Review by Booklist Review
The Science at Work series gives pint-size readers their first glimpse of the different ways science functions in the world around them, with this volume tackling magnetism. Each page is adorned with one to two short sentences and a color photo illustration, most often a magnet attracting or repelling something or an object utilizing magnetism, such as a compass or crane. Introducing science concepts to elementary-school readers is a challenge, and this book does so with mixed success. While offering many examples of where magnetism operates, it's not always clear how it works. For instance, readers learn that a magnet helps keep a refrigerator's door closed, but not how TVs use magnetism, only that they do. Best as a supplement to more detailed texts or as an activity prompt.--Smith, Julia Copyright 2016 Booklist
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Review by School Library Journal Review
K-Gr 2-Geared toward young readers, this series attempts to simplify science concepts with an emphasis on how they apply to daily life. Electricity, temperature, and light will be relatively familiar concepts for the audience while mass, magnetism, and the elements may be new. The page layouts feature one to three sentences per page and a bright photo. The text provides brief facts, some of which elucidate the topic while others are supplementary. For instance, that elements "are the simplest forms of something" is helpful, while the fact that Dmitri Mendeleyev sorted them into a table is probably not useful information for this age group. Other examples of scientists who appear include Marie Curie, Benjamin Franklin, and Isaac Newton. There are a few oversimplifications, such as the statement that magnetism is "found in some metals." VERDICT Overall these are accurate, if very basic introductions that may require teacher or parent guidance. © Copyright 2016. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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Review by Horn Book Review
With one to three brief sentences per page, these leveled readers serve as adequate, albeit simplistic, introductions to mass, temperature, and other physical science topics. Photographs show everyday objects that illustrate the concepts--though some photos may need explanation--as well as obviously posed children of various ethnicities engaging in activities or pondering the information. Glos. [Review covers the following Science at Work titles: Electricity at Work, Magnetism at Work, Elements at Work, Light at Work, Mass at Work, and Temperature at Work.] (c) Copyright 2017. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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