What Is a Solid? offers emergent readers a simple explanation of matter, a description of solids, and examples of how solids can change into different states of matter.
Well, when you're doing a unit on chemistry with the kiddos and want some supplemental reading material, you're not left with a lot of options. This was a nice surprise. Taking only a few minutes to read aloud, it did a good job of reviewing the topic we'd just covered, which was the states of matter.