How Do You Know It's Summer?

TITLE: How Do You Know It's Summer?
AUTHOR:  Ruth Owen
ILLUSTRATOR:
PUBLISHER: Bearport Publishing
COPYRIGHT: 2012

What are the signs of summer?  This book tells the reader things to look for to know summer is coming....besides the heat.  Also included are science words which are defined at the end and activities to try in summer.

I have previously read the book in the series How Do You Know It's Spring?  I enjoyed this book about summer.  As with the spring book I thought the photos were great.  This is appropriate for an early elementary classroom.

Spring Goes Squish!

TITLE:  Spring Goes Squish!
AUTHOR: Marty Kelley
ILLUSTRATOR: Marty Kelley
PUBLISHER: Zino Press
COPYRIGHT: 2008

Get ready for an adventure as you read this noisy book about spring.  In spring you will find the sniffles associated with spring allergies, the crack of the baseball bat, the bzzzz of a bee, the boom of thunder, and the whish of the wind while flying a kite. 

It is written in rhyming verse with lots of onomatopoeia.  I liked the author's style as well as the fun illustrations used here.  This would be a fun book to read to a class of 2nd or 3rd grade students in my opinion. 

How Do You Know It's Spring?

TITLE:  How Do You Know It's Spring?
AUTHOR:  Ruth Owen
ILLUSTRATOR: 
PUBLISHER: Bearport
COPYRIGHT:  2012

Learn about the signs of spring with this educational book.  Included is information about new plants, buds, baby animals, and weather.

This is a well done book and would be great for the primary classroom library.  The photographs are wonderful and clearly labeled.  Special words in the text are done with bold print, and there is a page at the end called "Science Words" with these pictured and defined..  Another thing I liked was how various activities are included for kids to try.  One of these is to record the time it gets dark for a week.

It is for ages 5-8.  The AR reading level is 3.6.