Synopsis: From Anishinabe artists making birch bark bowls to Zuni elders saying prayers for the day that is done, the diversity of Native American cultures is simply presented in this unique alphabet book. Striking full-color paintings depict Native Americans living in harmony with their environment.

Synopsis: Look! Up there! In the tree! Is it a bird, a mammal, an insect? From the highest part of the rain forest to the deepest part of the ocean and the various places in between, this series explores the world's ecosystems and the fascinating and bizarre creatures and plants that live there. This book features facts from freaky to fascinating, and photos of creatures rare and wonderful. You'll learn about the dangers each environment faces from humans…

Synopsis: From writer Stacy McAnulty and illustrator David Litchfield, Our Planet! There's No Place Like Earth is a nonfiction picture book about the Earth, told from the perspective of Earth herself.Meet Earth. Planet Awesome! And your awesome home! Actually, Earth is home to all the plants and all the animals in the solar system, including nearly eight billion people. Humans have accidentally moved Earth's climate change into the fast lane, and she need…

Synopsis: In this level 1 reader, young readers will explore the feathery world of adorable owls. Follow these curious-looking creatures through their wooded habitats, and learn how owls raise their young, hunt, and protect themselves. Beautiful photos and carefully leveled text make this book perfect for reading aloud or for independent reading.

Synopsis: In this level 2 reader, young readers explore the amazing underwater world of coral reefs. Beautiful photos and carefully leveled text make this book perfect for reading aloud and for independent reading.

Synopsis: Tim can't wait to go on holiday - especially as he gets to bring his friend Biscuits along. But their trip unexpectedly becomes truly, terribly adventurous when an encounter with two local bully-boys threatens to disrupt the fun. Narrated by Tim and interspersed with revealing, illustrated extracts from Tim and Biscuits's holiday diaries, this is a wondefully enjoyable story from one of the most popular writers around that both girls and boys…

Synopsis: From simple questions like "Which insects live in your yard?" to more complex ones like "What happens during metamorphosis?" this book helps kids understand the world of insects. This book introduces children to the ways of insects, an insect's process of growing up, and to the insects they might meet in their backyard. Children will find the answers to all kinds of questions from how insects breathe, see, and hear to what they eat and how they…

Synopsis: In color photographs taken on the modern-day reproduction of the colonial Mayflower ship, an action-packed adventure follows the journey of William Small and Ellen Moore, two children traveling from England to the New World without their families. A good addition to American history collections.--Booklist.

Synopsis: Johnson has collected string picture games from all over the world for this lively book which includes everything from the cat's cradle and the witch's broom to Jacob's Ladder and the Eiffel Tower. Full-color illustrated instructions. (Consumable)

Synopsis: Chock-full of lists of the wacky facts that kids love, the Scholastic Book of Lists includes everything from "10 Gross Things People Really Eat" to helpful school info like "The US Presidents." Kids (and parents) will marvel at the enormous amount of fascinating trivia and useful information packed into the Scholastic Book of Lists. Each page contains a list that covers a specific aspect of world history, US history, social studies, geography…

Synopsis: Eleven-year-old Tilly saved lives in Thailand by warning people that a tsunami was coming. Fifteen-year-old Malika fought against segregation in her Alabama town. Ten-year-old Jean-Dominic won a battle against pesticides--and the cancer they caused in his body. Six-year-old Ryan raised $800,000 to drill water wells in Africa. And twelve-year-old Haruka invented a new environmentally friendly way to scoop dog poop. With the right role models, any…

Synopsis: If you think idioms are a tough nut to crack, pick up the revised SCHOLASTIC DICTIONARY OF IDIOMS. Fun new design and more than 700 common American phrases, sayings, and expressions.Cat got your tongue? Penny for your thoughts? Come again? Every day, idioms bring color to our speech. Since they don't really mean what they say, idioms can stump even the native English-speaker. Marvin Terban makes understanding idioms as easy as pie with the…

Synopsis: It doesnt take a lot to reduce the amount of trash we create. Taking action can be as simple as recycling bottles and cans or bringing reusable bags to the grocery store. Kids learn this and more about what they can do to help in 10 Things I Can Do to Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle.

Synopsis: The author, a former diver, describes his experiences with and observations of the dolphins whose underwater world he shared for more than thirteen years at California's Marine World/Africa USA.

Synopsis: The rich vocabulary and factual panels will set them on a lifelong path to reading for information in this retelling of how the Greeks used a wooden horse to win the ten-year-long Trojan War. Full color.

Synopsis: "Where did America come from? What does it mean to be an American? What makes America great?" No volume will provide more compelling and inspiring answers to our children's questions than William Bennett and Michael Hague's marvelous new treasury, "The Children's Book of America." Filled with history and folktales, songs and poems, heroes and everyday Americans, this indispensable book is a classic collection of great Americana, accompanied by…