A retelling, accompanied by a brief history, of two tales in the first of which a young girl's capacity to love overcomes the spell that turned a prince into a beast and, in the second, a boy climbs a
Push and Pull: Understanding Force and Motion is aligned to the Common Core State Standards for English/Language Arts, addressing Literacy.RI.2.3 and Literacy.L.2.5b. Readers learn about the laws of m
The impact Colorado’s natural resources have had on its development as a state cannot be overstated. This book looks at how mining and ranching have helped shape the history, culture, and people of th
Readers will create crafts from materials readily available in nature. Magnificent photographs accompany easily understandable text to make science and crafts entertaining for any reader. A website li
Readers will learn how to transform rocks and soil into new and exciting things in this educational book. Easy-to-follow text ties in fascinating science facts with the fun of making crafts. This is a
Readers are encouraged to investigate the fascinating and ever-changing environment around them. Each project inspires readers to explore further with the ideas they are introduced to. This is a great
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. If that’s true, then what are a thousand pictures worth? Today, with the use of mobile smartphones and similar devices containing miniaturized cameras, sn
As the success of the recent Transformers movies proves, the movie-going public can’t get enough of robots. Cyborgs—close kin to the robot—also continue to fascinate, appearing in several popular movi
This book provides age-appropriate information about squirrels and their habitat as well as details about their food foraging, food storing, and eating habits. Strong picture-text correlation teaches
The compare-and-contrast text structure used in this title provides emerging readers with fundamental information about the physical world and how it works.
Rhyming is one of the best ways to teach young students about language. Students will learn why rhyming is a core language skill, and how it also makes words and ideas easy to remember. This book feat
Similes and metaphors are a complex yet fundamental concept for readers of any age. The world of figurative language is decoded through age-appropriate text and relatable, easy-to-understand examples
Big and small. Wet and dry. Up and down. These are just a few opposite pairs familiar to most people. Now they’ll understand the meaning behind these words through this text, which explores all aspect
Prefixes and suffixes are the building blocks of more complex words that young readers begin to encounter as they move up in grade level. This age-appropriate text teaches readers how to recognize wor
The death of a loved one is a heartbreaking event in a child’s life. This book will guide readers through the feelings and questions they might have after such a loss. Readers will learn what grief is
Introduces the concepts of force and motion, describing both simple and complex machines that complete acts of force, and discusses such forces of energy as gravity, magnetism, and electricity.
Explains how to stay safe online, covering such topics as choosing passwords, what to do if one's account has been hacked, using a public computer, browser cookies, and protecting information.
Explains how to use punctuation and capitalization properly in a sentence, covering such topics as dates and days, commas in a series, apostrophes with contractions, and possessives.
Explains what adjectives and adverbs are to young readers and how they work in a sentence, and also challenges readers to use their knowledge by answering grammar questions.
Explains how to use nouns and pronouns properly in a sentence, covering such topics as singular and plural nouns, noun-verb agreement, possessives, and compound nouns.
