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The world is full of beautiful bird species! This low-level title helps young readers explore birds on every continent, including body parts, behaviors, and more. Narrative nonfiction text combines with bright illustrations to explore different kinds of birds, while a sidebar summarizes important information and questions encourage readers to think about what they have read. This engaging book is a brilliant choice for budding bird enthusiasts!
2) Baby Pandas
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Baby pandas start out tiny and pink. But, they grow into fuzzy cubs that love to play! Readers can follow the lives of panda cubs with this easy-to-read text. Predictable sentence structures and crisp photos introduce how pandas play and what they eat, while special features highlight their life stages and daily activities. This cute book will be hard to resist for beginning readers!
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From lizards and snakes to turtles and crocodiles, the world of reptiles is fascinating. In this nonfiction title for young readers, colorful illustrations and narrative text introduce readers to several remarkable reptiles from around the world. A special feature puts important information about reptiles in one place, while questions encourage readers to think about what they've learned. Young readers will enjoy this fun text about reptiles!
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Get ready to explore some of the world's most interesting frogs, salamanders, and more! This nonfiction title introduces the world of amphibians through engaging narrative text and colorful illustrations. Readers will learn about the animals' body parts, habitats, and more. A sidebar puts important information in one place, while questions encourage readers to think about what they've learned. This fun title will inspire readers to appreciate awesome...
5) Zoologist
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Zoologists care for animals in many different ways. In this title, leveled text and colorful images help emerging readers explore how zoologists help people understand animals, what zoologists do on the job, and more. Additional features highlight a well-known zoologist, explore how the career uses STEM, show the steps to become a zoologist, and more!
6) Tornadoes
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Dark clouds form overhead. Strong winds blow debris across the yard, and a loud, droning siren pierces the air. Time to seek shelter: a tornado has been spotted! This low-level title introduces readers to the power of tornadoes, including engaging text and photos to show the destructive strength of these natural disasters. Special features including a Tornado Alley map, a tornado formation diagram, and an Enhanced Fujita scale will blow readers away!...
7) Hurricanes
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Batten down the hatches! A hurricane is on the move. These powerful storms start in the ocean, but they quickly make their way to the coast. Their winds turn debris into dangerous projectiles. Their rains cause flooding in low-lying areas. But can this damage be prevented? This low-level title introduces readers to hurricanes, including how they form, how meteorologists predict them, and what damage they cause to affected areas. Special features such...
8) Blizzards
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Whipping wind blows snow into tall drifts across the road. Will cars be able to pass? This dilemma is just one effect of the powerful storms discussed in this low-level title. Engaging text and vibrant photos combine to tell readers how blizzards form, how they are forecast, and what damage they can cause. Special features such as a map, a formation diagram, a windchill chart, and a notable blizzard profile add to readers' understanding of this brutal...
9) Tsunamis
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A tall wave speeds towards shore. As it approaches, it grows even bigger. A tsunami is near! These huge ocean waves cause immense destruction. But how do they form? Can they be prevented? This low-level text answers those questions and more using engaging text, vibrant photos, and descriptive photo labels. Additional features such as a map, a formation diagram, an intensity scale, and a tsunami profile give readers an even closer look at this natural...
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From smartphones to satellites, electrical engineers have helped create much of the technology we use today! Leveled text and vibrant images will introduce readers to electrical engineers and the work they do. Readers will also encounter special features that highlight a famous engineer, showcase examples of electrical engineering in real life, and explain how electrical engineers use STEM to help power the world!
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Many people are familiar with Pluto, but what about the other dwarf planets in our solar system? This nonfiction title takes beginning readers to the solar system's different dwarf planets. Narrative text and playful illustrations identify what makes each one unique, and fun facts add bonus information. A special feature includes moons and size rankings, while questions encourage readers to think beyond the text. This fun title takes young readers...
12) Baby Ducks
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Fuzzy ducklings follow mom to find food, water, and safe places to sleep! This beginning title highlights the activities of baby ducks as they learn to swim and find food on their own. Simple text and bright photos introduce the ducklings, while special features lay out the birds' life stages and activities. Readers will enjoy following these fuzzy friends as they follow mom!
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Do you know what lies in the asteroid belt? This nonfiction title takes curious readers on a journey to this rocky part of the solar system. Narrative text combines with vibrant illustrations to teach about asteroids and the other objects in the belt. Fun facts and features add bonus information, while questions encourage readers to think about what they have learned and connect more with the text. This low-level title is sure to be a hit for kids...
14) Earthquakes
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The world starts shaking. Cups and plates rattle in cupboards. Books fall off of shelves. It's an earthquake! These natural disasters do billions of dollars' worth of damage every year. But scientists still cannot predict them. This low-level text introduces how earthquakes form, the damage they cause, and how their damage can be prevented. Special features such as a map, a formation diagram, and a Richter scale chart introduce the key concepts of...
15) Volcanoes
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A volcano explodes to life! Lava shoots into the air. A plume of smoke and ash is visible for miles around. But why did the volcano erupt? This low-level title uses engaging text and colorful photos to bring readers up close to these powerful natural disasters. Readers will learn why volcanoes erupt, what damage they cause, and how eruptions are predicted. Special features including a map, an eruption diagram, an eruption severity chart, and a profile...
16) Comets
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What has a nucleus, coma, and two tails? Why, a comet, of course! The wonder and mystery of comets has excited humans for centuries, and they continue to provide valuable information about the solar system and the creation of the galaxy. This title will introduce striving readers to comets with thought-provoking information, fascinating facts, and engaging images.
17) Asteroids
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About 120,000 pounds of space dust falls to Earth every day. All of this dust comes from asteroids! Asteroids are chunks of rock and metal that orbit around the sun, but some venture near Earth from outside the solar system. Through detailed photos and fact-filled graphics, this title introduces readers to the phenomenon of asteroids.
18) Galaxies
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On the darkest of nights, the white sparkle spanning the sky provides a glimpse at the far reaches of the Milky Way galaxy. But there are trillions more just in the observable universe! This title allows readers to explore these collections of stars, planets, and space debris that span across light-years of space.
19) Planets
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In 2014, exoplanet Kepler-186f was found in the habitable zone of its system's star. It is just one of 40 discovered exoplanets providing information about the potential for life outside Earth. From masses of rock to gas and ice giants, planets can tell us a lot about the rest of the universe. This title takes readers through the beginnings of these celestial bodies, why we study them, and much more!
20) Earth
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Earth is the only home humans have ever known. But there is so much to learn about it! From what the planet is made of to how it likely formed, this informative title will take readers on a journey around the blue planet. Through fact-filled text, special features, and plenty of fun facts, readers will learn all about Earth's place in the universe!