Author: Angela Royston
Publisher: Raintree
Keywords: amazing, growing
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2004-02-25
List price: $7.99
ISBN-10: 1410909506
ISBN-13: 9781410909503

"Perspectives" is designed for young independent readers. The series combines core non-fiction features with an emphasis on research skills. "My Amazing Body" correlates with the science curriculum and helps students to understand the connection between humans and animals. Using magnified photographs, the basic life processes about how the human body works and comparisons with other living things are explained. The books introduce the idea or looking at the body inside and outside.

Author: Elizabeth Raum
Publisher: Raintree
Keywords: atomic, leaders
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2007-09-15
List price: $28.21
ISBN-10: 1410929787
ISBN-13: 9781410929785

Using the ’recount’ nonfiction genre, this title explores a wide variety of famous leaders throughout history including Julius Caesar, Joan of Arc, Queen Isabella, Napoleon Bonaparte, Winston Churchill, and Richard Nixon.

Author: Rebecca Faulkner
Publisher: Raintree
Keywords: rocks, geology, crystals
Number of Pages: 48
Published: 2008-01-15
List price: $8.99
ISBN-10: 1410927830
ISBN-13: 9781410927835

This is a high-interest library and classroom resource to help students understand rock formation, processes and characteristics.Differentiated from the "Freestyle Geology Rocks" series of the same name, this parallel "Freestyle Express" series uses simplified text and an attractive layout with a clear sequence, making it easy for the less confident reader to follow.It is designed for 11-15 year pupils with a reading age of 8 years. It incorporates a lowered text level that allows struggling readers to access and understand the curriculum basics. It can be used in the classroom in conjunction

Authors:Karen Hosack, Adam Miller, Charlotte Guillain, Clare
Publisher: Raintree
Keywords: perspectives, textiles
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2008-06-15
List price: $27.50
ISBN-10: 1410931641
ISBN-13: 9781410931641

Can you wear some kind of art? Can things be knitted out of metal and wire? Can a sculpture be made out of textiles? Textiles can hang on the wall, in your closet, or on your floor. They can also be found in many museums. Find out about textiles and all th

Author: Karen Hosack
Publisher: Raintree
Keywords: perspectives, buildings
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2008-08
List price: $27.50
ISBN-10: 141093165X
ISBN-13: 9781410931658

What is a gargoyle? What does an architect do? How can a building tell us what might be inside? Your school is a building. So is your home. Neither one may be a work of art, but they were both carefully designed and built to serve a purpose. And some build

Author: Elizabeth Raum
Publisher: Raintree
Keywords: atomic, explorers
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2007-09-15
List price: $7.99
ISBN-10: 1410929841
ISBN-13: 9781410929846

Who found the wreck of the Titanic? Where did Francisco Pizarro search for gold? Using the nonfiction genre ’discussion’ to present a variety of explorers, from the person who discovered America to an explorer who rescued a fellow climber on Mount Everest.

Author: John Townsend
Publisher: Raintree
Keywords: incredible, increibles, spanish, creatures, amphibians, anfibios, criaturas
Number of Pages: 56
Published: 2008-01-08
List price: $32.86
ISBN-10: 1410930580
ISBN-13: 9781410930583

Explore the amazing world of amphibians with this unprecedented exploration of the incredible creatures in the world around us. The series is divided according to animal classifications in order to establish a firm scientific basis for each title. The titl