Synopsis: This child-centered reader features all the incredible and dangerous things you could ever want to know about dinosaurs--plus stickers! Explore everything awesome about dinosaurs in a fun, accessible, and laugh-out-loud format! Find out which was the biggest dinosaur ever, and which was no bigger than T. rex's tooth. Do you know which dinosaur could have gobbled up three six-year-old children in one bite? Learn which one rammed its thumb into…

Synopsis: Library Media Connection Editor's Choice Award Imagine starring in commercials and traveling in your own campaign bus! Or seeing your face on bumper stickers and T-shirts! If you ran for president, you would get to do these and other fun things, but you would also have to do a lot of hard work. You would study the nation's problems, tell the American people about your platform, select a running mate, and debate your opponents on live…

Synopsis: FrogsFrogs can jump thirty times their own body length, catch insects on the wing, and breathe underwater or on land. But they must always keep their skins wet. Read and find out why!

Synopsis: A chronological narrative of one of the most destructive storms in US history. Hurricane Katrina was one of the worst hurricanes the United States has ever experienced. At the Tenth Anniversary of this tragic event this child-friendly account investigates the science behind the storm. A time line of events describes the lead-up to the hurricane, the subsequent floods and subsiding waters, and the rescue operations. Heroes and survivors tell…

Synopsis: The state of Florida comes to life in this illustrated journey through its amazing history, geography, and landmarks. Kids will learn fascinating facts about everything that makes Florida the unique state it is, from Cape Canaveral and the Space Shuttle to the white-sand beaches of the coast, the alligators of the Everglades, and, of course, Disney World. All of Florida?s natural and man-made wonders are discussed and delightfully illustrated in…

Synopsis: An easy-to-read biography of one of the NFL's hottest stars! It's Tebow Time! With an incredible amount of talent and the ability to win huge games, Tim Tebow is the player that every football fan is talking about. Follow Tim from his early high school years, his highly successful college career, through his recent trade to theNew York Jets in this easy-to-read story filled with photographs and fun facts.

Synopsis: With inspiring and educational stories, Scholastic's Hello Reader seriescaters to the spectrum of reading abilities among beginning readers. MyFirst Hello Readers use basic words to reinforce phonics and sight vocabulary. The books at this level offer punch-out flash cards plus sixadditional pages of skill-building activities. Levels 1 - 4 combine a greater vocabulary and longer sentence length. Each book has an introductory letter from an…

Synopsis: Thousands of years ago, the first people to arrive on American soil traveled across a land bridge from Asia to what is now Alaska. Millions of people were already settled when Christopher Columbus "rediscovered" America in 1492. New about the "new" world soon spread, and more people arrived on American shores. The trans-atlantic journey was long and arduous, but by 1700, French, English, Spanish, Portuguese and Dutch colonies had been…

Synopsis: What goes up must come down. Everybody knows that. But what is it that pulls everything from rocks to rockets toward the center of the earth? It's gravity. Nobody can say exactly what it is, but gravity is there, pulling on everything, all the time. With the help of an adventurous scientist and his fun-loving dog, you can read and find out about this mysterious force.

Synopsis: "World War II, October 21, 1942. A B-17 bomber drones high over the Pacific Ocean, sending a desperate SOS into the air. The crew is carrying America's greatest living war hero on a secret mission deep into the battle zone. But the plane is lost, burning through its final gallons of fuel. At 1:30 p.m., there is only one choice left: an emergency landing at sea. If the crew survives the impact, they will be left stranded without food or water…

Synopsis: This third picture book starring the beloved Miss Bindergarten takes a look at what happens when everyone's favorite kindergarten teacher gets sick. On Monday, Miss Bindergarten stays home from kindergarten. And on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, some other students stay home sick, too. Her kids help out the substitute teacher, Mr. Tusky, and by the end of the week they receive a joyous surprise -- Miss Bindergarten (and everyone else) is back…

Synopsis: "Meet different kinds of snakes! Find out where they live and what they do. Through engaging text features, such as the vocabulary tree and the wrap-up activity, kids will be introduced to vocabulary in concept groups--helping them make connections between words and expanding their understanding of the world"--

Synopsis: A Level 1 reader with picture clue riddles and search-and-find fun!I spy a brand-new reader all about a treasure hunt!All-new, easy-to-read riddles by Jean Marzollo are paired with fun photographs culled from the bestselling I SPY TREASURE HUNT to create the fifth I Spy reader in the Scholastic Reader series. With rhythm, rhyme, and picture clues, this book is written to support the newest reader.The first three I Spy Readers have combined sales…

Synopsis: This Level 1 book is appropriate for children who are just beginning to read. A young dolphin's life is full of adventure! He wants to explore, but danger lurks! Can he escape the killer whale? For children who are just beginning to read and who have a limited vocabulary, these 32-page Level 1 books-about everything from tadpoles to puppies-use word repetition and simple sentences to convey meaning. Picture dictionary boxes with word labels "…

Synopsis: In Knots on a Counting Rope, Bill Martin, Jr. and John Archambault tell a poignant story about a boy’s emerging confidence in facing his blindness in this beautiful children’s picture book illustrated by Ted Rand.By the warmth of a campfire beneath a starry night sky, a Navajo youth named Boy-Strength-of-Blue-Horses listens to the tale of his birth from his grandfather. Although blind, the boy learns that he has the strength to cope with his…

Synopsis: Even from an early age, Marie Curie had an interest in science. She became the first woman to ever win a Nobel Prize -- and she was the first person to ever win two of them!

Synopsis: A young prairie farm girl records her summer adventures in a diary.

Synopsis: "One day five monkeys ran away from the San Francisco Zoo. Will the zoo keepers ever find them? What will happen to those smart little monkeys?"--Cover [p. 4]