Nonfiction

This book in the Urban Legends: Don't Read Alone! series explores the creepy history of the Bloody Mary legend. Are you brave enough to read it alone? Written with a high interest level to appeal to a more mature audience and a lower level of complexity...

Take a look at the world's weirdest nature stories--from fire rainbows to ghost trees. These stories are too strange to be made up! Written with a high interest level to appeal to a more mature audience and a lower level of complexity with clear visuals...

Take a look at the world's weirdest, most epic fails. These stories are too strange to be made up! Written with a high interest level to appeal to a more mature audience and a lower level of complexity with clear visuals to help struggling readers along...

Take a look at the world's stupidest criminals--from the banana gunman to the market bandits. These stories are too strange to be made up! Written with a high interest level to appeal to a more mature audience and a lower level of complexity with clear...

Take a look at the world's weirdest inventions--from the Goofybike to fart filters. These stories are too strange to be made up! Written with a high interest level to appeal to a more mature audience and a lower level of complexity with clear visuals to...

Take a look at the world's weirdest cures--from snake oil to maggots. These stories are too strange to be made up! Written with a high interest level to appeal to a more mature audience and a lower level of complexity with clear visuals to help...

Take a look at the world's weirdest sports--from worm charming to yak skiing. These stories are too strange to be made up! Written with a high interest level to appeal to a more mature audience and a lower level of complexity with clear visuals to help...

Take a look at the world's weirdest food--from bugs to Rocky Mountain oysters. These stories are too strange to be made up! Written with a high interest level to appeal to a more mature audience and a lower level of complexity with clear visuals to help...

Board Game Tournament guides students as they conceive and set up their own board game tournament for their friends and community. The considerate text includes easy-to-follow lists and will hold the readers' interest, allowing for successful mastery and...

Improv Show guides students as they conceive and set up their own improv show for their friends and community. The considerate text includes easy-to-follow lists and will hold the readers' interest, allowing for successful mastery and comprehension...

Neighborhood Cleanup guides students as they conceive and set up a neighborhood cleanup with their friends and community. The considerate text includes easy-to-follow lists and will hold the readers' interest, allowing for successful mastery and...

Documentary Film guides students as they conceive and create their own documentary film for their friends and community. The considerate text includes easy-to-follow lists and will hold the readers' interest, allowing for successful mastery and...

This book relays the factual details of the Tucson shooting in 2011 and gun control through three different perspectives. The narrative provides multiple accounts of the event, and readers learn details through the point of view of an eyewitness, NRA...

This book relays the factual details of the BP oil spill through three different perspectives. The narrative provides multiple accounts of the event, and readers learn details through the point of view of an online investigator, California student, and...

This book relays the factual details of the invention of Facebook in 2004 through three different perspectives. The narrative provides multiple accounts of the event, and readers learn details through the point of view of a Harvard student, Harvard...

This book relays the factual details of the 2014 polar vortex and climate change through three different perspectives. The narrative provides multiple accounts of the event, and readers learn details through the point of view of a college student, New...

This book relays the factual details of the Columbia space shuttle explosion through three different perspectives. The narrative provides multiple accounts of the event, and readers learn details through the point of view of a WRDY news reporter,...

This book relays the factual details of the 2008 presidential election through three different perspectives. The narrative provides multiple accounts of the event, and readers learn details through the point of view of an Obama volunteer, U.S. Army...

This book relays the factual details of Hurricane Katrina through three different perspectives. The narrative provides multiple accounts of the event, and readers learn details through the point of view of a storm survivor, Coast Guard officer, and...

This book relays the factual details of September 11 through three different perspectives. The narrative provides multiple accounts of the event, and readers learn details through the point of view of a New York Muslim student, NYFD firefighter, and...

The My Itty-Bitty Bio series are biographies for the earliest readers. This book examines the life of Frida Kahlo in a simple, age-appropriate way that will help children develop word recognition and reading skills. Includes a timeline and other...

