What Happens to a Hamburger?

Read and find out about your digestive system in this colorfully illustrated nonfiction picture book.

What happens to food when you eat it? Read and find out about your digestive system and how it turns food into energy your body can use.

This is a clear and appealing science book for early elementary age kids, both at home and in the classroom. It's a Level 2 Let's-Read-and-Find-Out, which means the book explores more challenging concepts for children in the primary grades. The 100+ titles in this leading nonfiction series are:

hands-on and visualacclaimed and trustedgreat for classrooms

Top 10 reasons to love LRFOs:

Entertain and educate at the same timeHave appealing, child-centered topicsDevelopmentally appropriate for emerging readersFocused; answering questions instead of using survey approachEmploy engaging picture book quality illustrationsUse simple charts and graphics to improve visual literacy skillsFeature hands-on activities to engage young scientistsMeet national science education standardsWritten/illustrated by award-winning authors/illustrators & vetted by an expert in the fieldOver 130 titles in print, meeting a wide range of kids' scientific interests

Books in this series support the Common Core Learning Standards, Next Generation Science Standards, and the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) standards. Let's-Read-and-Find-Out is the winner of the American Association for the Advancement of Science/Subaru Science Books & Films Prize for Outstanding Science Series.

Author: Paul Showers
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 05/08/2001
Pages: 40
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 10.26h x 7.75w x 0.18d
ISBN: 9780064451833

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.7
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 13833 / What Happens to a Hamburger


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 04/15/2001 pg. 1562
Ingram Children's Advance 05/01/2001 pg. 53
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2001 pg. 377 - Recommended, Satisfactory
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2001 pg. 377 - Recommended, Satisfactory

About the Author
Showers, Paul: - Paul Showers wrote twenty books for the Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science series, including favorites such as What Happens to a Hamburger? and Where Does the Garbage Go? Mr. Showers worked on the Detroit Free Press, the New York Herald Tribune, and for thirty years, the Sunday New York Times. Miller, Edward: -

Edward Miller has illustrated A Drop of Blood and What Happens to a Hamburger? for the Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science series. He lives in New York City.