Reading Level: Grade 1 Interest Level: Grades K – 1
Flowing rivers, towering mountains, and sandy dunes—Earth is covered in many amazing features. Explore key landforms, including how they form, where they can be found, how living things interact with these environments, and more. Breathtaking photos paired with carefully leveled text explore Earth’s many magnificent shapes and forms.
Landforms are the perfect introduction to Earth Sciences for young learners. This simple, straightforward nonfiction series from Bearcub Books has brief text and superb traditional photography to capture and keep the attention of beginning readers. Text features help organize the facts and information, highlighted page numbers provide easy navigation, and interesting backmatter is formatted for maximum readability. Bright, colorful backgrounds for text pages feel fresh and inviting. A front panel offering “Teaching Tips” for the classroom is also helpful. THOUGHTS: Small format for small hands, bright colors, limited text, and full page photographs make this a friendly introduction to nonfiction for the youngest learners. This nonfiction series is fresh and informative, covering a variety of landforms that will complement simple lessons on Earth Science.
