Basic Science Titles Are A Pain. The reading levels can't be too high and the formats are boring. These books solve your problems! Each title explains the topic in the simplest language possible. Carefully chosen images are both engaging and reinforce the text. Best Basic Science Series Available!

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BOOM! Weird series name, but GREAT CONCEPT! The attention-span of kids is roundly debated – fast-paced games, action-packed movies, instant gratification… attention of a gnat. BOOM! This series is designed for those students – eye-catching graphics, fun facts, descriptive diagrams, colorful callouts, challenging puzzles – all presented like a magazine. They will learn the fundamentals of science and enjoy the experience. Great launching Pad!

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It's time to take fun fact and trivia books to a whole new level with awesome, disgusting, and unusual facts that your kids will rush to share with their friends. Through closely leveled text, your readers will find themselves laughing and learning.

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MIND-BLOWING!!!!! The feats humans have accomplished. It isn’t lifting 350 pounds or running a 7 minute mile. NOPE. Those are done by normal people like Brad. This series covers individuals who lifted cars off others, pulled airplanes, memorized hundreds of details in mere minutes, survived long periods in icy water and many more astonishing, unbelievable acts. Through clear text matched with colorful images, the reader learns the science and body functions behind the unthinkable. A MUST!

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From riding a roller coaster to riding a wave, there are many ways to have fun. Some people enjoy playing catch with friends. Others prefer zipping down a waterslide. The Science of Fun lets readers examine the science behind all of their favorite activities. Whether it's swinging at a playground or having a snowball fight during the winter, understanding the science of each activity can make both science and the activity more interesting and fun!

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Scientific Breakthroughs are the result of Brilliant Scientists spending countless hours in the Lab! NOT NECESSARILY. This striking series examines the MISTAKES which lead to incredible innovations - changing people’s lives for the better! The history, science and “MISTAKES” behind each discovery are clearly explained as well as their positive impact.

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People's fascination with the supernatural is as strong as ever, even with the great advances in science and technology in the past few centuries. This stimulating set demonstrates to your young paranormal investigators that their interest in UFOs, ghosts, vampires, and even zombies doesn't necessarily clash with a belief in science. In fact, they can apply essential scientific principles to their own intrepid investigations of the paranormal—and learn more about both in the process. Transfixing texts, eerie images, and spellbinding step-by-step experiments encourage readers to hone their inner scientist and, most importantly, have fun with science!

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For years, the possibility of alien life was a science fiction idea, a potential hoax, or a government cover-up inside of Area 51. Then, in 2020, it happened. The Department of Defense released footage of "unidentified aerial phenomena." Other life is out there, and science is leading the way to prove it.

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Phobias extend beyond the fear of things many people say they're afraid of, like spiders or snakes. Some suffer from hippophobia—or the fear of horses. Or they may have an intense fear of beards, or pogonophobia. Whatever phobia you can imagine, it's found in this sometimes creepy, sometimes unbelievable, and, most importantly, true-to-life set. Your curious readers learn how these phobias may develop and manifest in daily life. Combined with scientific explanations for the reactions of fear, this set will engage both the fearful and the fearless.

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FINALLY, A UNIQUE APPROACH! Planet books can be very stale, boring. This series introduces your young students to our solar system. BUT each book is TOLD FROM THE PLANET'S PERSPECTIVE! Pretty Cool! Through simple text, beautiful photos and the distinctive viewpoint, Readers will be Engaged. (Though, Captain Kirk said Scotty, after a little too much Co2, believed Mars was truly speaking to him...very bad day.)

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From a young age, many children - INCLUDING THE LEGENDARY CAPT. KIRK - gaze up at the stars and wonder about the faraway objects in the night sky. In this fact-filled series, your readers get to know what is beyond their own world as they are introduced to the wonders of space. Each volume examines a different aspect of space, including a simple overview, clearly defined terms, and accessible text. With fun facts and lots of colorful photographs, this series starts your readers on a journey to unlocking the mysteries of space only someone like Kirk knows. Correlates directly with the Next Generation Science Standards' expectation for understanding Earth's Place in the Universe - written by the Captain. Space is not only part of elementary science units - Duh, but also a topic that fascinates kids. Fresh and engaging spread designs featuring images to enhance the texts, and Fact Boxes highlight especially intriguing nuggets of information.

