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Why Do Leaves Change Color?

Why Do Leaves Change Color? - Paperback

by Betsy Maestro
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Availability:In StockContributor:Betsy Maestro, Loretta Krupinski (Illustrator)Series:Let's-Read-And-Find-Out Science 2Audience:Ages 4-8Publish date:2015-08-04Pages:32
Language:EnglishPublisher:HarperCollinsISBN-13:9780062382016ISBN-10:62382012UPC:9780062382016Book Category:Juvenile NonfictionBook Subcategory:Science & Nature, Concepts, GardeningBook Topic:Trees & Forests, SeasonsSize:7.70 x 9.80 x 0.20 inchesWeight:0.2998Product ID:SCBQRMZWG9

Read and find out about the magical process of how leaves change their color in this colorfully illustrated nonfiction picture book.

This book includes simple, fun diagrams that help introduce concepts like photosynthesis and the different types of leaves. This book also includes a list of the best spots to view leaves changing color as well as simple activities to do with leaves, like leaf rubbings and leaf pressings.

Questions addressed in this book include:

  • How do leaves feed trees?
  • What kind of weather brings out the best colors?
  • Why is winter a time of rest for trees?

Read and find out in the proven winner Why Do Leaves Change Color?

This is a Level 2 Let's-Read-and-Find-Out, which means the book explores more challenging concepts for children in the primary grades. The 100+ titles in this leading nonfiction series are:

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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.

Language:EnglishPublisher:HarperCollinsISBN-13:9780062382016ISBN-10:62382012UPC:9780062382016Book Category:Juvenile NonfictionBook Subcategory:Science & Nature, Concepts, GardeningBook Topic:Trees & Forests, SeasonsSize:7.70 x 9.80 x 0.20 inchesWeight:0.2998Product ID:SCBQRMZWG9
Krupinski, Loretta: -

Loretta Krupinski has illustrated several children's books, including Dear Rebecca, Winter Is Here by Jean Craighead George, The Irish Cinderlad by Shirley Climo, and her own Into the Woods: A Woodland Scrapbook. She has also illustrated one other book in the Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science series, Why Do Leaves Change Color? by Betsy Maestro. She successfully grew all the bean plants pictured in this book. She lives on the coast of Maine.

Maestro, Betsy: -

Betsy Maestro is the author of the American Story series, illustrated by her husband, Giulio. She has also written several other non-fiction picture books, including the Let's-Read-And-Find-Out science books How Do Apples Grow? and Why Do Leaves Change Color? The Maestros live in Old Lyme, Connecticut.

Publisher: HarperCollins

Contributor(s)

Betsy Maestro, Loretta Krupinski (Illustrator)

Author

Betsy Maestro

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