What Is Friction?

Rookie Read-About Science

by Lisa Trumbauer

Describes what friction is and gives some examples of how it causes moving things to stop.

Genres: Science

32 pages, Library Binding

First published March 1, 2004

About the author

Lisa Trumbauer has written early-learner books for Scholastic's Jump Start series and published numerous other activity books, picture books, and novels for middle-school readers, including the New York Times bestseller A Practical Guide to Dragons.

Reviews

[Gina · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Rookie Read-About Science series is great! The series does double duty. It's easy for young readers to read by themselves or practice reading aloud to a parent. Also, the concepts are easily explained easily for them to understand and learn.

[Margaret · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book introduces friction using many different ways such as animals, matter, and geographical features. These are all things that children have been exposed to before so they will be able to understand the concept easier.

[Theresa · Rating 3 out of 5]

a short resource
good early reader
good introduction to science inquiry

[Audrey · Rating 5 out of 5]

Son liked this book a lot. Very interesting for a 5 year old like likes to test friction as often as possible.