Synopsis: What was it like to be a pilgrim child in 17th-century Massachusetts? This charming picture book takes young readers back in time to see. For one thing, pilgrim children didn't go to school. Instead, they helped their parents with chores and played games such as marbles. There were no convenient grocery stores. Pilgrims had to hunt and gather food, then cook their meals on an open fire or in an outdoor oven. Dramatic photos of historical…

Synopsis: Text and illustrations introduce weather, including tornadoes, fog, heat, and future climate.

Synopsis: "This kids' book describes how scientists have used science notebooks to learn, explore, and discover."--

Synopsis: "Rhyming children's picture book about how scientists use data."--

Synopsis: If you were a preposition, you would connect a noun or pronoun to other words in a sentence. You could go WITH you friends INTO the movie theater. What else could you do if you were a preposition?

Synopsis: While tired farmers and their families are in bed, the harvest moon silently climbs into the sky and starts working its magic. For some, it is the nightly signal to rise and shine. It is time to hunt, to work, or to play in the shadows. For a little girl and her cat, it is an invitation to enjoy the wonders of the night and a last flood of light before the short days of winter set in. With an evocative text and radiant illustrations, this…

Synopsis: Here are two more Pathfinders in the popular smaller sized paperback editions! Discover more about the universe with Space, and go deep into the mysterious world of "Sharks and other Creatures." A real hands-on approach to learning, these kid-friendly guides to today's most popular subjects include superb illustrations, spectacular photography, stimulating text, and interactive features.

Synopsis: Acclaimed singer-songwriter Rhett Miller teams up with Caldecott Medalist and bestselling artist Dan Santat in a riotous collection of irreverent poems for modern families. In the tradition of Shel Silverstein, these poems bring a fresh new twist to the classic dilemmas of childhood as well as a perceptive eye to the foibles of modern family life. Full of clever wordplay and bright visual gags--and toilet humor to spare--these twenty-three…

Synopsis: Herdsmen work with a wildlife sanctuary ranger to keep their animals safe from a marauding tigress.

Synopsis: An irresistible picture book about a boy and his classmates who long for a class pet, but discover the joys and rewards of nurturing a class plant.Room 107 has a cockatiel. Room 108 has a chinchilla. Even the Art Room has a bearded dragon. But in Room 109, Arlo's classroom, there is a plant. A mostly green, hardly growing, never moving plant. Even though it doesn't squeak, whistle, or whimper, Arlo’s teacher says the plant is “more than enough…

Synopsis: Squanto tells everyone he meets, "i'm going on the ship across the sea." "I wish you would not go," his mother says. "It is just for a little while," says Squanto. "I will come back." But before Squanto can return, many many years go by--years full of adventure. And when Squanto does come back, his family is gone. His village has disappeared. New people have come -- the Pilgrams.

Synopsis: Offers an introductory guide to animal senses.

Synopsis: "In the late 19th century, hunters killed millions of birds in the Florida Everglades to supply the booming trade in bird feathers for ladies' fashion. As teenagers, Charlie Pierce and his friends traveled deep into the unexplored Florida Everglades to hunt plume birds for their feathers. They never imagined the challenges they would encounter, what they would learn about themselves, and how they would contribute to American history"--Page 4. of…

Synopsis: Wartville is being buried in trash! There are soda bottles under the flowers, juice cans by the mailbox, and newspapers along the road. Every day the piles grow higher and higher. Then one tidy old man realizes he has the power to get rid of all the trash forever. Wartville will finally be cleaned up once and for all!

Synopsis: Children's adventure stories based on actual people, places and events on the south Florida frontier during the late 19th century.

Synopsis: Describes the heart, blood, and other parts of the body's circulatory system and explains how each component functions.

Synopsis: Text and photographs introduce spiders and the webs in which they build.

Synopsis: Told through the eyes of a 5-year-old boy, this is a story of adventure and discovery in a cookcamp located in the Canadian woods during World War II. When?: World War II Where?: A cookcamp in the Canadian woods Why?: He's not really sure. One summer, a 5-year-old boy goes to live with his grandmother in a cookcamp. The camp is home to 9 men who are building a road through the woods. The boy misses his mother, but at the same time the camp…