Columbus Day / Día de la Raza

A Spanish language literature series which enables students to improve proficiencey in Spanish language arts while acquiring skills in English language arts. Uses strategies similar to those in Elements of Literature.

Teach students about World War I and how it began with this nonfiction Spanish-translated book. Readers will learn about important topics such as neutrality, alliances, propaganda, liberty bonds, and communism. Intriguing facts, primary source images, and supportive text work to engage readers and help students understand the social studies content. Informational text features help students navigate the text.

Which animals and plants can survive in a dry desert environment? Readers learn about the living things that make up desert food chains, including cacti, snakes, and scorpions. Colorful photographs of desert life make readers feel like they’re exploring new parts of this habitat with each turn of the page. Fact boxes provide additional information about the creatures that make up desert food chains, and a detailed food web shows how these food chains all come together. The desert is an extreme habitat, and readers will enjoy learning about the extreme plants and animals that live there.

An award-winning, educator-approved first book on birds. In this simple volume, educator and author Cathryn Sill uses clear, easy-to-understand language to teach children what birds are, what they do, and how they live. Noted wildlife illustrator John Sill provides beautifully detailed, realistic paintings to showcase the birds' diverse and natural worlds, and an afterword provides more details about each bird and inspires further learning.