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Learn how to sort like a scientist by using your senses to categorize items and identify similarities and differences. This NGSS-aligned book will engage kindergarten students as they develop scientific practices and content-area literacy.

Learn how Rube Goldberg machines take simple tasks and make them complex--and fun! This STEAM reader builds literacy skills and features a hands-on STEAM challenge that uses real-world examples to teach problem solving.

Just how big is Earth compared to our solar system, the Milky Way, or even the universe? Discover what scientists have uncovered so far about Earth, our solar system, and the universe in this engaging book.

Are you good at predicting? Learn all about scientific predictions and the steps that scientists take to make good predictions in this NGSS-aligned book that will engage third grade students as they develop scientific practices and content-area literacy.

Explore common, uncommon, and just plain weird survival traits that enable animals to live, thrive, and survive! From migration to camouflage, learn about the traits of species in this NGSS-aligned science book that supports STEM education.

Learn about the water bodies that cover the Earth, including ponds, rivers, oceans, seas, lakes, ponds, wetlands, rivers, and more! Readers will also learn about manmade water bodies. Learn how all of these water bodies form and what differentiates them.

The land, water, and air on our planet are always changing! Learn about the water cycle, the rock cycle, volcanoes and earthquakes, fires and floods, adaptation, and more. The Earth is always changing, but it is just a part of life.

No living thing on Earth can survive without depending on the help of other living things. Learn all about interdependence and how familiar things rely on each other to live.

Learn about the history of scientists and the process and tools scientists use to make discoveries - like a detective solving a case! This NGSS-aligned book will engage first grade students as they develop scientific practices and content-area literacy.

Follow along and see how different kinds of baby animals grow and change! Even though baby animals all look very different, they all have the same basic needs to grow up. Learn about baby penguins, kittens, blue whales, pandas, frogs, snakes, and more!

Learn how animal parents raise their babies! These parents protect, play with, and teach their young so that their babies can grow big and strong. Animal parents feed and bathe their babies and keep them safe.

Learn how to keep Earth clean of trash in this informative science reader! Students will learn that trash can be very harmful, causing pollution that harms the water, land, air, birds, fish, and people. Readers will be encouraged to keep the planet clean!

Learn about the sun and all that it does for us! The sun gives us light, keeps us warm, helps plants grow, gives us energy, and more. We need the sun. The vibrant images and easy-to-read text in this reader will engage students from cover to cover!

Learn all about what it means to grow up! Every living thing grows up. Some things get bigger, some get faster, some get hairier, and more. Discover how various living things grow up with the help of easy-to-read text and vibrant images.

This high-interest nonfiction reader will help students gain science content knowledge while building their literacy skills and reading comprehension. This appropriately leveled text features hands-on, simple science experiments and full-color images and graphics. Fourth grade students will learn all about the scientific method through this engaging text that supports STEM education and is aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards.

Featuring TIME For Kids content, this nonfiction reader introduces students to the science behind tongue twisters. This high-interest title will keep students engaged in reading as they build their critical literacy skills.

First grade students will learn to add and subtract with tens as they read all about germs. This math reader builds mathematics and literacy skills, combining problem solving and real-world connections to help students explore math in meaningful ways.

Great books use literary elements to capture the imaginations of their readers, making them lifelong fans. Learn the importance of character and setting with this nonfiction book that builds critical literacy skills as students are engaged in reading.

Learn how to tell the difference between credible and non-credible sources and achieve information literacy with this essential nonfiction text! Featuring TIME content, this book explores contemporary issues and builds students' critical literacy skills.

Featuring TIME For Kids content, this high-interest title teaches students how various species adapt and survive in their habitats. Grade 5 students will be engaged in reading as they build their critical literacy skills.

Featuring TIME For Kids content, this biography details the inspiring life of Malala Yousafzai. This high-interest title will keep grade 5 students engaged in reading as they build their critical literacy skills.

With TIME For Kids content, this book introduces first grade students to the concept of emotions. With vibrant images and simple text, this book will keep students reading from cover to cover as they develop their foundational literacy skills.

With TIME For Kids content, vibrant images, and simple text, this book will develop students' early childhood literacy skills as they are engaged in reading about popular musicals from yesterday and today.

With TIME For Kids content, this book introduces first grade students to the concept of communication. With vibrant images and simple text, this book will keep students reading from cover to cover as they develop their foundational literacy skills.

Learn about the innovative entrepreneurs behind well-known brand names and what it took to make their dreams a reality. With TIME content and images, this high-interest book builds critical literacy skills and readies students for college and career.

Featuring TIME For Kids content, this nonfiction reader details the many components that make pop music so popular. This high-interest title will keep students engaged in reading as they build their critical literacy skills.

Featuring TIME For Kids content, this nonfiction reader teaches students important concepts like hurt feelings, forgiveness, and how to apologize. This high-interest title will keep students engaged in reading as they build their critical literacy skills.

Excite your students with Hamilton: An American Musical, as they develop literacy skills. Students will learn how to study story elements, build vocabulary, and use higher-order thinking skills as they practice close reading and text-dependent questions.

Alice Paul dedicated her entire life to women's rights. She was one of the greatest activists, social-justice advocates, and civil rights leaders in history. This leveled reader guides students to increased fluency and comprehension of nonfiction text.

Take a trip back to 19th century America to see how Louisa May Alcott's world shaped her writing. This high-interest, nonfiction title gives students a better understanding and appreciation of Alcott's works, and their relevance to modern-day audiences.