It takes many people to make a community run well! This series for students just starting to read independently explores how different workers contribute to the community. Carefully leveled text and crisp images combine to describe what each worker does and why they are important. Picture glossaries reinforce the text, and a fact page highlights the tools and duties of each worker.
Block by block, the world of Minecraft is constantly growing! But how did it begin? This hi/lo title walks readers through the history of Minecraft all the way to the present day and showcases how fans enjoy it outside of gameplay. Each spread is filled with leveled text and colorful photographs. Additionally, readers will encounter fun facts, a developer profile, a timeline, a sales graph, and other exciting features to help them learn more about this popular game!
Pokémon began with just 151 Pokémon. Today, there are over 1,000! In this hi/lo title, readers are introduced to how the Pokémon games began and how they evolved over time and into the present day. The text also explores how fans continue to celebrate the ever-growing franchise. Packed with fun facts and special features that call out starter Pokémon, top-selling games, the game developer, and more, readers of this book will feel ready to evolve their reading abilities!
Let’s-a go! From the NES to the Nintendo Switch and beyond, this title introduces reluctant readers to the evolution of the Super Mario Bros. video game franchise and the present-day fanbase. Each spread is full of engaging leveled text and colorful photographs of the beloved series. Additionally, readers will find the title packed with fun facts, a timeline, a sales graph, a developer profile, and even more exciting features that will leave them eager to learn more!
Since 2017, Fortnite has been a hit game for players of all ages! Reluctant readers will learn about the history of this iconic game, how people enjoy it today, and how fans have helped it grow beyond the screen. Leveled text and vibrant images will draw readers in while developer profiles, event features, timelines, graphs, and more will keep readers engaged and enhance their reading experience!
Get ready for an epic adventure! In this hi/lo title, readers learn about the Legend of Zelda from its early days to the present day. Leveled text and engaging images combine to tell how the series began, how it’s changed through the years, and how fans engage with it. Special features call out favorite characters, profile the developer, and highlight a fun event. Gamers will enjoy exploring the history of this fan-favorite game!
Electronic Arts makes some of the most popular video games today! This title introduces readers to the history of the company, from its origins to the present day, through leveled text and crisp photos. Along the way, fun facts offer high-interest information, while special features map the company’s headquarters, profile an EA leader, highlight top-selling EA games, and more. Gamers will enjoy learning the history of this top gaming company!
First released in 1959, Barbie was an instant hit. Since then, more than 1 billion dolls have been sold! In this book, fluent readers will learn about Barbie’s history, including who invented this iconic doll, how the brand has grown, how it helps others, and how fans engage with Barbie. Engaging text and crisp, colorful photos draw in readers, while fun facts offer high-interest information. Special features map Barbie’s headquarters, show off popular dolls, profile Barbie’s creator, highlight a fan event, and more. Barbie fans will love reading this history of their favorite doll!
This title will feature all the adventures to be had in summer, from swimming to hiking and everything in between. Very simple text combined with correlating and colorful images will both inform and strengthen reading skills.
This title explores the Super Mario Bros. franchise and gives information related to its origins, history, and the impact it has had on popular culture through the years. This hi-lo title is complete with vibrant photographs, simple text, glossary, and an index.
TikTok has taken over the world! This popular app is full of entertainment, tutorials, famous faces, and more. Through leveled text and engaging photos, this book explores TikTok’s rise, from its early days to its latest trends. Features map the brand’s headquarters, highlight viral TikToks, show off ways fans engage with the brand, and more. This title is sure to interest young readers who can’t help themselves from scrolling through TikTok!
Sonic the Hedgehog is Sega’s iconic mascot. But the history of this company is full of many other well-known products, games, and characters. This book for young readers explores Sega’s history, including how it was founded, how it grew, and how its fans continue to enjoy it. Leveled text combines with vibrant images to introduce the subject, while features map the company headquarters, highlight top games, profile a person important to the brand’s history, and more. Gamers will enjoy this fact-filled brand history!
