Parts of Olympic National Park get more than 12 feet of rain each year! This engaging title about the rainiest national park is filled with fun facts about Olympic’s history, wildlife, landscape, threats, and more! Special features map out the park, explain its formation, highlight some of its animals, and call out top sites. A fast facts spread makes park statistics easy to access. Students will love learning about this wet wilderness in this fun title!
Straddling the border of the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts, Joshua Tree has a special blend of wildlife. Students can find out about the ecosystems, animals, and history of this famous national park, as well as learn about the threats it still faces today. Features map out the park, cite average temperatures throughout the year, and explain how the landscape formed. A facts page includes a timeline, food web, and other must-have stats. Take a trip to the desert with this title for fluent readers!
Grand Teton National Park is famous for its jagged mountain peaks. But it also has plenty more to explore! In this title, fluent readers can learn more about the park’s history, ecosystems, top sites, and more through informative text and crisp photos. Features include a diagram of the formation of the Tetons, maps of the park, and profiles of animals within the park. A fast facts spread makes important information easy to access. Curious students will enjoy their trip to the Tetons with this fun title!
From airboats to alligators, Everglades is a unique national park! Fluent readers can explore the habitats, history, and threats to this subtropical wetland with this informative title. Features show the different habitats in the park, call out favorite animal species, and highlight favorite sites to visit, while a facts spread allows for easy referencing. Eager learners will love reading about the famous “River of Grass” with this fun title!
Yosemite National Park is home to Yosemite Falls, the tallest waterfall in North America! In this title, young readers will get to explore the waterfall as well as the park’s many other interesting features. Readers will learn about the park’s formation, human history, wildlife, and popular activities. Along the way, special features profile animals, highlight climate, detail the park’s formation, and more. At the end of the book, a full-spread feature puts important facts, a timeline, and an animal food web in one place.
Zion National Park is full of beautiful features! Tall cliffs tower over the winding Virgin River, and narrow canyons cut through the striking red rock. In this title, readers travel to Zion to discover the park’s geology, wildlife, human history, and popular activities. Special features shed light on the park’s climate, animal species, and landmarks. The book concludes with a two-page feature that puts key facts, a timeline, and an animal food web in one place!
Yellowstone is the oldest national park in the United States! It is home to famous features, such as Grand Prismatic Spring and Old Faithful. In this leveled title, readers will explore the park’s landmarks, geology, human history, and wildlife through engaging text and vibrant photos. Along the way, special features highlight the park’s climate, animal species, notable locations, and more. The book ends with a full-spread feature that includes a timeline, a fact list, and an animal food web.
Rocky Mountain National Park is full of wildlife! Birds, mountain lions, elk, and more make homes inside the park. Readers will learn about these animals and other unique aspects of the park through the leveled text and crisp photos of this engaging title. Chapters highlight the park’s formation, human history, popular activities, and conservation. The book concludes with a two-page spread that puts key facts, a timeline, and an animal food web in one place!
Hungary has plenty to offer locals and tourists alike, including a vibrant capital city, beautiful folk art, and amazing natural wonders! Through leveled text and vivid photos, this title for young readers uncovers fascinating information about Hungary’s people, customs, landscape and more. Special features such as maps, profiles, a game, and a timeline offer even more information about this European nation!
Great Smoky Mountain National Park is home to hiking trails, forests, waterfalls, and more! In this title, young readers will explore key details of the park, from its formation and early human history to its wildlife, popular activities, and more. Along the way, crisp photos support the leveled text and interesting features highlight climate, animal species, landmarks, and more. The book concludes with a full-spread list of facts, a timeline, and an animal food web.
The Grand Canyon is one of the natural wonders of the world! Grand Canyon National Park preserves it. In this title, leveled text and crisp photos combine to take readers on a journey through the canyon. They’ll discover the Grand Canyon’s plants and wildlife, human history, geology, activities, and more. Special features profile animals, highlight the canyon’s climate, and point out important landmarks. At the end, a timeline, fact list, and animal web put all of the most important information in one place.
Unexplored mysteries lie deep in the jungles of the Amazon Rain Forest. Engaging text and vibrant photos highlight the dangers of traveling into the Amazon. Special features map the Amazon’s location in the world, highlight preparation for the journey, profile a famous explorer, and detail a risk that explorers face. What mysteries await in the rain forest?
