Sounds All Around - Couverture rigide

Pfeffer, Wendy

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0062386700 ISBN 13 : 9780062386700

Editeur : HarperCollins, 2016

Synopsis

Read and find out about how people and animals use different kinds of sounds to communicate in this colorfully illustrated nonfiction picture book.

Sounds are all around us. Clap your hands, snap your fingers: You’re making sounds. With colorful illustrations from Anna Chernyshova and engaging text from Wendy Pfeffer, Sounds All Around is a fascinating, kid-friendly introduction to the science of sound and a fun look into how sound works.

This is a clear and appealing science book for early elementary age kids, both at home and in the classroom. Perfect for sparking curiosity, it includes a find out more section with additional and updated sound experiments for kids, such as finding out how sound travels through water. Both the text and the artwork were vetted by Dr. Agnieszka Roginska, Professor of Music Technology at NYU.

This is a Level 1 Let's-Read-and-Find-Out, which means the book explores introductory concepts perfect for children in the primary grades. The 100+ titles in this leading nonfiction series are:

• hands-on and visual
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• great for classrooms

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• 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
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• 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.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Wendy Pfeffer enjoyed early careers as a teacher and a nursery school director. She now devotes her time to writing and conducting workshops on creative writing for both adults and children. She is the author of the Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science book Sounds All Around as well as The Gooney War and Popcorn Park Zoo. Ms. Pfeffer lives in Pennington, New Jersey.

Anna Chernyshova is the illustrator of the Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out Science book Sounds All Around. She graduated from the Cambridge School of Art’s MA program in children’s book illustration in 2015. She currently lives in Cambridge, England, with her family and their dog. Anna’s daughter constantly inspires new illustrations with her antics.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: HarperCollins
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0062386700
• ISBN 13: 9780062386700
• Reliure: Relié
• Illustrateur: Chernyshova Anna
• Nombre de pages: 40
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: HarperCollins Publishers Ireland; enquiries@harpercollins.ie; ; Mayor Street Upper 39/40; Dublin; D01 C9W8; Irlande