Life (Earth Matters)

By Dana Meachen Rau

Describes the characteristics of things that are living, including animals, plants, fungi, and people.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 076143044X
• ISBN13: 9780761430445
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Cavendish Square Publishing
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.1" x 7.1"
• Age Range: 6 to 7 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 2

Customer Reviews

This is an excellent book to introduce the biology of the life cycle of living things and life forms

There are many different living things on Earth. Certain things are very easy to see such as plants, animals and humans, but did you ever have a chance to look under a microscope to see other living things too small to see with the naked eye? "Some living things only have one cell." If you've ever seen mold on bread or something starting to rot, you are looking at fungi, a living organism. All living things are made up of cells. Did you know that "you may have as many as 100 trillion cells in your body?" Amazing, isn't it! In this book you will be able to see how animals change. For example a caterpillar changes into a butterfly and an animal's fur can change color. All living things reproduce or make more of their own kind. "A mushroom makes spores to reproduce. Wind blows spores to new places. Spores grow into new mushrooms." Some animals lay eggs and some have live babies. All living things need energy to survive. In this book you will also be able to learn about a food chain, one way that "food and energy move from one living thing to another." This is a very basic science text that will capture the attention of even the most reluctant reader. The bright photography compliments the text perfectly. According to Bookworms, the reading level is for the fluent reader. As an introductory overview to the concept of the life cycle of living things and life forms, this book could be used in a read-aloud and discuss session in a homeschool or classroom setting. In the back of the book there is a list of challenge words and an index. The budding biologist will have lots of questions for you after reading this book!