Let's explore the fascinating work of plumbers! With Skilled Trade Careers: Plumbers, you'll discover how these professionals use their skills and training to solve mysteries, repair problems, and keep our communities clean and healthy. Learn how you can pursue a career in this in-demand field!
Let's explore the skillful work of carpenters! With Skilled Trade Careers: Carpenters, you'll discover how these professionals use their knowledge of math, geometry, and other subjects to turn blueprints and wood into beautiful buildings—inside and outside! Learn how you can pursue a career in this in-demand field.
Keeping things not too hot and not too cold—that’s the tricky task of HVAC techs! Discover how these trained professionals help keep homes cool in summer and cozy in winter, food fresh, and the planet from getting too warm. Learn how you can pursue a career in this in-demand field!
Get revved up about the world of mechanics! With Skilled Trade Careers: Mechanics, you'll discover how these highly skilled workers keep cars, boats, planes, and more running. Find out how they use computers, diagrams, and powerful tools to diagnose problems and make repairs, and learn how you can pursue a career in this in-demand field!
Spark your interest in the high-tech world of welders, where you’ll find torches, lasers, and robots! Discover how these skilled tradespeople use special training and tools to keep ships afloat, planes aloft, and buildings standing strong. Learn how you can pursue a career in this in-demand field!
From down on the ground to way up in the sky, we like to be on the go! But what makes cars drive and airplanes fly? In My Engineering Library: Design and Build It to Go, you'll learn about what engineers think about to build vehicles that go.
Do not throw that thing in the trash. Reuse it! Reusing items helps Earth and keeps garbage out of landfills. Ready for Science: Reuse It!, a 16-page book for readers in prekindergarten to grade 2, helps emerging readers develop proficient literacy skills while learning about how to reuse everyday objects to reduce waste and help planet Earth.
The land on Earth can be high, low, bumpy, flat, and everything in between. In My Earth and Space Science Library: Land Tour, you'll learn all about the landforms that cover Earth's surface and the forces that create them.
New buds sprout. Leaves turn green. Leaves turn gold. Snowflakes fall. Why do seasons change? Hint: It's all about the sun! In My Earth and Space Science Library: Seasons and the Sun, you'll learn about the different seasons and how Earth’s tilt toward the sun causes the seasons to change.
Earth is constantly changing. Some of these changes happen in the blink of an eye. Some take place over millions of years. In My Earth and Space Science Library: Changes on Earth, you'll learn more about the fast and slow changes happening all around us.
What's the weather like today? What's the weather like throughout the year? In My Earth and Space Science Library: Watching the Weather, you'll learn about types of weather in places all over planet Earth, including common and severe weather events, and the difference between weather and climate.
We live in a water-filled world. Water is all around us, and even inside us! In My Earth and Space Science Library: A World of Water, you'll learn more about Earth's bodies of water and how water flows through the water cycle.
Earth is our home, but its health is in danger! In My Earth and Space Science Library: Protecting Our Planet, you'll learn more about the threats facing Earth and how you can help protect our planet.
Ever since she was young, Rebecca wanted to help people feel better, even before people knew much about modern medicine. She would not let anyone stop her from becoming the first African American woman doctor in the United States. She even wrote a book about what she learned so others could learn too. In this 24-page book from the Leaders Like Us series, you'll meet an important African American leader in medicine – Rebecca Lee Crumpler!
What do underwater cameras, bandages, the Mona Lisa, and an ice cave all have in common? They have all histories in Europe, one of Earth’s seven continents. In this exciting learning adventure, Great Minds and Finds in Europe, you'll discover these great inventions and more from ancient and modern Europe!
What do kangaroos, movie special effects, an opera house, and electric refrigerators have in common? They all have histories in Australia, one of Earth’s seven continents. In this exciting learning adventure, Great Minds and Finds in Australia, you'll discover these great inventions and more from ancient and modern Australia!
What do eyeglasses, fossils, chewing gum, and color television all have in common? They all have histories in North America, one of Earth’s seven continents. In this exciting learning adventure, Great Minds and Finds in North America, you'll discover these great inventions and more from ancient and modern North America!
What do telescopes, rainforests, earthquake-proof buildings, and lizards all have in common? They have histories in South America, one of Earth’s seven continents. In this exciting learning adventure, Great Minds and Finds in South America, you'll discover these great inventions and more from ancient and modern South America!
What do kites, writing, gunpowder, and the number zero have in common? They all have histories in Asia, the world’s largest continent! In this exciting learning adventure, Great Minds and Finds in Asia, you'll discover these great inventions and more from ancient and modern Asia!
What do writing, surgery, glaciers, and fossils have in common? They all have histories in Africa, one of Earth’s seven continents. In this exciting learning adventure, Great Minds and Finds in Africa, you'll discover these great inventions and more from ancient and modern Africa!
What do ancient ice, deep-sea creatures, a red waterfall, and amazing journeys have in common? They all have histories in Antarctica, one of Earth’s seven continents. In this exciting learning adventure, Great Minds and Finds in Antarctica, you'll discover these great inventions and more from ancient and modern Antarctica!
Invites readers to investigate stories about UFOs through engaging text, vibrant imagery, and clear, simple graphics.
Learn all about stegosaurus through diagrams, graphs, powerful illustrations, and fun text.
Learn all about triceratops through diagrams, graphs, powerful illustrations, and fun text.
Learn all about tyrannosaurus rex through diagrams, graphs, powerful illustrations, and fun text.