Computer Technology and Computer Programming

A new-generation reference book about the cool technology of our world, for kids used to surfing and swiping.Our world is full of funky gadgets and technological gizmos. Within the next hour, you will probably use a computer, the internet, a hand-held game, or a cell phone. Technology is not only playing an ever-increasing role in our everyday lives, but also in the way we explore the world around us. Cool technology is useful, but what do we know about how it works? This book investigates the science behind technology, taking readers on a journey of discovery that they will never forget. It uncovers the smart tech of mobile phones, wi-fi, and GPS, as well as the inner workings of game consoles. It examines the world of movement--how cars, airplanes, and other vehicles run. It delves into nanotechnology, spy gadgets, cyborgs, building in space, and the eco house. Explore the pages of this book to discover how the coolest technology of today really works!

A bright and engaging first information book about farms, specially designed for children learning to read.FARM unlocks a free 16-page digital companion book, FARM FUN, offering even more information,

Come face-to-face with enormous eyes, huge noses, poisonous fangs, fluffy cheeks, and colorful beaks in ANIMAL FACES.Most animals have many features in common with one another--eyes, noses, ears, mout

EXPLORERS is full of the real-life experiences of adventurers past and present.The age of exploration is far from over. There are vast areas of our oceans still undiscovered. And there has never been

A visual guide for the very youngest birders.Discover all about birds! The first pages describe birds' amazing variety and adaptations, with sequences that show exactly how they fly. Life cycle spread

Favorite topics in active and interactive print and digital books, specially designed for newly confident readers.Every year, stories of extreme weather events dominate the news. This book not only in

An adorable and modern reference book about puppies and kittens for emergent readers.Puppies and Kittens is packed with facts about everyone's favorite pets. Each double-page spread features as aspect

Favorite topics in active and interactive print and digital books, specially designed for newly confident readers.Within the last five years, more has been discovered about dinosaurs than ever before.

Favorite topics in active and interactive print and digital books, specially designed for newly confident readers.Look closer at the world at your feet and you will find there is more to bugs than mee

Scholastic Discover More is a revolutionary new nonfiction line pairing stunning print books with corresponding interactive digital books that extend the learning online.PLANETS unlocks a free 48-page digital companion book, AMAZING SPACE MACHINES, offering even more information, photos, and videos!All children want to learn their place in the universe, discover how our planet fits into the solar system, and are blown away by the crazy, big facts and stats of space. Welcome to a tour of the major planets, moons, dwarf planets, asteroids, comets, and other rocks and gas that orbit the sun. The latest NASA and European Space Station images, many unique to this book, are combined with up-to-the-minute information from space experts across the globe, and modern graphics to entice confident and reluctant readers alike.

Vile Things is a series of science-based natural history books in which the reader will be transported around the world by the opinionated, eccentric, and insatiably inquisitive narrator, Ephemra Chu

With 17 special effects, each spread of this interactive atlas not only contains a wealth of information--from famous people and landmarks to weather phenomena and interesting animals--but is a fun,

This fabulous cookbook for kids features Isabella and Olivia Gerasole, the adorable and charming hosts on www.spatulatta.com. A cooking for kids website that recently won a 2006 James Beard Award, wh

Revised and updated, the Scholastic Student Thesaurus is an innovative, easy-to-use title for students in grades 6-12 (savvy 5th graders, too!). It was created for the many kids who get frustrated whe

For this revised thesaurus, more than 500 alphabetical headword entries and 2,500 synonyms have been specifically designed to best help beginning writers. Each headword has been carefully selected and

There are stars-and-stripes T-shirts. There are Statue of Liberty pencil sharpeners. There's an eagle on our money and Uncle Sam Halloween costumes. Symbols are everywhere...but where do they come fr

Unlock the secrets of the Milky Way, learn about the brave men and women of the International Space Station, and study the planets, moons, dwarf planets, asteroids, comets, and other rocks and gas tha

Favorite topics in active and interactive print and digital books, specially designed for newly confident readers.Readers will love the extreme photos and facts about cool and crazy reptiles from gian

A visually stunning reference book about the human body in the expert reader strand.Anatomy and physiology can be dry, but this definitive reference features amazing, original, and occasionally gross

A modern reference book about the Titanic in the expert reader strand.TITANIC encourages children to think for themselves about what caused this great disaster, and how it could have been averted. It presents evidence that allows readers to determine who the heroes and who the villains of the tragedy were. The book introduces all the key players--the owners, the builders, the crew, and the passengers--and tackles the controversies at the center of the drama. Unique, specially commissioned artwork explores the ship, deck by deck. And moving eyewitness accounts from survivors help the reader understand their plight in the countdown to disaster.

A book all about rocks and minerals, in the expert reader strand.Much more than a simple spotters' guide! ROCKS AND MINERALS will enthrall young rock enthusiasts with amazing information about how roc

A comprehensive modern reference book all about rainforests for confident readers.This book is far more than a collection of bugs and butterflies. It explores rainforests by continent, so the young re

An exciting and modern reference book about emergency vehicles for emergent readers.Emergency Vehicles is full of facts and engaging pictures of rescue vehicles hard at work. Big, annotated photos rev

In-depth and up-to-date books on popular nonfiction subjects, re-imagined with eye-popping graphics, vetted by world-reknowned experts.We all star-gaze. On a cloudless night we wonder about the extra

Scholastic Discover More is a revolutionary new nonfiction line pairing stunning print books with corresponding interactive digital books that extend the learning online.OCEAN AND SEE unlocks a free 6

From the children in bombed-out cities who were evacuated to the countryside, to the civilians working in munition factories, and the soldiers fighting on land, sea, and air, this book provides an in