DK Readers L2: Let's Go Riding

DK Readers L2: Let's Go Riding
Author: Annabel Blackledge
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 35
Release: 2012-09-29
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1465404228

Join in the fun as the children go to their first riding lesson! Encourage your child's love of reading by following along as Olivia and friends learn to ride. Ideal for sharing, DK Readers effectively blend photography and age-appropriate text to build a child's reading confidence. These amazing stories are guaranteed to capture children's interest while developing their reading skills and general knowledge. Perfect for reading together!

DK Readers L2: LEGO Friends: Let's Go Riding!

DK Readers L2: LEGO Friends: Let's Go Riding!
Author: Catherine Saunders
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 35
Release: 2013-03-04
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1465413308

Go on a reading adventure with Mia, Emma, Andrea, Stephanie, and Olivia! Join the friends at Heartlake Stables and Riding School. Meet their favorite horses. Engaging topics and fun, interactive pages build reading skills in this Level 2 Reader - just right for children who are beginning to read on their own. A fun quiz at the end of the book helps to develop reading comprehension skills. Each title in the DK Readers series is developed in consultation with leading literacy experts to help children build a lifelong love of reading. ©2013 The LEGO Group.

DK Readers L2: The Little Ballerina

DK Readers L2: The Little Ballerina
Author: Sally Grindley
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2013-07-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1465418989

It's the day of the big performance at Laura's ballet school. Suddenly disaster strikes! Can Laura help save the show? Find out in this Level 2 DK Reader: The Little Ballerina. Level 2 DK Readers are for children who have started to read on their own but still need some help. Level 2 readers feature longer sentences and increased vocabulary, information boxes full of extra fun facts, and a simple index. Occasional adult participation is helpful. DK Readers are packed with full-color photographs, lively illustrations, and engaging, age-appropriate stories to introduce young children to the natural world and encourage a life-long love of reading. The amazing stories are guaranteed to capture a child's interest while developing reading skills and general knowledge.

DK Readers L2: Pocahontas

DK Readers L2: Pocahontas
Author: Caryn Jenner
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2009-09-21
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0756668484

In this book, children learn the story of Pocahontas. Famous for helping maintain peace between the English colonists and Native Americans, this brave Indian woman befriended the settlers at Jamestown, saving the life of their leader, Captain John Smith, whom she later married.

DK Readers L2: Journey of a Pioneer

DK Readers L2: Journey of a Pioneer
Author: Patricia J. Murphy
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2008-08-18
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0756651778

Photographs combine with lively illustrations and engaging, age-appropriate stories in DK Readers, a multilevel reading program guaranteed to capture children's interest while developing their reading skills and general knowledge. Journey of a Pioneer follows the adventures of a young girl as her family travels west in covered wagons along the famous Oregon Trail.

DK Readers L2: Twisters!

DK Readers L2: Twisters!
Author: Kate Hayden
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2010-03-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0756670004

Twisters! begins with the story of Rob, a farmer in Texas, who is suddenly caught up in a tornado that smashes the windows of his house and hurls his truck into the sky. The book then moves on to factual information about how tornadoes form, how they cause damage, and how scientists track them and warn people to take shelter.

DK Readers L2: Fire Fighter!

DK Readers L2: Fire Fighter!
Author: Angela Royston
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2011-05-16
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0756688272

Ring! Ring! Ring! It's the fire alarm! A house is on fire! The firefighters are on their way in this Level 2 DK Reader, Firefighter! For children who are just beginning to read and who have a limited vocabulary, Level 2 books use word repetition and simple sentences to convey meaning. Picture dictionary boxes with word labels "show" the meanings of words. These books contain between 400 and 450 words each, with 80 percent pictures and 20 percent text. DK Readers are packed with full-color photographs, lively illustrations, and engaging, age-appropriate stories to introduce young children to the natural world and encourage a life-long love of reading. The amazing stories are guaranteed to capture a child's interest while developing reading skills and general knowledge.

DK Readers L2: Astronaut: Living in Space

DK Readers L2: Astronaut: Living in Space
Author: Kate Hayden
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2013-02-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1465412468

What does it take to hold down a job in zero gravity? In this book, find out what it's really like to be an astronaut living in space. Level 2 Readers are appropriate for children who have started to read but still need help. Longer sentences and an expanded vocabulary make these 48-page books slightly more challenging. Information boxes full of background information will stimulate inquisitive minds.

DK Readers: Telling Time

DK Readers: Telling Time
Author: Patricia J. Murphy
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2007-07-02
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 075664044X

Tick, tock. Long ago, people told time using the sun or water -and find out how clocks have changed and become more accurate in this Level 2 DK Reader. Telling Time is a history of timekeeping, from obelisks and sundials to the atomic clocks of today. Packed with full-color photographs, lively illustrations, and engaging, age-appropriate stories to introduce young children to a life-long love of reading. These amazing stories are guaranteed to capture children's interest while developing their reading skills. Perfect for reading together!

DK Readers L2: Earth Smart

DK Readers L2: Earth Smart
Author: Leslie Garrett
Publisher: DK Children
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2006-08-21
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780756619121

Young readers will discover all about the environment by joining the Sophie and Spencer on their walk around the neighborhood. They'll learn how we can all make our world a cleaner, healthier place to live in. What happens when we waste electricity? How does pollution affect our beautiful planet? Stunning photographs combine with lively illustrations and engaging, age-appropriate stories in DK Readers, a multilevel reading program guaranteed to capture children's interest while developing their reading skills and general knowledge. With DK Readers, children will learn to read—then read to learn!