Before the school year even starts, the Benton Bluff Junior High band is back in room 217 for summer arts camp. Morgan Bryant wants to be a famous conductor someday, and leading the clarinets is perfect practice! But somehow, goofy Zac Wiles and his saxophone campers are stealing the show. How can she get her section in sync? Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards.
From the percussion section at the back of room 217, Carmen Trochez keeps the Benton Bluff Junior High band steady. But when a student teacher enters the scene, the band’s loyalties are divided. Carmen is usually the glue. Can she keep everything from falling apart? Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards.
Brand new pop star Cadence Hudson is on the hottest tour of the summer. When another singer writes a revenge song about her, she turns to her best friends, Maisey Lopez and Kenya Jackson. They’re along for the ride, helping her stay grounded as her whole world changes. Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards. Book 1 in the series
With the concert tour coming to an end, Cadence Hudson, Maisey Lopez, and Kenya Jackson are heading in opposite directions. They’re hoping they can grow up, without growing apart. Because when something ends, doesn’t that mean something new is beginning? Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards. Book 4 in the series
Kenya Jackson is a dancer. She can’t help but groove to the beat of her best friend Cadence Hudson’s summer concert tour sounds. But only offstage. That is, until the day Cadence needs her more than ever. Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards. Book 3 in the series
Pirates are ready to loot Atlantis. Paisley and Ben build a submarine to travel to the hidden city to save it.
Paisley and Ben build a time machine so they can see first-hand what dinosaurs looked like.
A bully makes life awful for Paisley. An unlikely ally helps her build a machine that could shed some light on the bully's behavior.
When a mysterious lunch thief leaves behind a card with a website address, Ava Rhodes can’t help but check it out. After the site leads her to a really boring online video game, she’s even more determined. Can GPS tracking help Ava and her friends find the thief? Or will more lunches go missing?
When his little brother loses the class hamster, Marco Martinez comes to the rescue with a robot and some coding tricks. But will a robot rescue mission be enough to catch this speedy rodent?
When weird noises in the school’s media center have students spooked, Marco Martinez is on the case. Marco writes up a code to alert him of any ghost-like activity. But does he have more than ghosts to be afraid of?
This four-book series explains the complex concept of money in a simple, fun and amusing way. How do you spend your pocket money, or the money that comes your way on birthdays or family visits? Do you spend it, save it or give it away?
This four-book series explains the complex concept of money in a simple, fun and amusing way. In this book, we will learn how our family spends its money. Children learn how money comes into the family and the huge number of demands on how it is spent.
This four-book series explains the complex concept of money in a simple, fun and amusing way. In this book we learn where a country's money comes from. Where do the millions and billions of pounds go to? Why do people have to pay taxes? What is GDP? And how and when will you be able to play a part in the economy.
This four-book series explains the complex concept of money in a simple, fun and amusing way. In this book we learn how money flows around the world. And how do we know what money really is when money is so different from country to country? What is the foreign exchange and how does it work? Why are some countries super-rich and some living in poverty?
A series for the young architect, designer or engineer who wants to plan and build their own ecologically sound home that will also help our planet.
A series for the young architect, designer or engineer who wants to plan and build amazing future style homes and workplaces.
A series for the young architect, designer or archeologist who wants to unearth the wonderful cities and dwellings of the past and learn how ancient builders worked.
Scientists tell us that 99.99% of ALL animal and plant species that have ever existed ARE NOW EXTINCT. What does 'extinct' mean and why does it happen? This book looks at the strange and very different kinds of animals that have walked the planet and which we will never see.
Scientists tell us that 99.99% of ALL animal and plant species that have ever existed ARE NOW EXTINCT. What does 'extinct' mean and why does it happen? This book looks at the strange and very different kinds of animals that have walked the planet and which we will never see.
Scientists tell us that 99.99% of ALL animal and plant species that have ever existed ARE NOW EXTINCT. What does 'extinct' mean and why does it happen? This book looks at the strange and very different kinds of animals that have walked the planet and which we will never see.
The book examines the ways we move across our planet on land, on and in the water, in the air, and in space. And it looks at the science that lets us! A combination of action photography and both factual and cartoon illustrations,bring this STEM-based project alive.
A brave Adventure and his colleague manage to escape a dangerous situation in Joe and Dr. Bea enter a cave on a quest to discover the secretive creatures that inhabit it. As they pass through tunnels and chambers, the encounter the rich stalactite and stalagmite formations that develop in many limestone caves. Descending deeper, they find what they came to see and more!
Joe and Dr. Bea will track the course of a river from its origins as a small spring in the mountains to its mouth, the point where it enters the sea. They are keen to see how the river changes and what happens along its banks. But their main purpose is to find out how a dam that has blocked its waters is affecting the waters on the other side. Along the way, they must navigate some dangerous rapids.
A brave Adventure and his colleague manage to escape a dangerous situation near a Volcano. Set in a challenging environment where essential STEM skills come in handy. Joe and Dr. Bea are about to climb the slopes of a volcano which they suspect might erupt very soon. They take all their special equipment with them so they can measure changes in the slope, the heat and the gas coming from its mouth. They know a lot about the world's different volcanoes and how they behave - but the two scientists are taken by surprise and must rely upon a robot to help them.
