(4) K-3 Comparison Fun series. After a note to adults with reading-encouragement tips, the slim easy reader explains how long it would take various vehicles to reach the sun and then makes distance comparisons using the moon and other planets. Some of the examples are more concrete and easier to understand than others. Crisp color photos illustrate the text; additional facts are appended. Reading list. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Nancy Sheridan

(4) K-3 Comparison Fun series. After a note to adults provides reader-encouragement tips, the slim easy reader uses familiar objects or other birds--a quarter, a robin--to explain the size of a hummingbird and its eggs and nest. Some examples don't convey the topic as clearly or concretely as others. Crisp color photos illustrate the text; additional facts are appended. Reading list. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Nancy Sheridan

(4) K-3 Comparison Fun series. After a note to adults provides reader-encouragement tips, these slim easy readers make comparisons using familiar objects (school buses, a bathtub) or animals to explain either the speed or size of each of the four mammals. Some of the examples are more concrete or easier to grasp than others. Crisp color photos illustrate the text; additional facts are appended. Reading list. Glos., ind. Review covers these Comparison Fun titles: How Big Is a Blue Whale?, How Fast Is a Cheetah?, How Slow Is a Sloth?, and How Tall Is a Giraffe?.

Reviewer: Nancy Sheridan

(4) K-3 Comparison Fun series. After a note to adults provides reader-encouragement tips, these slim easy readers make comparisons using familiar objects (school buses, a bathtub) or animals to explain either the speed or size of each of the four mammals. Some of the examples are more concrete or easier to grasp than others. Crisp color photos illustrate the text; additional facts are appended. Reading list. Glos., ind. Review covers these Comparison Fun titles: How Big Is a Blue Whale?, How Fast Is a Cheetah?, How Slow Is a Sloth?, and How Tall Is a Giraffe?.

Reviewer: Nancy Sheridan

(4) K-3 Comparison Fun series. After a note to adults provides reader-encouragement tips, these slim easy readers make comparisons using familiar objects (school buses, a bathtub) or animals to explain either the speed or size of each of the four mammals. Some of the examples are more concrete or easier to grasp than others. Crisp color photos illustrate the text; additional facts are appended. Reading list. Glos., ind. Review covers these Comparison Fun titles: How Big Is a Blue Whale?, How Fast Is a Cheetah?, How Slow Is a Sloth?, and How Tall Is a Giraffe?.

Reviewer: Nancy Sheridan

(4) K-3 Comparison Fun series. After a note to adults provides reader-encouragement tips, the slim easy reader describes ants' strength by explaining how many of these tiny creatures would be needed to lift various objects, and even comparing ants to humans. Some examples don't convey the topic as clearly or concretely as others. Crisp color photos illustrate the text; additional facts are appended. Reading list. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Nancy Sheridan

(4) K-3 Comparison Fun series. After a note to adults provides reader-encouragement tips, these slim easy readers make comparisons using familiar objects (school buses, a bathtub) or animals to explain either the speed or size of each of the four mammals. Some of the examples are more concrete or easier to grasp than others. Crisp color photos illustrate the text; additional facts are appended. Reading list. Glos., ind. Review covers these Comparison Fun titles: How Big Is a Blue Whale?, How Fast Is a Cheetah?, How Slow Is a Sloth?, and How Tall Is a Giraffe?.

Reviewer: Nancy Sheridan

(4) K-3 Comparison Fun series. Meant to be shared, the slim easy reader begins with a note to adults and then uses mathematical comparisons to explain the depth of the ocean: "11 times deeper than sunlight can reach"; "as deep as six Grand Canyons." Some of the examples are hard to grasp and will need adult guidance. Crisp color photos illustrate the text; additional facts are appended. Reading list. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Nancy Sheridan