Juan's family is forced to flee their home when a giant volcano erupts in their town! As the family heads for a nearby shelter, they are worried about Juan's father who works at the bottom of the mountain. Featuring colorful, full-page illustrations and large font, this book will have young readers captivated by this engaging, heart-warming story of a family who manages to stay together despite an unfortunate natural disaster.
Lizzie is a young girl who wants to be a pilot someday. When she finds out how much math, science, and research she must do to become a pilot, Lizzie works harder than ever to learn all she can so that she can achieve her dream. She even reads books about pilots and astronauts like Amelia Earhart, Sally Ride, and Bessie Coleman. With fanciful illustrations and large font, readers will be intrigued and inspired while reading about a young girl who will stop at nothing to achieve her goal.
Palaki the penguin blogs his journey as he tries to swim south, but swims in the wrong direction and ends up in New Zealand! Luckily, a group of humans at the Wellington Zoo nurse Palaki back to health and help him make his journey back home to Antarctica. Readers will have fun reading this exciting story told through blog posts. Children will be exposed to blogging while learning the importance of nurturing wildlife.
A family of aliens are passing the time on a ride through space by investigating facts about Earth. Follow along as the young aliens learn how much water is on Earth, how many people live there, and what keeps them from falling right off the surface! Readers will be entertained by the silly answers these aliens give as they guess the answers to questions about Earth. Through colorful, cartoon-like illustrations and easy-to-read font, readers will be engaged as they learn about planet Earth!
Next time you're having a bad day or don't want to clean your room, call one of the superheroes in this book! These amazing superheroes can help you with everything from carrying your heavy backpack to helping you fall asleep each night. This hilarious book features a new imaginary superhero on each page, complete with descriptions and lively illustrations to showcase each superhero's unique expertise. Young readers will be entertained as they read the fun and exciting advertisements for each silly superhero.
Follow Opal on a treasure hunt through the science museum to find her birthday surprise. As Opal and her friends open each clue, readers will have the chance to guess the answers, which are hidden at the bottom of each page. Children can test their scientific knowledge and learn something new with each clue as Opal gets closer to her birthday surprise. With colorful illustrations and easy-to-read font, readers will have a fun reading experience as they join Opal to the end of her treasure hunt.
Amelia and her family are taking a road trip to Yosemite National Park. They use the trusty GPS to lead the way, and they take wagers to see who can guess their time of arrival. After a couple of stops along the way, the family finally arrives in Yosemite Valley. But as they head for the cabins, they get lost! Discover what happens as they try to find their way to the cabin, and find out who guessed the right arrival time in the end. With easy-to-read text and beautiful illustrations of California's scenery, young readers will be engaged and entertained by this fun story of a family's road trip.
On the day of Ben's birthday, Mia buys a horse-shaped mold so that she can make Ben a present--a chocolate horse. On the way to the party, she stops to see her favorite neighborhood horse. While showing the horse the gift she made, he tries to eat the chocolate and her creation breaks in half! What will she give to Ben? With charming illustrations and large font, children will enjoy reading this fun story as they learn how things unexpectedly work out in the end.
This story, written through poetry, introduces children to the amazing building that Frank built in New York. Readers will enjoy reading about this magnificent place that has everything from schools, to pools, to homes. With delightful illustrations and engaging text, this book describes 8 Spruce Street, a 76-story skyscraper in New York City designed by architect Frank Gehry. Young readers will be inspired as they learn about spaces that engineers can create for the community.
Follow the adventures in a week in the life of Edward the Explorer! Through vivid, playful illustrations and simple text, beginning readers will be captivated and entertained as Edward dives, swims, climbs, and flies through the pages of this exciting book. Readers will get to practice the days of the week while Edward the Explorer describes what he does each day. Help early readers develop a love of reading with this brightly illustrated book.
Ashley is upset when her classmate, Madison, is much better at math than she is. Ashley's envy gets the best of her when she tells her classmates that the reason why Madison is so good at math is because she has a calculator implanted in her head! Young readers will be excited as they follow the mysterious story, the charming illustrations, and the tricky math problems to find out the truth behind Madison's math skills.
