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Reviewed on August 30, 2024 | Picture Books - Elementary
PreS-Gr 1—A lively primer into scientific inquiry, Aki's fourth book of 16 intrepid girls is a charming exploration of engaging with scientific tools, processes, and ideas. Rhyming couplets accompany clean, bright art as the young scientists enter a lab to "gather, test, assess, [and] discern" objects like a ball, feather, balloon, and shell to classify and separate. Basic skills, and wondering about these items, are brilliantly woven into the story structure as the girls begin experimenting with u...Log In or Sign Up to Read More