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Plant Invaders
$10.99Add to cartYou might not realize it, but there are green invaders everywhere. They live in our lakes, our parks, and even in our back yards. What are they? They are invasive plants! Learn how people are working to stop the growth of invasive plant species and what you can do to help. This high-interest book uses real-world examples to illustrate science concepts. Created in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution, this Informational Text builds reading skills while engaging students’ curiosity about STEAM topics. Packed with factoids and informative sidebars, this book features a hands-on STEAM challenge that is perfect for use in a makerspace and teaches students every step of the engineering design process. Make STEAM career connections with career advice from actual Smithsonian employees working in STEAM fields. Discover engineering innovations that solve real-world problems with content that touches on all aspects of STEAM: Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts, and Math!
Color Changing Cephalopods
$10.99Add to cartCephalopods have evolved with a strong set of skills that allow them to survive in their aquatic world. Scientists are fascinated by their ability to change color, the ways they ward off predators, and their methods of communication. In time, scientists hope that by studying these creatures, they may find ways to copy and use all of their abilities. Created in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution, this Informational Text builds reading skills while engaging students’ curiosity about STEAM topics through real-world examples. Packed with factoids and informative sidebars, this book features a hands-on STEAM challenge that is perfect for use in a makerspace and teaches students every step of the engineering design process. Make STEAM career connections with career advice from actual Smithsonian employees working in STEAM fields. Discover engineering innovations that solve real-world problems with content that touches on all aspects of STEAM: Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts, and Math!
Saving Migratory Birds
$10.99Add to cartLearn how ornithologists are using modern technology to help migratory birds. Created in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution, this Informational Text builds reading skills while engaging students’ curiosity about STEAM topics through real-world examples. Packed with factoids and informative sidebars, this book features a hands-on STEAM challenge that is perfect for use in a makerspace and teaches students every step of the engineering design process. Make STEAM career connections with career advice from actual Smithsonian employees working in STEAM fields. Discover engineering innovations that solve real-world problems with content that touches on all aspects of STEAM: Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts, and Math!
Life In A Cube
$10.99Add to cartHow much life can one cubic foot hold? Read how photographer David Liittschwager and zoologist Chris Meyer studied life in one cubic foot, and how their findings can teach us about life on the entire planet. Created in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution, this Informational Text builds reading skills while engaging students’ curiosity about STEAM topics through real-world examples. Packed with factoids and informative sidebars, it features a hands-on STEAM challenge that is perfect for use in a makerspace and teaches students every step of the engineering design process. Make STEAM career connections with career advice from actual Smithsonian employees working in STEAM fields. Discover engineering innovations that solve real-world problems with content that touches on all aspects of STEAM: Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts, and Math!
Saving A Species
$10.99Add to cartLearn how employees at Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute are working hard to save animal species from extinction. Created in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution, this Smithsonian Informational Text builds reading skills while engaging students’ curiosity about STEAM topics through real-world examples. Packed with factoids and informative sidebars, it features a hands-on STEAM challenge that is perfect for use in a makerspace and teaches students every step of the engineering design process. Make STEAM career connections with career advice from actual Smithsonian employees working in STEAM fields. Discover engineering innovations that solve real-world problems with content that touches on all aspects of STEAM: Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts, and Math!
Designing Butterfly Exhibits
$10.99Add to cartButterflies are a crucial part of the ecosystem. Unfortunately, many butterfly species are dying off in record numbers. Butterfly exhibits serve an important role. In these enclosed spaces, we can learn more about these winged creatures and what we can do to help them. Created in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution, this Smithsonian Informational Text builds reading skills while engaging students’ curiosity about STEAM topics through real-world examples. Packed with factoids and informative sidebars, it features a hands-on STEAM challenge that is perfect for use in a makerspace and teaches students every step of the engineering design process. Make STEAM career connections with career advice from actual Smithsonian employees working in STEAM fields. Discover engineering innovations that solve real-world problems with content that touches on all aspects of STEAM: Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts, and Math!
