Science

Chickens and many other animals begin their lives inside an egg. How eggs hatch is an intriguing and complex process, and it can seem like a mystery. Young readers learn the science behind egg development, the parts of a chicken egg, and how chicks break out of their shells. Full-color photographs and age-appropriate language allow readers to better understand one of life's most intricate processes.

Few kids can resist jumping into a big puddle. Getting wet can be fun. Learning to describe objects as wet can be fun, too, as evidenced in the bright, entertaining photographs and simple, engaging text in this motivating book. Readers will love to identify the objects within these pages, selected to appeal to them, and use the objects to comprehend new vocabulary words in corresponding sentences.

Anyone who has ever gotten drenched in a rainstorm knows what it is to be dry, but learning to identify objects as dry can be tricky for the youngest learners. This beneficial book teaches readers how to classify familiar objects as wet or dry with short, achievable sentences carefully constructed for vocabulary acquisition. The accessible narrative is accompanied by bright, interesting photographs of the objects.

Eating a snack is a great way to tide you over until your next meal. Leila loves to eat healthy snacks when she gets home from school. Emerging readers and young listeners will be excited to eat snacks with Leila and her parents. The engaging text and colorful illustrations demonstrate how children can be actively involved in eating a healthy, balanced diet. This book is sure to excite readers and spur their desire to eat healthy.

Breakfast is often considered the most important meal of the day. Breakfast is especially important when you live on a farm. This narrative follows the main character as she collects eggs from the chicken coop and picks strawberries from the bushes before her day at school begins. A healthy breakfast will fuel her for a day spent learning new things. Readers see just how easy it is to make healthy choices right from the start of their day. Accessible text and exciting illustrations are sure to engage both emerging readers and children still in the listening stage.

Computer science is all around us, at school, at home, and in the community. This book gives readers the essential tools they need to understand the computer science concept of debugging. Brilliant color photographs and accessible text will engage readers and allow them to connect deeply with the concept. The computer science topic is paired with an age-appropriate curricular topic to deepen readers' learning experience and show how debugging works in the real world. In this book, readers will investigate what's wrong with a microscope and learn how to fix it. This nonfiction book is paired with the fiction book Tarik's Telescope (ISBN: 9781508137863). The instructional guide on the inside front and back covers provides: Vocabulary, Background knowledge, Text-dependent questions, Whole class activities, and Independent activities.