"Engaging images accompany information about Spartans. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--Provided by publisher.
Introduces basic scientific principles about rocks and minerals, providing instructions for simple experiments that examine such topics as hardness, formation, and erosion.
This excellent beginning-to-read series will score easily with early readers. Colorful, action pictures and familiar, everyday activities will interest and motivate young readers. A word list is inclu
Rookie Readers actively engage young readers, encouraging language development, building fluency, and promoting independent reading. By targeting a skill, like learning about rhymes, young readers are
Photographs, maps, time lines, and easy-to-follow text describe the events surrounding the 2010 British Petroleum/Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
- The format of the series is unique, with humorous, cartoon-like original illustrations from the author.- Special sales potential in museum gift shops.- Perfect for developing scientists and critical
Entertaining biographies of inventors and scientists that are perfect for young readers, developing scientists and critical thinkers, containing hilarious, cartoon-style illustrations to complement th
- Vocabulary preview and review pages with pronunciations, glossary, and index- Diagrams, graphs, or other educational graphics- Fun, engaging editorial content- Curriculum connections- Beautiful, ful
An addition to the humorous and fact-filled history series describes the many hazards of flying a fighter jet for the Royal Air Force during World War II.
Describes the role of the sense of smell in human life, how people smell, smell and taste, the psychology of smelling, artificial scents, and conditions that affect this sense.
Presents information on the food served at the White House, the favorite dishes of some presidents, and the chefs that work there to feed the Presidential family and their guests.
Describes the role of the sense of taste in human life, the tongue and tasting, the five different kinds of tastes, taste testing, and flavoring agents.
Profiles Cixi, the Empress of China, from being one of Emperor Xianfeng's concubines and her devious rise to power to the consequences of supporting the Boxers, an army of Chinese peasants who resiste
Presents the life and accomplishments of the renowned physicist, discussing his theory of relativity and the ways in which it transformed the world's understanding about how the universe works.
Introduces readers to the circulatory system; the functions of the heart, arteries and veins; the different types of blood cells; and common problems and diseases that affect the circulatory system.
Describes what makes people cough, sneeze, burp, yawn and have other such reflex responses and explains the role these actions play in maintaining health.
Describes many things that originally came from Russia, including inventions, sports and games, food, fashion, musical instruments, animals, arts and crafts, and words
