Synopsis: Help Children Appreciate a World of Holidays All around the world, people celebrate holidays, like Cinco de Mayo, with special traditions and festivities. The Holiday Series focuses on children's favorite holidays. Written specifically for emergent and early-fluency readers! Great for Reading First, Fluency, Vocabulary, Text Comprehension, and ESL/ELL!

Synopsis: An elementary biography of one of the first leaders of the campaign for women's rights who helped organize the women's suffrage movement.

Synopsis: Children's Press is pleased to introduce True Books for a new generation!Completely redesigned for today's young, investigative reader, True Books are an indispensable addition to any collection. Each book guides the reader through the facts that nurture their need to know.The new, dynamic True Books design features: -- an inviting and interactive page format-- a readable and attractive typeface-- large, bold, and brilliant full-color…

Synopsis: A young knight-in-training has so much to do-learn about arms and armor, assist a squire, attend a medieval banquet, tilt at the quintain-and prepare to be "dubbed!" This is a surefire, nonfiction subject for newly independent readers.

Synopsis: In this essential autobiographical account by one of the Civil Rights Movement’s most powerful figures, Melba Pattillo Beals of the Little Rock Nine explores not only the oppressive force of racism, but the ability of young people to change ideas of race and identity. In 1957, well before Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, Melba Pattillo Beals and eight other teenagers became iconic symbols for the Civil Rights Movement and the…

Synopsis: - Phonics Chapter Book(혼자서도 읽게 해주는 파닉스 프로그램)미국 교육 출판의 거장 Scholastic 출판사의 Phonics Chapter Book은 6권으로서 파닉스의 기본을 확립해 주는 시리즈입니다. 파닉스는 모르는 단어의 뜻을 올바르게 짐작하게 해주는 전략입니 다.♥ 어린이들이 파닉스를 배워 나가면서 그 단어들이 자주 쓰이는 글, 특히 이야기체의 글을 읽어야 그 기능이 숙련되어 갑니다.♥ Scholastic 출판사의 Phonics Chapter Book은 파닉스와 어린이들 이 익혀야 할 단어들을 재미있는 글을 통해 소개합니다.♥ 한 번 나온 발음과 단어가 그 다음에 이어지는 글에서 계속 반복되 고 적용되게 함으로써 어린이들이 혼자서 책에 수록된 글 모두를 이해 하게 됩니다.♥ 어린이들은 자기 혼자 힘으로 책을 이해했다는 자신감이 생겨 읽기 를 좋아할게 될 것입니다.-…

Synopsis: Describes various kinds of workers in a community including police officers, doctors, teachers, coaches, veterinarians, dentists, fire fighters, mail carriers, and construction workers, and explains the service that each occupation provides.

Synopsis: For more than two thousand years, a secret army of life-size terra-cotta soldiers lay buried underground in China. But in 1974, some farmers digging a well discovered the first of what turned out to be an army of more than 7,000. Who made them? And why? In this fascinating reader, kids will learn all about one of the wonders of the ancient world and the fierce first emperor of China.

Synopsis: “Together, Rockliff and Bruno make the scientific method seem exciting, and kids interested in science and history will likely be, well, mesmerized.” — Booklist (starred review)When American inventor Benjamin Franklin arrives in Paris, he is upstaged by a compelling and enigmatic figure: Dr. Mesmer. In elaborately staged shows, Mesmer has Parisians believing he can control a magic force that changes the taste of water, cures illness, and…

Synopsis: Presents an introduction to the history, geography, industry, places of interest, and people of the Magnolia State.

Synopsis: A paperback picture book based on the true story of Wangari Maathai, an environmental and political activist in Kenya and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004. As a young girl growing up in Kenya, Wangari was surrounded by trees. But years later when she returns home, she is shocked to see whole forests being cut down, and she knows that soon all the trees will be destroyed. So Wangari decides to do something--and starts by planting nine…

Synopsis: This sophisticated and playful nonfiction picture book looks at US presidents!See America’s presidents as never before—made of objects! Using everything from blue jeans to boxing gloves, Hanoch Piven “builds” the characters of eighteen of our nation’s leaders. Revealing anecdotes accompany the creative collages and lend insight to the charismatic personalities of prominent presidents from George Washington to Barack Obama, resulting in an…

Synopsis: Engaging 16-page books on must-know, inspiring Americans. Features lively text, captions, realistic illustrations, glossaries, diagrams, and more. Correlate with Guided Reading Levels I and J. For use with Grades K–2.

Synopsis: John Chapman is one American folk hero who was a real person. He earned the nickname of Johnny Appleseed through his work planting apple orchards all over the country long ago.

Synopsis: In this funny Caldecott Honor-winning fairy-tale retelling by Janet Stevens, wily Hare solves his family's problems by tricking rich and lazy Bear into giving up half his crops. Once a upon a time, there was a lazy Bear and a clever Hare. Bear had lots of money and lots of land but all he wanted to do was sleep. Hare had nothing but hungry children, so he came up with a plan to convince Bear to split his land down the middle--tops and bottoms.…

Synopsis: Heartfelt and touching book by 1st graders at Masterson Elementary School in Kennet, Missouri, about the day after the tragic events of September 11th. These students were given a commemorative SeptOn September 11th horrific events occurred, yet through the simple text and vibrant art of first graders, we are reminded that the world continued the next day. On each page, children experience the comforts of ordinary routines, such as their teacher…