New Releases by Jennifer Dussling

Solve kid-sized dilemmas and mysteries with the Science Solves It! series. These fun books for kids ages 5–8 blend clever stories with real-life science. Why did the dog turn green? Can you control a hiccup? Is that a UFO? Find the answers to these questions and more as kid characters dive into physical, life, and earth sciences. While telling ghost stories at camp, Peter secretly uses a magnet to make a trunk slam shut and a spoon move across a table. Books in this perfect STEM series will help kids think like scientists and get ahead in the classroom. Activities and experiments are included in every book! (Level Two: Science topic: Magnets)

Solve kid-sized dilemmas and mysteries with the Science Solves It! series. These fun books for kids ages 5–8 blend clever stories with real-life science. Why did the dog turn green? Can you control a hiccup? Is that a UFO? Find the answers to these questions and more as kid characters dive into physical, life, and earth sciences. Colors on the loose! Annie and Mike are making a box fort when a bunch of little rainbows mysteriously appear on the family room wall. Are they from a sprinkler? A gas puddle? A necklace? Annie and Mike need scientific detective skills to solve this rainbow mystery! Books in this perfect STEM series will help kids think like scientists and get ahead in the classroom. Activities and experiments are included in every book! (Level Two; Science topic: Rainbows)

Solve kid-sized dilemmas and mysteries with the Science Solves It! series. These fun books for kids ages 5–8 blend clever stories with real-life science. Why did the dog turn green? Can you control a hiccup? Is that a UFO? Find the answers to these questions and more as kid characters dive into physical, life, and earth sciences. When Mr. Cooper gives Peggy a new baby duck, she promises to take good care of it. But when Fluff''s feathers begin to droop and his eyes are no longer bright and shiny, Peggy discovers why and learns that good nutrition is very important - for growing ducks and growing girls! Books in this perfect STEM series will help kids think like scientists and get ahead in the classroom. Activities and experiments are included in every book! (Level One; Science topic: Nutrition)

Solve kid-sized dilemmas and mysteries with the Science Solves It! series. These fun books for kids ages 5–8 blend clever stories with real-life science. Why did the dog turn green? Can you control a hiccup? Is that a UFO? Find the answers to these questions and more as kid characters dive into physical, life, and earth sciences. Barry''s teacher says that acting is mainly about control. But how can Barry control hiccups and yawns? Will he ever be a real actor? Books in this perfect STEM series will help kids think like scientists and get ahead in the classroom. Activities and experiments are included in every book! (Level Two; Science topic: Involuntary reflexes)

Discover Math Matters! With over 15 million books sold worldwide, this award-winning series of easy-to-read books will help young readers ages 5–8 approach math with enthusiasm. Great for fans of MathStart or Step into Reading Math. How, in a boat that only holds 100 pounds, can a boy transport himself, a dog, and assorted gear that weigh much more than that? With engaging stories that connect math to kids’ everyday lives, each book in the Teachers’ Choice Award–winning Math Matters series focuses on a single concept and reinforces math vocabulary and skills. Bonus activities in the back of each book feature math and reading comprehension questions, and even more free activities online add to the fun! (Math topic: Weight).

Discover Math Matters! With over 15 million books sold worldwide, this award-winning series of easy-to-read books will help young readers ages 5–8 approach math with enthusiasm. Great for fans of MathStart or Step into Reading Math. All the kids get bigger allowances than Marco. And they do fewer chores! It''s just not fair! How can Marco convince his Dad to give him the raise he knows he deserves? With engaging stories that connect math to kids’ everyday lives, each book in the Teachers’ Choice Award–winning Math Matters series focuses on a single concept and reinforces math vocabulary and skills. Bonus activities in the back of each book feature math and reading comprehension questions, and even more free activities online add to the fun! (Math topic: Bar Graphs)

Each read-aloud book in the Mouse Math series focuses on a single, basic math concept and features adorable mice, Albert and Wanda, who live in a People House. Entertaining fiction stories capture kids’ imaginations as the mice learn about numbers, shapes, sizes and more. Over 3 million copies sold worldwide! Albert has found a wonderful, beautiful thing in the People''s backyard. An old shoe! And it''s the perfect clubhouse for him to play in—if only he can fit it inside the playroom. Every Mouse Math title includes back matter activities that support and extend reading comprehension and math skills, plus free online activities. (Math concept: Measurements).

