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The world is full of marvels. Our comic-inspired beginning reader series explores diverse topics from animals. Newly fluent readers will delight in up-close images and easy-to-read text while chuckling at the humorous speech bubbles. Labelled image guides and glossaries provide an engaging first experience with nonfiction.
The world is full of marvels. Our comic-inspired beginning reader series explores diverse topics from construction vehicles. Newly fluent readers will delight in up-close images and easy-to-read text while chuckling at the humorous speech bubbles. Labelled image guides and glossaries provide an engaging first experience with nonfiction.
Follow teens who set out to solve a mysterious event in their town of Mason Falls. From strange online profiles to a baseball team's sudden success to a missing boy, these reality-based mysteries are packed with action and surprising twists. The stories end with clear resolutions that will satisfy reluctant readers while keeping them excited to read the other books in the set.
Nilay Rao receives a mysterious device from his long-lost mother that launches him into a video game world. He unwittingly creates an avatar, Vyper Neo, and the little orange character gets Nilay and his father into all sorts of trouble. Nilay's device belonged to a super-secret group who can summon avatars called Ghosts to battle over money, territory, and power. Can this teenager survive long enough in the Massively Multiplayer World of Ghosts to learn where his mother is and why she sent him this device? Vyper Neo and Nilay's only human buddy, Chess, have his back, but taking on this massive new world won't be easy.
Oliver Diplexito, the sheltered son of a British industrialist, discovers his family's butler leads a double life. The butler, Mr. Scant, is also known as The Ruminating Claw, a notorious thief. And unbeknownst to the British public, each of the Claw's thefts is actually a strike against villains of the Edwardian era. Scant enlists Oliver in his vigilante crusade, and Oliver begins to bumble his way through the darkest corners of the global criminal underground.
The Singapore math teaching method teaches mathematical concepts in three stages: concrete, pictorial and abstract. Master Math applies this technique to the math curriculum. Using simple pictorial exercises and an engaging mascot, this series makes learning easy and enjoyable for children. Presented in a non-workbook style to supplement what is taught in the classroom, there are parent and teacher notes throughout, which make the book a valuable resource for students everywhere. The author is a seasoned publishing professional who has worked on the OUP textbook program Inspire Maths, based on Singapore's number one math series.
Readers are introduced to the action-packed and fascinating world of martial arts. Each book provides a history of the discipline as well as any necessary equipment, warm-up exercises to prevent injury, and details on the different styles and categories. Detailed step-by-step instructions and accompanying photographs help readers learn the positions and fundamental techniques followed by a demonstration of basic attacks and counterattacks. As each book progresses, the attacks become more and more varied and complex.
When Laura--a.k.a. Masterpiece Robot--heads into the backyard with her little sister Molly--a.k.a. Sidekick--her active imagination places them instead on patrol around the perimeter of a dystopian city, guarding against super villains. Then older sister Amber--a.k.a. Valerie Knick-Knack--throws handfuls of fallen leaves at them, unknowingly initiating a battle for the ages. The transitions back and forth from suburbia to dystopia in this story within a story are deftly rendered with contrasting palettes. The rollicking interactions of the sibling heroes and villains make Masterpiece Robot pure fun to read.
In the animal kingdom, survival is the name of the game-and not everything is as it seems. A number of animals rely on particularly clever tricks to fool predators or prey. A baby bird mimics a poisonous caterpillar. A moth escapes bats by making sounds that interfere with the bats' echolocation. A tiny rain forest spider builds a spider "puppet" out of bits of dead leaves, insect parts, and other items. Find out more about some of nature's most bizarre and bloodthirsty con artists and meet thescientists who are working to figure out just how they pull off their amazing tricks.
From wood to plastic to glass, this series will keep readers learning about the materials that make up the products we use every day. Each book tells a story of how each material is found or created, the different processing techniques, and how the end products are manufactured. With side bars explaining how to reuse or recycle different products, readers will have a better understanding of ways to limit harmful effects on the environment.