Intermediate

Look! The sky is getting cloudy. Does that mean light rain, a thunderstorm, or just an overcast day? Dylan hopes their soccer game won't be rained out. Bel the Weather Girl helps her friends… Read More →

How often do people say, 'It depends on the weather?' Alternative arrangements must be made if conditions are unsuitable for planned activities. Cancellation, postponement or change of venue… Read More →

Math is everywhere when it comes to the weather! See what's brewing inside this book—and how we need math to finish the forecast! You'll need your math smarts to measure the temperature,… Read More →

Robots help us understand our weather and climate. Some fly into storms to measure wind. Others dive into the ocean to learn about weather patterns. And some drive across frigid polar regions Read More →

Hanging in a tree in a scorching-hot desert is a large, messy, grassy structure that looks like. . . . a haystack! This unusual nest may look rather untidy, but it has been carefully built… Read More →

Reuben Webb is going to fill in Froggy Pond, and he won’t let anything—or anyone—get in his way. The Outfit is desperate to save the pond and its wildlife, and they plan to stop Webb—at any… Read More →

Have you ever wondered how the vehicles on a car carrier are attached to the truck? Maybe you've wondered how the cars, vans, or other vehicles on the top deck got up there! And have you… Read More →

Meet the men and women who drive concrete mixer trucks and deliver this essential substance to construction sites. Learn about the machinery that perfectly mixes rocky material, sand,… Read More →

They're big. They're tough. And when rocks, sand, gravel, or dirt need moving, they’re the perfect truck for the job! In this book, readers will discover all about dump trucks and the men… Read More →

As evening comes, the cows on a dairy farm are being milked. Standing by is a milk tanker truck and its driver. Gallons of milk are loaded onto the truck, then the driver faces a long,… Read More →

When you need to move a yacht, a building, a train carriage, a wind turbine, or even a space shuttle, who do you call? An oversize load truck driver and their supersize truck! In this… Read More →

Without tanker truck drivers, there would be no cars, vans, trucks, or buses on the road. Tanker truck drivers are the men and women who deliver fuel to gas stations and other places where… Read More →

A little boy and girl find a seed. They play with it, but it doesn’t grow. Listening to the voice of nature, they learn to plant it in the earth, water it, and watch it sprout, growing bigger Read More →

By some estimates, 25 percent of young people in the United States are either overweight or obese, a figure that has doubled in the last 30 years. In that time, the physical activities in our Read More →

Zero in on the lives of some of the world's most unusual sharks, including the gruesome goblin shark and the funny-faced wobbegong. You'll discover... which shark has a cookie cutter… Read More →

What do pangolins and peacock spiders have in common? They are weird! But weird can mean many different things. Pangolins are mammals, but sometimes people think they are reptiles because of… Read More →

Sniffing armpits. Scuba diving for golf balls. Building secret passageways. For some lucky people, these strange tasks are all in a day's work. Want to learn about the men and women who… Read More →

There are many weird places around the world. But weird can mean many different things! In Australia, the water of a certain lake is always pink. The US is home to an ice cream graveyard and… Read More →

Have you ever seen grass growing underwater? What about a group of succulents that look like stones? Whether deep underwater or far out in the desert, weird plants grow all over the world.… Read More →

Space keeps expanding, and so does the weirdness that fills it. There are many ways space can be considered weird! On Venus, it rains acid. Uranus spins on its side. Astronauts can grow… Read More →

What makes a sport weird? Sports might seem weird because they combine many sports into one game. Maybe people compete underwater or in other unusual places. Or a sport might take familiar… Read More →