(4) K-3 First Step Nonfiction: Life Cycles series. Each of these books for beginning readers looks at the growing cycle for a particular plant. A simple sentence is paired with a color photo on every page, and vocabulary words are printed in bold-faced type. While hardly exhaustive, these are basic, descriptive introductions. A life cycle diagram and two pages of brief facts are appended. Glos., ind. [Review covers these First Step Nonfiction: Life Cycles titles: Beans, Oak Trees, Potatoes, and Tulips.]

Reviewer: Arianne Vanni

(4) K-3 First Step Nonfiction: Life Cycles series. These slim books use the sparest of sentences to introduce new readers to two familiar animals and how they grow. The series' strength is its crisp, close-up color photos of its subjects. Each book concludes with a diagram naming the parts of the featured animal, information about the adult animal, and "fun facts," some of which could have enlivened the main text. Glos., ind. [Review covers these First Step Nonfiction: Life Cycles titles: Frogs and Snakes.]

Reviewer: Nell Beram

(4) K-3 First Step Nonfiction: Life Cycles series. These slim books use the sparest of sentences to introduce new readers to two familiar animals and how they grow. The series' strength is its crisp, close-up color photos of its subjects. Each book concludes with a diagram naming the parts of the featured animal, information about the adult animal, and "fun facts," some of which could have enlivened the main text. Glos., ind. [Review covers these First Step Nonfiction: Life Cycles titles: Frogs and Snakes.]

Reviewer: Nell Beram

(4) K-3 First Step Nonfiction: Life Cycles series. This short, simply written book describes how a butterfly changes from egg to caterpillar to fully grown lepidopteran. The vivid close-up color photos, especially those of a chrysalis, should keep readers rapt. The book concludes with a diagram labeling the parts of a butterfly, information about adult butterflies, and "fun facts," some of which could have enlivened the main text. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Nell Beram

(4) K-3 First Step Nonfiction: Life Cycles series. Each of these books for beginning readers looks at the growing cycle for a particular plant. A simple sentence is paired with a color photo on every page, and vocabulary words are printed in bold-faced type. While hardly exhaustive, these are basic, descriptive introductions. A life cycle diagram and two pages of brief facts are appended. Glos., ind. [Review covers these First Step Nonfiction: Life Cycles titles: Beans, Oak Trees, Potatoes, and Tulips.]

Reviewer: Arianne Vanni

(3) K-3 First Step Nonfiction: Life Cycles series. Each of these books for beginning readers looks at the growing cycle for a particular plant. A simple sentence is paired with a color photo on every page, and vocabulary words are printed in bold-faced type. While hardly exhaustive, these are basic, descriptive introductions. A life cycle diagram and two pages of brief facts are appended. Glos., ind. [Review covers these First Step Nonfiction: Life Cycles titles: Beans, Oak Trees, Potatoes, and Tulips.]

Reviewer: Arianne Vanni

(4) K-3 First Step Nonfiction: Life Cycles series. New-reader-friendly prose briefly introduces the duck and describes its growth from egg to adult. The book's hallmark is its close-up color photos of its subject. The offering concludes with a diagram labeling the parts of a duck, information about the adult duck, and "fun facts," some of which could have enlivened the main text. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Nell Beram

(4) K-3 First Step Nonfiction: Life Cycles series. Each of these books for beginning readers looks at the growing cycle for a particular plant. A simple sentence is paired with a color photo on every page, and vocabulary words are printed in bold-faced type. While hardly exhaustive, these are basic, descriptive introductions. A life cycle diagram and two pages of brief facts are appended. Glos., ind. [Review covers these First Step Nonfiction: Life Cycles titles: Beans, Oak Trees, Potatoes, and Tulips.]

Reviewer: Arianne Vanni

(4) K-3 First Step Nonfiction: Life Cycles series. This is a blink-and-you'll-miss-it introduction to the bunny and how it grows into a full-scale rabbit. The book features stunning close-up color photos of its subject (the images of the babies are particularly adorable). The book concludes with a diagram identifying the parts of a rabbit, information about adult rabbits, and "fun facts," some of which could have enlivened the main text. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Nell Beram