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What Happens to a Hamburger?
Contributor(s): Showers, Paul (Author), Miller, Edward (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0064451836     ISBN-13: 9780064451833
Publisher: HarperCollins
OUR PRICE:   $5.39  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: May 2001
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Annotation: The mysterious process of digestion is explained in this matter-of-fact introduction to nutrition and physiology. First published in 1970, this title is updated with sharp, new computer-generated illustrations.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature - Anatomy & Physiology
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Readers - Beginner
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Health & Daily Living - Diet & Nutrition
Dewey: 612.3
LCCN: 97039007
Lexile Measure: 520
Series: Let's-Read-And-Find-Out Science: Stage 2 (Paperback)
Physical Information: 0.18" H x 7.75" W x 10.26" (0.35 lbs) 40 pages
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 13833
Reading Level: 3.7   Interest Level: Lower Grades   Point Value: 0.5
 
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Publisher Description:

Read and find out about your digestive system in this colorfully illustrated nonfiction picture book.

What happens to food when you eat it? Read and find out about your digestive system and how it turns food into energy your body can use.

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 visualacclaimed and trustedgreat for classrooms

Top 10 reasons to love LRFOs:

    Entertain and educate at the same timeHave appealing, child-centered topicsDevelopmentally appropriate for emerging readersFocused; answering questions instead of using survey approachEmploy engaging picture book quality illustrationsUse simple charts and graphics to improve visual literacy skillsFeature hands-on activities to engage young scientistsMeet national science education standardsWritten/illustrated by award-winning authors/illustrators & vetted by an expert in the fieldOver 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.

Contributor Bio(s): Miller, Edward: -

Edward Miller has illustrated A Drop of Blood and What Happens to a Hamburger? for the Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science series. He lives in New York City.

Showers, Paul: - Paul Showers wrote twenty books for the Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science series, including favorites such as What Happens to a Hamburger? and Where Does the Garbage Go? Mr. Showers worked on the Detroit Free Press, the New York Herald Tribune, and for thirty years, the Sunday New York Times.