Hospitals are places of helping and healing! This title takes beginning readers through these important community places, from exam rooms to nurseries. Short sentences and clear photos guide readers, while simple features such as diagrams and labels support the text. This peek into hospitals’ many rooms and uses is sure to engage students as they take their first steps to reading independently!
From checking out books to playing games on computers, there is so much to do at the library! This engaging title uses easy-to-read text and colorful photos to introduce these community places to beginning readers. Features highlight library activities and reiterate important parts of the library. This title is sure to turn young readers into library lovers!
From taking 9-1-1 calls to solving crimes, a lot happens in police stations! Take a behind-the-scenes look at what goes on in these community places with this beginning title. Simple, predictable sentences and bright photos take readers around the building, while fun features reinforce the text. Students just starting to read independently will have no need to call for help with this fun and supportive title!
Letters, packages, and magazines--so many things go through the post office! This beginning title offers a tour of these community places through colorful photos and easy-to-read text. Simple features include labeled diagrams and post office activities. Students just beginning to read independently will love this inside look at this familiar place!
Grab your homework because it’s time for school! This gentle introduction walks young students just beginning to read independently through the familiar hallways of a school. Easy-to-read text and colorful photos guide readers, while simple features reinforce the content. This engaging title will get students excited and ready to learn!
Badgers spend a lot of time digging! This title for beginning readers explores how these creatures dig to find food and build homes. Easy-to-read text introduces the animal’s body parts and daily activities. Simple diagrams reinforce the text, and a picture glossary helps readers visualize unfamiliar words. Students just starting to read independently will be eager to dig in!
What’s that flying high above? It’s an eagle! In this title, beginning readers will explore the lives of eagles. Bright images and simple text combine to introduce the body parts, diets, and daily activities of these majestic birds. Simple diagrams label eagle body parts and show off favorite foods, while a picture glossary provides additional reinforcement. This fun title will help fledgling readers soar!
Ribbit! Who made that noise? A frog! In this beginning title, young readers are introduced to the busy lives of these common animals through easy-to-read text and crisp photos. Diagrams label body parts and show off favorite foods, while a picture glossary provides visual reinforcement for tricky terms. Tadpole readers will enjoy hopping their way through this title!
From forests to grasslands, weasels thrive almost anywhere! This beginning title introduces young readers to weasels through simple text and crisp photos. Readers will learn about the animals’ body parts, favorite foods, and daily lives. Diagrams, labeled photos, and a picture glossary help reinforce the text. Readers just starting out will soon understand what makes these cute backyard critters so special!
Ring! The alarm sounds and firefighters from across the station rush to get ready. This fun title offers a peek into bustling fire stations, from the kitchen where firefighters eat to the bays that hold the fire trucks. Simple, predictable sentences and clear photos support students just beginning to read independently, while features reinforce the text. Young readers will love this inside look at what happens in a fire station!
The colorful planes in this title are sure to wow paper airplane enthusiasts! Readers working on advancing their paper folding skills can create eight challenging models with unique shapes and folds with this makerspace title. An introduction outlines supplies needed, introduces folds and symbols found throughout the book, and gives a brief history of paper airplanes for further learning.
Expert paper folders only! This title teaches readers how to fold some of the most difficult paper airplanes out there. These planes may use special cuts, tricky folds, and even two separate pieces of paper. Step-by-step instructions and clear photos guide readers through folding eight different models in this makerspace title. An introduction offers a history of paper airplanes, outlines supplies needed, and introduces folds and symbols found throughout the book.
Are you ready to become a paper airplane master? The planes in this book utilize unique cuts, folds, and shapes to create planes that fly faster, farther, and better! Numbered steps and clear photos instruct readers on how to fold eight different planes, while sidebars offer tips for customization. An introduction offers a history of paper airplanes, outlines supplies needed, and introduces folds and symbols found throughout the book.
Even though these planes only have a few folds, they can still soar for great distances! Readers looking to build skills making paper airplanes can test the easy models in this title. Step-by-step instructions and clear photos help readers fold eight different planes. An introduction highlights commonly used folds and symbols, and gives a brief history of paper airplanes, while sidebars offer tips for customization.
