Steve Jenkins received a Caldecott Honor for What Do You Dowith a Tail Like This? He has written and illustrated AlmostGone and illustrated Bugs Are Insects and WigglingWorms at Work in the Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science series. Helives in Boulder, Colorado.
Because the moon revolves around Earth, it seems to grow andshrink.Children can read about the phenomena of the moon’s phasesand with an experiment using an orange, a pencil, and a flashlight,they can see why the moon looks different at different times of themonth. ‘A welcome addition to science collections for youngchildren.’ —SLJ.
Don't move a muscle--read all about them Did you knowthat... Without muscles you couldn't blink--or even breathe Nearly 700 muscles control your life. Big or small, a muscle is made up of just one cell. Exercise doesn't give you more muscles, but it strengthens theones you have. Discover how muscles make us move--and see what it really lookslike under your skin.
Exceptional nonfiction for children from two of the mosttrusted names in science education: Seymour Simon and theSmithsonian Institution.