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The Best Way to learn about Constellations, Eclipses...heck, anything to do with Sky Lights! Take a seat with the Master: Captain Kirk! HE HAS BEEN THERE AND DONE THAT! They literally had to hold Scotty down because he loved staring at eclipses. And Bones? Would run around in a panic every time the sun was blocked-- "We are all going to die...." The Capt. realized those stories wouldn't answer all my questions, so he gave me these books, and he was right! EVERYTHING A STUDENT NEEDS OR WANTS TO LEARN ABOUT SKY LIGHTS IS COVERED!! With Oversized photos, 11-1/4" x 9-1/4," and light text, this a perfect addition to your library. Thanks, Capt.

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A really fun series for transitional readers! The outstanding design – perfect blend of photos and simple text – will be an easy sell to your students. They will learn about space missions, NASA’S History, space pioneers and how movies portray space travel – Capt. Kirk believes it is good enough, since there is never enough time to truly go into all the details. Thank-you, Capt., Thank-you.

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From animals and plants to weather and renewable energy, this compelling series takes a closer look at the significant role the sun plays in human, animal, and plant life, helping your young readers understand the sun's importance to our planet. This set presents the sun's relationship to animals, Earth's surface, our weather, plant life, and its relationship to renewable energy. Each book encourages your students to discover how Earth's orbit around the sun leads to life in many forms. This set encourages your young readers to learn more about the universe and life on Earth.

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Every day, NASA learns a little bit more about our nearest neighbor, Mars. No planet besides Earth has been explored more! Students will look at Mars's geology and what may lie beneath the planet's rocky surface And discover the lessons learned from past launches to the planet and the technological advances made since then. Readers will learn what stands between us and Mars, and what the journey there would be like. What would humans need for a successful voyage? What dangers might await brave explorers? Mission: Mars makes the leap from the first flyby in 1965 to the not-so-distant future of humans exploring the Red Planet.

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Astronomic and atmospheric phenomena can be spectacular sights to behold. This set explains how comets, eclipses, the northern lights, and other phenomena occur, providing examples of each. Diagrams and graphic organizers present data in a way that makes it easy for readers to make connections. Fact boxes provide supplementary information. Your readers will be excited to see the sky light up.

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These books are GREAT SUSPENSE Novels. Yes, most students know who won the race, but they don’t know the competitive intensity between the Superpowers including the citizens. This series covers the History, Technology, Personalities, Military and Politics of the Race to Space. But it doesn’t stop there; in the end, decades later, the two powers worked together on space exploration. Featuring accessible text paired with NASA photos, readers will be easily hooked. And the Capt. says the “Reds” had enough problems with a pop-bottle rocket, let alone a ship…

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This series introduces your early readers to key science concepts. Easy-to-read text, simple infographics, and fun facts give your young readers an accessible overview of the science that makes each object or phenomenon possible.

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Your Kids have Questions! Why is the Sky Blue? How Do Airplanes FLY? How Much Longer Until We Are There? Can We Stop At McDonalds? Besides the last two which require non-scientific answers and lots of patience, this series uses simple explanations aligned closely with eye-catching images. An Ideal Way to get Those Inquisitive Minds Reading!

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Life is all around us. There are so many parts of life to study and understand. From giant ecosystems to tiny cells, Discover Biology introduces readers to how living things interact, how they are related, and why they look and behave the way they do.

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The COVID-19 pandemic introduced many changes into your student's lives. This series addresses those changes and gives actionable suggestions to help your readers adapt and cope as they navigate the current situation. These books include science content, based on current CDC recommendations, as well as emotional content to help with personal wellness and development of empathy.

