Water Everywhere

Title: Water Everywhere

Author: Jill Atkins

Water is all around. This book discusses the different uses of water and how it can be found. It is in the air, in the human bodies, and in plants. Various things use it in different ways and various ecosystems rely on its presence. 

The pictures in this book are a combination of photographs and drawings. It is great for early readers because the text is large and the words starting to challenge. The content of the text changes sometimes, referring to what a whale eats instead of staying focused on the water the whale is swimming in. 

Publisher: DK Publishing

Copyright: 2007

ISBN: 978-0-7566-2532-0

Monica’s Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

Sound

Title: Sound

Author: Kay Manolis

This book teaches children about sound. It discusses how it works and how it can be measured. It also explains how people can make sound and how various animals use sound to locate objects.

This book is very simplistic and gives basic information on sound. It is good for beginning readers to use as the text is large with about three sentences to a page. The pictures used are photographs. There is a glossary and index present at the end of the book. 

Publisher: Bellwether Media

Copyright:2008

ISBN: 978-0-531-14728-3

Monica’s Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

Penguin Chick

Title: Penguin Chick

Author: Betty Tatham

This is an informational text about the development of an emperor penguin chick. It starts with the passing of the egg from the mother to the father and ends with the chick growing up and becoming an adult emperor penguin. 

Any child who has seen Happy Feet will be able to follow along with how penguins grow up. It adds more detail and gives reasoning behind the penguin’s habits. A timeline is illustrated to show the developmental stages of the penguin. The illustrations in this book are painted. The end of the book provides information on how other types of penguins live as well as how kids can act like a penguin. 

Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers

Copyright: 2002

ISBN: 0-06-028594-X

Monica’s Rating: 5 out of 5 stars