Tell Me How Much It Weighs; Tell Me How Far It Is

These robust little science books for key stage 1 are structured round the kind of questions children ask and cover basic concepts about weight and distance in an interesting way. They are likely to be a helpful addition to science resources and teachers will welcome the pages with experiments to try and things to make and do. The books also support children's developing literacy as they include some of the conventions of information texts - contents pages, indexes, glossaries and subheadings. The experiments are enjoyable and also provide an introduction to procedural writing. The buddies, six young friends, are a device to introduce the ideas and activities but, rather oddly, their names are not used except on the back cover. There are a lot of key stage 1 science books on topics like weight and distance but these two compete well with their up to date format and lively text.