Scales introduces the earliest readers to unique, colorful fish and reptile scales while providing them with a supportive first nonfiction reading experience. High-frequency words, repetitive sentence patterns, photo labels, and strong visual references support emergent readers, making sure they arenít facing too many challenges at once. Scales includes tools for teachers as well as introductory nonfiction features such as labels, a table of contents, words to know, and an index. Scales is part of Jump!ís I See Animal Textures! series.