Grade 2

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What Does a Hammer Do?

From the Series First Step Nonfiction — Tools at Work

Beginning readers will explore how hammers pound in and pull out nails. A back matter spread explains how hammers are one kind of simple machine: a lever. Read More →

  • Lexile: 420
  • Dewey: 621.9'73
  • Copyright: 2013

What Does a Level Do?

From the Series First Step Nonfiction — Tools at Work

Students will see how levels indicate whether objects are flat or straight. A back matter spread explains why people use levels. Read More →

  • Lexile: 410
  • Dewey: 526.3'6
  • Copyright: 2013

What Does a Saw Do?

From the Series First Step Nonfiction — Tools at Work

Learners will understand how saws have sharp teeth that cut through wood. A back matter spread explains how saws are a kind of simple machine: a wedge. Read More →

  • Lexile: 330
  • Dewey: 621.9'34
  • Copyright: 2013

What Does a Screwdriver Do?

From the Series First Step Nonfiction — Tools at Work

Curious readers will discover how screwdrivers tighten screws using different kinds of tips. A back matter spread explains how screws are simple machines used to fasten objects together. Read More →

  • Lexile: 440
  • Dewey: 621.9'72
  • Copyright: 2013

What Does a Wrench Do?

From the Series First Step Nonfiction — Tools at Work

Kids will find out how wrenches tighten bolts in many types of situations. A back matter spread explains how a wrench is another type of lever. Read More →

  • Lexile: 430
  • Dewey: 621.9'72
  • Copyright: 2013

What Does Sunlight Do?

From the Series First Step Nonfiction — Let's Watch the Weather

What heats our planet? What also helps plants and animals to live and grow? Sunlight! Readers will learn the ins and outs of what sunlight does in this book. Accessible text and appealing… Read More →

  • Lexile: 310
  • ATOS: 1.4
  • Dewey: 551.5'271
  • Copyright: 2015

What Does the Bee See?: Observation - Parts and Whole

From the Series Step Up — Creative Thinking

A little bee encounters objects and guesses what they might be until the whole is revealed. Children will use their imagination and develop logical thinking skills by following the bee… Read More →

  • Lexile: 240
  • ATOS: 0.8
  • Dewey: 511
  • Copyright: 2015

What Do Pliers Do?

From the Series First Step Nonfiction — Tools at Work

Young readers will learn how pliers grip and hold objects in their jaws. A back matter spread explains how pliers also work as levers. Read More →

  • Lexile: 430
  • Dewey: 621.9'92
  • Copyright: 2013

What DO Teachers Do (after YOU Leave School)?

This humorous picture book answers the question all kids want to know―what do teachers do when the bell rings at three? Once the students go home, teachers finally have the run of the school. Read More →

  • ATOS: 3.1
  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2006

What Do We Buy?: A Look at Goods and Services

From the Series Lightning Bolt Books ® — Exploring Economics

Have you ever bought a toy at a store? Have you had a haircut or ordered food in a restaurant? Then you’ve used goods and services! Goods and services are everywhere. They’re in stores,… Read More →

  • Lexile: 500
  • Dewey: 339.4'7
  • Copyright: 2010

What Do You See?: A Conversation in Pictures

How creatively do you see things? She took photographs of things she loved and sent them to him. He drew pictures on her photographs of things he saw and sent them back to her. Real-life… Read More →

  • Lexile: 440
  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2022
Spring 2024

What Feels Cold? and Other Stories: A Red Rocket Readers Collection

From the Series Red Rocket Readers Library Collections

Within What Feels Cold? and Other Stories there are 8 different non-fiction stories, all at similar reading levels, and featuring high-frequency sight words. Red Rocket Readers Collections… Read More →

  • Dewey: 428
  • Copyright: 2017

What Floats? What Sinks?: A Look at Density

From the Series Lightning Bolt Books ® — Exploring Physical Science

A rock sinks in the water. A hot air balloon floats in the air. Many objects float and sink. But what makes them move this way? And how do people use floating and sinking in their lives? Read Read More →

  • Lexile: 540
  • Dewey: 532'.25
  • Copyright: 2011
Spring 2024

What Have You Got?

From the Series Red Rocket Readers Early Level 2

Would you like an artist to draw a picture of you? How would the artist start? Which part would be drawn first? What would be added next to make a picture of you? What else? Could you draw Read More →

  • Lexile: 320
  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2006

What Holds Us to Earth?: A Look at Gravity

From the Series Lightning Bolt Books ® — Exploring Physical Science

A ball drops to the ground. Leaves fall from a tree. Gravity is at work all around you. But what exactly is gravity? And how does it affect different objects? Read this book to find out!… Read More →

  • Lexile: 520
  • Dewey: 531'.14
  • Copyright: 2011

What I Do: Book 10

From the Series Healthy Me!

From swimming in the pool to dancing to funky music, exercise can be done in many ways. With the use of real-life photos, young readers are introduced to the importance of movement and are… Read More →

  • Copyright: 2023

What I Eat: Book 9

From the Series Healthy Me!

From strawberries to strawberry ice-cream, food is essential for all living things. With the use of real-life photos, young readers are introduced to the different kinds of goodies that fuel… Read More →

  • Copyright: 2023

What If It Never Stops Raining?

From the Series Nancy Carlson Picture Books

Tim is always worrying about something, but things never turn out as badly as he thinks they will. Read More →

  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2012

What Is a Democracy?

From the Series First Step Nonfiction — Exploring Government

What is a democracy? What do fairness and equality mean? How are leaders of a democracy chosen? Accessible text and explanatory photos help students understand the key concepts of how a… Read More →

  • Lexile: 460
  • ATOS: 2.2
  • Dewey: 321.8
  • Copyright: 2016

What Is a Forecast?

From the Series First Step Nonfiction — Let's Watch the Weather

What does it mean to forecast the weather? How do weather forecasters do their jobs? Readers will learn the ins and outs of weather forecasting in this book. Accessible text and appealing… Read More →

  • Lexile: 450
  • ATOS: 2.7
  • Dewey: 551.63
  • Copyright: 2015

What Is a Gas?

From the Series First Step Nonfiction — States of Matter

What Is a Gas? offers emergent readers a simple explanation of matter, a discription of gases, and examples of how gases can change into different states of matter. Read More →

  • ATOS: 2.6
  • Dewey: 530.4'3
  • Copyright: 2007

What Is a Liquid?

From the Series First Step Nonfiction — States of Matter

What Is a Liquid? offers emergent readers a simple explanation of matter, a description of liquids, and examples of how liquids can change into different states of matter. Read More →

  • ATOS: 2.5
  • Dewey: 530.4'2
  • Copyright: 2007

What Is a Scientist?

From the Series What Is...?

Simple text and full-color photographs depict children engaged in various activities that make up the scientific process: asking questions, noticing details, drawing what they see, taking… Read More →

  • ATOS: 3.4
  • Dewey: 502.3
  • Copyright: 1998

What Is a Solid?

From the Series First Step Nonfiction — States of Matter

What Is a Solid? offers emergent readers a simple explanation of matter, a description of solids, and examples of how solids can change into different states of matter. Read More →

  • ATOS: 2.6
  • Copyright: 2007