The Horn Book Guide

TECHNOLOGY

Fisher, Valorie

Now You Know How It Works

40 pp. | Scholastic/Orchard | September, 2018 | Trade ISBN 978-1-338-21545-8 $17.99

(4) K-3 Eye-catching pages shed light on twenty-two everyday objects (flashlight, whistle, pencil, etc.) by identifying what they're made of, their parts, and how they work. Labeled photographs and diagrams are visually appealing if occasionally misleading (a rubber ball shown dropping straight down should then bounce straight up). Some items' mechanics are complex, but the engaging explanations will hold young scientists' attention. Glos.

Reviewer: Tanya D. Auger