Blue Crab Comeback
$10.99Add to cartBlue Crabs In Danger
Crabs Of The Chesapeake
A Population Problem
Scientists Step In
Rules Of The Bay
The Future Of Blue CrabsSTEAM Challenge
Glossary
Index
Career AdviceAdditional Info
Many people depend on blue crabs from the Chesapeake Bay for their jobs. But overfishing and changes in the blue crabs’ habitats have reduced their numbers. Learn how scientists have stepped in to study these blue beauties so that they can keep a healthy crab population. Created in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution, this Smithsonian Informational Text builds students’ reading skills while engaging their curiosity about STEAM topics through real-world examples. It features a hands-on STEAM challenge that guides students through every step of the engineering design process, from the initial research and brainstorming sessions, through the design and testing stages, to the evaluation and improvement of the outcome. It makes STEAM career connections by providing a glimpse into the life of a real person currently working in a STEAM field. Discover engineering innovations that solve real-world problems with this book that touches on all aspects of STEAM: Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts, and Math!
Botanical Illustration
$10.99Add to cartImagine a career where you get paid to draw all day. That’s what botanical illustrators do! Get inside the mind of a botanical illustrator, and learn how their intricate drawings of plants help science. Created in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution, this Smithsonian Informational Text builds students’ reading skills while engaging their curiosity about STEAM topics through real-world examples. It features a hands-on STEAM challenge that guides students through every step of the engineering design process, from the initial research and brainstorming sessions, through the design and testing stages, to the evaluation and improvement of the outcome. It makes STEAM career connections by providing a glimpse into the life of a real person currently working in a STEAM field. Discover engineering innovations that solve real-world problems with this book that touches on all aspects of STEAM: Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts, and Math!
Amphibian Rescue
$10.99Add to cartAwesome Amphibians
A Vanishing Act
The Fight For Frogs
Building A Safe Home
Making Leaps!
STEAM Challenge
Glossary
Index
Career AdviceAdditional Info
Amphibians can be found all over the world. There are more than 7,500 kinds of amphibians living in streams, rainforests, deserts, and everywhere in between. Many of them are in danger due to a deadly fungus, but help is on the way! Created in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution, this Smithsonian Informational Text builds students’ reading skills while engaging their curiosity about STEAM topics through real-world examples. It features a hands-on STEAM challenge that guides students through every step of the engineering design process, from the initial research and brainstorming sessions, through the design and testing stages, to the evaluation and improvement of the outcome. It makes STEAM career connections by providing a glimpse into the life of a real person currently working in a STEAM field. Discover engineering innovations that solve real-world problems with this book that touches on all aspects of STEAM: Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts, and Math!
Raising Clouded Leopards
$10.99Add to cartYou’ve probably heard of lions and tigers. Perhaps you’ve seen them at the zoo. But have you heard of the clouded leopard? This shy member of the cat family is an endangered species. Their shyness makes studying them a challenge for zookeepers and scientists. Find out why they are so special, and why they need our help. Created in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution, this Smithsonian Informational Text builds students’ reading skills while engaging their curiosity about STEAM topics through real-world examples. It features a hands-on STEAM challenge that guides students through every step of the engineering design process, from the initial research and brainstorming sessions, through the design and testing stages, to the evaluation and improvement of the outcome. It makes STEAM career connections by providing a glimpse into the life of a real person currently working in a STEAM field. Discover engineering innovations that solve real-world problems with this book that touches on all aspects of STEAM: Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts, and Math!
DNA
$10.99Add to cartThis nonfiction science reader will help fifth grade students gain science content knowledge while building their reading comprehension and literacy skills. This purposefully leveled text features hands-on, challenging science experiments and full-color images. Students will learn all about DNA, genes, chromosomes, cloning, and much more through this engaging text that supports STEM education and is aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards. Important text features like a glossary and index will improve students close reading skills.
Cells
$10.99Add to cartThis nonfiction science reader will help fifth grade students gain science content knowledge while building their reading comprehension and literacy skills. This purposefully leveled text features hands-on, challenging science experiments and full-color images. Students will learn all about cell structure, cell function, the process of mitosis, and much more through this engaging text that supports STEM education and is aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards. Important text features like a glossary and index will improve students close reading skills.
Digestion And Using Food
$10.99Add to cartThis nonfiction science reader will help fifth grade students gain science content knowledge while building their reading comprehension and literacy skills. This purposefully leveled text features hands-on, challenging science experiments and full-color images. Students will learn all about the process of digestion, the human digestive system, and much more through this engaging text that supports STEM education and is aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards. Important text features like a glossary and index will improve students close reading skills.
