Gail Saunders-Smith
1) Lightning
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Simple text and photographs explain what lightning is and how it forms.
2) Warm clothes
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Simple text and photographs present the clothing worn to keep warm as fall changes to winter.
4) Airplanes
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In simple text and photographs, describes several different kinds of airplanes, including paper airplanes, biplanes, and jets.
5) Clouds
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Describes different kinds of clouds--cirrus, cumulus, stratus, and nimbus--and the types of weather they indicate.
6) Sunshine
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Describes the effects of light from the sun on earth and how it causes temperature changes, the seasons, winds, and clouds.
7) Rain
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Simply describes what rain is and the cycle that repeatedly brings water to the earth.
8) Spring
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Simple text and photographs depict the weather, plants, animals, and activities of spring.
9) Autumn
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Simple text and photographs depict the weather, plants, animals, and activities of autumn.
10) Eating apples
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Simple text and photographs describe different ways to enjoy apples--whole, sliced, cooked, and juiced.
11) Summer
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Simple text and photographs depict the weather, plants, animals, and activities of summer.
12) Fall harvest
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Simple text and photographs describe how several different crops, including pumpkins, apples, wheat, corn, and potatoes, are harvested by humans and by machine.
13) Koalas
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Describes and illustrates various activities of koalas and their joeys.
14) Winter
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Simple text and photographs depict the weather, plants, animals, and activities of winter.
15) The farm
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Simple text and photographs depict places on the farm and what farmers do there.
16) Butterflies
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Illustrations and simple text describe the life cycle of butterflies.
17) Picking apples
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Simple text and photographs describe the process of getting apples from the tree to trucks that are used to ship them everywhere.
18) Why Do I Sneeze?
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Achoo! A sneeze can be loud, silent, or silly. Take a trip inside the nose to find out just what makes us sneeze. Colorful photo and diagrams and informative text show young readers what causes an itchy nose.
19) Leaves
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Describes the different sizes and shapes of leaves, the function of chlorophyll, and the process of photosynthesis using simple text and illustrations.