Dying Times—When Dying Times come, the world changes. This book explores plagues, famines, cholera, and a killer flu—and how people tried to stop them.
Scary Jobs—Some people like to take risks. Meet workers who chase tornadoes, stand on erupting volcanoes, climb cell-phone towers, and even dive into raw sewage!
This is Huge—Huge Ice Age mammoths and modern-day Komodo dragons roam the pages of this book. Even they look small next to a fungus the size of 1,665 football fields!
We Made It—How are the Great Pyramid, the Three Gorges Dam, and the International Space Station alike? The world’s best builders made these and other amazing structures.
Wild Places—What are the hottest, coldest, highest, lowest, and biggest places on Earth? Visit deserts, ice fields, mountains, oceans, and rivers to find out.
This high-interest nonfiction series includes reading experiences in five content areas: Life Science, Earth and Space Science, History/Social Studies, Technology, and Careers. It introduces grades 4–8 content-area vocabulary in a medium that struggling readers can master. Core vocabulary words are highlighted within the text and listed at the end of each book. Pictures throughout each chapter build interest and support the text.