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Tornadoes
From the Series Pull Ahead Books — Forces of Nature
How do tornadoes form? Where do tornadoes strike? How can you stay safe during a tornado? Read this book to discover the answers! Read More →
Tuberculosis, 2nd Edition
From the Series Twenty-First Century Medical Library
One of the deadliest diseases healthcare workers fight today, tuberculosis (often called TB) infects the lungs of one-third of the world’s population and kills about 2 million people a year.… Read More →
Volcanoes
From the Series Pull Ahead Books — Forces of Nature
What is a volcano? What happens when a volcano erupts? How can volcanoes be helpful? Read this book to discover the answers! Read More →
Weight and Health
From the Series Twenty-First Century Medical Library
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 →
Woolly Mammoths
From the Series On My Own Science
Mammoths roamed Earth for more than two million years. They lived in Europe, Asia, and North America. Then ten thousand years ago, the mammoths vanished. What caused them to die out?… Read More →
African Lions
From the Series Pull Ahead Books — Animals
Do you know. . . What lions eat? Where baby lions are born? How lions hunt? Read this book to discover the answers! Read More →
El calor (Heat)
From the Series Libros de energía para madrugadores (Early Bird Energy)
Why do some things heat up quickly while others don’t? How can heat cause matter to change form—from solid to liquid to gas and back again? Heat cannot be seen, but it can easily be felt.… Read More →
La luz (Light)
From the Series Libros de energía para madrugadores (Early Bird Energy)
Where does light come from? What do colors have to do with light? Light is a form of energy. Life on Earth is made possible because light from the sun carries heat to the earth. This book… Read More →
La materia (Matter)
From the Series Libros de energía para madrugadores (Early Bird Energy)
What is matter and where can it be found? Everything in the world is made of matter, whether it is a solid, a liquid, or a gas. Important ideas about matter such as volume, mass, and how… Read More →
Los imanes (Magnets)
From the Series Mi primer paso al mundo real — Fuerzas y movimiento (First Step Nonfiction — Forces and Motion)
Magnets have a North and South Pole. Just like the earth! That’s because the earth is a giant magnet. Learn more about magnets in this informative book. Read More →
Nature's Paintbox: A Seasonal Gallery of Art and Verse
How would you capture winter’s crispness, spring’s softness, summer’s freshness, and autumn’s richness? In this inspiring title, poet Patricia Thomas imagines each season rendered in a… Read More →
Real-Life Sea Monsters
From the Series On My Own Science
Long ago, sailors told tales about terrible monsters that lurked in the sea. Many of their stories may have been based on amazing—but real—sea creatures. Giant squid catch their food with… Read More →
Rockets
From the Series Space Innovations
The most futuristic of humankind’s inventions is also one of the oldest. Author Ron Miller tells the story of rockets, from their humble beginnings as toys one thousand years ago to their… Read More →
Saving the Whooping Crane
From the Series On My Own Science
Whooping cranes once lived all over North America. But by the 1940s, only one tiny flock was left. These beautiful birds were in danger of dying out. Scientists decided to start a second… Read More →
Space Exploration
From the Series Space Innovations
For hundreds of years scientists have sought and studied new worlds beyond Earth. Author Ron Miller describes the long, hard trek from the first tentative attempts to fly rocket-powered… Read More →
The Search for Antarctic Dinosaurs
From the Series On My Own Science
Rocks, ice, and snow. That is all Dr. William Hammer and his crew can see when they look at the land around them on Earth’s coldest continent. But on top of a mountain, the scientists… Read More →
Volcanoes
From the Series Early Bird Earth Science
This book introduces young readers to volcanoes—what they are, how they form, and how they affect people. Read More →
Ben Franklin's Big Shock
From the Series On My Own Science
Describes Ben Franklin’s interest in and experiments with electricity, what he learned about electricity, and his famous experiment with lightning. Read More →
Bending
From the Series First Step Nonfiction — Changing Matter
What can you bend? This low-leveled reader introduces children to reading. Read More →
Cooling
From the Series First Step Nonfiction — Changing Matter
What can you cool? This low-leveled reader introduces children to reading. Read More →
Dissolving
From the Series First Step Nonfiction — Changing Matter
What can you dissolve? This low-leveled reader introduces children to reading. Read More →
Earth's Outer Atmosphere: Bordering Space
From the Series Earth's Spheres
Earth’s outer atmosphere is the transition zone between the planet and outer space. This sphere begins at the upper levels of the atmosphere and stretches out thousands of miles from Earth.… Read More →
Fires
From the Series Disasters Up Close
Fire is one of the earth’s most devastating forces. Fire has many causes—from a stroke of lightning to a carelessly dropped match. And once a fierce blaze begins, it can swallow forests,… Read More →
Guess What Is Growing Inside This Egg
Crack, crack...animal babies are hatched all over the place. Can you figure out who's who? Watercolor and collage illustrations depict close-up scenes of an egg or eggs about to hatch. The… Read More →