Henrietta M. Lily

This helpful instructional title goes far beyond the simplistic directive "Just look online " that many young researchers may be given when they are assigned school research. With so many resources online, ranging from academically rigorous to sloppy and suspect, the modern young researcher needs to be armed with strategies and tools that will yield the best information and help him or her organize and present that information effectively. In a modern school environment, the digital tools discussed in this book go a long way toward insuring success and excellence.

Science, technology, engineering, and math come into play when engineers build dams. This nonfiction sequential text shows students how the work is conceived and completed.

This first-person account of caring for a garden and growing a tomato plant provides strong cause-and-effect evidence using a sequential text structure.

This descriptive nonfiction title provides scenarios for early readers to see these prepositions in action and to gain mastery of their correct usage.

This life science title provides kids with a front-row seat to see the sequence of events in the growth of a potato, from seed to vegetable.

This descriptive title emphasizes how art and science go hand in hand and provides cross-curricular opportunities for instruction in both Earth science and art.

This nonfiction text provides basic life science information about gardening. Close text-photo correlation helps emerging readers navigate a first-person narrative account of how a garden is planted.

Alcohol is the most commonly used and abused drug among teens in the U. S. Young people who binge drink are more likely to experience academic and social problems, physical illnesses, risky sexual activity, car crashes, and accidental injuries. Alcohol poisoning, which can cause unconsciousness or even death, brings many underage drinkers to the emergency room each year. This book explains the health problem clearly and arms teens to make smart choices about alcohol.