What Makes a Magnet?

by Franklyn Mansfield Branley

Book Overview

Read and find out about magnets in this colorfully illustrated nonfiction picture book.Why does a magnet pick up a paper clip but not a leaf or a penny? How can the whole world be a magnet?Follow the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0064451488
• ISBN13: 9780064451482
• Release Date: July 1996
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 9.8" x 7.7"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Great book about magnets for kids

I really like the "Let's Read and Find out Science 2" series. These are great science books for elementary school and they are perfect for my first grader. They use familiar examples to introduce basic scientific concepts in a simple but fun way. They are interesting for both kids and adults. I have found them to be a valuable tool to teach these concepts to my kids. We had a wonderful time with this book about magnets. My first grader had fun with the experiments. This is perfect for first and second grade.

educational and entertaining for ages 2 - 100!

I found this book to be extremely informative while explaining how magnet work in a way my 3 year old granddaughter understands while learning myself!! The pictures are awsome, and keeps any age children's attention. All of the books in the Lets-Read-and-Find-Out Science series have been a valuable tool in teaching and entertaining in my home.

Read it as a story or do the experiments

The good thing about this book is that it is interesting enough to read it (at bedtime, for example) without pausing to do the experiments or you can use it in conjunction with some great little experiments to learn more about magnets. It is not extremely detailed, but my five-year-old son found it quite engaging and he was absolutely fascinated when the experiments worked "just the way the book said!" With the book's simple structure, I know it won't be too long before he is able to read it to himself, also. (It is around the second grade level, I would say.) Nicely done for younger students.