Life And Non Life In An Ecosystem
$10.99Add to cartThis nonfiction science reader will help fifth grade students gain science content knowledge while building their reading comprehension and literacy skills. This purposefully leveled text features hands-on, challenging science experiments and full-color images. Students will learn all about ecosystems and the symbiotic relationship between living and nonliving things through this engaging text that supports STEM education and is aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards. Important text features like a glossary and index will improve students close reading skills.
Life And The Flow Of Energy
$10.99Add to cartThis nonfiction science reader will help fifth grade students gain science content knowledge while building their reading comprehension and literacy skills. This purposefully leveled text features hands-on, challenging science experiments and full-color images. Students will learn all about the sun and its effect on photosynthesis and ecosystems through this engaging text that supports STEM education and is aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards. Important text features like a glossary and index will improve students close reading skills.
Nutrient Cycle
$10.99Add to cartThis high-interest nonfiction reader will help students gain science content knowledge while building their literacy skills and reading comprehension. This appropriately leveled text features hands-on, simple science experiments and full-color images and graphics. Fourth grade students will learn all about the nutrient cycle through this engaging text that supports STEM education and is aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards.
Adaptations
$10.99Add to cartThis high-interest informational text will help students gain science content knowledge while building their literacy skills and nonfiction reading comprehension. This appropriately leveled nonfiction science reader features hands-on, simple science experiments and full-color images and graphics. Fourth grade students will learn all about adaptation through this engaging text that is aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards and supports STEM education.
Animal Senses
$10.99Add to cartThis high-interest informational text will help students gain science content knowledge while building their literacy skills and nonfiction reading comprehension. This appropriately leveled nonfiction science reader features hands-on, simple science experiments and full-color images and graphics. Fourth grade students will learn all about how sensory systems differ among animals through this engaging text that is aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards and supports STEM education.
Producers And Consumers
$10.99Add to cartThis high-interest nonfiction reader will help students gain science content knowledge while building their literacy skills and reading comprehension. This appropriately leveled text features hands-on, simple science experiments and full-color images and graphics. Fourth grade students will learn all about producers and consumers through this engaging text that supports STEM education and is aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards.
Plant Reproduction
$10.99Add to cartThis high-interest nonfiction reader will help students gain science content knowledge while building their literacy skills and reading comprehension. This appropriately leveled text features hands-on, simple science experiments and full-color images and graphics. Fourth grade students will learn all about plant reproduction through this engaging text that supports STEM education and is aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards.
Right Environment
$10.99Add to cartThis high-interest informational text will help students gain science content knowledge while building their literacy skills and nonfiction reading comprehension. This appropriately leveled nonfiction science reader features hands-on, simple science experiments. Third grade students will learn all about ecosystems and the environment through this engaging text that is aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards and supports STEM education.
Photosynthesis
$10.99Add to cartThis high-interest informational text will help students gain science content knowledge while building their literacy skills and nonfiction reading comprehension. This appropriately leveled nonfiction science reader features hands-on, simple science experiments. Third grade students will learn all about the process of photosynthesis through this engaging text that is aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards and supports STEM education.
Traits For Survival
$10.99Add to cartThis high-interest informational text will help students gain science content knowledge while building their literacy skills and nonfiction reading comprehension. This appropriately leveled nonfiction science reader features hands-on, simple science experiments. Third grade students will learn all about adaptation through this engaging text that is aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards and supports STEM education.
Food Webs
$10.99Add to cartThis high-interest informational text will help students gain science content knowledge while building their literacy skills and nonfiction reading comprehension. This appropriately leveled nonfiction science reader features hands-on, simple science experiments. Third grade students will learn all food webs through this engaging text that is aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards and supports STEM education.
Life Cycles
$10.99Add to cartThis high-interest informational text will help students gain science content knowledge while building their literacy skills and nonfiction reading comprehension. This appropriately leveled nonfiction science reader features hands-on, simple science experiments. Third grade students will learn all about the life cycles of plants, insects, snakes, and animals through this engaging text that is aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards and supports STEM education.
