In Top Ten: Fastest Land Animals, readers will discover surprising facts about ten of the fastest land animals on the planet. Eat or be eaten? Speed can make the difference!
From swift seabirds to high-speed hawks, Top Ten: Fastest Birds introduces readers to many surprising facts about ten of the fastest speedsters of the sky. Soar along with the fastest birds in the world. Learn what gives them the ability to zoom through the sky like airplanes.
In That's Wild: Spiders Are Acrobats! And Other Strange Facts, readers will learn about spiders' hunting habits, their web-making skills, and their habitats. Meet the hair-raising tarantulas that capture and eat small birds and the jumping spider that pounces like a cat! Let's explore the amazing talents of these eight-legged web spinners.
In That's Wild: Vampires Can Swim! And Other Strange Facts, readers will learn about water animals and how they hunt, how they grow, and their remarkable talents. From a fish that looks like bubble gum to one that has shocking abilities, let's discover the wild, sometimes strange world of aquatic animals!
In That's Wild: Crows Hate People! And Other Strange Facts, readers will learn about birds and their mighty brains, their breeding habits, and how they help humans. Did you know that crows hold grudges? And that geese work as security guards? Discover the wild, sometimes strange world of birds!
That's Wild: Plants Are Hunters! And Other Strange Facts introduces readers to the fantastic world of plants and trees. Readers will learn why these natural wonders are so important to human survival. This title includes facts about how plants and trees trap their meals, how they stay safe from danger, and how they help keep humans healthy.
In That's Wild: Cows Eat Chicken! And Other Strange Facts, readers will learn about the marvelous land animals of the world, including facts about their hunting tricks, their habitats, and their amazing abilities. Discover the strange and stupendous world of animals that live on land and in trees. Get to know a deadly dragon, a sleepy sloth, and a clever capuchin. Oh, and don’t forget the only creature with poop shaped like a cube!
The internet is the communications network that allows computers all over the world to talk to each other. A large workforce is needed to support its use and development. In STEAM Jobs You'll Love: Internet Technology, readers will learn about jobs that involve building the worldwide network, designing websites, controlling appliances remotely, and predicting what people will do next just by watching how they surf the web.
In That's Wild: Ants Are Farmers! And Other Strange Facts, readers will learn the spectacular story of insects, including facts about how they hunt, how they work together, and their weird talents. Let's creep inside the magical existence of insects. Discover poop-pulling beetles, snorkeling scorpions, and wasps that turn cockroaches into zombies! Don’t bug out until you learn more about these amazing creepy-crawlies!
In STEAM Jobs You'll Love: Agriculture and Food Development, readers will find out how science, technology, engineering, art, and math skills work to provide food for people around the world. Everyone needs to eat! Did you know that the agriculture and food development industry is teeming with interesting career opportunities? This important field relies on people with a variety of STEAM skills.
In STEAM Jobs You'll Love: Architecture and Construction, readers will read about awesome jobs in architecture and construction and learn how to start preparing for those jobs now. Can you imagine using your creativity to design buildings? Fix leaky roofs? Make sure that pipes carry water in just the right way? Jobs in architecture and construction are exciting, hands-on, and allow you to blend skills from your favorite STEAM subjects.
Computer hacks and stolen data make headline news. Who understands these attacks? Who works to prevent new ones? Cybersecurity professionals do! In STEAM Jobs You'll Love: Cybersecurity, readers will explore how STEAM topics—science, technology, engineering, the arts, and math—can lead to a job in this exciting field.
Women and girls make up half the world’s population but are still often not treated equally to men and boys. Shaping the Debate: Defining and Discussing Women's Rights takes a look at the gender gap, framing issues and arguments in ongoing discussions about women’s rights in the United States and worldwide.
Recent events have shone a bright spotlight on the news media, including “fake news,” internet trolls, and attacks on journalists. Shaping the Debate: Defining and Discussing Freedom of the Press describes the history of the right to freedom of the press, how the constitution protects reporters, and what happens in places where the press is not free.
In Shaping the Debate: Defining and Discussing Human Rights, readers will explore current conflicts involving human rights around the world. Then, decide where YOU stand on this important issue. Certain fundamental rights—such as the rights to safety, freedom of movement, and freedom of expression—are human rights to which everyone is entitled.
Shaping the Debate: Defining and Discussing Immigration introduces readers to the facts and divergent points of view behind the headlines about immigration. Learn about border enforcement and security, sanctuary cities, proposals for immigration reform, and more. Then, decide where YOU stand on this important issue.
Explore the evidence and opinions behind the headlines on climate change. In Shaping the Debate: Defining and Discussing Climate Change readers will learn about the science behind the causes and effects of Earth’s changing climate and understand the political context. Then, decide where YOU stand on this important issue.
“It’s a free country—I can say whatever I want!” Most Americans agree about the importance of free speech. But many don’t understand the scope and limitations of this treasured liberty. In Shaping the Debate: Defining and Discussing Free Speech, readers will learn about the history, complexities, and conflicts related to free speech rights, from flag-burning to the treatment of hate speech. Then, decide where YOU stand on this important issue.
What will the weather do today? In Science Masters: Weather Prediction, readers will learn about ways people have developed to predict the weather, from looking at the sky to running models on a computer. Temperature, pressure, and wind speed are among the factors that determine whether to look out for sunshine or a tornado. Weather prediction not only helps you plan your day, but it can also even save lives!
In Science Masters: Sounds Waves, readers will learn how sound travels and the many roles it plays in our world. Sound helps us communicate, but it can do so much more. You might be amazed at how powerful sound waves can be when they let us see into the human body or discover an ancient sunken ship. Squeak! Grrr! CRACK! Shhh! Our world is filled with sounds big and small, pleasant and annoying. But how is all that sound created and what can it do?
In Science Masters: Mixing and Measuring Matter, readers will discover how we measure matter and how it changes, mixes, and reacts. These reactions make life possible! What do a carrot and a kangaroo have in common? They’re made of matter, just like everything else in the universe!
In Science Masters: Light Waves, readers will learn about light waves and light’s properties and how people–and animals–manipulate light for their own purposes. A crack of lightning. The blue glow of a phone screen. A blinking firefly. The blazing sun. A camera’s rapid flash. No matter the source, light travels in waves, and it does so at a speed faster than anything else in the universe. But what is light, anyway, and how do we study it?
Some planets are cold, dark, and lifeless. Not Earth! Our world is full of light, heat, and motion. What makes the difference? Energy! Energy flows through growing plants and blowing winds. It powers your body and the machines you use each day. Discover how the sun's energy travels to Earth and how it is stored and used by living things. Learn why heat in our atmosphere is rising and what people can do to control it.
In Science Masters: Earth's Place in Space, readers will learn about Earth’s place in the Milky Way and the larger universe, and how humans are learning about the endless frontier of space. Living on a world as vast as Earth, it can be easy to forget that our planet is just a tiny speck in a massive universe filled with planets, moons, stars, asteroids, comets, dark matter, and maybe even alien life!
In Off-Road Vehicles: Military Vehicles, readers will salute the mechanical wonders of military vehicles! Explore the explosive firepower of tanks and the amazing mobility of amphibious carriers that transport troops from ship to shore. Meet the armored lifesavers that find and remove land mines.
