New Release Books by Ann Weil

Jack his classmates and his teacher prepare to welcome Saitoti Eliapenda a new student from Tanzania by learning about his country and its culture. Includes a craft project and traditional recipe.

A brief history of the people culture traditions and customs of the country of Malaysia.

Bonjour Jeremy! Elysa her classmates and her teacher prepare to welcome Jeremy a new student from Quebec by learning about his country and its culture. Includes a craft project and traditional recipe.

Recreates the childhood of the woman traditionally remembered as the maker of the first American flag, which was secretly presented to General George Washington in Philadelphia in 1776.

This biography takes an exciting look at the life of Geronimo. The book includes biographies of other historical people and a family tree.

Themes: Hi-Lo, headlines, nonfiction, disasters, world events. This series of nonfiction readers will grab a student's interest from the very first page! Designed with struggling readers in mind, these riveting 92-page softcover books offer short chapters on significant disasters. Each chapter is its own mini-book, which includes a timeline, key terms, and interesting facts. Fascinating black and white photographs keep the pages turning. A bibliography encourages further topical reading. Disasters are inherently frightening, riveting, and involving. Grabbed straight from the headlines, these disasters leave tragedy, destruction, and years of anguish: The Munich Massacre, Sara Jane Olson, The Achille Lauro, The Unabomber, Oklahoma City, 9/11, The London Underground, and more.

This series of nonfiction readers will grab a student's interest from the very first page! Designed with struggling readers in mind, these riveting 92-page books offer short chapters on significant disasters. Each chapter is its own mini-book, which includes a timeline, key terms, and interesting facts. Fascinating black and white photographs keep the pages turning. A bibliography encourages further topical reading. Disasters are inherently frightening, riveting, and involving. Grabbed straight from the headlines, these disasters leave tragedy, destruction, and years of anguish: 1977 Tenerife, 1972 Chile, 1982 The Potomac River, Shot Down, Terrorism, Captain Sully Sullenberger, and more.

This series of nonfiction readers will grab a student's interest from the very first page! Designed with struggling readers in mind, these riveting 92-page books offer short chapters on significant disasters. Each chapter is its own mini-book, which includes a timeline, key terms, and interesting facts. Fascinating black and white photographs keep the pages turning. A bibliography encourages further topical reading. Disasters are inherently frightening, riveting, and involving. Grabbed straight from the headlines, these disasters leave tragedy, destruction, and years of anguish: Apollo 1, Apollo 13, Soyuz 11, Challenger, Columbia, Asteroid Collisions, and more.

Themes: Hi-Lo, headlines, nonfiction, disasters, world events. This series of nonfiction readers will grab a student's interest from the very first page! Designed with struggling readers in mind, these riveting 92-page softcover books offer short chapters on significant disasters. Each chapter is its own mini-book, which includes a timeline, key terms, and interesting facts. Fascinating black and white photographs keep the pages turning. A bibliography encourages further topical reading. Disasters are inherently frightening, riveting, and involving. Grabbed straight from the headlines, these disasters leave tragedy, destruction, and years of anguish: The Eiger, Mount Everest, Mount Hood, Siula Grande, Denali, The Deadly Fourteeners, and more.

This series of nonfiction readers will grab a student's interest from the very first page! Designed with struggling readers in mind, these riveting 92-page books offer short chapters on significant disasters. Each chapter is its own mini-book, which includes a timeline, key terms, and interesting facts. Fascinating black and white photographs keep the pages turning. A bibliography encourages further topical reading. Disasters are inherently frightening, riveting, and involving. Grabbed straight from the headlines, these disasters leave tragedy, destruction, and years of anguish: London Bridge, The Morro Castle, Chicago, The Iroquois Theater, Australia's Bush Fires, The Station Nightclub, The West Burns, and more.

Themes: Hi-Lo, headlines, nonfiction, disasters, world events. This series of nonfiction readers will grab a student's interest from the very first page! Designed with struggling readers in mind, these riveting 92-page softcover books offer short chapters on significant disasters. Each chapter is its own mini-book, which includes a timeline, key terms, and interesting facts. Fascinating black and white photographs keep the pages turning. A bibliography encourages further topical reading. Disasters are inherently frightening, riveting, and involving. Grabbed straight from the headlines, these disasters leave tragedy, destruction, and years of anguish: San Francisco, Mexico City, Japan, Lisbon, China, Indian Ocean Tsunami, and more.

