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Time for Kids Nonfiction Readers

18 total works

Cover of Unsolved! Mysterious Events
Mysterious events occur all over the world. It rains fish every year in Honduras, rocks in Pennsylvania make music, and large drawings can be found on the desert floors in Peru! Readers will learn about these strange phenomena and more curiosities like ESP and crop circles in this baffling and fascinating nonfiction reader. Vibrant images and intriguing facts in conjunction with a glossary of terms, informational text, and an index keep readers captivated from cover to cover!

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22nd Century

by Stephanie Kuligowski

Published 15 January 2013
Travel to the 22nd century in this captivating nonfiction title that allows readers to discover the future of space. Elementary readers will be fascinated with the possibilities that may await human life in the future. Readers will discover the technology that may be used to one day allow humans to live on another planet, new worlds, alien life, and artificial intelligence. Featuring vibrant photos, images, informational text, a glossary of terms, and a list of helpful websites for more explorations, children will be excited and enthralled as they move through this title.

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Count Me In! School Carnival

by Lisa Greathouse

Published 1 December 2011
Invite readers to see what goes on behind the scenes at a school carnival! With informational text, vibrant photos and helpful charts, children are engaged from cover to cover while utilizing mathematical skills to learn the basics of planning, income, estimates, and budgeting.

Cover of Count Me In! What's for Lunch?
Early elementary readers find out how important lunch is in order to keep them energized throughout their busy day. Implementing a variety of mathematical skills, from addition to fractions, in conjunction with informational text, helpful charts and vivid images, children are encouraged to make healthy choices at lunch time to get the best nutrients and vitamins that their bodies need.

Cover of Count Me In! Soccer Tournament
Invite readers along on the preparations for a soccer tournament! With informational text, vibrant photos and charts, children are engaged from cover to cover while utilizing mathematical skills to increase understanding of all aspects of soccer, including sportsmanship and tournaments.

Cover of Unsolved! Mysterious Places
From Stonehenge to the Bermuda Triangle, there are many places on Earth that remain a mystery to scientists! Readers will discover these curious places--and more!--as they move through this fascinating nonfiction title. This mysterious book features detailed images, informational text, and stimulating facts and theories in conjunction with upper-level features, such as chapter format, a glossary of terms, and an index.

Cover of Sin resolver! Lugares misteriosos (Unsolved! Mysterious Places) (Spanish Version)
From Stonehenge to the Bermuda Triangle, there are many places on Earth that remain a mystery to scientists! Readers will discover these curious places--and more!--as they move through this fascinating, Spanish-translated nonfiction title. This mysterious book features detailed images, informational text, and stimulating facts and theories in conjunction with upper-level features, such as chapter format, a glossary of terms, and an index.

Cover of Sin resolver! Casos misteriosos (Unsolved! Mysterious Events)
Mysterious events occur all over the world. It rains fish every year in Honduras, rocks in Pennsylvania make music, and large drawings can be found on the desert floors in Peru! In this Spanish-translated nonfiction book, readers will learn about these strange phenomena and more curiosities like ESP and crop circles in this baffling and fascinating nonfiction title. Vibrant images and intriguing facts in conjunction with a glossary of terms, informational text, and an index keep readers captivated from cover to cover!

Cover of Cuenta conmigo! Qu hay de almuerzo? (Count Me In! What's For Lunch?) (Spanish Version)
Early elementary readers find out how important lunch is in order to keep them energized throughout their busy day. Implementing a variety of mathematical skills, from addition to fractions, in conjunction with informational, Spanish-translated text, helpful charts and vivid images, children are encouraged to make healthy choices at lunch time to get the best nutrients and vitamins that their bodies need.

Cover of Cuenta conmigo! El torneo de f tbol (Count Me In! Soccer Tournament) (Spanish Version)
Invite readers along on the preparations for a soccer tournament! With informational, Spanish-translated text, vibrant photos and charts, children are engaged from cover to cover while utilizing mathematical skills to increase understanding of all aspects of soccer, including sportsmanship and tournaments.

Cover of Todo acceso: Una casa de modas (Backstage Pass: Fashion) (Spanish Version)
Learn how a designer's sketch becomes the fashion we wear and how a designer uses math and geometry to make their designs successful in this fashion-filled book! Including information about the fashion industry, clothing fabrics, patterns, and textures, readers learn all about the different aspects of the fashion industry. With a glossary, index, vivid images, informational text, and interesting facts, this Spanish-translated nonfiction book with engage students from beginning to end.

Cover of Qu dulce: Dentro de una panader a (Sweet: Inside a Bakery) (Spanish Version)
Learn the secrets to artful cupcakes, oven-fresh bread, and other delicious baked goods in this delightful nonfiction title. Readers will learn how mathematics helps bakers measure their ingredients to make tasteful treats. Featuring vibrant images and charts, informative text, and fun, intriguing facts, this Spanish-translated nonfiction book will leave children fascinated by all the details that go into baking their favorite treats--like doughnuts and cookies!

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Sweet: Inside a Bakery

by Lisa Greathouse

Published 1 February 2014
As soon as you open the door, you can smell it: the sweet aroma of glazed donuts and cookies fresh from the oven. Come visit your neighborhood bakery. Learn the secrets to artful cupcakes and oven-fresh bread. And, discover six-tier wedding cakes that are an engineering feat!

Cover of Backstage Pass: Fashion

Backstage Pass: Fashion

by Lisa Greathouse

Published 1 February 2014
Fashion is about more than models on the runway at a fashion show. Fashion starts with a designer's idea. Then it involves cutting and sewing fabric, and the business of making and selling clothes. This book will show you how a sketch can become the fashion that we all want in our closets!

Cover of Big Digs: Construction Site

Big Digs: Construction Site

by Lisa Greathouse

Published 1 February 2014
Think about a skyscraper, a bridge, or even your own house. Do you know how these were built? There are many people and steps involved. Workers draw blueprints, drive bulldozers, pour concrete, and paint walls. Check out this construction site, where an idea becomes a house ready to be called a home!