New Releases by Lisa Trumbauer

Describes the physical characteristics, habits, and stages of development of grasshoppers.

Describes the physical characteristics, habits, and stages of development of a cow.

Introduces subtraction by showing groups of different objects, taking some away, and asking the reader how many are left.

Simple text and photographs present the life cycle of a cat.

Describes the physical characteristics, habits, and stages of development of a kangaroo.

Introduce young readers to common occupations through this informative series. Simple text and engaging photographs emphasize how workers help people every day. Close photo-text matches support early readers. This series explores and supports the standard "Production, Distribution, and Consumption," as required by the National Council for the Social Studies.

Introduce young readers to common occupations through this informative series. Simple text and engaging photographs emphasize how workers help people every day. Close photo-text matches support early readers. This series explores and supports the standard "Production, Distribution, and Consumption," as required by the National Council for the Social Studies.

Simple text and photographs describe and illustrate how to use a compass to find one''s way on land, at sea, or in the air.

Explains that people take measurements to find out how tall, how long, how far, how fast, how heavy, how much, and what size.

Describes the physical characteristics, habits, and stages of development of a bee.

Simple text and photographs describe the characteristics of deserts.

Text and photographs introduce oceans and their features including waves, shorelines, and the different zones of an ocean.

Describes the physical characteristics, habits, and stages of development of a chicken.

Discusses the secrets of how to talk with boys, how to be friends with them, and how to listen so they''ll want to talk back.

Describes favorite activities, such as singing, dancing, painting, cooking, and camping.

Describes different types of families, what family members do together, and where families live.

Describes the ways people travel, including by car, on foot, by bike, on horses, on tractors, on buses, on trains, by plane, and by boat.

How do you eat a fraction? How many ways can you make 100? Young readers learn math and reading skills with these beginning books.

Describes what cloths, cars, bicycles, cities, and sports were like 100 years ago.

Describes what a scientist does and the tools a scientist uses. Explains that different types of scientists do different jobs.

This book presents more than 75 hot sites that offer homework help on a wide range of subjects: math, English, history, science, geography, social studies. Young students will find scores of sources that offer all sorts of help for research and report-writing, including on-line libraries, museums, dictionaries, and encyclopedias, plus links to experts on specific topics. Featured sites offer tips for taking notes and acing tests. And if you think that homework is all work, think again: there are game sites that make math fun, teach tons of new words, and even glamorize grammar.

Explains how to use a personal computer to complete activities related to social studies, such as drawing maps, putting out a community newsletter, and creating a local time-line.

Explains how to use a personal computer to complete activities that explore various aspects of Halloween.

Describes the best websites offering items for children, including games, posters, and manufacturer''s giveaways. Contains reviews by computer users, aged seven to twelve.