Living and Nonliving

These simple, attractive books cover all the basics of the natural world, from living and nonliving to the water cycle. An emphasis on exploring each topic with the senses encourages readers to understand and appreciate the basics of nature.It also includes these features: close photo-text matches; note to parents and teachers; ‘Read More’ resources; Internet sites; Earth Science; properties of earth materials – earth materials are solid rocks and soils, water, and the gases of the atmosphere; Life Science; and, the characteristics of organisms – each plant or animal has different structures that serve different functions in growth, survival, and reproduction; technology; and, abilities to distinguish between natural objects and objects made by humans.