Nathan Hale has gathered some of the most fascinating true-life tales from World War I and given them his inimitable Hazardous Tales twist. Easy to understand, funny, informative, and lively, this series is the best way to be introduced to some of the most well-known battles (and little-known secrets) of the infamous war.

The fifth installment in the Guys Read Library of Great Reading features ten stories that are 100% amazing, 100% adventurous, 100% unbelievable--and 100% true. A star-studded group of award-winning nonfiction authors and journalists provides something for every reader, all aligned with the Common Core State Standards. Compiled and edited by real-life literature legend Jon Scieszka, Guys Read: True Stories is a mind-blowing collection of essays, biographies,...

Under the leadership of Dr. Martin Luther King, children and teenagers march against segregation in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1963.

A collection of biographies of Jewish female role models--selected in collaboration with Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Many people follow a religion and many people do not. Learn with friends from Sesame Street about religions, holidays, special places, showing respect, and much more.

Fifteen hilarious poems that celebrate the sounds of the human body, from sniffles to snaps, sneezes to wheezes, hiccups to yawns, and more!

Provides illustrated, step-by-step instructions for eight different homemade models, as well as the science and history behind them.

Atoms are the building blocks of life that combine to form animate and inanimate objects. Readers journey into a microscopic world that they may not have known was even there. A single atom itself is made of three different particles-packed full of energy, spinning around, and constantly vibrating. In this book, readers find fascinating facts explaining the smallest bits of living things, made understandable by accessible language and simple diagrams....

"With almost 7.8 billion people sharing the earth, it can be a little hard to picture what the human race looks like all together. But if we could shrink the world down to just 100 people, what could we learn about the human race? What would we look like? Where and how would we all be living? This book answers all of these questions and more! Reliably sourced and deftly illustrated, If the World Were 100 People is the perfect starting point to understanding...