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Why Do Liquids Slip and Slide?: A Book about the States of Matter

by Madeline J. Hayes

A question-led introduction to matter

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  • Editorial selection

    Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection

    Gold Standard Selection

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A question-led introduction to matter

Solids, liquids, and gases become the starting points for exploring what matter is and how it behaves. The book organizes its introduction around questions about familiar properties—why solids stay still, why liquids slide, and why gases move freely—and also considers how some materials can exist in different states. Its pages pair playful questions and silly answers with explanations of the true answers, while vocabulary words and simple activities add ways to engage with the topic. The structure connects early science concepts to observations of how things around us look, act, and sometimes change.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Early learners beginning to explore science and chemistry concepts
  • Children curious about everyday materials and the differences between solids, liquids, and gases
  • Families or educators seeking a question-led nonfiction introduction with vocabulary and simple activities

Themes

Matter and particlesStates of matterProperties and changes of materialsEarly science learning

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Book overview

Have you ever wondered WHY things around you look and act the way they do?

 

The world around us is made up of particles we call matter. Science can help us better understand what matter is and how it works. Learn facts about different states of matter, how they act, and how they can sometimes change in this simple yet informative introduction to nonfiction.

 

Readers will learn the answers behind:

- Why do we call some things matter?

- Why do we call some things solid, liquid, or gas?

- Why do solids stay still?

- Why do liquids slip and slide?

- Why do gases get to go wherever they want?

- Why do some things get to be many different states of matter?

 

About the Why Do series: Introduce early learners to nonfiction with this layered series full of fun and learning. Each book explores a STEM topic by answering questions kids want to know! The whimsical pages of these books feature the why do questions and silly answers and illustrations before revealing the true answers. Vocabulary words and simple activities are scattered throughout to add to the fun.

 

A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection

 

 

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