Kalman, Bobbie

Close up images show how some animals grow bigger and look the same while some go through metamorphosis and change into something different.

Simple text and photographs introduce readers to people who work to help others in communities, including construction workers, teachers, doctors, firefighters, and others.

Photographs and rhyming text describes the dancing antics of a variety of animals, including bunnies, cats, elephants, lemurs, and chimpanzees.

Describes the basics of kingdom orders, classes, and species of insects, mammals, and fish.

Introduces extremities through simple text and photographs that describe children using their feet, toes, legs, ankles, knees, wrists, hands, fists, fingers, thumbs, arms, and elbows. Includes notes for adults and related activities.

Presents an introduction to plants, in simple text with illustrations, including information on seeds, stems, leaves, the different species of plants, and concepts such as single cells, germination, and photosynthesis. Includes glossary.

Photographs, illustrations, and Spanish text introduce children to the sun and earth, describing how the sun influences every aspect of the life cycle.

Photographs, diagrams, and simple text introduce children to the basics of photosynthesis and food chains.

Introduces biomes, showing and describing the main kinds and discussing their location, climate, and plant and animal life, as well as those developed by humans.