When you think about bacteria, you might talk about bugs and dirt. But actually bacteria are useful. They're really important to you and to your health, in fact, you can't live without them!
A child wonders how crayons are made and learns about how oil is mined and processed to extract paraffin wax, which is then sent to a factory to be made into crayons. This illustrated narrative nonfiction book includes a map showing oil fields and crayon factories, a glossary, and further resources.
Readers follow along with a civil engineer as a young girl pretends to be an engineer designing and building a bridge with her father. Includes a glossary of engineering terms and an activity that lets readers practice building skills.
Readers follow along on a day in the life of a librarian as a young girl pretends that the family den is a public library. Includes a glossary of library terms and a library scavenger hunt activity.
Readers follow along on a day in the life of a carpenter as a young girl pretends to be a carpenter while building a cardboard-box fort in the backyard with her brother. Includes a glossary of construction terms and an activity that lets readers practice building skills.
This search-and-find book invites early readers to look for new vocabulary words and pictures while giving simple facts about the role of pickup trucks in helping people haul large items.
Keep our cars and trucks running smooth! In this book, readers will meet the mechanics who work on vehicles, from cars and trucks to airplanes and big machines. Aimed at emergent readers, the text also includes vocabulary specific to this community helper's job, along with colorful action images.
This search-and-find book invites emergent readers to look for new vocabulary words and pictures while giving simple facts about the amazing world of trees. There’s a forest on every page!
This search-and-find book invites emergent readers to look for new vocabulary words and pictures while giving simple facts about the four seasons that we experience. Every season is covered to make a book that is a year long
This search-and-find book invites emergent readers to look for new vocabulary words and pictures while giving simple facts about the turbulent world of weather. Bring your umbrella and some sunscreen!
Dive into the remarkable underwater lives of sea dragons with a photographic search-and-find feature that explores anatomy, habitat, and reproduction. North American Spanish translation of Spot Sea Dragons. Leafy or weedy, sea dragons—cousins to sea horses—are underwater masters of disguise. Though not actual dragons, these small fish have skin flaps that look like seaweed and some can even change color! Emergent readers will discover the sea dragon’s camouflage abilities as well as how males are in charge of egg-carrying. Vibrant photos and simple text will fascinate young readers. A search-and-find feature reinforces key vocabulary with photo clues and an answer key.
Dive into the exciting underwater lives of eels with a photographic search-and-find feature that explores the animal’s anatomy, markings, and ocean habitat. North American Spanish translation of Spot Eels. With long, slithering bodies and smooth, scale-less skin, eels may look scary—but they are actually shy! Emergent readers will discover that these fish hide in holes to stay safe and open their mouths wide to help breathe, not to bite. Vibrant photos and simple text will fascinate young readers. A search-and-find feature reinforces key vocabulary with photo clues and an answer key.
Colorful corals come to life with a photographic search-and-find feature that explores the animal’s anatomy and ocean habitat. North American Spanish translation of Spot Corals. Corals are more than just rocks or plants. These ocean animals can move and stretch their tentacles to sting tiny animals to eat. Emergent readers will discover how corals spawn and grow into huge reefs that become home to many animals. Vibrant photos and simple text will fascinate young readers. A search-and-find feature reinforces key vocabulary with photo clues and an answer key.
Dive into the remarkable underwater lives of sea dragons with a photographic search-and-find feature that explores anatomy, habitat, and reproduction. Leafy or weedy, sea dragons—cousins to sea horses—are underwater masters of disguise. Though not actual dragons, these small fish have skin flaps that look like seaweed and some can even change color! Emergent readers will discover the sea dragon’s camouflage abilities as well as how males are in charge of egg-carrying. Vibrant photos and simple text will fascinate young readers. A search-and-find feature reinforces key vocabulary with photo clues and an answer key.
Dive into the exciting underwater lives of eels with a photographic search-and-find feature that explores the animal’s anatomy, markings, and ocean habitat. With long, slithering bodies and smooth, scale-less skin, eels may look scary—but they are actually shy! Emergent readers will discover that these fish hide in holes to stay safe and open their mouths wide to help breathe, not to bite. Vibrant photos and simple text will fascinate young readers. A search-and-find feature reinforces key vocabulary with photo clues and an answer key.
Colorful corals come to life with a photographic search-and-find feature that explores the animal’s anatomy and ocean habitat. Corals are more than just rocks or plants. These ocean animals can move and stretch their tentacles to sting tiny animals to eat. Emergent readers will discover how corals spawn and grow into huge reefs that become home to many animals. Vibrant photos and simple text will fascinate young readers. A search-and-find feature reinforces key vocabulary with photo clues and an answer key.
Lots of fun, lots of science: when Sophie and Hank fill up a bowl with rainwater on a gloomy day, they have a great time seeing what happens when the water freezes, when it’s mixed with food coloring, and when it’s left out in the sun.
Kids are introduced to common gardening words (e.g., "seed," "water," "flower") as they follow adorable eco-mascot Greenie through a season of planting, tending, and harvesting berries.
Mr. Bunsen’s class has a fun assignment today: to look at wiggly, squiggly, squirmy WORMS! The students have lots of interesting experiments to carry out and questions to answer, from whether worms like water to how long they are when they stretch out.
In this contest, which asks students to protect an egg and then drop it from a specified height so that it lands on the ground intact, it's all or nothing. If Hank's egg falls to the ground without breaking, he wins. If it breaks or smashes, he loses. Surely Irma, the smartest dog in the world, can help Hank figure out how to emerge a winner.
What can you see with eyeglasses? A magnifying glass? The sense of sight is explored in this charming trip through a child's day.
Readers will have a blast learning about Tunnels. From mining tunnels to the Channel Tunnel, this book explores how they are built, how they are used, and the engineer’s job to build and plan for them. Bright, full-page photos fill the pages of this fun title, while easy-to-read text introduces readers to key STEM concepts. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
Readers will have a blast learning about Skyscrapers. From apartment buildings to the Empire State Building, this book explores how they are built, how they are used, and the engineer’s job to build and plan for them. Bright, full-page photos fill the pages of this fun title, while easy-to-read text introduces readers to key STEM concepts. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
Readers will have a blast learning about Dams. From beaver dams to the Hoover Dam, this book explores how they are built, how they are used, and the engineer’s job to build and care for them. Bright, full-page photos fill the pages of this fun title, while easy-to-read text introduces readers to key STEM concepts. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
Readers will have a blast learning about Bridges. From truss bridges to suspension bridges, this book explores how they are built, how they are used, and the engineer’s job to build and care for them. Bright, full-page photos fill the pages of this fun title, while easy-to-read text introduces readers to key STEM concepts. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