Get ready to fold some awesome planes! Readers that are comfortable with easier paper airplanes and ready to take their skills to the next level will find the opportunity with this guide. Step-by-step instructions and clear photos walk them through eight different models, while an introduction highlights common folds and symbols throughout the book, outlines supplies needed, and offers a brief history of the paper airplane. Sidebars offer tips for customization to take these planes even further.
Are you ready to learn how to fold paper airplanes? This title offers an easy introduction to the art of paper airplanes, with step-by-step instructions and clear photos teaching readers how to fold eight unique models. An introduction offers a history of paper airplanes, outlines supplies needed, and introduces folds and symbols found throughout the book. This colorful title is the perfect introduction for kids just learning how to become paper airplane engineers.
When a plane crash leaves her stranded deep in the Amazon Rain Forest, Juliane Koepcke must fight to make it out alive. This graphic nonfiction title tells the true story of her survival, including her fall from the sky, her encounters with dangerous wildlife, and her eventual escape from the jungle. Colorful illustrations and engaging dialogue featuring actual quotes draw readers into the story, while a map, timeline, and bonus facts offer further details about Koepcke’s ordeal.
After she lost her arm in a shark attack, many were unsure whether Bethany Hamilton would ever surf again. But she set their fears to rest when she got back on her board only a few weeks later! Through detailed illustrations and engaging dialogue, this inspiring graphic nonfiction title tells the true story of the attack, from the shark’s first contact to Bethany’s return to the water. Actual quotes let Bethany tell the story in her own words, while a map and timeline add context to the incident.
Would you survive 76 days alone at sea? Steve Callahan did. In 1982, he was set adrift on a small rubber raft in the raging ocean. This graphic nonfiction title for young readers follows his journey. Detailed illustrations and captivating dialogue highlight how he battled storms, animals, hunger, and thirst to become a true sea survivor. Actual quotes help tell the story in Steve’s own words, while a map and timeline trace his journey. Readers will learn what it takes to battle the sea and live to tell the tale!
When the ice froze around his ship, explorer Ernest Shackleton knew his journey to Antarctica had become a fight for survival. This graphic nonfiction title tells the story of Shackleton’s survival through detailed illustrations and dialogue packed with historic quotes. Readers will learn how Shackleton led his entire crew to across the ice and sea while battling hunger, cold, and lack of shelter. The book concludes with a map and timeline that help readers trace Shackleton’s route to safety.
In 1943, Jan Baalsrud traversed the icy mountains and fjords of Nazi-occupied Norway. The journey was fraught with danger, but Baalsrud received plenty of help along the way. This graphic nonfiction title traces his treacherous voyage, including his interactions with the Nazis, his battle with the elements, and his journey to safety. Actual quotes bring history to the page, a map shows off Baalsrud’s route, and a timeline helps readers trace his path to survival.
A helicopter crash leaves three filmmakers stranded inside a Hawaiian volcano. Toxic fumes cloud the air, and hot lava is only steps away. How will they survive? This graphic nonfiction title tells the story of their ordeal through engaging dialogue and detailed illustrations. Actual quotes let the survivors tell the story in their own words, and a map and timeline help readers trace the men’s route to survival.
The nasutoceratops was an eye-catching dinosaur. It had two long horns and a large frill! In this book for young readers, vivid illustrations and engaging text take readers on a journey 75 million years in the past, when the nasutoceratops roamed. Special features call out the dinosaur’s size, diet, fossil locations, and more. A two-page spread ends the book by putting all of the dinosaur’s important facts in one place.
Venezuela may be home to a whistling ghost! El Sibón wanders the country, gathering bones for his collection. If you hear his whistle, run away! This is one of three creepy ghost stories introduced in this book about the haunted tales of South America. Additional features show off the origin of each story, introduce a possible explanation, and highlight another similar story from another part of the world.
Archaeopteryx first lived around 150 million years ago. This flying dinosaur is related to today’s birds! Eye-catching illustrations and engaging hi/lo text draw readers into this title about the lives and extinction of these amazing creatures. Special features illustrate the dinosaur’s favorite foods, while maps highlight fossil findings and show off what the world looked like when Archaeopteryx roamed. The book concludes with a two-page feature that puts all of this dinosaur’s stats in one place.
