Most Popular Books by Monica Hughes

In November 1813, a young Canadian is accused of giving away the British and Canadian positions to the Americans. But the boy has an alibi. He was out hunting for Indian treasure and ended up in American territory. No one believed him--until 150 years later when two boys holidaying near the spot discover the Indian treasure.

Right out of "Jurassic Park," Fighting Dinosaurs shows young readers how dinosaurs fared in combat with each other. The plant eaters, of course, had all kinds of armor—more than any medieval knight. There were spikes and horns and thick-plated skin. These ancient creatures needed such defenses, because the meat eaters were fast and strong and often had terrifying teeth! Young readers will be fascinated by scenes of predators hunting in packs and the amazing ways that nature helped the plant eaters protect themselves. Developed by literacy experts, Fighting Dinosaurs features controlled text with appropriate vocabulary, grammar, and sentence structure for emergent readers.

Why do we have weather patterns? Where does it rain every afternoon? What is a monsoon? Weather follows patterns. Most parts of the world have a yearly weather pattern. In some places there is also a daily weather pattern. Read this book to find out why these patterns happen.

In 1897, Dawson City on the banks of the Yukon River was the scene of the greatest gold rush the world has ever known ... the Klondike Gold Rush. More than 20,000 men across rugged trails and mountains to reach this land where fortunes could be made in a day. Two adventurous children go to the Klondike, too. Their mother is dead and their father is missing somewhere along the gold rush trail. So Henry and Sarah Thorpe stow away aboard a ship and search for their father-the first of many hardships to come...

Color pictures and simple text provide an introduction to oceans.

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Children love getting a close-up look at fascinating creatures in the world around them. This series allows them to get up-close and personal with some of these creepy creatures that they can find in parks, gardens, and even their own home. Each book identifies the main physical features of each bug including what they eat, how they change, and how they reproduce.

This book explains the water cycle, defining "evaporates," "water vapor," "condenses," and other terms.

Describes the bodies, relatives, diets, and life cycles of pill bugs, and includes color photos.

This big book allows teachers to develop and enhance learning of a key topic by reading aloud to their class and engaging children in shared activities.

In the summer of 2011, the death of their mother sends Megan and her younger brother Ian on a dangerous journey across a Canada ravaged by drought and the collapse of civilization.

Since Olwen has spent her entire life on an uninhabited planet, adapting to its environment, when a spaceship from Earth appears, Olwen, although a human being, finds the earthmen repelled by her appearance.

The community of the planet of Isis, misled by power-hungry space captain Michael Joseph Flynn, moves down the path of destruction until Moira, the captain''s daughter, exposes his self-serving designs.

While visiting Conshelf Ten, an underwater colony on Earth, a young Moon boy becomes involved with dissident Gillmen whose plans threaten the whole world.

When twelve-year-old Valerie and her brother and sister fall through a space trap and are transmitted to an alien planet, they seek ways to return to the thirty-second century.