texts. Apples, Pumpkins, and Leaves consider concepts such as colors, shapes, and size. Harvests includes familiar crops-grapes and broccoli and more unusual ones, like canola and sorghum. Animals introduces topics such as adaptation, migration, and hibernation. Weather is the weakest of the lot, with no explanation of why seasonal changes occur. A simple glossary and index introduce the rudiments of nonfiction. Follow-up activities stress outdoor explorations, such as leaf gathering or animal observation, rather than research.
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July 1, 2017
This small square volume gives kindergartners a level-appropriate amount of information about autumn leaves. Well-chosen stock photos are paired with simple sentences that reinforce what readers may already know about autumn ("Leaves change color in the fall") and provide potentially new tidbits or details about leaves ("Leaves have stems. Leaves have veins"). Glos., ind.
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