New Releases by Suzanne Slade

Describes the science behind the sport of basketball, including offense, defense, arenas, and trick plays.

Your young readers will learn about both the fossil fuels we depend upon today and the alternative energy sources we are likely to become reliant upon in the future.

Explains the challenges facing endangered animals, exploring the root causes of this issue, and offering possible solutions.

Air, water, and soil pollution are major dangers, both for humans and for the other species with which we share this planet. Young readers will learn how pollution happens, what problems it causes, and how to stop it.

What do insects eat? Do insects have bones? Buzz through the pages of this book to learn all about insects.

Follows the life cycle of an apple tree.

Hop through the pages of this book and discover the life cycle of a wood frog.

Just how do animals sleep in the wild? Some animals sleep standing up, others even sleep while swimming or flying! The short, lyrical text provides fascinating information, such as location, position, and duration of sleep of animals living in different habitats. The satisfying conclusion will have children reaching for this book again and again at naptime, bedtime, or any time of day to learn about animals. This fictional story includes a 4-page For Creative Minds section in the back of the book and a 25-page cross-curricular Teaching Activity Guide online. Animals are Sleeping is vetted by experts and designed to encourage parental engagement. Its extensive back matter helps teachers with time-saving lesson ideas, provides extensions for science, math, and social studies units, and uses inquiry-based learning to help build critical thinking skills in young readers.

One of the most important concepts presented in the elementary science curriculum is that all living things grow and change. This useful book traces the development of a wide array of animals, from insects and amphibians to birds and mammals.

This fun and fact-filled book introduces kids to the diverse habitats of the world. It clearly and simply explains what a habitat is and offers interesting information about key world habitats, such as deserts, oceans, and wetlands.

Readers will learn about the amazing and often bizarre ways that animals have adapted to their habitats. The volume explores how several different animalsu0092 adaptations help them endure extreme environments, find food, or hide from predators.

Asks and answers twenty questions about plants.

This book is a visually stunning and information-packed look at the ladybugs that live right in the readers'' backyard. Electron microscope technology opens up and magnifies the fascinating world of these beetles for young explorers.

In this book, readers learn how pain medications work on the body and mind and the shocking dangers to their systems if the drugs are misused. It details how people become addicted to and abuse OxyContin, and also how they can get help. The narrative vividly describes the horrific consequences of OxyContin abuse and addiction, and shocking images graphically portray the physical effects.

Describes why seasons occur and signs, characteristics, living things, and events in each of the four seasons.

Highlights the life and accomplishments of the escaped slave who went on to fight for the abolition of slavery.

Describes the different kinds of rock found in the Earth and discusses the processes that form and change these rocks.

Desribes how the periodic table was created and explains the arrangement and properties of elements within the table.

Describes possible camping activities and explains how to prepare for a camping trip, including how to pitch a tent, cook over a campfire, and respect nature.

Describes the sport of fishing, including equipment, bait, fishing techniques, and catches, and discusses some of the different types of fishing, including fresh and saltwater fishing, fly-fishing, ice fishing, and related topics.

Describes the types of equipment and clothing appropriate for hiking, introduces the types of trails and terrains appropriate for novice and advanced hikers, and discusses the benefits to hiking during the day and at night.

Introduces atoms, molecules, elements, compounds and mixtures and how chemical reactions occur.

Explains what an atom is and why it is important and describes the particles that make up atoms.

Explores the physical properties of matter, introducing solids, liquids, and gases and showing how their atoms are arranged and how changing this arrangement causes matter to change phase.

Explore the four elements carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and hydrogen that are the major building blocks of life on Earth.

A short biography of the woman who fought to win equal rights for women.

Atoms may be microscopic but they make up everything you see and even everything you don’t see—like air. With this book, readers will journey into that microscopic realm of physical science to better understand the atom, its various components, and how they interact to form all the matter around us.