From the series World Around Us
Our Towns and Cities
Reading Level PreKInterest Level Grades PreK – 1Copyright 2025
Reviewed
From the series World Around Us
Reading Level PreKInterest Level Grades PreK – 1Copyright 2025
ReviewedTowns are small. Cities are big! What do you see in a small town? What do you see in a big city? Our Towns and Cities introduces emergent readers to features of towns and cities while providing them with a supportive first nonfiction reading experience. Carefully crafted text uses high-frequency words, repetitive sentence patterns, and strong visual references to support emergent readers, making sure they aren’t facing too many challenges at once.
Our Towns and Cities includes Tools for Teachers and Caregivers and a Let’s Review! question and image, as well as introductory nonfiction features such as labels, a table of contents, words to know, and an index.
Our Towns and Cities is part of Jump!’s World Around Us series.
What a wonderful world! In Our Homes, the phrase “This is a home” is consistently repeated, showing that regardless of the style, be it mobile home, apartment, townhouse, or houseboat, if people live there, they are homes. Our Neighborhoods introduces phrases with question marks, asking readers if their neighborhood is by a park, a library, or a school, and shows a variety of urban, suburban, and rural settings. The beauty of the planet and all of its developed areas are celebrated in Our Earth and Our Towns and Cities. Brightly colored photos are labeled to help children become acquainted with high-frequency words. With no more than one sentence on each spread, these books support emerging readers in classroom settings and could see some interest in public libraries’ nonfiction reader sections as well. VERDICT An inclusive series recommended for purchase by both school and public libraries.
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