Give us check-ups, ease our pain, or even stitch us up! In this book, readers will meet the doctors who make sure we stay healthy and happy. Aimed at emergent readers, the text also includes vocabulary specific to this community helper's job, along with colorful action images.
Show us how to learn, help us grow and explore the world, and guide us toward a bright future! In this book, readers will meet theteachers who lead our classrooms and use their creativity and drive to help students become the best people they can be. Aimed at emergent readers, the text also includes vocabulary specific to this community helper's job, along with colorful action images.
Care for our pets and show us how to be good pet owners! In this book, readers will meet the veterinarians who take care of the dogs, cats, birds, and other animals that are such a big part of our lives. 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 baby elephants, including a tour of key body parts.
Let’s visit the home of the fish and more! Aimed at emergent readers and packed with colorful, behind-the-scenes images, this title is an admission ticket to an amazing, watery world.
Let’s visit the home of science, dinosaurs, art, and much more at the museum! Aimed at emergent readers and packed with colorful, behind-the-scenes images, this book is a free pass to the surprising things awaiting on a museum visit.
This search-and-find book invites emergent readers to look for new vocabulary words and pictures while giving simple facts about the fascinating world of the baby hippo, including information about where they live and what they eat.
This search-and-find book invites emergent readers to look for new vocabulary words and pictures while giving simple facts about baby lions, including how their families are structured and how and where they live.
Let’s see where our food comes from! Aimed at emergent readers and packed with colorful, behind-the-scenes images, this title is an invitation to a sunny stroll through the fields.
Let’s visit the home of the superstar athletes at the stadium! Aimed at emergent readers and packed with colorful, behind-the-scenes images, this title is a box seat ticket to awesome sports action. Go, team!
Let’s visit the home of the fire-fighting heroes! Aimed at emergent readers and packed with colorful, behind-the-scenes images, this title takes kids behind the scenes to meet brave firefighters where they live and work.
Let’s visit the home of drama, comedy, music, and more at the theater! Aimed at emergent readers and packed with colorful, behind-the-scenes images, this title is a front-row ticket to the magical world of actors, scenery, makeup, and more.
A fun and informative book about keeping your body clean and germ-free. Great photos and illustrations.
This title explains what an ecosystem is and how the plants and animals within an ecosystem rely on and affect its existence. Different types of ecosystems are described, as well as the food webs within them. The book discusses how some changes to an ecosystem can be good and how some harmful changes can destroy them as well as what an important role students can play in keeping these intricate ecosystems alive.
Teach early Science concepts and foundational reading skills with this precisely leveled text.
Trader Marco Polo was one of the first Europeans to travel to China, staying away from his homeland in Italy for 24 years before returning. After he came back to Italy, Marco wrote of his travels and adventures in East Asia in his book, Il Milione, sharing his tales with other Europeans. Polo changed the way Europeans saw the world by opening their eyes to the wonderful culture and people of China. Learn the story of one of the worlds most famous explorers and traders in Marco Polo: 13th-Century Italian Trader.
All of his life, Dwyane Wade has been meeting challenges. His parents separated when he was an infant. When he was six, he had to leave his mother's home because of her drug abuse. While living with his father, Dwyane learned basketball but not academics. Because of Dwyane's low test scores, only three colleges recruited him. But after starring for two seasons at Marquette University, Dwyane left college early to enter the NBA draft in 2003. Although Dwyane was overshadowed in the draft by superstars LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony, the young star has put together an exceptional NBA career. He led Miami to an NBA championship in 2006, won a scoring title in 2009, and was a key player when the Heat won a second championship in 2012. But Dwyane also remembers his roots, giving back to the community through his charitable Wade's World Foundation.
Many holidays and festivals celebrated in the United States honor religious events and important dates or people in the country's history. This interesting book shows how Americans celebrate holidays and family occasions, as well as the traditions of the cultures from which their families first came.
From acclaimed U.S. Children's Poet Laureate J. Patrick Lewis comes a delightful exploration of the wildlife easily found in our backyards and along the seashore. Simple rhymes and riddles are used to help the youngest of readers identify our wildlife neighbors, including birds, small mammals, and insects.
A survey of the highlights and legendary athletes--such as Jamaican Usain Bolt--of the Olympic sport of track and field, which officially became a part of the modern Summer Games in 1896.
Kevin Durant is a kid at heart when he's not busy being a basketball star. He is a 6-foot-9 forward with guard skills and a drive to be the best in whatever he does. That includes acting-Durrant starred in the movie Thunderstruck. He made such an impression in his one year at the University of Texas that he became the NBA's no. 2 draft pick. Before he was 25 years old, Durrant was a three-time NBA scoring champion and an Olympic gold medalist. He rates as one of the NBA's most popular players-you can catch him on Twitter-and goes out of his way to help those in need. Durrant is a superstar in every sense of the word.
From designing robots to developing new forms of energy, 21st-century careers in engineering are not limited only to construction sites. This title explores the exciting and world-changing possibilities that an education in engineering can lead to.
This soothing bedtime story explains how ten different marine mammals--animals that live in water but breathe air--sleep in the ocean. Based on up-to-date scientific research, the brief portraits are explained in simple, poetic language. Water Beds invites children to drift into sleep on gentle waves of imagination. The "For Creative Minds" educational section includes fun facts about marine mammal adaptations, and a "Design Your Own Marine Mammal" craft.
As our world's population grows, so to does our need for energy. Scientists seek the next breakthrough in new technology while constantly finding ways to make current solutions cheaper and more efficient. In this title, discover what methane energy is, its history, how we use it today, and how new technologies can contribute to our energy future. Learn how methane digesters work and how they can help people in the developing world, discover ways biogas might replace natural gas, and explore the potential future uses of methane hydrates. Sidebars, full-color photos, full-spread diagrams, well-placed graphs, charts, and maps, stories highlighting innovations in action, and a glossary enhance this engaging title.
Proper manners are as important online as they are offline. Combining text, images, drawings with hands on activities, this book helps students learn proper online etiquette and safety.
