- High-interest topics encourage independent reading
- Three or four real-life stories
- All stories relate to one theme
- Full-color photographs
- Meets Science Standards
Grades K-4 National Science Standards
- Life Science: III
- The characteristics of organisms
- Each plant or animal has different structures that serve different functions in growth, survival, and reproduction. For example, humans have distinct body structures for walking, holding, seeing, and talking.
- Science and Technology: V
- Abilities to distinguish between natural objects and objects made by humans
- Some objects occur in nature; others have been designed and made by people to solve human problems and enhance the quality of life.
- Objects can be categorized into two groups, natural and designed.