Florence Nightingale

Defines pulleys, explains their functions, and suggests simple experiments to demonstrate how they work.

Solar Energy Is Explained. Included In This Book Is Where It Comes From, Who Uses It, And The Positive And Negative Benefits Of Using It. Correlated To Common Core, Texas TEKS, Virginia Sols, And Georgia Performance Standards.

This Title Explains What An Ecosystem Is And How The Plants And Animals Within An Ecosystem Rely On And Effect Its Existence. Different Types Of Ecosystems Are Described, As Well As The Food Webs Within Them. How Some Changes To An Ecosystem Can Be Good And How Some Harmful Changes Can Destroy Them. Teaches Students What An Important Role They Can Play In Keeping These Intricate Ecosystems Alive.

Think you'd like to be a fire fighter? Learn about the special equipment fire fighters use, their role in community safety, and their lives at the station. This book features a comprehensive timeline of the history of firefighting from its origins in ancient Rome through firefighting practices of today plus vocabulary related to fire fighters and fire safety.

Winner of: International Latino Book Awards 2014, Primer Premio en la categoría Best Young Adult Non-Fiction Book Focusing on key figures from the worlds of art, literature, music, politics, and science, this collection introduces young readers to luminaries who, despite the difficulties and failures of their childhoods, went on to accomplish great things. Readers will discover what individuals such as Jane Austen, Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein, Mohandas Gandhi, John Lennon, Pablo Picasso, and even the author himself were like as children and young adults, and draw inspiration from their...

Spanish Language Discover Series Books for Babies & Toddlers: Pets Who wants a pet? Just because you know you'll be the one to take care of your child's pet, doesn't mean you have to stop them from dreaming. Cats, dogs, hamsters and horses--there's a pet for everyone in this book. Each page features a beautiful photo of a pet with a simple title beneath. Used as a jumpstart for interaction, Discover Series Picture Books are a great way to introduce farm animals, their sounds and colors to kids. In this Xist Kids Spanish Edition, Spanish text brings the story to new audiences. This book is in...