About this item
Highlights
- Ever lose your hat in a strong wind?
- Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award (Children's Book) 2004 3rd Winner, Grand Canyon Reader Award (Nonfiction) 2007 4th Winner
- 4-8 Years
- 10.1" x 8.2" Hardcover
- 40 Pages
- Juvenile Nonfiction, Science & Nature
- Series Name: Science Play
Description
About the Book
Keeping the very youngest of scientists in mind, Cobb gives clear explanations to the big questions about wind. Young readers and adults can explore the basic scientific principles together through simple experiments. Full color.Book Synopsis
Ever lose your hat in a strong wind?
Ever feel the wind pushing you from side to side?
Know why you can feel the wind, but never see it?
You will!
Renowned science author Vicki Cobb makes scientific principles easy for even the youngest kids to understand. Follow this book with a young child who loves to play. Bring along balloons. Find a windy place. Together you'll face the wind and see that learning is a breeze.
Discover science, and the world will never look the same.
Great hands-on activities and irresistible illustrations by Julia Gorton make Science Play a perfect way to learn about science . . . just for the fun of it!
Review Quotes
"Conceptually rich science for very young children...Cobb pulls it off." -- Horn Book Magazine