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KIDS LOVE DINOSAURS! Simple text explains where they lived, what they ate, size…ALL the DINO Info Readers Enjoy! Gr. K-3

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A True Lower-Level Dinosaur Series! Always a kid favorite, these titles deliver Dino info. through simple, fact-filled text. A Great Addition to Your Dino section! Features exclusive, on-line resources.

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Do kids love to read about Dinosaurs? YES! And these books feature incredible images and easy-to-understand text. They’ll be able to find out which ones were the FASTEST, STRONGEST and HUNGRIEST! GREAT reads for your students!

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Seasons are a great way to get your young readers into nonfiction! The Reading Levels are Low and the Subject Matter is F-U-N! Each series focuses on a variety of seasonal topics: Animals, Food, Holidays, Plants, Adventures and Weather. The titles explain the subject in the simplest language possible. Carefully chosen images are both engaging and reinforce the text. Ideal Basic Science Series!

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BASIC EARTH SCIENCE. There are quite a few series to choose from. I selected this set based on the design – lots of great photos – and the simple text. Each book covers one the “building blocks” of our planet, including its causes, processes, effects and why it is important.

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This fascinating series examines important natural resources in the world. Your students explore natural resources ranging from sunlight to fossil fuels, learning how they are used, challenges unique to each resource, and what people are doing to combat those challenges.

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Volcanoes have been erupting on Earth since the planet's beginnings. But what causes volcanoes to erupt? Where does magma come from and how does it get to Earth's surface? And what are the different kinds of volcanoes? These questions and many more will be answered in this informative series. Written specifically for transitional readers. Gr. K-3

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How long does it take to build a bridge or a roller coaster? Emphasizing the process of creation from idea to execution, these books illuminate the building sequence for your young readers. A running time scale on each spread highlights each step. Carefully leveled text and thoughtfully chosen pictures make this series an excellent choice to support STEM topics or Common Core standards in the elementary grades. See the Geography section for more Engineering titles.

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In the Earth's Energy Experiments series, your readers explore developing and using energy as they follow activity instructions related on resources including wind, water, coal, and oil. Sidebars and infographics bring key scientific and engineering concepts to life, while easy-to-read text explains the history and uses of each energy resource.

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With Super Simple Science Projects, readers are encouraged to think critically and follow scientific methods and principles. Students learn as they follow instructions on fun projects related to earth, engineering, etc. From eatable food experiments to gross science projects, your students will find something to peak their curiosity.

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Performing hands-on experiments is one of the best ways for your young people to learn about science. By following along with concise, step-by-step instructions to complete each task, your readers of this stimulating series are able to draw their own conclusions and learn about many different aspects of science. Experiments focus on important science lessons that your readers can both learn from and enjoy, such as building simple smartphone speakers and learning how science makes them work. Colorful drawings and accessible text attract and assist you readers of many levels in each exciting experiment.

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Why are some habitats different from other habitats? What makes a mammal different from a bird? How does an electric guitar distort sound? This set explores these scientific questions and more. By presenting facts in a unique and visual way, this set simplifies difficult concepts into digestible information. Utilizing visual information, this set be helpful especially to your readers who struggle with traditional textbooks but who are interested in science and the way the world works.

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From shiny gemstones to ancient fossils, Rocks and Minerals introduces readers to the fascinating materials that make up our earth. Each book is broken down into easy-to-read-chapters. Vibrant, images and quick stats grab visual learners' attention and help bring each subject to life.

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This fact-filled series explores the science that shapes our world! From volcanoes to diamonds to dinosaur bones, each title covers the geological processes, scientific discoveries, and real-world landmarks associated with a topic in earth science. Each book also features a hands-on, geology-themed project that your readers can try at home. Your readers discover why geology rocks!

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Red deserts, gold prairies, green forests, and more await in this colorful look at world biomes. Your readers explore the climate, plants, and animals of six environments, while a zoom-in feature highlights the most vivid details.

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Our Earth is an incredibly dynamic planet. It’s continually changing, always breathtaking, and often mysterious. Elementary curricula require that your learners understand natural features of regions such as mountains, valleys, and deserts. This exciting series will take the mystery out of some of Earth’s most recognizable land forms. Students will not only learn what these places look like, but also gain an understanding of their conditions and the types of organisms that call them home. Your young geographers will love this lively exploration of their planet.

