- Includes very basic science facts for early elementary readers.- Simple language patterns help emergent readers master the text.- Format includes large color photographs, easy-to-read font, and simple interior design.- Photographs are directly related to the text.- Includes index and a word list.Grades K-4 National Science Standards- Science as Inquiry: I- Form questions about objects, organisms, and events in the environment- Conduct investigations- Physical Science: II- Objects have many observable properties, including size, weight, shape, color, temperature, and the ability to react with other substances.- Objects can be described by the properties of the materials from which they are made.- Materials can exist in different states--solid, liquid, and gas. Some common materials can be changed from one state to another by heating and cooling.- The position of an object can be described by locating it relative to another object or the background.