Nature School (Lynch)

From wildflowers to home gardens, flowers are all around us, especially in the spring and summer! There's nothing more fun for little ones than smelling flowers and perhaps making their own bouquet from their garden. In this book, readers are encouraged to look for flowers all around them, from dandelions to daisies. Plant parts and growth are discussed in low ATOS text. Full-color photographs are beautiful and aid readers' ability to recognize some flowers as well as increase reading comprehension.

The spring air is often filled with the sounds of chirping, tweeting, and cawing, all to the delight of our youngest readers. They are eager to look up into trees and peer into bushes to find just what birds are making all that racket. In this book, readers learn a bit about birdwatching and some of the birds they might see while doing so, from the lively blue jay to the common robin. Bird bodies, food, and habits are all covered in this volume written just for emerging readers. Low ATOS text pairs with full-color photographs to aid reading comprehension.

After a long rainy day inside, kids are often clamoring to get outside once the storm passes. One of the best things to do is go looking for long, wiggly worms! These helpful creatures move through the soil, making it a better place for plants to grow. Beginning readers learn all about this task as well as worms' bodies, food, and habitat. Low ATOS text is paired with full-color photographs to maximize reading comprehension and get readers up-close with wonderful worms!

There are many different kinds of beetles that live all around the world! From ladybugs to Japanese beetles, these insects are often seen in home gardens and amaze kids with their ability to stay still while observed and simply flit away when disturbed. This volume highlights the body, habitat, and food of commonly seen beetles. Full-color photographs take readers closer than they could ever get in nature and correlate directly to the low ATOS text, aiding reading comprehension of emerging readers.

Snails are plant eaters so they are often found in the garden! Not only that, they carry their home on their back. That fact alone makes snails fascinating to little ones, but snail slime is also super interesting to look at. This book helps readers find snails in nature around them, whether at a park or in their own backyard. Snail bodies, habitat, and food are included in age-appropriate details. The low ATOS text is supported by full-color photographs that directly correlate to the text and maximize reading comprehension.

Leaves come in all shapes, sizes, and colors-and that's not even mentioning when they change colors in the fall! Leaves can tell us what kind of tree we're near and are often gathered as natural treasure on nature walks or simply around the neighborhood. In this book, emerging readers are encouraged to have a leaf-finding adventure and discover leaves in nature around them. Full-color photographs showcase the leaves discussed and directly correlate to the low ATOS text, maximizing reading comprehension and future leaf recognition.