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Investigators Investigators is a unique series of leveled nonfiction books, interactive CDs, and instructional materials for young readers. Using science as inquiry, Investigators develops students’ reading, research, and problem-solving skills, while enabling them to build knowledge around a central science theme. Each thematic strand includes a thematic overview book, five nonfiction narratives, a lap book, classroom posters, cross-curricular activity cards, teacher’s notes and an Investigators CD, which reinforces reading comprehension and fluency skills. The easy-to-navigate onscreen books are supported with audio voice-over, video footage, further science information and learning activities.
GRADES K–1
MATERIALS
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For PC, Mac, interactive whiteboards Ages 5–8
Interactive Materials The thematic overview book and interactive whiteboard CD frontload the foundational knowledge children need to tackle the remaining titles in each strand. The nonfiction narratives deepen children’s understanding of a topic. Teacher’s notes for every title feature library-time options and take-home research activities.
28 pages 215 x 165 mm 8½ x 6½ inches Paperback Interactive CDs, lap books, posters, activity cards and teacher’s notes
GRADES 2–3
SURVIVAL
PREDATORS
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Science Solutions 120 laminated cards 6 grade levels 20 cards per grade level Four topics per grade Grades 1–6 235 x 170 mm (card) 9 ⁄4 x 6 ⁄4 inches 1
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24 interactive CDs
Research shows that the use of interactive technology in the classroom energizes and captivates students, increasing their level of engagement and retention of information. Science Solutions is an interactive, inquiry-based science literacy resource that equips students with the skills they need to participate in an increasingly scientific and technological world. Featuring curriculum-aligned topics across the core science strands, each set of cards and CDs explores a central science theme and enhances inquiry skills. Science Solutions is ideal for independent work, extension, and topic knowledge assessment.
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Grade 1 It’s Alive!
For PC, Mac, interactive whiteboards
Grade 6 The Sky’s the Limit
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TOPICS
It’s Alive! • Power Station • Design Team • Earth Watch
GRADE 2
Animals Grow • Matter, Matter Everywhere • Move It! • Air and Water
GRADE 3
Watch It Grow • Spring Into Action • Build It Up • Down Under
GRADE 4
Healthy Habitats • Sound and Light • Rockhound • Lighten Your Load
GRADE 5
Body Works • What’s the Matter? • Force Factor • Conserve and Preserve
GRADE 6
Variety of Life • The Sky’s the Limit • Turn It On! • Out of This World
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Shockwave Ages 8–13
Jolt your readers into reading success with Shockwave. Shockwave is a substantial educational
32 pages
series of 60 books designed for readers aged 8 to 13 years. Using a thematic, paired approach,
235 x 170 mm 91⁄4 x 6 3⁄4 inches 60 titles Paperback (Hardcover library edition also available)
Shockwave offers students the opportunity to read widely in the core curriculum content areas of science and social studies. The books include explicit comprehension instruction in the strategies and processes that proficient readers use to understand what they read. Shockwave provides support for vocabulary development and writing.
Sample pair: Social Science and Science
Sample Fact File
Student Fact Files The Fact Files help develop writing strategies and test comprehension. These are ideal for independent or group classroom use or for students to take home.
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Teacher’s Resource The Teacher’s Resource booklets are full of helpful teaching suggestions to assist teachers to gain optimum use from the Shockwave books.
Special features help turn striving readers The heads-up on
into successful readers
expert reading
Word stunners and other oddities
SHOCKER Stuff to surprise and amaze you Links to more information Quick recaps and notable notes
SCIENCE SOCIAL STUDIES Anatomy of a Volcano Art as Science The Wind at Work The Water Planet The Uncanny Can Mighty Earth Dollars and Sense Scientists Try, Try Again The Egyptian Science Gazette Full Speed Ahead
SCIENCE SOCIAL STUDIES Your Papers, Please Harsh or Heroic? Camp Extreme A Day in the Life of an African Village Venom and Visions What Do You Mean? Istanbul, Once Constantinople Built Below Sea Level ‘Twas a Dark and Stormy Night Mysterious Places
SCIENCE SOCIAL STUDIES Pills and Potions Take a Deep Breath Genius or Madman? The DNA Gave It Away! Grab a Seat at the Periodic Table Earth Partners How Does It Fly? Secrets of the Space Shuttle Don’t Try This at Home! From Bugbots to Humanoids
On the Lookout Earth Matters Extreme Sports Liberty Kids Have Rights Too! The Two Great Wars Flight and Fancy Vision Without Sight The Spoils of War Carved in Stone
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No Animals, No Plants Dr. Medieval Move Your Bones Caught With a Catch Stuck on Cactus Paper Trail Skiing in the Desert Beach Biology Mirror Power The Earth Is Flat!
