Central Kansas Library System

Most of the time we buy food from stores, but stores get the food from somewhere too. With the help of easy-to-follow text and detailed diagrams, readers will visit farms and follow food on its journey to farmers markets, factories, and stores. Readers learn how fresh foods are sold in markets and are also used to make the processed foods we buy in stores. Vibrant photographs make this book a visual feast.

Banana peels, apple cores, candy wrappers, and dirty diapers-it's all garbage. No one wants garbage piling up around their homes, so we put it at the curb for the garbage truck. The answer,s to where that garbage ends up might surprise readers. Informative photographs and a summarizing diagram show readers, where our garbage goes. The text also offers ideas on how to help protect the planet by reducing the amount of garbage we throw away.

Most of the time we buy food from stores, but stores get the food from somewhere too. With the help of easy-to-follow text and detailed diagrams, readers will visit farms and follow food on its journey to farmers markets, factories, and stores. Readers learn how fresh foods are sold in markets and are also used to make the processed foods we buy in stores. Vibrant photographs make this book a visual feast.

When we're checking thermometers to see what the temperature is outside, inside, or our own body temperature, we rarely think about what makes the thermometer function. This amazing, reliable invention is attributed to Galileo. Readers will learn about the first mercury thermometers and how they work and they'll review the digital models they may be more familiar with today. Many important science concepts are presented along with beneficial photographs...

Water is a big part of everyday life. People wash with it, drink it, and run inside when it falls as rain. It also seems to defy the basics of physical science by floating in liquid when frozen as ice. Readers learn exactly why that is through accessible and age-appropriate language, as well as how liquid water becomes ice. Full-color photographs complement the main content, and an illustrated graphic organizer shows this common process step-by-step...

Yes, the changing colors of leaves signal the coming of fall, but why do they change? Is it the cold, the amount of sunlight...young naturalists need to know! This engaging book reveals the science behind the colorful leaves we see falling to the ground each year. Scientific vocabulary and spectacular photographs support up-and-coming scientists' understanding as they learn about the natural processes at work, not just in autumn, but all year round....

Rainbows are those rare phenomena that make people stop and appreciate the beauty of nature. Why and how they appear are the high-interest topics of this accessible book. While readers will be captivated by beautiful color photographs of rainbows, they'll also be intrigued by the properties of light that make such a display possible. A concluding diagram reinforces comprehension of the key concepts, which relate closely to elementary science curricula....