Air Is All Around You (Let's-Read-And-Find-Out Science: Stage 1)

by Franklyn M. Branley

Other authorsJohn O'Brien (Illustrator)
Hardcover, 2006

Status

Available

Call number

METE

Tags

air

Genres

Publication

HarperColl (2006), Edition: New Ill, 33 pages

Description

Describes the various properties of air and shows how to prove that air takes up space and that there is air dissolved in water.

User reviews

LibraryThing member dchaikin
We live in an aerial ocean, and this is a very well done attempt to describe it to young children. We learn that air is everywhere in our world, even in water, and it's there even though you can't see it or smell it. But it's not in outer space. The book includes two simple experiments to try.

This
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 is one of the older Let's-Read-And-Find-Out science books by the founding author. We recently checked out from our library several stage 1 books from this series, with mixed results for our 4-yr-old. In general it seemed she wasn't quite old enough. But this one, with the long drawn-out descriptions of the experiments, was somehow perfect and the most successful of the bunch. My daughter constantly tells me how air is all around us. She is fascinated. And, I've only read it to her twice.
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LibraryThing member ccostakis
This is a kid friendly science book that explains how air is all around us even though we can't always see it or feel it. It has some short experiments you could explore at home or in school that shows how air is everywhere, even if it can't be seen. This book has nice explanations and
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 drawings/diagrams to help children understand this concept even more.
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LibraryThing member liz.mabry
Classic vintage simple science book, as clear and easy to understand as it was 40 years ago.

Subjects

Air
Air Juvenile literature

Language

English

Original language

English

Physical description

33 p.; 10.24 x 8.38 inches

ISBN

0060594136 / 9780060594138

Barcode

3371

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