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ANIMALS & PLANTS WORKING TOGETHER! Around the world, animals work with other living things to create unique and balanced ecosystems. Bees help plants make seeds. Birds scatter seeds so plants can grow. Gophers loosen the soil, letting water and nutrients easily reach roots. Cleaner fish keep other fish healthy by eating parasites. But today, some of these systems are at risk of disappearing. Team Earth investigates the amazing ways that animals help their environments and humans, and also shows what people can do to protect habitats.

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Early readers will explore Earth's different habitats in this series. From their unique features to the creatures that inhabit them, these books examine each habitat in simple sentences that help develop word recognition and improve reading skills..

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The My Healthy Habits series provides the earliest of readers a foundation in developing healthy habits. Topics range from brushing your teeth to getting exercise. Simple sentence structure and word usage help your students develop word recognition and reading skills.

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The human body can do so many incredible things, many of which people don’t even think twice about. These engaging books show your readers why their body is extraordinary. Each book focuses on a specific body part and how it helps us function, such as moving one foot in front of the other to walk in a park, or breathing in through your nose to smell the fresh air. Accessible text and vivid photographs help reinforce the understanding of key concepts, while stimulating subject matter hold young readers’ attention.

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Kids will love learning how their bodies work with the fun and fact-packed series. From sore throats to broken bones, this engaging series explores some of the illnesses and injuries that keeps your kids home from school.

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This series explores disability in a comprehensive, honest, and age-appropriate way. Engaging inquiry-based sidebars encourage students to LOOK, THINK, MAKE A GUESS, ASK QUESTIONS, and CREATE. Books are authored by writers with disabilities and the series has been developed in partnership with Easter Seals who is leading the way to full equity, inclusion, and access through life-changing disability and community services.

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The foods that we eat can help or harm our bodies. Our bodies need nutrients such as salt and carbohydrates to survive. But too much or too little can have consequences. We also feed our bodies things unnecessary things, like caffeine. These may have benefits. But they can also do harm. In Nutrition and Your Body, learn about how different nutrients interact with the body. Discover how the body digests them, the changes they cause in the body, and the good and bad effects they have on us.

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Drug use is widespread across the United States. Whether they're used for medical purposes, recreational purposes, or are taken illegally, all drugs pose a danger if misused. This series examines the physical and psychological costs of drug abuse, as well as the social implications of abuse and the laws and policies that surround various drugs.

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The Final Deathblow to the Sciencebooksareboring Myth. This series takes the most absurd, weird, wacky – and sometimes just plain stupid – inventions and explains them: From the initial idea to the final product, readers will learn the science behind it, and why the invention either failed or succeeded in a very cool magazine design. High-interest subjects sure to capture the imagination of the kid you have who HATES science the most.

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This series introduces your early readers to common math concepts and measurements. Your students learn about why each math concept is important, how to measure it, and the units and tools of measurement.

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The concept of opposites is an important topic for kids to grasp and understand. This series teaches your young learners what opposites are through fun text and images, all while strengthening reading skills.

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Puzzles Can Be A Lot of Fun. These puzzles are enjoyable, so the math is secondary; it is there, but not overwhelming. Math series are difficult to select, sell and circulate in your library. No student wants a book full of BORING math problems; if a book is needed, it means the kid probably doesn’t care for Math to begin with. With this series, you give them a puzzle book which happens to reinforce basic math concepts. It worked for my friend Jeri. And she didn’t know 2+2.

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Real-world connections are essential to keep young mathematicians interested and invested in math concepts. However, placing those math concepts in a fun fictional story make them even more inspired to learn. This dynamic series appeals to fans of superheroes, space adventures, and fantasy worlds. Math puzzles are cleverly woven into the entertaining plots and motivate your readers to become math heroes by solving the problems and saving the day.

