Walking through the misty Florida woods one morning, twelve-year-old Rob Horton is stunned to encounter a tiger—a real-life, very large tiger—pacing back and forth in a cage. What's more, on the same extraordinary day, he meets Sistine Bailey, a girl who shows her feelings as readily as Rob hides his. As they learn to trust each other, and ultimately, to be friends, Rob and Sistine prove th…
An active little groundhog refuses to go to sleep until finally the cricket tries something that works, in a tale with facts about groundhog behavior.
Read this book to find out all the different properties of wood, and why it is used for so many different things. Did you know there are lots of different sorts of wood? Look inside to find out about them. Ages 6 and over. These photographic books provide an excellent introduction to different materials and their properties. Each book concentrates on a particular material, and uses imaginative …
These colorful books introduce young readers to the materials that we use every day. From cotton to glass and metal to wood, each book presents common resources through simple text accompanied by key words, a glossary, and an index to help develop early research skills.
High-interest stories make reading fun! Stories have been tested for vocabulary and sentence length to help you make the right choice! A letter from an education specialist gives you valuable advice on how to read to your child and how to listen to your child read to you!
Each book in the "Giraffe Books" series focuses on a different aspect of our everyday world, encouraging children to look more closely at their surroundings and helping them to make sense what they see. This book looks at wood.