Seeing Patterns All Around

A family walking down the street makes an alternating pattern: tall, short, tall, short. The buttons on an elevator form a pattern of circles. A huge staircase goes round and round, making a spiral pattern. In this visually dazzling book, beginning readers will learn all about the shapes and colors that make up patterns in the big city. Each 32-page book features controlled text with age-appropriate vocabulary and simple sentence construction. The lively text, colorful pages, and exquisite photos are sure to delight and engage emergent readers.

In a scorching desert, a rattlesnake moves sideways, making a wavy pattern in the sand. Clumps of round cactuses form a pattern of circles. The colorful shell of a tortoise forms two diamond-shaped patterns--one on top and one below! There are patterns to be found all around the desert. In this visually dazzling book, beginning readers will learn all about the shapes and colors that make up patterns in a desert. Each 32-page book features controlled text with age-appropriate vocabulary and simple sentence construction. The lively text, colorful design, and exquisite photos are sure to delight and engage emergent readers.

There are rows of beach chairs at a seashore. Stripes on the chairs make an alternating pattern: red, white, red, white. Wind blows the sand and moves it around, making a wavy pattern. Four pelicans facing different directions sit side-by-side on a dock. They form a pattern, too: left, right, left, right. There are patterns to be found all around the seashore. In this visually dazzling book, beginning readers will learn all about the shapes and colors that make up patterns at the seashore. Each 32-page book features controlled text with age-appropriate vocabulary and simple sentence construction. The lively text, colorful design, and exquisite photos are sure to delight and engage emergent readers.

A row of snowmen makes an alternating pattern: big, small, big, small. Tracks in the snow from a dog form a pattern of paw prints. A single tiny snowflake has a pattern made up of many repeating shapes, including points and diamonds. In this visually dazzling book, beginning readers will learn all about the shapes and colors that make up patterns in the snow. Each 32-page book features controlled text with age-appropriate vocabulary and simple sentence construction. The lively text, colorful pages, and exquisite photos are sure to delight and engage emergent readers.

The wooden boards of a bench make a pattern of lines. A slide in a playground swirls around, making a spiral pattern. A group of ducks floating in a pond makes an alternating pattern: brown, white, brown, white. In this visually dazzling book, beginning readers will learn all about the shapes and colors that make up patterns in a park. Each 32-page book features controlled text with age-appropriate vocabulary and simple sentence construction. The lively text, colorful pages, and exquisite photos are sure to delight and engage emergent readers.

Deep in a jungle, a colorful, striped snake slithers on the ground. The stripes on its skin make an alternating pattern: black, yellow, red, black, yellow, red. Black dots on a tree frog's legs form a pattern of circles. A snail's shell goes round and round, making a spiral pattern. There are patterns to be found all around the jungle. In this visually dazzling book, beginning readers will learn all about the shapes and colors that make up patterns in the jungle. Each 32-page book features controlled text with age-appropriate vocabulary and simple sentence construction. The lively text, colorful design, and exquisite photos are sure to delight and engage emergent readers.