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What's So Bad About Gasoline?: Fossil Fuels and What They Do (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2) Hardcover – February 17, 2009
Read and find out about why it's so important to decrease our dependence on oil in this colorfully illustrated nonfiction picture book.
Look around to see what uses oil—cars, airplanes, boats, factories, and countless other machines. The world is dependent on oil as its main source of energy. Although oil is plentiful right now, the supply will eventually run out, and even worse, burning oil is very damaging to the environment. What alternatives can help us use less oil and how can we protect the environment?
This is a clear and appealing science book for early elementary age kids, both at home and in the classroom. It's 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:
- 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.
- Reading age4 - 8 years
- Print length40 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Grade levelPreschool - 3
- Dimensions10.38 x 0.38 x 8.2 inches
- PublisherHarperCollins
- Publication dateFebruary 17, 2009
- ISBN-100061575283
- ISBN-13978-0061575280
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Look around to see what uses oil—cars, airplanes, boats, factories, and countless other machines. The world is dependent on oil as its main source of energy. Although oil is plentiful right now, the supply will eventually run out, and even worse, burning oil is very damaging to the environment. What alternatives can help us use less oil and how can we protect the environment? Read and find out!
About the Author
Anne Rockwell was a pioneer in the field of nonfiction for very young children. She has more than a hundred books to her credit, including Why Are the Ice Caps Melting? and Clouds in the Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out Science series.
Paul Meisel has illustrated many books for children, including Why Are the Ice Caps Melting?, Energy Makes Things Happen, and What Happens to Our Trash? in the Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science series. He lives in Newtown, Connecticut.
Product details
- Publisher : HarperCollins (February 17, 2009)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 40 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0061575283
- ISBN-13 : 978-0061575280
- Reading age : 4 - 8 years
- Grade level : Preschool - 3
- Item Weight : 11.5 ounces
- Dimensions : 10.38 x 0.38 x 8.2 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #12,311,728 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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About the authors
Anne Rockwell is a pioneer in the field of nonfiction for very young children. She has more than a hundred books to her credit, including Why Are the Ice Caps Melting? and Clouds in the Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out Science series. She lives in Greenwich, Connecticut.
I See A Cat and See Me Run, two books written and illustrated by Paul Meisel, received the Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Award from the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association. I See A Bat and BOOM! were recently published. BOOM! is an I Like to Read Comic (Holiday House) about a dog and a cat and how they react differently to a thunderstorm.
Paul Meisel wrote and illustrated My Awesome Summer by P. Mantis (Holiday House Publishers) which was named by the AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prizes as a 2018 finalist for best books of the year in the Children's Science Picture Books category. Three other books in the Nature Diary series are: My Happy Year by E. Bluebird; My Stinky Summer by S. Bug; and My Tiny Life by Ruby T. Hummingbird.
Paul Meisel also wrote and illustrated: See Me Dig; See Me Play; See Me Go; Anna And Samia, The True Story of Saving a Black Rhino; Good Night, Bat! Good Morning, Squirrel; and You Poop Here.
To read more about Paul Meisel please visit his website or find him on Instagram (pdmeisel) or Facebook.
http://www.paulmeisel.com/
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