Environment : A World Of Change
$10.99Add to cartThe Earth is always changing! But these changes are a part of the cycle of life. Learn about the water cycle, the rock cycle, natural disasters, and adaptations with this science reader that features easy-to-read text and introduces students to important scientific concepts and topics. Nonfiction text features include a glossary, index, and detailed images to facilitate close reading and help students connect back to the text. Aligned to state and national standards, the book also includes a fun and engaging science experiment to develop critical thinking and help students practice what they have learned.
Habitats
$10.99Add to cartImagine seeing an elephant walking down the street. You would be surprised to see such a sight. An elephant doesn’t belong on your street. Your street is not the elephant’s habitat. Learn all about animal habitats with this science reader that features easy-to-read text and introduces students to important scientific topics. Nonfiction text features include a glossary, index, and detailed images to facilitate close reading and help students connect back to the text. Aligned to state and national standards, the book also includes a fun and engaging science experiment to develop critical thinking and help students practice what they have learned.
Ecosystems
$10.99Add to cartLiving and nonliving things live together in an ecosystem. To stay alive, all living things in an ecosystem need to live in balance. Learn about ecosystems with this science reader that features easy-to-read text and introduces students to important scientific concepts and topics. Nonfiction text features include a glossary, index, and detailed images to facilitate close reading and help students connect back to the text. Aligned to state and national standards, the book also includes a fun and engaging science experiment to develop critical thinking and help students practice what they have learned.
Interdependence Of Living Things
$10.99Add to cartAll living things need one another to survive. Working together keeps the circle of life going. Learn about symbiosis with this science reader that features easy-to-read text and introduces students to important scientific concepts and topics. Nonfiction text features include a glossary, index, and detailed images to facilitate close reading and help students connect back to the text. Aligned to state and national standards, the book also includes a fun and engaging science experiment to develop critical thinking and help students practice what they have learned.
Pollination
$10.99Add to cartLiving things depend on one another. Insects, water, and wind help plants grow new plants. Learn about pollination with this science reader that features easy-to-read text and introduces students to important scientific concepts and topics. Nonfiction text features include a glossary, index, and detailed images to facilitate close reading and help students connect back to the text. Aligned to state and national standards, the book also includes a fun and engaging science experiment to develop critical thinking and help students practice what they have learned.
All In The Family
$9.99Add to cartHave you ever noticed that children look like their parents? This is because they have shared traits. With easy-to-read text and detailed images, this science reader introduces students to the concept of inherited traits. Aligned to state and national standards, the book contains nonfiction text features like an index, a glossary, captions, bold font, and detailed images to keep students connected to the text. A hands-on science experiment helps students apply what they have learned and develops critical thinking skills.
Growth And Change
$9.99Add to cartLearn how baby animals like pandas, penguins, elephants, kittens, and frogs grow and change! This science reader introduces students to the concepts of growth and change. With easy-to-read text, this book teaches students important scientific subjects and vocabulary terms. Aligned to state and national standards, the book contains nonfiction text features like an index, a glossary, captions, bold font, and detailed images to keep students connected to the text. A hands-on science experiment helps students apply what they have learned and develops critical thinking skills.
Raising Babies What Animal Parents Do
$9.99Add to cartHow do animals raise their young? Each animal has its own way! This science reader introduces students to various animal families including penguins, elephants, kangaroos, polar bears, wolves, ants, and more. With vivid, engaging images and easy-to-read text, this book teaches students important scientific concepts and vocabulary terms. Aligned to state and national standards, the book contains nonfiction text features like an index, a glossary, captions, and bold font to keep students connected to the text. A hands-on science experiment helps students apply what they have learned and develops critical thinking skills.
Inside A Plant
$9.99Add to cartThis science reader introduces students to the life cycle of plants. With bright, engaging images, it details the parts of plants and how plants grow and thrive. With easy-to-read text, this book teaches students important scientific concepts and vocabulary terms including habitat, adapt, and the parts of plants. Aligned to state and national standards, the book contains nonfiction text features like an index, a glossary, captions, and bold font to keep students connected to the text. A hands-on science experiment helps students apply what they have learned and develops critical thinking skills.
What Makes A Plant
$9.99Add to cartPlants are living things. They go through a life cycle. Learn about what plants need to live and grow. This science reader introduces students to the life cycle. With easy-to-read text, this book teaches students important scientific concepts and vocabulary terms including seed, root, stem, leaf, and flower. Aligned to state and national standards, the book contains nonfiction text features like an index, a glossary, captions, bold font, and detailed images to keep students connected to the text. A hands-on science experiment helps students apply what they have learned and develops critical thinking skills.
