Brightly colored bees are shown in engaging, full–page photographs, with a brief fun–filled text that will fascinate young, beginning readers. Level 1 includes short, simple senten
Bees live almost everywhere on earth. These busy bugs carry pollen, which helps flowers make seeds. Honeybees use the nectar from flowers to make the delicious honey that we eat. As many as 70,000 hon
Earthquakes A small earthquake may just rattle some teacups. But a rare huge quake can bring down cities. Those rumblings are a reminder to pay attention to our earth. Scientists keep careful records
Butterflies There are 20,000 different kinds of butterflies in the world. Many have brightly colored wings. But butterflies don't start life as beauties. Every butterfly begins as a tiny egg that hatc
Get the inside scoop on the world's most amazing vegetation! Watch a seed grow Find out how plants get water Discover how a Venus flytrap catches its food Learn more than thirty fun facts about plan
Get the inside scoop on the world's most fascinating creatures! Find out how a tadpole turns into a frog See a frog catch its dinner Discover the differences between frogs and toads Learn more than
Get the inside scoop on the world's most explosive mountains! Meet a volcanologist Discover why volcanoes erupt Visit the world's hot spots Learn more than forty fun facts about volcanoes
Storms Get the inside scoop on the world's stormy weather! Find out what causes thunder, see the eye of a hurricane, get caught up in a tornado, and discover more than twenty–five facts abou
Sharks swam in the sea long before dinosaurs roamed the earth. Today there are more than five hundred kinds of sharks in the world. They range in size from the tiny dwarf shark to the huge whale shark
From deserts to forests to inside your living room, spiders are everywhere! You can spot the sticky webs that they weave to catch their dinners. Spiders can be many different colors and move in surpri
Large, dramatic photographs of a variety of snakes and a brief fact–filled text will fascinate young, confident readers. Level 3 – includes varied sentence structure and paragraph
"At the dawn of the twentieth century, San Francisco was the economic and cultural center of the West Coast. But on the morning of April 18, 1906, everything changed. A devastating earthquake hit the
"Abolitionist, civil rights activist, orator, and author are all words that can be used to describe Frederick Douglass. Born into slavery, Douglass relied on his own determination and ingenuity to car
An introduction to the poet and author shares details about his childhood, education, and how his family's history and love of storytelling drove him to pursue poetry.
