Educational Nonfiction Books
Buzzy Bee Book for Kids
Buzzy Bee, reporting for duty! With this book on bees, kids can follow along with a honeybee and explore everything that happens inside a beehive and beyond. They’ll see amazing photos, learn what makes bees so unique, and learn all about the jobs bees do to keep the hive happy and healthy.
ISBN-10 : 1638074518
The Look and Find Out Series
Rainforest Animals
How do animals survive in the hot and steamy rain forest? They have special ways to hide from predators and scare them away, find food, and keep track of one another. Look at the pictures and find out how they do it!
Ocean Animals
What kind of animal stays safe by living in a dangerous place?
Desert Animals
How do animals survive in hot and dry deserts? Their bodies have special features to help them stay cool and find food and water. Look at the pictures and find out how they do it!
Polar Animals
What baby animal stands on an adult’s feet to stay warm?
Forest Animals
How do animals survive in forests where there are many predators, cold winters, and lots of plants? Their bodies have special features to help them hide, stay warm, and find food. Look at the pictures and find out how they do it!
Celebrating Champaign-Urbana History, Second Edition (2006)
Library of Author Biographies (2005)
Though she has written many other novels, Katherine Paterson is probably most well known for her Newbery Medal-winning novels Bridge to Terabithia and Jacob Have I Loved. This book details her interesting life as she lived in China and Japan, covering her journey as an author of over thirty beautifully written novels. This engaging book includes an exclusive interview with Paterson, extensive source notes, a timeline, a discussion of her writing process, lists of titles published and awards won, and selected reviews from School Library Journal.
Cynthia Rylant has written more than 130 books for kids, including the Newbery Award-winning Missing May and the Caldecott Honor Book When I Was Young in the Mountains. Rylant's works in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry have been praised for their clarity and sensitivity. This new book traces her life from growing up in a coal-mining family in West Virginia to being one of the most beloved children's writers of her time.
Sharon Creech did not write her first novel for young adults until she was in her forties. Known for her superlative storytelling skills and her journey-filled plots, she won the Newbery Medal for Walk Two Moons, and a Newbery Honor for The Wanderer. Presented here is a thorough text-analysis, biographical timeline, extensive source notes, a discussion of themes, language, and writing process, and an original interview with the author. It's a must-read for fans of her award-winning works.
Mission San Gabriel Arcangel (Revised) (2004)
San Gabriel Arcángel, founded in 1771 by the Spanish friars Angel Fernandez de Somera and Pedro Benito Cambon, was located near present-day Los Angeles. The friars set about getting the neighboring Tongva Indians to convert to Catholicism by promising eternal salvation though baptism. The content provided in this book, aligned to California state standards, will provide students with a greater insight into the story of San Gabriel Arcángel and Californias mission system. This book is filled with excellent primary source materials and visuals, including illustrations, paintings, and maps.
Meet the Author Series
Jane Yolen has been a recipient of almost every award for children's literature including a Caldecott medal for picture books. Children and adults alike fall in love with Jane Yolen's books, which range in topic from medieval heroes and princesses to a girl who travels back in time to the Holocaust.
Presents a brief biography of the author from Norristown, Pennsylvania, who won the Newbery Medal award in 1991 for "Maniac Magee."
Presents a brief biography of the American author who wrote the 1998 Newbery Honor award-winning book "Ella Enchanted" while commuting from her home in Brewster, New York, to her job in New York City.
Ms. Bunting writes about real-life situations. She makes accessible such events that might shake a young reader's world, including the Los Angeles riots in her book Smoky Night, a visit to the Vietnam Memorial; and a grandmother's move to a home for senior citizens. Eve Bunting is also known for her fun, silly books such as the award-winning Nasty, Stinky Sneakers.
An easy-to-read biography of the Chinese-American award-winning writer whose books celebrate his ethnic heritage.
The Library of Spiders (2002)
Discusses the physical characteristics, web weaving, food trapping, and reproduction of the black widow spider.
ISBN-13: 978-0823955657
Describes the physical characteristics, hunting behavior, and reproduction of the tarantula.
ISBN-13: 978-0823955664
Discusses the physical characteristics, habitat, hunting tactics, and reproduction of the crab spider.
ISBN-13: 978-0823955701
Describes the physical characteristics, hunting habits, and reproduction of the wolf spider.
ISBN-13: 978-0823955671
Describes the physical characteristics, web spinning, and food trapping of the orb weaver.
ISBN-13: 978-0823955695
Jumping spiders can jump up to 4 times their own body lengths! These large-eyed, furry spiders are often kept as pets by people, and can be trained to jump from finger to finger on their owner’s hand. However appealing-looking they might be, jumping spiders are also ruthless carnivores, as an incredible photograph of their jaws and fangs in this book shows. This book will teach readers about these amazingly athletic spiders and the ways in which they live and hunt.
ISBN-13: 978-1404233751
Software Designer (2000)
Explains what software designers do and how to prepare for a career in software design.
ISBN-10 : 0823931498
Dogs Helping People series (1999)
Discusses what a detector dog is, the training it goes through, different kinds of search dogs, and their jobs.
ISBN-13: 978-0823952175
Explores the selection, training, and uses of police dogs in fighting crime.
ISBN-13: 978-0823952182
Describes the raising and training of Freedom, a seeing eye dog, beginning with its selection as a candidate to be a guide dog up to its placement with an appropriate master.
ISBN-13: 978-0823952151
Your students will learn about the training, patience, and intelligence required for a courageous canine to take on the job of guide, police dog, sheepherder and more!
ISBN-13 : 978-0823952199
Explores the nature and work of sled dogs, what kinds of breeds make sled dogs, and the history of dogsled racing.
ISBN-13: 978-0823952168