Growing Up
$9.99Add to cartThis book introduces students to the concepts of growth and change. With images that are easy to identify and clear, simple sentence structures, this science reader simplifies scientific concepts for young students as they improve their reading skills. A fun and easy science experiment and Your Turn! activity provide more in-depth opportunities for additional learning. Nonfiction text features include a glossary and an index. Engage students in learning with this dynamic text!
What Do Living Things Need
$9.99Add to cartThis book introduces students to the things that humans need to live: food, shelter, water, and air. With images that are easy to identify and clear, simple sentence structures, this science reader simplifies scientific concepts for young students as they improve their reading skills. A fun and easy science experiment and Your Turn! activity provide more in-depth opportunities for additional learning. Nonfiction text features include a glossary and an index. Engage students in learning with this dynamic text!
Seeds
$9.99Add to cartLearn how a seed becomes a plant! With images that are easy to identify and clear, simple sentence structures, this science reader simplifies scientific concepts for young students as they improve their reading skills. A fun and easy science experiment and Your Turn! activity provide more in-depth opportunities for additional learning. Nonfiction text features include a glossary and an index. Engage students in learning with this dynamic text!
Baby Animals
$9.99Add to cartA baby kangaroo is a joey. A baby hamster is a pup. Learn about baby animals with this full-color text that is filled with images of children’s favorite animals. With simple sentences, this science reader simplifies scientific concepts for young readers. A fun and easy science experiment and Your Turn! activity extend the learning experience. Nonfiction text features include a glossary and an index. Engage young learners with this dynamic text!
Living
$9.99Add to cartIt is time to learn about living things! Can you spot which things are living? Can you tell which things are nonliving? With images that are easy to identify and clear, simple sentence structures, this science reader simplifies scientific concepts for young readers. A fun and easy science experiment and Your Turn! activity provide more in-depth opportunities for additional learning. Nonfiction text features include a glossary and an index. Engage young learners with this dynamic text!
Life Science Student Lab Manual 4th Edition
$33.89Add to cartLabs are often the most exciting part of a life science class. These labs will make the subject come alive for your student! This updated Life Science Lab Manual includes worksheets, activities, and labs. Each chapter has 4-5 review worksheets called “Applications”. In addition, 2-5 activities and labs called “Investigations” are provided for each chapter. Class Investigation activities are true laboratory experiments. Each one provides clear instructions for the student and asks probing questions, requiring students to think through what they are observing and studying. Many of these labs can be completed with minimal materials. Research Investigations require students to use other sources to discover information about life science topics. Field Investigations involve students making observations outside the lab or classroom. Personal Investigations are activities that students can complete on their own and often involve preparing oral or written reports.
Life Science Tests Answer Key 4th Edition
$13.33Add to cartThe Life Science Tests Answer Key provides answers for all of the objective questions on each test. It also provides sample responses for the essay questions. The page number of the Student Text where the answer is found is listed by each question.
Life Science Tests 4th Edition
$18.80Add to cartLife Science Tests provides one test for each chapter. Each test includes 40-50 questions in a variety of formats, including multiple choice, true/false, matching, diagrams, short answer, fill-in-the-blank, and essay. Several approaches to questioning are used-some questions require simple factual recall, some require students to apply what they have learned, and some ask students to explain or interpret information.
Life Science Student Text 4th Edition
$76.39Add to cartStudents will learn the science of life in this colorful textbook that displays an engaging design sure to grab their attention from the very first day. Each chapter of Life Science includes well-researched material written at grade level, colorful images to reinforce text content, boxes with fun facts and helpful explanations, a list of key terms, a chapter summary, thought-provoking review questions, and extra questions to prepare students for standardized tests. Students will study cell biology, genetics, the history of life, microbiology, botany, zoology, ecology, and human anatomy and physiology, all within a biblical framework.
Life Science Teachers Edition With CD 4th Edition
$84.72Add to cartThe Life Science Teacher’s Edition features lots of new margin notes to help you prepare lessons. Each chapter includes a chapter overview, a suggested teaching schedule, the national standards for content, bulletin board and field trip ideas, and answers to the review questions. You will also find margin icons indicating links to helpful websites, demonstration and activity ideas, outside reading suggestions, critical-thinking questions, and extra information on the Teacher’s Toolkit CD. The CD contains lots of extra material! Be sure to check it out to find extra facets and boxes, visuals that you can easily add to PowerPoint(R) presentations, section quizzes, additional activities, and more.