SHOCKWAVE GRADE 4
Ashes to Ashes Leonardo da Vinci Racing on the Wind Wicked and Wonderful Water The Rock We Eat: Salt Made by Humans The Bull and the Bear Boundary Breakers Tombs and Treasure Thrills and Spills
Interactive Science Science comes to life through these beautifully presented book and CD sets. Interactive Science is designed to help students learn core science concepts, while improving their reading and comprehension skills. With animated, interactive diagrams, action-packed video clips and a wealth of learning activities around essential science themes, Interactive Science is an ideal way to reinforce and extend scientific knowledge and research skills.
Ages 8–12 24 pages 235 x 170 mm 91⁄4 x 6 3⁄4 inches Hardcover One interactive CD per book
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For PC, Mac, interactive whiteboards
Global Issues The Global Issues books were created to help students understand complex global issues. They encourage young people to think about how they might participate in providing solutions for issues within their own communities and how they might contribute to helping create a positive future. The fourteen books in the Global Issues boxed set cover such global problems as climate change, immigration, protection of historical treasures, animal poaching, animal rights, human rights, pollution, overfishing, clean water for all, the aftereffects of war, freedom of expression and environmental destruction.
Ages 8–12 24 pages 250 x 185 mm 10 x 71⠄4 inches Paperback or hardcover
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Resource Support Material Fourteen student activity cards are provided. The cards reinforce literacy and comprehension skills and encourage students to think about what they might contribute, even in just a small way, to the solving of global issues, locally and internationally.
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WorldScapes WorldScapes gives students a world of reasons to read! It is an exciting, cross-cultural, cross-curricular, leveled literacy resource for students aged 8 to 12 years. It comprises 168 books. Students can explore 28 countries around the world and examine the rich, ethnic diversity of other cultures through the six dynamic genre strands of photo-essay, fiction, biography, mathematics, science, and the new issues strand. WorldScapes explores global issues in a thought-provoking yet encouraging way. Each book in the critical literacy strand commences with a “faction” story that sets the scene for the issue being explored in a particular country. The books not only inform readers about global issues, but also encourage students to think about how they might arrive at solutions that help create a positive future. PHOTO-ESSAY
FICTION
BIOGRAPHY
MATHEMATICS
SCIENCE
ISSUES AVAILABLE COUNTRIES
Set 1
ARCTIC (left) AUSTRALIA CHINA COSTA RICA INDIA PACIFIC ISLANDS SOUTH AFRICA
Ages 8–9 16–24 pages 250 x 185 mm 10 x 71⁄4 inches Paperback
WORLDSCAPES AGES 8–9 YEARS AVAILABLE COUNTRIES
Set 2
NORTH AMERICA (left) CANADA ITALY MEXICO PERU RUSSIA WEST AFRICA
Ages 9–10 24 pages 250 x 185 mm 10 x 71⁄4 inches Paperback
WORLDSCAPES AGES 9–10 YEARS
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Set 3
MEXICO (left) CARIBBEAN IRELAND JAPAN NEPAL USA VIETNAM
Ages 10–11
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WORLDSCAPES AGES 10–11 YEARS
AVAILABLE COUNTRIES
Set 4
EGYPT (left) BRAZIL CAMBODIA FRANCE SCOTLAND TURKEY USA
Ages 11–12 24, 32, and 48 pages 250 x 185 mm 10 x 71⁄4 inches Paperback
WORLDSCAPES AGES 11-12 YEARS
Boxes are color-coded by grade level
Brain Bank Brain Bank is a series of exciting science and social studies
12 labeled divider cards organize the books and activity cards
books for students aged 5 to 11 years. This extensive educational series includes both nonfiction and
Each set contains 24 books (2 per title), 48 activity cards, and 2 answer cards in a sturdy box for classroom use
content-based fiction. It enables students to increase their knowledge in the core curriculum areas while encouraging the development of critical thinking and visual literacy skills.
