"Engaging images accompany information about Maine. The combination of high-interest subject matter and narrative text is intended for students in grades 3 through 8"--

"Take a kayak trip in the pre-dawn quiet, and discover all the hidden and wonderful life all around you!"--

"Vibrant illustrations accompany information about the history of Delhi. The narrative nonfiction text is intended for students in kindergarten through third grade."--

"Space-loving readers who wonder what Mars rovers are, what their findings are, and why they are important are in for a treat with this book all about the fascinating Mars exploration vehicles"--

"Conditions on Mars make landing there very challenging. Readers get a close-up look at these challenges, plus information on how scientists have successfully landed rovers on Mars and how they might land humans there someday"--

Explains the cycles that affect our daily lives and how the major figures in astronomy used the scientific method to prove their theories about these cycles.

"Vibrant illustrations accompany information about the history of Mexico City. The narrative nonfiction text is intended for students in kindergarten through third grade."

"The story of American from the Chinese American perspective"--

Explore 300 wacky facts and pictures from the five boroughs. You'll get a look at the city's storied past, learn about weird stuff in New York today, and even meet a couple of goats that held up traffic on the subway. The city that never sleeps truly has something for everyone--from giant pillow fights to epic Broadway musicals to pizza-loving rats.

"A picture book biography of the four Moody sisters who designed and built fairy tale-like cottages in Santa Barbara in the 1930s and 1940s"--