Ethiopia is one of the world’s oldest nations! It is home to amazing natural wonders like the Danakil Depression, and it is the birthplace of coffee. This title takes readers to Ethiopia through vivid photos and engaging information about the nation’s people, landscape, wildlife, and more. Features highlight a famous face, the official language, and many other special parts of the nation.
For much of the year, Acadia National Park is the first place in the United States where you can see the sunrise each day! In this title, readers will explore the mountains and forests of this beautiful national park. Fact-filled text highlights the geography, geological features, human history, and wildlife found in the park, while crisp photos show off all that Acadia has to offer. Special features highlight animal species, pinpoint the park’s location, list top sites, and more. The book ends with a full-spread list of park stats, a timeline, and an animal food web!
Two predators challenge each other for dominance in North America. Who will come out on top? Mountain lions and coyotes face off in this high-interest title. Reluctant readers will learn basic information about mountain lions and coyotes, as well as how these animals do battle. Action-packed images highlight the strengths of these animals, while animal profiles and other features show off their battle tools. Let the fight begin!
There’s trouble brewing on the Serengeti! Two powerful beasts go head-to-head in this high-interest title. Reluctant readers will learn all about lions and Cape buffalo, from basic facts like size to secret weapons and attack moves. Clean, visual features offer stats and comparisons between the two animals while a final scene narrates a clash showing each animal’s strengths. Get ready for action with this fun title!
From tiny Venus flytraps to giant sequoias, plants come in all shapes and sizes! Readers can construct paper leaves, stems, and blooms with the help of step-by-step instructions in this hands-on title. Additional text teaches readers about each plant, while sidebars offer tips and tricks for becoming origami masters!
Rusty boats litter the ground. The smell of dead fish fills the air. Who would believe the Salton Riviera was once a popular vacation spot? Once host to thousands of beachgoers, the area now sits empty. This high-interest book will outline just what caused the community’s decline. Special features such as maps, timelines, and fun facts add even more to this interesting title.
Six Flags New Orleans was once a thriving theme park. But today, rusted rides rise over the swampy, alligator-infested ponds. The park is abandoned. This title explores the park from the day it opened to its fall after Hurricane Katrina. An attention-grabbing opening narrative gives way to haunting photos as well as a map, a timeline, and fascinating fun facts.
Increasing temperatures, rising sea levels, raging wildfires, and sweeping hurricanes: climate change is happening, but what if we don’t make changes to stop it? Readers will find out when climate change began, how it has progressed, and what we can do to fight it in this high-interest title. An opening narrative throws readers into what may happen as the climate continues to change for the worse in this title, while interesting facts provide additional information to the main text. Can life adapt to our climate-changed world, or will it be the end?
Time for a fossil hunt! Digging through a layer of sedimentary rock, scientists uncover many relics of prehistoric Earth. Tiny trilobites prove that a vast desert was once an ocean. Huge dinosaur fossils show where dinosaurs once roamed! With this title, readers will learn about the types of fossils, how they form, and why scientists study them today. This title includes engaging special features such as a fossil profile, a fossil comparison chart, formation diagrams, and more, all designed to introduce readers to the fascinating world of fossils.
Venus flytraps, pitcher plants, and sundews are all examples of nature's insect traps. They use their sugary nectar to lure prey to them, before each carries out a unique killer plan of capture. The predatory power of the plants featured in this title will stun young students.
Did you know that stoats are hypnotists? These weasels perform wild dance moves that make rabbits freeze and stare. The stoats leap and twist, moving closer to the dazed prey, until they can pounce on their victim. This and other animal hunting traps are laid out in this book for growing readers.
Animals must choose carefully when picking a place to call home. If they move into the wrong neighborhood, danger can be lurking next door. In this title, young readers will tour prairie dog burrows, beaver lodges, chimpanzee nests, and other homes to learn about the importance of location.
Every fire has three ingredients: heat, fuel, and oxygen. And when these ingredients mix inside a house or in a forest, they are often a recipe for danger. This survival guide for young readers calls out the causes of fires and how to best escape the smoke and flames.