The My Itty-Bitty Bio series are biographies for the earliest readers. This book examines the life of John Muir in a simple, age-appropriate way that will help children develop word recognition and reading skills. Includes a timeline and other...

Everybody cries! In this picture book, children learn how crying can help them and ways to cope with challenging feelings. Everyone cries. Sometimes the tears are happy ones; often, though, they come from sadness or frustration. "If you're sad or upset,...

Teach kids that teasing animals isn't nice, they can choose to be kind to animals, and it's important to ask before touching someone's pet. Pets may not have words, but they can communicate. Paying attention to an animal's cues--a joyful bark, a scary...

Children learn boundaries and safety when using screens, and fun things to do when screens are off. As important as screens are in our lives, we all need to unplug, especially children. This reassuring English-Spanish bilingual picture book offers...

Learn how to avoid developing a bad reputation or revealing too much personal information on the internet. This book will challenge students' prior knowledge of Internet safety and help them adopt better habits, both academically and personally. By...

Dozer the Goldendoodle has a wonderful life! He and his best friend, Chica, belong to a loving family. They have warm beds to sleep in, enough food to eat, and plenty of room in their yard to play and investigate. What more could a good dog want? As it...

Without a sliver of doubt, language and literacy are to be revered by book lovers both young and old. But alas, the technology age is firmly upon us all--both young and old. Nearly 85% of American adults own cell phones and most of them send and receive...

Voices for Freedom contains three stories focusing on the Underground Railroad and the 1963 Freedom March on Washington. Stories are Friend on Freedom River, Riding to Washington, and The Listeners.In Friend on Freedom River, written by Gloria Whelan,...

Ten Halloween-related topics are presented in a rhyming riddle format with illustrated clues and answers. Costume, candy, and black cat are included in this board book.

Children will enjoy recording their thoughts and memories in this interactive travel journal. Colorful artwork and clever text help prompt creative contributions from budding writers and artists. What's inside? Lined pages for writing; Blank pages for...

The My Itty-Bitty Bio series are biographies for the earliest readers. This book examines the life of civil rights hero Fred Korematsu, a Japanese American who stood up for other Japanese Americans during World War II, in a simple, age-appropriate way...

The My Itty-Bitty Bio series are biographies for the earliest readers. This book examines the life of Hawaiian Patsy Mink, the first Asian American woman elected to Congress, in a simple, age-appropriate way that helps children develop word recognition...

The My Itty-Bitty Bio series are biographies for the earliest readers. This book examines the life of Larry "Seven Fingers" Itliong, a Filipino American labor organizer, in a simple, age-appropriate way that helps children develop word recognition and...

The My Itty-Bitty Bio series are biographies for the earliest readers. This book examines the life of political and social activist Grace Lee Boggs, a Chinese American author and revolutionary, in a simple, age-appropriate way that helps children develop...

The My Itty-Bitty Bio series are biographies for the earliest readers. This book examines the life of physicist Jerry C. Elliott High Eagle, one of the first Native Americans to work at NASA, in a simple, age-appropriate way that helps children develop...

The My Itty-Bitty Bio series are biographies for the earliest readers. This book examines the life of Maria Tallchief, the first Native American major prima ballerina, in a simple, age-appropriate way that helps children develop word recognition and...

The My Itty-Bitty Bio series are biographies for the earliest readers. This book examines the life of Deb Haaland, the first confirmed Native American Cabinet secretary, in a simple, age-appropriate way that helps children develop word recognition and...

The Racial Justice in America: Histories series explores moments and eras in America's history that have been ignored or misrepresented in education due to racial bias. Atrocities in Action explores the various forms of violent and cruel oppression Black...

The Racial Justice in America: Histories series explores moments and eras in America's history that have been ignored or misrepresented in education due to racial bias. Jim Crow and Policing explores the unjust laws and law enforcement policies Black...