Provides factual information about the natural history of the Florida manatee through the fictional story of a young manatee named Dudley.
Provides a history of kites and kite making, and offers step-by-step instructions for making a wind sock and different types of two- and three-stick kites.
This book is about Jason who wants to be a research scientist someday. He is studying dolphins with his uncle in the Florida Keys and wants to write a story based on his experiences.
Provides a history of balls and ball games and offers instructions for playing different ball games and for making balls from cloth, felt, and rubber bands.
This book discusses the history and development of textiles. Reading Essentials in Science.
This book takes a scientific look at different records and oddities regarding weather in our world. Reading Essentials in Science.
This book discusses how learning more about diseases, health, and your environment can play a part in your own disease prevention. Reading Essentials in Science.
This brief overview of mammals describes their basic characteristics and life cycles. Reading Essentials in Science.
This book discusses the early people, creatures, and plants of the Grand Canyon.
This book explains the causes and effects of floods, and how people prepare for and survive floods. Reading Essentials in Science.
This book takes a scientific look at telescopes and the exploration that uses this technology. Reading Essentials in Science.
This book takes a look at the microscopic organisms, including mold and bacteria, discusses the causes of allergies, and looks at the invention of the microscope. Reading Essentials in Science.
Climate is the normal weather in an area. It includes factors such as temperatures, precipitation, winds, sunlight, and humidity. Climates create habitats such as rain forests, deserts, and tundra. Reading Essentials in Science.
This overview of volcanoes looks at how they form, the destruction they cause, and how scientists are learning to predict eruptions. Reading Essentials in Social Studies.
This book discusses the formation and development of tornadoes, including what scientists study about them, the destruction they cause, and the technology people use to help prepare for their wrath of destruction. Reading Essentials in Science.
Water is constantly changing form and moving around the environment in the water cycle. Water exists in three forms. It changes from one form to another as it moves from the ground to the air and back to the ground again. Reading Essentials in Science.
The immune system is a group of cells, tissues, and organs that work together to defend a body against invasion by harmful microbes. Reading Essentials in Science.
Scientists have discovered that stars are not equal. They vary in size and color. Variable stars change in brightness over the course of hours, days, weeks, or years. Reading Essentials in Science.
This book introduces the various types of environments in an ocean and along an ocean's shore, including rocky cliffs where hardy plants grow and the underwater communities of the coral reefs. Reading Essentials in Science.
This book is an introduction to biomes and ecosystems and provides background for the in-depth discussion of the tropical forest biome. Reading Essentials in Science.
This book is an overview of the solar system, which consists of the Sun, the nine planets and their moons, comets, asteroids, and meteoroids. Reading Essentials in Science.
This book discusses how Earth is made of rocks and minerals. Reading Essentials in Science.
This book is an introduction to the concept of sound, discussing its forms and the laws that govern it. Reading Essentials in Science.
This book presents a short study of the skin, discussing the skin's layers, how skin protects the body, and what to do to keep it healthy. Reading Essentials in Science.
The goal of all organisms is to stay alive and reproduce within a changing environment. Regulation and behavior help species accomplish this. Reading Essentials in Science.
