"Engaging images accompany information about rockets. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 2 through 7"--

For more than 50 years, humans have been exploring space. How do we get there? Why do we go? And where will we go next? Discover the wonders of space flight from the past, present, and far into the future.

In this creative nonfiction work, just after learning that Earth's scientists no longer consider him a planet, an unhappy Pluto takes a visitor from Earth on a tour of the solar system, sharing facts along the way.

Playful otters are some of the most high-interest animals in the zoo and in the wild. Finding out about otters while also learning about odd and even numbers makes math seem like play. The concept of odd and even is an important one in the elementary math curriculum. Readers will be motivated to count the otters in the colorful photographs and figure out if the sums are odd or even. Math questions are paired with an answer key for easy self-assessment....

Publisher Annotation: Once there was a bridge and a terrible and VERY hungry troll lived underneath it. When the three Billy Goats Gruff decide to clip-clop across the bridge to get to the grassy ridge, the troll is already imagining all the way to prepare a delicious goat dinner. But the troll underestimates those seemingly sweet but oh-so-savvy goats!

Explains how apples were brought to America, how they grow, their traditional uses and cultural significance, and some of the varieties grown.

"This book takes a very simple look at the Brachiosaurus dinosaur, examining what it looked like, what it ate, how it behaved, and its special skills and features such as its very long neck. The book also discusses how we know about Brachiosaurus today, showing where fossils are found and how scientists put them together."--

Money and keeping track of spending are vital life skills as well as math standards. This curriculum-based book uses an entertaining setting, a zoo, and an appealing narrative to introduce and strengthen readers understanding of money concepts. Readers will be delighted by the many animals featured throughout, as well as the fun facts revealed about them. The cheerful text is accompanied by questions about coin values and addition with money, which...

Word problems are a major part of the elementary school curriculum. When word problems are paired with enlightening information about wolves, they become a major source of fun, too. This valuable book combines a high-interest topic, wolves, with accessible word problems that will motivate young mathematicians to tackle each problem, while an answer key provides assessment opportunities. Readers will especially love the many striking photographs of...