New Releases by Lisa Trumbauer

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

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

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

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.

Explores some of the ways that animals and people use plants for food and shelter.

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

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 how frogs develop from eggs to tadpoles to froglets to adult frogs.

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

Describes the activities that take place at a typical elementary school between arriving in the morning and leaving in the afternoon, including lessons, art, music, and gym classes, visits to the library, and field trips.

Describes the seasons and tells what people, plants, and animals do during each season.

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

Describes the ears of many types of animals and tells how the animals use their ears.

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.

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

Describes the food pyramid, the various foods in each food group, and how the foods keep people healthy.

Explains how to use a personal computer to complete activities that explore math, reading, geography, and science.

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

Teaches facts and skills about mathematics, while helping the reader to become comfortable with using a computer.

Provides descriptions and Web addresses for numerous sites on the Internet that provide information about many different entertainers, actors, musicians, and other celebrities, entertainment companies, television shows, and more.