Step into the thrilling world of martial arts and reading with an action-packed chapter book that blends the excitement of gaming with the power of storytelling. Join Jack as he embarks on an extraordinary gaming adventure. When he discovers a button labeled "Story Mode" in his new martial arts game, he's transported into a vibrant dojo. Suddenly, he's not just playing the game—he's living it. Experience the adrenaline rush as Jack dons a white karate uniform and faces off against formidable opponents.
Jack's in the middle of a roaring stadium, not in his living room, leading his team in a high-stakes game. He's not just playing; he's living the game. From the heart-pounding snaps to the adrenaline-filled passes and the critical touchdown runs, Jack experiences it all. Despite being initially scared and lost, Jack's determination shines through as he learns to strategize, adapts to the dynamic plays, and becomes an integral part of his team.
Our hero, Jack, once finds himself trapped in an unexpected adventure. When Jack stumbles upon a new button labeled "Story Mode" during his usual video game play, he's transported into an exhilarating car racing game. Suddenly, he isn't just playing a game; he's living it. From feeling the grip of the steering wheel in his hands to the rush of cars zooming past him, Jack is no longer at his desk. He's in the driver's seat of a roaring race car on a real track. This isn't a game he can pause or reset. It's a race he must win.
Our hero, Jack, finds himself trapped in an unexpected adventure. When Jack stumbles upon a new button labeled ""Story Mode"" during his usual video game play, he's transported into a fantasy quest game complete with trolls, heroes, and dragons. Suddenly, he isn't just playing a game; he's living it.
Can You Guess What It Is? helps readers hone their observation skills through riddles. The book uses written and visual clues to help readers solve each riddle.
Josh is a gamer. After his parents' divorce and his move from Chicago to a small town where he doesn't know anybody, he copes by staying up way too late playing Killswitch online. Then he discovers a "mod" version of the game that is an exact reproduction of his new town. Strange things start to happen in the game, and they are somehow connected with events in the real world.
Can you roar like a lion? Flutter like a butterfly? Stand strong and tall like a mountain? Then you can do yoga! This exuberant rhyming board book celebrates the simple joy of yoga and the natural shapes that even the littlest yogis and yoginis can make with their bodies. Poses such as happy baby, child's pose and downward dog are ones you will see children spontaneously explore from a very young age. Babies and toddlers intuitively know the movements that restore their bodies and minds. Yoga Baby celebrates this mindful playfulness with a diverse selection of babies doing what babies love to do: feeling good and having fun!
Humans have searched out fun for centuries - chariot races, dueling crickets, roller coasters, Rubik's Cubes. It seems we've always had a knack for finding interesting ways to have a good time. Of course, it wasn’t always that way. Our earliest ancestors had to worry more about survival than finding something to do in their free time. But as we evolved and daily living got a little easier, we began to think a bit more about entertainment. It started simply, with storytelling by a fire. Soon it grew into activities like banquets, spectator sports, theater and fairs, to name just a few. Today huge theme parks attract thrill-seekers and people step into virtual worlds for fun. And that’s just scratching the surface. With things like virtual reality, fidget spinners and global phenomena like Pokémon Go, who knows what the future of fun will hold!
Jaylen gets addicted to a video game Jess gives him for his birthday.
Introduces readers to Abe's day of building a birdhouse. Discusses the benefits of making a birdhouse and explains how to build a birdhouse from household materials. Additional features to aid comprehension include vivid photographs, Common Core questions and activities, a phonetic glossary, and sources for further research.
This book presents an illustrated discussion of the history and evolution of video games and consoles, the development of handheld games, the various genres available, the places one can play, and careers in the industry.
Nerding Out About Role-Playing covers the wonderfully nerdy world of role-playing: from cosplay to DnD. This 45th Parallel hi-lo series includes considerate vocabulary and high-interest content.
Nerding Out About Science Fiction covers the wonderfully nerdy world of sci-fi: from space operas to dystopian societies. This 45th Parallel hi-lo series includes considerate vocabulary and high-interest content.
