Nicholas Brasch

Escapando del Pacaya is a Spanish fiction reader designed for students in Grades 2-3. When a giant volcano suddenly erupts near their town, Juan's family must flee and stay together under challenging circumstances. With colorful illustrations and clear narrative, young readers experience a dramatic story while building literacy and vocabulary. Teachers and parents can use it for guided reading, storytelling, writing prompts, and discussion about volcanic events and emergency response. Engages readers with a dramatic survival story grounded in real events Reinforces Spanish literacy through narrative structure and vocabulary growth Develops comprehension skills via cause-and-effect and character decisions Uses colorful illustrations to support meaning and student engagement Ideal for read-alouds, discussion, writing extensions, and cross-curricular science tie-ins

People in Asia Minor developed the first coin-based currency, but long before that humans would exchange precious objects for the things necessary for their daily life. Currency is a fact of human life, and this book explores its genesis, beginning with those early coins and precious objects and tracing their legacy to the banknotes and fraud-detecting devices of the twenty-first century. Photographs and illustrations explore the remarkable diversity and detail of contemporary currency, while engaging text explores money's utility and places it within a social context.

Readers will travel along on a disastrous expedition that could have ended with no survivors. Trapped in ice and stranded for 20 months, readers will be fascinated to learn how Shackleton and his crew bonded together so that not a single man's life was lost. Full of heroic details and vivid photographs, any young reader will feel like an explorer.

Why do we hear thunder after we have seen lightning? How is loudness measured? Which part of the ear hears sound? Readers will have fun finding the answers to these and other questions about sound in this bright and lively book.

The presence and absence of light is an ever-fascinating thing. It's fun to watch shadows as they change in shape, lengthening, and eventually disappearing into surrounding darkness. Readers will enjoy learning about light, white light, and polar nights. Activities are included to create a lasting enthusiasm about the mysteries of light.

This book is a fascinating and comprehensive introduction to animal habitats. Readers will learn about the homes of favorite animals, from forest-dwelling bears to burrowing rabbits. They'll also learn about the inspiring zoologists who study these animals. This book features beautiful photographs and concludes with a fun quiz.

This book is a fascinating and comprehensive introduction to animal habitats. Readers will learn about the homes of favorite animals, from forest-dwelling bears to burrowing rabbits. They'll also learn about the inspiring zoologists who study these animals. This book features beautiful photographs and concludes with a fun quiz.