Product Description: Just 50,000 years ago, our hunter-gatherer ancestors ventured off the African savannah and into the wider world. Now, our technology reaches far out into the cosmos. How did we get to where we are today?With lively text and colorful illustrations, From Then to Now explains how individual societies struggled to find their own paths, despite war, disease, slavery, natural disasters, and the relentless growth of human knowledge...read more

Meet Thomas Edison - world-famous inventor. The story of his many inventions, including the phonograph and the light bulb, is told in level-appropriate language and detailed illustrations in the Level 3 first reader.

Meet the Wright Brothers --- inventors of the airplane. The story of how they created one of the most influential machines in history is told in level-appropriate language and detailed illustrations. A Level 3 first reader.

From its array of native birds and the arrival of the conquistadors to the drug cartels and beyond, a comprehensive and historical review of South America, its people, and its natural wonders is presented to middle readers.

Recounts the life and achievements of Helen Keller who, with the help of her teacher, Annie Sullivan, overcame the limitations of being both blind and deaf to become an author and an advocate for the rights of disabled people.

Product Description: Meet Alexander Graham Bell --- pioneering educator and inventor of the telephone. The story of Aleck's world-changing invention and his struggle to perfect it is told in level-appropriate language and detailed illustrations. A Level 3 first reader.

A simple biography profiles the inventor of the telephone.

After finding out that his favorite animals--monkeys--love to eat bananas, Matthew refuses to eat anything else, which turns him into a monkey, despite the efforts of veterinarians, psychotherapists, and psychics.

Product Description: Written in a playful rhyme, this third story in the Jungle of Utt series finds the animal inhabitants of the island of Skree ingeniously building an airship only to have their plane blown off course and into the Sassaway Sea during its first flight...read more

Product Description: This second tale in the series follows the children of Utt as they go down to the lake for a swim. The water parts as they reach the far side of the lake and they see a strange creature that fills them with dread. They rush back to town to tell Barnaby the mayor and with vivid imaginations recall seeing a fearsome monster...read more

Product Description: In this engaging adventure, a young sailor named Barnaby gets caught in a storm on the Sassaway Sea and is shipwrecked on the mystical island of Skree. The wonderful animal characters he meets, the adventures they share, and the things they build together are all vividly rendered in hand-painted illustrations...read more