Product Description: Offers facts about insects, demonstrating how they have adapted their appearance and behavior to survive a variety of conditions and climates.

Product Description: Role-playing can be an informative and entertaining way to learn about historical periods, such as the Renaissance, far beyond traditional classroom learning alone. This title introduces the history of Renaissance fairs, looking back at the first festivals from the 1960s and exploring how they've changed and adapted over time...read more

Product Description: Throughout history, women were kept in the home and out of the workplace. Over time, however, women began breaking out of their traditional roles and entering spaces traditionally occupied by menincluding the boardroom. This biographical text looks at the lives of the fascinating females who broke barriers in business...read more

Throughout history, women were kept in the home and out of the workplace. Over time, however, women began breaking out of their traditional roles and entering spaces traditionally occupied by menincluding the boardroom. This biographical text looks at the lives of the fascinating females who broke barriers in business. Coco Chanel, Estee Lauder, Oprah Winfrey, Melinda Gates, and Sheryl Sandberg are just some of the groundbreakers covered in this text. Age-appropriate text, colorful visuals, fact boxes, and a comprehensive timeline complete the learning experience.

Product Description: In 1846, travelers heading for California became trapped high in the mountains of the Sierra Nevada. Snowdrifts surrounded their shelters, and food supplies dwindled. How they stayed alive remains one of the most gruesome stories in US history...read more

Product Description: Shares information about the lives of ancient Egyptian women, including their legal rights and social responsibilities.

FastIf you've always wanted to learn Mandarin or need to learn it in a hurry, here is a quick, stress-free introduction to the basics. This 60-minute audio course features more than 300 essential Mandarin Chinese words and phrases.EasyA narrator guides you through the program, providing brief explanations of the foreign phrases. All you have to do is listen and repeat after the native speakers.EffectiveShort quizzes in this interactive course help you think in Mandarin. Lessons include little dialogues so you can hear Mandarin spoken naturally. Learn both pronunciation and comprehension skills.PortableA mini-script with pronunciation guide is included, but the cassette may be used alone. It's easy to learn on the go: in a car, on a plane, even while walking or jogging.Contents-- Greetings-- Polite Expressions-- Directions-- At the Hotel-- At the Restaurant-- Numbers-- Telling Time-- Shopping-- The Post Office-- The Airport-- The Train Station-- The Telephone-- Questions-- Days and Months

Product Description: Today, science offers explanations of things people once found freaky, and the human body is no exception. Everything our body does has a purpose, from our seemingly gross bodily fluids to the weird and wild ways we stay healthy. Readers take a journey through the human body, learning why (almost) every organ has a purpose and how the old adage What doesnt kill you makes you stronger is actually true in some ways...read more

Product Description: Pioneer women faced hard winters, few supplies, and loneliness once they settled on the American frontierand that doesnt even account for the months-long journey to their new home! During the mid-1800s, hundreds of thousands of Americans moved west as the United States expanded...read more

Product Description: Skateboarding as we know it today emerged as a popular sport in 1950s California, but in the time since the first wheeled boards surfed the streets, the sport has evolved and reached sporting extremes. In this high-interest title, fans of skateboarding and other extreme sports will read the captivating backstory behind one of the most popular street sports today, with profiles of the key figures on wheels and the tricks that they invented...read more

Contains the text of the Shakespearean play with explanatory notes on its structure and stage-history

Product Description: Glowworms are special kinds of beetles that make their own light. They do this through a cool chemical reaction that takes place in their bodies. Readers learn fascinating facts about these insects through informative text as well as engaging fact boxes...read more

Product Description: Almost yearly, ancient ruins are declared to be clues to finding Atlantis, a huge island where an advanced civilization is said to have lived. However, we're not even sure if Atlantis existed at all. Atlantis lore stems from the writings of the famous Greek philosopher Plato of nearly 2,400 years ago...read more

Product Description: The Shoshone people's history is forever tied to the period known as westward expansion in the United States. Occupying lands in present-day Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, California, and Nevada, the Shoshone tribe lived in western North America for hundreds of years before white settlers were drawn there by land and gold...read more