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Plants need their many different parts—from roots and stems to leaves and flowers—to live and grow. These parts aren't just helpful for plants, though—they're also used by people. Your readers discover the basic science concepts behind how each part of a plant contributes to its growth and functioning, and they also learn how different plant parts are used by humans for food, medicine, and other important things. Interesting topic that strengthen your readers' knowledge of essential science curriculum topics.

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You have a ton of NORMAL Plant series; I have many available. But what about the kids who don’t like Normal? Or Plants? A set more closely resembling a Family Reunion – Weird (well, not that weird) would work. Featuring the Strangest Plants out there – those that eat meat, smell disgusting, live forever, and more. Your Kids will be lined-up to Read Plant Books! Each title covers all the typical stuff: habitat, life-cycle, traits, etc, so your curriculum is covered, too.

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Simple text and eye-catching pictures show today's most amazing robots. Each book contains information on the jobs, functions, and abilities of modern robots. Includes the surprising skills of robots to walk, run, crawl, swim, fly, and even solve problems. With unique titles focusing on one area of robotics, the series introduces robots that are programmed to help humans in a variety of areas from robotic pets to space exploration.

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Cinnamon comes from the inner bark of certain trees? Vanilla is from a bean? Who knew! This series explains in simple, easy-to-read text where and how various foods are grown. Your kids will enjoy finding the strange way some of our most common foods are raised and brought to the table. They can set their family straight: It doesn’t just “appear” at the Grocery Store! FUN BOOKS!!!!!

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What happens first? What comes next? Introduce readers to simple sequences and processes by exploring animal life cycles, how plants grow, or how foods or products are made. Your readers will be fascinated by these step-by step accounts.

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Not long ago, drones were only used for extremely specialized jobs. However, it's getting more common to see them hovering and zipping through the skies. As drone technology improves, people find new uses for them. Some people use them to study changes in the environment. Some people use them to take aerial photographs and videos. Many others fly them just for fun. The STEM-related topics featured in this set are paired with stunning images of drones in flight, as well as images taken by drones in flight.

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Your readers will see the inventions they use every day have evolved, over time, with advancements in technology. Starting from the first time a product was developed, students will follow along as the process of innovation is revealed, page after page. A cool, ongoing timeline allows your kids to "see" how long the progress has taken.

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One new idea could make life easier for the whole world! Great inventors use a process called design thinking to help them identify problems, big and small, and create solutions for them. This series introduces your students to design thinking and teaches them how to look at problems and products in a specific way to figure out a solution or how to improve them. Design thinking fosters innovation, creativity, and even empathy--essential learning for students.

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Some drones fly through the air. Others dive into the water. A few even explore space. Drones have both important and fun uses. The US military uses drones. Scientists use them to study the land, the sea, and even other worlds. Drones introduces readers to the different types of drones and explains how they work.

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How did people go from listening to big, bulky vinyl records to streaming music wirelessly on Spotify? How did black and white newspapers evolve into 280-character tweets and Buzzfeed articles filled with GIFs and memes? What impact does innovation have on society? In the Disruptors in Tech series, your readers discover how technology has positively and negatively disrupted major industries like music, media, cars, and even education!

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Today's major technology companies play significant roles in society. They make the smartphones and run the social media services that connect friends, families, and colleagues, and their capacity to collect and process data is unmatched in human history. Tech Titans examines the histories of these companies, discusses their activities today, and considers their futures.

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From clouds to the water cycle, this series introduces basic facts about weather for early elementary students. Critical thinking questions invite your students to connect what they learn about the weather to their own lives, other texts they've read, and the world.

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Tsunamis. Droughts. Wildfires. Tornadoes. They Happen. But Why? This series explains to your students the reasons behind these dramatic events. Appropriate text, accompanied by images, diagrams and fact boxes, provides the right level of information – Your readers will have a better understanding and can then explain the “Why” to me.

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Readers will discover the science behind natural disasters and learn how first responders aid in the coping, healing, and rebuilding of the affected communities post-disaster. Focused on 21st Century content, the SEL- (social-emotional learning) and inquiry-based sidebars encourage young readers to think, create, guess, and ask questions.

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