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What Makes a Magnet?

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What Makes a Magnet? Synopsis

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 step-by-step instructions about how to make your own magnet, and then find out for yourself what makes a magnet!

This is a clear and appealing science book for early elementary age kids, both at home and in the classroom. It's a Level 2 Let's-Read-and-Find-Out, which means the book explores more challenging concepts for children in the primary grades. The 100+ titles in this leading nonfiction series are:

  • hands-on and visual
  • acclaimed and trusted
  • great for classrooms

Top 10 reasons to love LRFOs:

  • Entertain and educate at the same time
  • Have appealing, child-centered topics
  • Developmentally appropriate for emerging readers
  • Focused; answering questions instead of using survey approach
  • Employ engaging picture book quality illustrations
  • Use simple charts and graphics to improve visual literacy skills
  • Feature hands-on activities to engage young scientists
  • Meet national science education standards
  • Written/illustrated by award-winning authors/illustrators & vetted by an expert in the field
  • Over 130 titles in print, meeting a wide range of kids' scientific interests

Books in this series support the Common Core Learning Standards, Next Generation Science Standards, and the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) standards. Let's-Read-and-Find-Out is the winner of the American Association for the Advancement of Science/Subaru Science Books & Films Prize for Outstanding Science Series.

About This Edition

ISBN: 9780062338013
Publication date: 10th March 2016
Author: Franklyn M Branley
Illustrator: True Kelley
Publisher: HarperCollinsPublishers an imprint of HarperCollins
Format: Paperback
Pagination: 32 pages
Series: Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science. Stage 2
Genres: Children’s / Teenage general interest: Wildlife and habitats: Oceans and seas
Educational: Physics
Children’s / Teenage general interest: Ecosystems
Children’s / Teenage general interest: Physical world
Early years: opposites
Children’s / Teenage general interest: Information resources
Children’s / Teenage general interest: Inventors, inventions and experiments
Children’s interactive and activity books and kits
History
Science