Each grade level comprises 4 boxes: 2 science and 2 social studies
Ideal for use in both independent and guided reading situations, the set comes complete with an extensive range of student activity cards and teacher’s resource booklets. Accompanying activity cards support students’ development of comprehension, vocabulary, and word-study skills Ages 7–11
Ages 5–7
16 and 24 pages
8, 12, 16, and 24 pages 190 x 150 mm
190 x 150 mm
71⁄2 x 6 inches
71⁄2 x 6 inches Paperback
Paperback
192 titles:
80 titles:
16 boxes with
8 boxes with
12 titles in each box
10 titles in each box
768 activity cards
160 activity cards
4 boxes per grade level:
4 boxes per grade level: 2 science boxes and 2 social studies boxes
AGES 5–6 YEARS
2 science boxes and 2 social studies boxes
AGES 6–7 YEARS
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AGES 8–9 YEARS
AGES 9–10 YEARS
AGES 10–11 YEARS
BRAIN BANK AGES 5–6 Social Studies Box 2
BRAIN BANK AGES 7–8 Social Studies Box 1
BRAIN BANK AGES 6–7 Science Box 2
BRAIN BANK AGES 10–11 Science Box 2
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Infoquest Infoquest offers many opportunities for students to develop vital research skills. The series focuses on science and social studies, and demonstrates ways to present information in a logical and coherent manner. Through stimulating, informative, and richly illustrated book-based resources and online learning, students will become enthusiastic learners. AGES 8–9 YEARS 24–28 pages 212 x 156 mm 81⁄2 x 61⁄2 inches Paperback Some with gatefold
AGES 9–10 YEARS
ALSO AVAILABLE Different Places, Different Faces Forest Giants Gadgets and Gizmos Gifts from Greece Horsepower The Insect Army Leading the Way Living in Two Worlds No Need for Words
Ocean Explorers Our Changing Planet Our Place in Space Power-Packed Plants Rock Hunters Strength in Numbers Survivors Tap into Sap To Market, To Market Waterbirds
32 pages 212 x 156 mm 81⁄2 x 61⁄2 inches Paperback Some with gatefold
AGES 10–11 YEARS 24–28 pages 212 x 156 mm 81⁄2 x 61⁄2 inches Paperback Some with gatefold
ALSO AVAILABLE Designed for Living Fast and Furious Festivals and Feasts Flight Path Grassland Safari Great Rivers Keeping Time Lands of Ice and Snow Leaving Home Mapping the World
Medieval Days Mighty Rome! Oceans of the World On the Wild Side Shifting Sands Switch It On Tell Me a Story To the Rescue Turbulence Ahead
All in the Family Built to Last Close Up on Careers Cogs in the Wheel Digging for History Escape! Famous Faces Giants of the Deep The Invisible World Monuments and Mummies
Music, Music, Music On the Move Our Inside Story Peace Makers People of the Past Rebels and Revolutions Secrets of the Sky Shifting Perspectives Tides of Change The Weather Engine
AGES 11–12 YEARS Ancient China Cell City Dynamic Dance Eye on the Ball Frontiers of Technology Getting Together Good Sports The Green Scene It’s Show Time
Lands of Rock Matter Splatter! People of the Pacific Rim Shake, Rumble, and Roll Shores of Freedom Spice It Up! The Test of Time Water Wise What a Century! Wild Planet
32 pages 212 x 156 mm 81⁄2 x 61⁄2 inches Paperback Some with gatefold
INFOQUEST LARGE FORMAT Ages 8–10 years
ALSO AVAILABLE
16 and 24 pages
Infoquest Teacher’s Guides
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First Explorers Ages 6–8 years 16–24 pages 190 x 160 mm 71⁄2 x 61⁄2 inches Paperback Some with gatefold
Bugs Don’t Bug Me Buildings for a Purpose Earth Materials Erosion and Weathering Food for All Forces of Nature Going Places Handle with Care I Dig Dinosaurs Lights On Look Up Nests and Shelters
On the Move People and Places Plants All Around Ponds and Rivers Rainforest Life Sense This Sounds All Around Spy on Spiders Under Attack Why Things Move You Are Special
Explorers Ages 8–12 years 32 pages 216 x 165 mm 81⁄2 x 61⁄2 inches Paperback Some with gatefold
Bright Ideas Creepy Creatures Dangerous Animals Earthquakes Every Body Tells a Story Exploring Space Feathers and Flight Hidden World High Flying How Things Work Incredible Creatures Mammals of the Sea Maps and Our World Mighty Mammals Mini Mammals Native Americans Ocean Life Out and About