Encyclopedia Prehistorica Sharks And Other Sea Monsters
$42.99Add to cartDownload the activity kit for instructions on how to make your own shark pop-up!
The pop-up that bites back! The anticipated NEW volume of ENCYCLOPEDIA PREHISTORICA by renowned masters Robert Sabuda and Matthew Reinhart
While dinosaurs patrolled the lands, massive prehistoric sharks, giant scorpions, and colossal squid cruised the ancient oceans – most with just one thing in mind: eat or be eaten. In this companion volume to the best-selling ENCYCLOPEDIA PREHISTORICA: DINOSAURS, pop-up masters Robert Sabuda and Matthew Reinhart explore the prehistoric underwater world, where monsters like megalodon ruled the waves.Full of captivating facts and more than 35 breathtaking pop-ups, this incredible volume is sure to astonish and amaze everyone from budding marine biologists to confirmed landlubbers. After all, if prehistoric coelacanths and crocodiles are still around, what else might be lurking in today’s largely unexplored oceans?
Just when you thought it was safe to go in the water! The second astonishing ENCYCLOPEDIA PREHISTORICA book from Robert Sabuda and Matthew Reinhart is about to pop up everywhere.
Encyclopedia Prehistorica Dinosaurs
$42.99Add to cartDownload the activity kit for instructions on how to make your own T. Rex pop-up!
From the world’s preeminent paper engineers, a thrilling 3-D look at dinosaurs
Open this book and a massive T. REX springs out, flashing a startling jawful of jagged teeth. Turn the next spread and a ravishing raptor unfurls and appears to fly off the edge of the page. Inside the amazing ENCYCLOPEDIA PREHISTORICA: DINOSAURS are “shield bearers” in full-body armor, creatures with frilly headgear, and weighty, long-necked giants. There are even amusing tidbits on the history of paleontology itself — like a pop-up version of a Victorian New Year’s dinner in the belly of a dinosaur model, or a pair of scientists locked in a literal tug-of-war over bones.Full of fascinating facts and lighthearted good humor, this breathtaking book includes fascinating, up-to-the-minute information about popular dinosaurs as well as many lesser-known varieties. With each of six spreads featuring one spectacular, large pop-up as well as booklets of smaller pop-ups and text, ENCYCLOPEDIA PREHISTORICA: DINOSAURS is a magnificent display of paper engineering and creativity — an astonishing book that will be read, admired, and treasured forever.
From renowned pop-up masters Robert Sabuda and Matthew Reinhart comes an awe-inspiring tribute to the world’s most beloved extinct animals and their 180-million-year reign on our planet.
Surprising Sharks
$7.99Add to cartA new award-winning Read and Wonder title — now in paperback
“SHAAAARRRKK!” That’s probably the last word anyone wants to hear while swimming in the warm blue sea. But most sharks aren’t at all what people expect. In fact, those who think all sharks are giant, man-eating killers are in for a surprise. The compelling narrative, colorful illustrations, and captivating facts in SURPRISING SHARKS reveal that sharks come in all shapes and sizes — and probably should be more afraid of humans than we are of them.“Everything works in this book — the informative yet humorous writing, the not-too-scary illustrations, and a superb layout that employs multisized text and bright color backgrounds to great effect.” –THE HORN BOOK
I Love Guinea Pigs
$7.99Add to cartBest-selling Read and Wonder books–now with eye-catching new paperback covers!
I LOVE GUINEA PIGS is an affectionate guide to the most charming of very small animals. Did you know, for instance, that guinea pigs rarely get sick and love to eat? Or that they love one another and have adorable children too? Portrayed in all thier amiable chunkiness, guinea pigs finally recieve the tribute they so richly deserve.
“A wonderful celebration of the attributes of guinea pigs… A popular pet and familiar subject is given new vigor and interest through originality, love, and respect.” –The Boston Globe
Big Blue Whale
$7.99Add to cartRead and Wonder books tell stories, take children on adventures,
and reveal how big and WONDER-full the natural world really is.
A great resource for teachers!