HarperCollins

Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science Level 2

The middle half of these books measure 530L–600L, and run around 1,000 words — calculated from the 36 titles at this level with a Lexile measure, not from the number on the cover.

Books
40
Lexile range
530L–600L
Typical length
~1,000 words
How Do Apples Grow?
How Do Apples Grow?550L
Why Do Leaves Change Color?
Why Do Leaves Change Color?580L
Wiggling Worms at Work
Wiggling Worms at Work620L
What Will the Weather Be?
What Will the Weather Be?Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2 · 500L
What Makes Day and Night
What Makes Day and Night500L
Sunshine Makes the Seasons
Sunshine Makes the Seasons510L
Germs Make Me Sick!
Germs Make Me Sick!530L
How Do Birds Find Their Way?
How Do Birds Find Their Way?620L
Energy Makes Things Happen
Energy Makes Things Happen500L
Flash, Crash, Rumble, and Roll
Flash, Crash, Rumble, and Roll500L
The Sky Is Full of Stars
The Sky Is Full of StarsLet's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2 · 570L
Gravity Is a Mystery
Gravity Is a MysteryLet's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2 · 600L
Digging Up Dinosaurs
Digging Up Dinosaurs600L
Hear Your Heart
Hear Your HeartLet's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2 · 500L
Let's Go Rock Collecting
Let's Go Rock Collecting540L
Corn Is Maize
Corn Is MaizeLet's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2 · 570L
Down Comes the Rain
Down Comes the Rain560L
An Octopus Is Amazing
An Octopus Is Amazing640L
Zipping, Zapping, Zooming Bats
Zipping, Zapping, Zooming BatsLet's-Read-and-Find-Out Science · 590L
Ant Cities
Ant Cities600L
Honey in a Hive
Honey in a Hive880L
Follow the Water from Brook to Ocean
Follow the Water from Brook to Ocean600L
How a City Works
How a City Works580L
Almost Gone
Almost Gone890L
Milk: From Cow to Carton
Milk: From Cow to Carton530L
Life in a Coral Reef
Life in a Coral ReefLet's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2 · 1090L
Switch On, Switch Off
Switch On, Switch OffLet's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2 · 570L
Snakes Are Hunters
Snakes Are HuntersLet's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2 · 590L
What's So Bad About Gasoline?
What's So Bad About Gasoline?Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2 · 770L
A Drop of Blood
A Drop of Blood480L
Penguin Chick
Penguin Chick580L
How Mountains Are Made
How Mountains Are Made620L
Why I Sneeze, Shiver, Hiccup, and Yawn
Why I Sneeze, Shiver, Hiccup, and Yawn590L
Chirping Crickets
Chirping Crickets590L
What Happens to a Hamburger
What Happens to a Hamburger520L
Fossils Tell of Long Ago
Fossils Tell of Long Ago540L
The International Space Station
The International Space StationLet's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2 · 790L
Who Eats What?
Who Eats What?620L
The Sun
The Sun510L
What Makes a Magnet?
What Makes a Magnet?600L

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