Read Along or Enhanced eBook: Alberto acaba de encontrar la cosa más bella y maravillosa del mundo en el Patio de la Gente. ¡Un zapato viejo! Es perfecto para usarlo como casa club y jugar en su interior… si Wanda y él logran ponerlo en su cuarto de juego.

Get to know the tallest animals on earth—giraffes!—in this Level 3 reader. Giraffes have been a source of interest for thousands of years. Some were even kept as pets in Egypt! As the tallest animals on Earth—some can be nineteen feet tall—giraffes are distinct, and their anatomy makes them only more interesting. Did you know that giraffes have the same number of neck bones that humans do? Giraffes also have tongues that are blue-black in color and more than a foot long. You can learn all about giraffes in this exciting book!

Have you ever seen a hailstone with a turtle frozen inside? Learn all about the weirdest, wackiest, wildest weather ever--and what makes it happen--in this easy-to-read nonfiction reader.

Featuring redesigned jackets, interiors, and up-to-date vocabulary throughout, DK Readers now have a fresh new look! Stunning photographs combine with lively illustrations and engaging, age appropriate stories in DK Readers, a multilevel reading program guaranteed to capture children''s interests while developing their reading skills and general knowledge. With DK Readers, children will learn to read-and read to learn! Slither, slither, hiss, hiss! Learn all about the silent, stealthy, sibilant world of snakes!

Read all about big bad bugs, clever little bugs, and some of the fiercest bugs ever! Stunning photographs combine with lively illustrations and engaging, age-appropriate stories in DK Readers, a multilevel reading program guaranteed to capture children''s interest while developing their reading skills and general knowledge. With DK Readers, children will learn to read—then read to learn!

Colors on the loose? Rainbows suddenly appear and disappear on Annie''s wall! Find out how she and her sidekick Mike hunt down the clues and solve the mystery.

A flower girl learns her role in the wedding.

Marco surveys his friends and uses bar graphs to convince his father to raise his allowance.

Before he can go fishing, a boy has to figure out how to get himself, his dog and all his gear out to an island in a boat that can only carry 100 pounds.

Social Studies Connects: Economics/Supply & Demand.

Shake, rattle, and roll with our newest Station Stop 2 All Aboard Science Reader, Earthquakes! On March 27, 1964, a massive earthquake ripped through Anchorage, Alaska, destroying the community. With bright, graphic art and actual photos of earthquake devastation, this book explains all about how and why this terrifying natural phenomenon occurs.

Este libro ilustrado para niños muestra algunos insectos cazando y comiendo a otros. Se incluyen avispas, mantis religiosa, hormigas, libélulas, chinches. También habla de las defensas naturales de algunos insectos.

Introduces the wonders of electricity and lightning, including a look at what different cultures once believed lightning to be and how Benjamin Franklin proved what it really is.

Inside are fun facts about the rocks you will find, a rock ID chart, special write-in notebook pages, and lots of stickers!

Answers questions about the solar system.

Talk about a BIG catch! The 25-foot squid hauled in by a fishing boat off the coast of New Zealand in December 1997 was one of the most amazing stories of that year! Here''s a fascinating look at the giant squid, cephalopods in general, and the implications of this extra-ordinary discovery--written in conjunction with The American Museum of Natural History.

Describes different kinds of gargoyles, how they are created, and how they function as waterspouts.

After Kiki hears a noise in the woods, her imagination runs wild?much to her embarrassment when the ?truth? finally emerges from the bushes.Jennifer Dussling lives in Highland Park, NJ.Lyndon Mosse lives in New York City.

Murray, an apprentice fairy godmother, is forced to save all the magic wands after they are stolen from the other godmothers at their annual convention in New York City.

When he wakes up one morning, Fozzie cannot find his fuzzy slippers, so he calls on his friend Kermit the Detective to help.

Grab a flashlight and pull the covers over your head! Here are two more easy-to-read, just-spooky-enough stories to make you shiver and shriek until the very end. "Likely to pique many a young reader''s interest....appealingly creepy...". -- The Bulletin of the Center for Children''s BooksBugsy loves squishing bugs. But when he messes with the wrong bug -- a magical golden insect -- he wakes up in the morning with a bug''s-eye view of things!

Lucy, the new girl at school, invites a classmate to play with her unusual dollhouse.