Grade 5
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What to Do When Your Temper Flares, 2nd Edition: A Kid's Guide to Overcoming Problems With Anger
From the Series What-to-Do Guides for Kids
Can kids learn to tame their temper? Yes—and this workbook shows them how! Anger can feel like a fire—hot, fast, and hard to control. For kids, those fiery feelings can lead to outbursts,… Read More →
What to Do When You Worry Too Much, 2nd Edition: A Kid's Guide to Overcoming Anxiety
From the Series What-to-Do Guides for Kids
Can kids learn to shrink their worries? Yes—and this workbook shows them how! Worries can feel like weeds—once they start growing, they can take over everything. For kids, those worries can… Read More →
What to Expect When You're Expecting Hatchlings: A Guide for Crocodilian Parents (and Curious Kids)
From the Series Expecting Animal Babies
Congratulations, crocodilian parents-to-be! You have little ones on the way. They're called hatchlings. Read this book to find out where to lay your eggs, how you'll know when the babies are… Read More →
What to Expect When You're Expecting Joeys: A Guide for Marsupial Parents (and Curious Kids)
From the Series Expecting Animal Babies
Congratulations, marsupial parents-to-be! You're about to meet your tiny bundles of joy. They're called joeys. Some are as small as a grain of rice when they're born! Read this book to find… Read More →
What to Expect When You're Expecting Larvae: A Guide for Insect Parents (and Curious Kids)
From the Series Expecting Animal Babies
Congratulations, insect parents-to-be! You’re about to meet your squirmy, wormy bundles of joy. They’re called larvae. Read this book to find out where to lay your eggs, how many babies to… Read More →
What Was the Continental Congress?: And Other Questions about the Declaration of Independence
From the Series Six Questions of American History
In September 1774, American colonial leaders gathered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. From New Hampshire to Georgia, colonists were angry about the taxes they were forced to pay to Great… Read More →
What Was the Missouri Compromise?: And Other Questions about the Struggle over Slavery
From the Series Six Questions of American History
When the Missouri Territory applied for statehood in 1818, the United States had an equal number of free states and slave states. The territory's leaders wanted Missouri to be a slave state.… Read More →
Wheels and Axles
From the Series Early Bird Physics
Of the six simple machines, the wheel and axle is probably the most recognized. But how does it help you work? Simple and fun experiments illustrate the basic concepts explained in the text… Read More →
When Did Columbus Arrive in the Americas?: And Other Questions about Columbus's Voyages
From the Series Six Questions of American History
In the late 1400s, Christopher Columbus was sure he could find a trade route from Spain to the Far East by sailing west across the Atlantic Ocean. On his first voyage, he landed on an island… Read More →
When Did George Washington Fight His First Military Battle?: And Other Questions about the French and Indian War
From the Series Six Questions of American History
When George Washington was twenty-two years old, he served as an officer in the British colonial army. He helped Great Britain in its struggle against France for control of North America.… Read More →
When Lightnin' Struck
It’s 1928 in Odessa, Texas, and eleven-year-old James is struggling to find his purpose in life and to uncover a family secret. With his father struck dead by lightning and his mother in… Read More →
When Lunch Fights Back: Wickedly Clever Animal Defenses
The octopus spies a nice, tasty mantis shrimp. It swims over for a closer look at the small creature. Then—WHAM!—the mantis shrimp strikes a nasty blow with its hammer-like forelimb. The… Read More →
When Nature Attacks — Library Bound Hardcover Set
From the Series When Nature Attacks
Nature can be ruthless. Explore the science behind the worst disasters to have hit the planet, including how they happen, what the environmental impact is, and how technological advancements… Read More →
When Plants Attack: Strange and Terrifying Plants
In the wild, it's eat or be eaten. Each living thing is on a mission to survive another day—including plants. And the measures they take can be downright deadly for those that come too… Read More →
When the River Ran Backward
From the Series Adventures in Time
Fifteen-year-old Laurel Mawston has just moved to the Mississippi River town of New Madrid with her parents and brother when disaster strikes. A series of terrible earthquakes devastate New… Read More →
When the Sun Shines on Antarctica: And Other Poems about the Frozen Continent
Experience summer like you've never experienced it before by traveling to Antarctica with evocative poetry. Icebergs brighten as the sky peels itself of darkness and stretches awake. . .… Read More →
When Were the First Slaves Set Free during the Civil War?: And Other Questions about the Emancipation Proclamation
From the Series Six Questions of American History
When Abraham Lincoln became president in March 1861, the United States was on the brink of the Civil War. Six states had already left the Union. The North and the South fought over the… Read More →
When You Look Out the Window: How Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin Built a Community
When You Look Out the Window tells the story of Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin, one of San Francisco's most well-known and politically active lesbian couples. Describing the view from Phyllis… Read More →
Where Are the Women?: The Girl Scouts' Campaign for the First Statue of Women in Central Park
When a group of New York City Girl Scouts learn in 2016 that there are no statues of women in Central Park, they organize and combine forces in a quest to change that shocking fact. The… Read More →
Where Did Sacagawea Join the Corps of Discovery?: And Other Questions about the Lewis and Clark Expedition
From the Series Six Questions of American History
When President Thomas Jefferson purchased the Louisiana Territory in 1803, the size of the United States almost doubled. Suddenly, the country stretched from the Atlantic Ocean all the way to Read More →
White Fang
From the Series First Avenue Classics ™
White Fang, a wolf-dog mix, grows up in a village in Canada's Yukon Territory. Shunned by other dogs because of his wolf blood, he learns to defend himself and becomes a vicious killer. When… Read More →
White Privilege: Deal with it in all fairness
From the Series Lorimer Deal With It
For some kids, ways they can help eliminate racial injustice might be hard to see. After all, they are taught that people in society are all equal under the law. So why then does racial… Read More →
Who Else in History? (Alternator Books ®) — Library Bound Hardcover Set
From the Series Who Else in History? (Alternator Books ®)
Celebrate the women, people of color, and other hidden figures in history and science who are often overlooked. Features help introduce readers to important figures and to hear from the… Read More →
Who Invented the Airplane?: Wright Brothers vs. Whitehead
From the Series STEM Smackdown (Alternator Books ® )
Do you know who invented the airplane? Most Americans believe it was Wilbur and Orville Wright. But what if that's not true? What if a German immigrant named Gustave Whitehead beat the… Read More →