People from the Past Play Ball! Rain or Shine Reptiles and Amphibians Scaly Things Sharks and Rays Sky Watch Snakes Sports for All The Human Body The Planets The Plant Kingdom Travelers and Traders Underwater Animals Up and Away Volcanoes Weather Watching
index A Activity Decks, Gymboree 29 American Christmas, Williams-Sonoma 65 American Indian 38 American Medical Association 68 Animal Encyclopedias 31 Animal Friends 110 Animal Journeys 84 Animal Kingdom 114 Architecture 16 Artefacts series 36 Art of Preserving, The 47
b Baby & Toddler Cookbook, The 50 Baby Journal 28 Baby Play 24 Bar & Wine Guides, Williams-Sonoma 65 Best of Encyclopedia of Discovery 113 Best of New American Cooking, The 65 Best of Savoring, Williams-Sonoma 63 Best of Taste, Williams-Sonoma 62 Best of the Illustrated History of Humankind 34 Best of the Kitchen Library and Lifestyles, Williams-Sonoma 67 Birthday Parties 27 Board Books, Gymboree 29 Body Shop, The Body Care Manual 42 Body Sense 42 Sensual Massage Concertina 42 Wellbeing 42 Book of Saints, The 17 Brain Bank 125 Brunch 61
c Casual Cuisines of the World 68 Chicken for Dinner 52 Children’s Atlases 110 Children’s Atlas of the Universe, The 111 Children’s Encyclopedia of Animals 103 Children’s Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs 103 Children’s Encyclopedia of Earth 103 Children’s Encyclopedias, The 114 Children’s Visual World Atlas, The 111 Children Through Time 88 China: The Long March 36 Christian Wedding Planner, The 42 Codes, The Secrets of 38 Collection, Williams-Sonoma 59 Collections 114 Come to Dinner 46 Comfort Food 49 Complete Baking Book, The 48 Complete Cook Book, The 48 Complete Cookbooks, Williams-Sonoma 62 Cookies, Brownies & Bars 61 Cooking at a Glance 68
Cooking at Home 44 Cooking for Baby 51 Cooking from the Farmers’ Market 53 Cooking Together 65 Cooking with Kids 60 Cradles of Civilization 34 Crafts of the World 41 Culinary Institute of America 64 Cupcakes 61
d Day in the Life of Your Body, A 85 Decorating Projects 41 Definitive Guides, The 37 Designer Dogs 38 Design Inspiration 38 Design Library, Pottery Barn 39 Dictionary for Children, Macmillan 102 Discoveries 112 Discoveries Sticker Books 113 Dog Care Companions 36 Dog Lover’s Companion 36 Dogs 15 Dogs: The Ultimate Care Guide 36 Doughnuts 54 DreamWorks Treasury 73
e Early-Learning Library Box Set, Gymboree 29 Earth: A User’s Guide 31 Eating by Color, Williams-Sonoma 58 Eat Well 57 Ebelskivers 54 Eggs 54 E-mouse 91 Encyclopedia of Animals 13 2 volumes 35 4 volumes 35 Encyclopedia of Birds 14 Encyclopedia of Discovery 113 Encyclopedia of Earth, The 13 Encyclopedia of Weather & Climate Change, The 12 Entertaining, Williams-Sonoma 60 Entertaining series, Williams-Sonoma 60 Entertaining Together 65 Epic Adventures 74 Essential Gardening Encyclopedias 33 Essentials, Williams-Sonoma 55, 56 Essential World Atlas 37 Explorers 126 Explores series 35
f Family Meals 57 Fantasy Handbooks 78–79 Fast Facts Decks 111 Fast Facts Spiral Books 97 First Dictionary, Macmillan 102 First Explorers 126
First Word Book, Macmillan 102 Fish for Dinner 52 Fondue 61 Food Made Fast, Williams-Sonoma 58 Foods of the World, Williams-Sonoma 57 Friends Forever 38 Frozen Treats 61 Fun Food, Williams-Sonoma 60
g Gardeners Handbooks 37 Gardening Encyclopedias 33 Global Issues 110, 123 Gourmet Cookbooks 64 Greatest Flight, The 33 Grow It! 21 Guides, The 31 Gymboree Activity Decks 29 Baby Play 24 Board Books 29 Early-Learning Library Box Set 29 Interactive Sticker Books 29 On-the-Go Parent’s Guides 28 Parent’s Guides 28 Parent’s Guide to Play 28 Play & Learn 28 Playtime! 24 365 Activities 29
h Hallmark Occasions 40 Healthy Kitchen, Williams-Sonoma New 58 Heritage Cookbooks 68 Home, Pottery Barn 39 Home Reference Library 36 Horses 15 How To 40 How 2.0, Popular Science 18
