(4) K-3 Let's Find Out series. Beginning with a birthday cake baked at Grandma's (recipe appended), this book explores the origin and processing of the ingredients: sugar, butter, eggs, wheat, and chocolate. Walton generally makes sound choices about coverage for these broad topics, along with occasional advocacy for organic, fair-traded products. Collage-style illustrations and captioned photos help clarify the wide-ranging and haphazardly organized subjects. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian

(4) K-3 Let's Find Out series. This wide-ranging overview covers different alphabets, the history of writing, how books are made, how paper is made, among other topics. Illustrations that resemble cut-paper and photo collage are accompanied by captioned photos and sidebars. The organization is haphazard, but the presentation is inviting. A book-making activity is appended. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian

(4) K-3 Let's Find Out series. Beginning with a drink of water, Walton covers her subject in some depth, making generally sound judgments about what to include. Different states of water, sea creatures, salinity, the hydrologic cycle, water purification, house plumbing--these are a few of the topics presented. Collage-style illustrations and captioned photos help clarify the wide-ranging and haphazardly organized text. An activity is appended. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian

(4) K-3 Let's Find Out series. Asking "What do you put on first?" this book answers the question in some depth, beginning with cotton for underpants and moving through zippers, buttons, wool, shoes, leather, synthetics, and other subtopics. Illustrations that resemble cut-paper and photo collage are accompanied by captioned photos and sidebars. The organization is random, but the presentation is inviting. An activity is appended. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian

(4) K-3 Let's Find Out series. This wide-ranging overview uses common playground equipment (swings, slide, merry-go-round) to explore principles such as gravity and centrifugal force. Illustrations that resemble cut-paper and photo collage are accompanied by captioned photos and sidebars, which extend the generally judicious though randomly presented coverage (including the now almost-extinct teeter-totter). A "Design a Playground!" activity is appended. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian

(4) K-3 Let's Find Out series. This wide-ranging overview covers uses for bikes, cycling in the past and present, components and their origins, physics of cycling, safety gear, and a detour for "How to Use a Map." Illustrations that resemble cut-paper and photo collage are accompanied by captioned photos and sidebars. The organization is haphazard, but the presentation is inviting. A "Design a Bike!" activity is appended. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian