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Veterans Day
From the Series On My Own Holidays
Veteran’s Day is a day set aside to thank the men and women who risk their lives protecting America. Each year on November 11, we celebrate what they have done for our country. Learn more… Read More →
Water
From the Series First Step Nonfiction — What Earth is Made Of
A basic overview of water. Color photographs reflect the short, easy-to-understand sentences that improve vocabulary and comprehension. Read More →
What Color Is It?
From the Series First Step Nonfiction — Properties of Matter
This book teaches students about one way objects can be described and compared. Color photos accompany the simple sentences on each page. Read More →
Windy
From the Series First Step Nonfiction — Kinds of Weather
A basic introduction to what you see on a windy day. Read More →
A Giraffe Calf Grows Up
From the Series Baby Animals
Hobbs is a giraffe calf. He is growing up in a wild animal park with his mother. When he was born, he was 6 feet tall! He drinks his mother’s milk and slowly grows up until he can run, play,… Read More →
A Koala Joey Grows Up
From the Series Baby Animals
Mel is a koala joey. She is growing up in a park in Australia. She likes to ride on her mother’s belly. In less than a year, she grows from a tiny pink baby living in her mother’s pouch into… Read More →
A Penguin Chick Grows Up
From the Series Baby Animals
Obie is a penguin chick. He is growing up in a zoo on Tuxedo Island. Obie’s father feeds him digested fish. He shuffles his heavy webbed feet and waddles. When he’s older, he grows new… Read More →
Beyond Little Women: A Story about Louisa May Alcott
From the Series Creative Minds Biographies
More than a century after Louisa May Alcott wrote them, classics such as Little Women, Little Men, and Jo’s Boys continue to be read and treasured by readers around the world. Alcott began… Read More →
Father of the Constitution: A Story about James Madison
From the Series Creative Minds Biographies
James Madison loved to debate--as long as he wasn't in public! Painfully shy, Madison was content to listen and absorb ideas rather than to speak them. But when he saw a newly independent… Read More →
Fighting for Equal Rights: A Story about Susan B. Anthony
From the Series Creative Minds Biographies
Born a Quaker, Susan B. Anthony grew up being taught that women were equal to men. During her lifetime, she was a teacher, a newspaperwoman, and an activist. She worked to further many causes Read More →
From Cement to Bridge
From the Series Start to Finish
How is a bridge built? Cement is mixed with water and rocks to make concrete. The concrete is poured into holes and into blocks that are stacked to make a bridge. Once fences and lights are… Read More →
Garbage Trucks
From the Series Pull Ahead Books — Mighty Movers
Garbage trucks can weigh as much as five elephants. They can pick up garbage from 400 to 500 houses before they are full. That’s a lot of trash! Read More →
Helicopters
From the Series Pull Ahead Books — Mighty Movers
Helicopters can fly very fast, they can even hover in one place, and land in very small areas. There are helicopters that work for news crews, the police and hospitals. Read More →
I Have Not Yet Begun to Fight: A Story about John Paul Jones
From the Series Creative Minds Biographies
The Father of the U.S. Navy, John Paul Jones spent most of his lifetime trying to prove his ideas about naval tactics and training. Born in Scotland, he chose a life of adventure as a sea… Read More →
Maker of Machines: A Story about Eli Whitney
From the Series Creative Minds Biographies
Eli Whitney’s love of inventing and pondering new ideas made him one of America’s greatest inventors. Best known for inventing the cotton gin, one of the most important American inventions of Read More →
Saving the Liberty Bell
From the Series On My Own History
Eleven-year-old Johnny Mickley longed to be a hero and have some part in helping America gain its independence. The British Army was just miles away from colonial Philadelphia, planning to… Read More →
The Star-Spangled Banner
From the Series On My Own History
It was September 14, 1814, and America and Great Britain were at war. Francis Scott Key watched from the deck of a British ship, where he was being held captive, as cannons exploded around… Read More →
Uncommon Revolutionary: A Story about Thomas Paine
From the Series Creative Minds Biographies
Thomas Paine believed that American liberty was not only possible but worth dying for. He was dissatisfied with his quiet life until he traveled to the American colonies. There, the cause of… Read More →
Willie McLean and the Civil War Surrender
From the Series On My Own History
Eleven-year-old Willie McLean knows that General Lee will defeat the Yankees and win the Civil War, he just knows it. When a battle moves to the fields near his home in Appomattox, Virginia, Read More →
Black
From the Series First Step Nonfiction — Colors
Introduces the color black with familiar objects that are black. Read More →
Blue
From the Series First Step Nonfiction — Colors
Introduces the color blue with familiar objects that are blue. Read More →
Bronco Charlie and the Pony Express
From the Series On My Own History
Bronco Charlie longs for a life of adventure. By the time he turned eleven, he’d been a sailor, a cowboy, and could tame wild bucking broncos. But Charlie was always itching for new… Read More →
Brown
From the Series First Step Nonfiction — Colors
Introduces the color brown with familiar objects that are brown. Read More →
Circle
From the Series First Step Nonfiction — Shapes
This book is a basic introduction to the circle. Read More →