i Ideas That Stick, Post-it Notes 36 Illustrated Atlas of Exploration, The 10 Illustrated Atlas of the Human Body, The 10 Illustrated Atlas of the Sea, The 11 Illustrated Atlas of the Universe, The 37 Illustrated Atlas of Wildlife, The 11 Illustrated History of Humankind, The 34 Illustrated Library of the Earth, The 34 Illustrated World Atlas, The 37 Infinity 70–72 Infoquest 126 Insiders 93 Insiders Alive! 86–87 Interactive Science 122 Interactive Sticker Books, Gymboree 29 Investigators 116–17
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Joy of Cooking series 67
Panini 61
Taste, Williams-Sonoma 62
Parenting Handbooks 27
Taste of the World, A 57
Parenting Journals 26
Texas Wildflowers 34
Parent’s Guides, Gymboree 28
Thanksgiving 61
Pathfinders 114
365 Activities, Gymboree 29
Perfect Cookbooks 58
Tools & Techniques 64
Pizza 61
Tony The Tiger and Friends Poster Book 96
Planet Earth 34
Top Readers Home Reading Program 108–9
Play & Learn, Gymboree 28
Trends 40
Playtime! 24
Turning Points 75
Kid’s Cookbooks, Williams-Sonoma 60 Kids’ Little Guides 111 Kids Parties, Williams-Sonoma 60 Kids’ Rooms, Pottery Barn 39 Kingdom 80–81 Kitchen Companion, Williams-Sonoma 63 Kitchen Library, Williams-Sonoma 66–67 Kits, Post-it Notes 113 Knots 9
Pocket Atlas series, The 37
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Pocket Book of the World, The 37
Lifestyles, Williams-Sonoma 63
Pocket Guides 111
Little Cookbooks 68
Popular Science How 2.0 18
Little Guides, The 32
Post-it Notes
Pocket Cookbooks 67
Ideas That Stick 36
Look Inside 90
Kits 111
Look + Learn 94 Love in Spoonfuls 51
Pottery Barn
v Vampire, How to Be a 78 Visual Dictionaries 112 Visual Guides 30
w/y Waffles: From Morning to Midnight 68
Design Library 39
Wedding Planner, The Williams-Sonoma 42
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Home 39
Weeknight Cook, The 45
Macmillan
Kids’ Rooms 39
Wellbeing, The Body Shop 42
Style Recipes 40
Who Am I? 99
Dictionary for Children 102
Pressed for Time 54
First Dictionary 102 First Word Book 102 Mastering, Williams-Sonoma 64
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Wild Places of Europe, The 34 Williams-Sonoma American Christmas 65 Bar & Wine Guides 65
Mayo Clinic Cookbook, The New 65
Quick Reference World Atlas 37
Best of New American Cooking, The 65
Mighty Creatures 35
Ready Set Go! 100–101
Best of Savoring, The 63
Miracle Planet, The 37
Recipe Decks, The 61
Best of the Kitchen Library and Lifestyles 67
Mission to the Moon 112
Recipes for Delicious Cookies 63
Collection 59
Mix Shake Stir 60 Moon 30 More Show Me How 6 My Big Book 89 My First Book of Animals 110 My First Book of Learning 95 My First Encyclopedias 110 My Gymboree Years 28 My Poster Book 96
s Saints, The Book of 17 Sauce 56 Savoring, Williams-Sonoma 62 Science 19 Science Solutions 118–19 Seasonal Collection, Williams-Sonoma 65 See Inside 90
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Sensual Massage Concertina, The Body Shop 42
Nature Companions, The 32
Shockwave 120–21
Need-to-Know Parenting 25
Show Me How 6
New American Cooking, Williams-Sonoma 64
Show Me How Cubes 8
Sex 22–23
New Flavors 56
Show Me Now 7
New Guides, The 30
Show Off 76–77
New Healthy Kitchen, Williams-Sonoma 58
Simplify 41
New Mayo Clinic Cookbook, The 65
Small Steps 98 Snapshot Picture Library 104–5
o Occasions, Hallmark 40 Occasions, Williams-Sonoma 65 On-the-Go Parent’s Guides, Gymboree 28 On the Grill 57 Outdoor Collection, Williams-Sonoma 65 Over series 33
Snapshots Board Books 106 Snapshots Flip Books 106 Style Recipes, Pottery Barn 40 Style Sourcebook, The 20 SuperStars 82–83 Successful Organic Gardening 41 SuperStars 96–97 Sweet Treats, Williams-Sonoma 60
Complete Cookbooks 62 Eating by Color 58 Entertaining 60 Entertaining series 60 Essentials 55, 56 Food Made Fast 58 Foods of the World 57 Fun Food 60 Kid’s Cookbooks 60 Kids Parties 60 Kitchen Companion 63 Kitchen Library 66–67 Lifestyles 63 Mastering 64 New American Cooking 64 New Healthy Kitchen 58 Occasions 65 Outdoor Collection 65 Savoring 62 Seasonal Collection 65 Sweet Treats 60 Taste 62 Wedding Planner, The 42 Wine & Food 62 Worldscapes 124 Would You? 107 Yellow River, The 36 Young Discoveries 113