Read about the colorful coral snake whose red and yellow bands are a sign that it has deadly venom. Amazing photos and simple text make this book a great high-interest read.
Read about the powerful rattlesnake and how its tail rattles to warn predators to stay away or risk a venomous bite. Amazing photos and simple text make this book a great high-interest read.
Read about the cottonmouth or water moccasin and how it uses deadly venom. Amazing photos and simple text make this book a great high-interest read.
Read about the venomous cobra and how it strikes its prey quickly and swallows it whole. Amazing photos and simple text make this book a great high-interest read.
Read about the powerful boa constrictor and how it catches and squeezes its prey. Amazing photos and simple text make this book a great high-interest read.
Science is in every part of our lives. Where there is science happening, scientists will be there. Learn about areas of science you like--it might just become your career one day. Great for STEM and content literacy.
How do big construction machines do their job? Young readers will see that they use the force of push and pull to get the work done. Great for STEM and content literacy.
Young students are introduced to the cycle of day and night and how the Sun heats our planet and provides life for all animals and plants. Great for STEM and content literacy.
Squares, rectangles, triangles, circles--these shapes help us build things. Look around! Shapes are everywhere! Great for STEM and content literacy.
Why do some things float while others sink? Readers learn about buoyancy and density, guess what type of objects will float or sink, and conduct a floating experiment of their own! Great for STEM and content literacy.
Trainer Tom works with the animals at the zoo. Today, the camels need his help. There's a flu at the zoo, and lots of their animal friends are sick. The camels want to help their friends feel better. With Trainer Tom's help, the camels learn good, safe ways to show the other animals just how much they care.
This fact-filled book describes all things plants! With terms like species, photosynthesis, life cycle, and habitat, young readers will gain an understanding of how plants have survived on Earth for millions of years, and how we can't survive without them.
The perfect, low-level book for introducing magnets and how they work. Kids will be able to identify many magnetic objects after reading this book, as well as what materials are NOT magnetic.
Learn about light in this easy-to-read book. Simple text, colorful photos, and diagrams explain how light comes from a source, how it moves, and what is happening when you see reflection or refraction. Light waves and frequency also featured. Fun facts about light scattered throughout. Word matching game, comprehension questions, glossary, and index included. Contains the science concepts and vocabulary students need to know in grades 3 to 5. Correlates to NSTA's Science Standards.
Young readers learn plenty about sound energy including how sound travels, how animals and people focus on sounds, and and how we use sound to gather information all around us.
Do they buzz, fly, bite, or sting? Discover some incredible facts about insects in this colorful book.
It moves, it freezes, it melts. Kids find out that water takes on different forms and that it plays an important role in supporting life on Earth. Includes the water cycle.
Young readers will learn what electricity is, where it comes from, and how it is produced and used in our homes and businesses. Words like energy, circuit, and conductor, are clearly explained.
Powerful muscles that crush and squeeze and a tongue that can sniff out prey--snakes that squeeze are built to survive! Young readers will be fascinated to read about these deadly constrictor snakes that kill by squeezing. Amazing photos and simple text make this book a great high-interest read and a useful resource for report writing.
Bloodthirsty birds, bats, insects, and fish…some animals need to suck blood to survive. Colorful photos and descriptive text help explain the body parts, characteristics, and behaviors that make these kinds of animals special--and creepy. Amazing photos and simple text make this book a great high-interest read.
From young fish called fry to the whale shark--the largest fish--young readers will get a look at how some fish adapt in weird ways to their environment in order to survive. Amazing photos and simple text make this book a great high-interest read.
From a reptile that looks like Spider Man to lizards that squirt blood from their eyes, this collection of weird and creepy reptiles is sure to engage the most reluctant reader--and reveal important science information too! Colorful photos and descriptive text help explain the body parts, characteristics, and behaviors that make some reptiles special--and creepy. Amazing photos and simple text make this book a great high-interest read.
Venomous fangs, smelling with their tongues, squeezing to death…Colorful photos and descriptive text help explain the body parts, characteristics, and behaviors that make some snakes special--and creepy. Amazing photos and simple text make this book a great high-interest read.
Skeletons can look a little creepy, because, well, we usually wear them on the inside. This book explains why some animals don't have a skeleton, and why humans can't do without one. Amazing photos and simple text make this book a great high-interest read.
Meat eaters, plant eaters…stomp through a world of the scariest, largest creatures that walked prehistoric Earth. Learn how paleontologists--dinosaur detectives--uncover the important clues that have revealed what we know about these terrifying animals. Amazing photos and simple text make this book a great high-interest read.