This series of nonfiction readers will grab a student's interest from the very first page! Designed with struggling readers in mind, these riveting 92-page books offer short chapters on significant disasters. Each chapter is its own mini-book, which includes a timeline, key terms, and interesting facts. Fascinating black and white photographs keep the pages turning. A bibliography encourages further topical reading. Disasters are inherently frightening, riveting, and involving. Grabbed straight from the headlines, these disasters leave tragedy, destruction, and years of anguish: Vesuvius, Krakatoa, Mount Pelee, Mount St. Helens, Mount Pinatubo, Hawaii's Gentle Giants, The World's Most Active Volcanoes, and more.

This series of nonfiction readers will grab a student's interest from the very first page! Designed with struggling readers in mind, these riveting 92-page books offer short chapters on significant disasters. Each chapter is its own mini-book, which includes a timeline, key terms, and interesting facts. Fascinating black and white photographs keep the pages turning. A bibliography encourages further topical reading. Disasters are inherently frightening, riveting, and involving. Grabbed straight from the headlines, these disasters leave tragedy, destruction, and years of anguish: London Fog, The Love Canal, The Hanford Nuclear Power Plant, The Exxon Valdez, Chernobyl, Bhopal, Fukishima Daiichi and more.

How is silk made? Why was the secret of silk kept for so long? What was the Silk Road? To uncover the hidden facts behind everyday things, explore the secrets of True Stories. True Stories reveals the surprising truth about a range of subjects. Discover everything you could wish to know, and some things you'll wish you didn't, about a huge range of topics!

Native American Culture covers a vast array of subjects on Native American culture -- from fine arts to ceremonies, from legends to the culture's global influence.

Presents an easy-to-follow guide to English grammar basics, from spelling and commonly misused words to punctuation, parts of speech, and common grammatical mistakes.

Which pyramid had human sacrifices buried alive in each of its corners? Where is the Pyramid of Kukulcan located? How did the Pyramid of Inscriptions get its name? To find out the answers to these questions and more, open this book and go on an exploration of the world's most amazing pyramids!

Are you ready for a trip around the world? Every continent has unique people, plants, animals, geographical features, and cultures. Take a fascinating tour of the seven continents to learn what makes each one like no other place on Earth. Core Library is the must-have line of nonfiction books for supporting the Common Core State Standards for grades 3-6. Core Library features: A wide variety of high-interest topics, Well-researched, clearly written informational text, Primary sources with accompanying questions, Multiple prompts and activities for writing, reading, and critical thinking, Charts, graphs, diagrams, timelines, and maps Book jacket.

What was the first national park in the world? Who was John Muir? What types of animals can you see in Kruger National Park? To find out the answers to these questions and more, open this book and go on an exploration of the world's most amazing national parks!

A biography on Sitting Bull, the Native American chief who defeated General George Custer at the Battle at Little Bighorn.

This biography examines the life of Medgar Evers. The book includes biographies of other historical people and a family tree.

Looks at ten of the most distinctive lost cities, from the legendary Atlantis to the ancient city of Petra that was rediscovered by Europeans in the early 19th century.

"Lists and describes the top pro wrestlers of the past and today"--Provided by publisher.

This book briefly examines ten of the world's castles.

Profiles ten of the world's most distinctive dams.

Edge super high interest, low reading level books about great warriors in history.

Atomic is leveled, high-interest nonfiction that will motivate reluctant and less able readers with text that is related sirectly and simply to the images. Each book is designed as a fun and exciting page-turner so that readers are encouraged to keep reading and gain fluency. Facts, statistics, and processes are presented through graphic organizers to help build curriculum and comprehension skills. There are four reading levels to choose from, with four types of writing demonstrated at each level: discussion, report, explanation, and recount.

Explains why people make up fake stories and examines fake stories throughout history, including the Loch Ness Monster, the Piltdown Man, and the existence of spaghetti trees.

Profiles eleven adventurers, whose exploits range from sailing around the world to nearly falling into an icy crevasse in Antarctica.

When Kyle goes to visit his grandmother over the Memorial Day weekend, he discovers some big differences between the big city where he lives and the small town where his grandmother lives. But the most important thing he learns is what Memorial Day really means and how people observe it--in the United States as well as in other countries.