Read and find out about people and animals use different kinds of
sounds to communicate in this colorfully illustrated nonfiction picture
book.
Sounds are all around us. Clap your hands, snap your fingers: You're
making sounds. With colorful illustrations from Anna Chernyshova and
engaging text from Wendy Pfeffer, Sounds All Around is a fascinating
look into how sound works.
This is a clear and appealing science book for early elementary age
kids, both at home and in the classroom. It includes a find out more
section with additional and updated experiments, such as finding out how
sound travels through water. Both the text and the artwork were vetted
by Dr. Agnieszka Roginska, Professor of Music Technology at NYU.
This is a Level 1 Let's-Read-and-Find-Out, which means the book explores
introductory concepts perfect for children in the primary grades. The
100+ titles in this leading nonfiction series are:
- hands-on and visual
- acclaimed and trusted
- great for classrooms
Top 10 reasons to love LRFOs:
- Entertain and educate at the same time
- Have appealing, child-centered topics
- Developmentally appropriate for emerging readers
- Focused; answering questions instead of using survey approach
- Employ engaging picture book quality illustrations
- Use simple charts and graphics to improve visual literacy skills
- Feature hands-on activities to engage young scientists
- Meet national science education standards
- Written/illustrated by award-winning authors/illustrators & vetted by
an expert in the field
- Over 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.
