Read and find out about volcanoes in this colorfully illustrated nonfiction picture book.

Volcanoes are one of nature’s great wonders. For years, they can stand dormant, but once active, they can erupt in tremendous explosions of power.

Marc Simont’s fascinating illustrations and colorful maps denoting volcano locations around the world are beautifully paired with Franklyn Branley’s clear, simple text.

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.

ISBN: 9780064451895
Imprint: HarperCollins
On Sale: Mar 25, 2008
List price: $10.99
No of pages: 40
Trim Size: 7.950 in (w) x 10.000 in (h) x 0.250 in (d)
BISAC 1: JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Earth Sciences / Earthquakes & Volcanoes
BISAC 2: JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Disasters
BISAC 3: JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Earth Sciences / Rocks & Minerals
BISAC 4:
BISAC 5:
BISAC 6:

Dr. Franklyn M. Branley

Biography

Franklyn M. Branley was the originator of the Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out Science series and the author of close to 150 popular books about scientific topics for young readers of all ages. He was Astronomer Emeritus and former Chairman of the American Museum of Natural History-Hayden Planetarium.

Megan Lloyd

Biography

Megan Lloyd has illustrated more than forty books for children, including The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything by Linda Williams, Thanksgiving at the Tappletons’ by Eileen Spinelli, and The Mixed-Up Rooster by Pamela Duncan Edwards. She lives with her husband on a farm in Pennsylvania, where she raises sheep, chickens, and cows. Some of the rabbits from her vegetable garden have even been kind enough to allow Ms. Lloyd to sketch them as models for this book.

Read and find out about volcanoes in this colorfully illustrated nonfiction picture book.

Volcanoes are one of nature’s great wonders. For years, they can stand dormant, but once active, they can erupt in tremendous explosions of power.

Marc Simont’s fascinating illustrations and colorful maps denoting volcano locations around the world are beautifully paired with Franklyn Branley’s clear, simple text.

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.

ISBN: 9780064451895
Imprint: HarperCollins
On Sale: Mar 25, 2008
List price: $10.99
No of pages: 40
Trim Size: 7.950 in (w) x 10.000 in (h) x 0.250 in (d)
BISAC 1: JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Earth Sciences / Earthquakes & Volcanoes
BISAC 2: JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Disasters
BISAC 3: JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Earth Sciences / Rocks & Minerals
BISAC 4:
BISAC 5:
BISAC 6:

Dr. Franklyn M. Branley

Biography

Franklyn M. Branley was the originator of the Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science series and the author of close to 150 popular books about scientific topics for young readers of all ages. He was Astronomer Emeritus and former Chairman of the American Museum of Natural History-Hayden Planetarium.

Megan Lloyd

Biography

Megan Lloyd has illustrated more than forty books for children, including The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything by Linda Williams, Thanksgiving at the Tappletons’ by Eileen Spinelli, and The Mixed-Up Rooster by Pamela Duncan Edwards. She lives with her husband on a farm in Pennsylvania, where she raises sheep, chickens, and cows. Some of the rabbits from her vegetable garden have even been kind enough to allow Ms. Lloyd to sketch them as models for this book.