Danger in the Desert

Danger in the Desert
Author: Timothy J. Bradley
Publisher: Triangle Interactive, Inc.
Total Pages: 69
Release: 2018-03-29
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1684449731

Read Along or Enhanced eBook: In this adventurous nonfiction title, elementary readers discover poisonous plants and dangerous animals from deserts around the world. Readers will be enthralled with its vivid images, informational text, and interesting facts about desert ecology and desert plants and animals, including sidewinder snakes, dingos, desert locusts, and barrel cacti.

Foods in Different Places

Foods in Different Places
Author: Linda Barghoorn
Publisher: Triangle Interactive, Inc.
Total Pages: 29
Release: 2018-01-18
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1684445922

Read Along or Enhanced eBook: From crops, which are farmed, to seafood, which is caught, this informative book describes the kinds of foods people eat most in different parts of the world. Readers will learn that geography and climate play a large role in the kinds of foods people eat in different countries. Topics include how people eat, where people buy and sell foods, and the role children play in preparing food.

Examining Nuclear Energy

Examining Nuclear Energy
Author: Rebecca Cooke
Publisher: The Oliver Press
Total Pages: 50
Release: 2019-06-12
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1545744505

Read Along or Enhanced eBook: This new series takes young readers through the exciting and often controversial world of energy. Covering different sources of energy, the eight volumes feature fictional student narrators interviewing experts who discuss the pros and cons of each, and the science behind them. Combining facts and balance, Examining Energy provides students with a clear picture of a topic on which the daily headlines and news stories too often flash more heat than light.

Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Great Leader in Troubled Times

Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Great Leader in Troubled Times
Author: Lisa Perlman Greathouse
Publisher: Triangle Interactive, Inc.
Total Pages:
Release: 2022-01-21
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1684522641

Franklin Delano Roosevelt tackled some of the toughest times the country has been through. His leadership lifted the country out of the Great Depression and through World War II while facing many personal obstacles. Dive deep into history with this biography that piques students’ curiosity about historical events through dynamic primary sources. Primary sources give students unique insights and personal connections to history. This 32-page book includes text features that help students increase reading comprehension and their understanding of the subject. Packed with interesting facts, sidebars, and essential vocabulary, this book is perfect for reports or projects.

Failure: Disasters In History

Failure: Disasters In History
Author: Elise Wallace
Publisher: Triangle Interactive, Inc.
Total Pages:
Release: 2022-01-21
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1684524148

This informational text is packed with facts and sidebars about historical and modern-day disasters such as the Space Shuttle Challenger, the Great Smog of London, the Pacific Garbage Patch, the Library of Alexandria, Chernobyl, and more. Featuring TIME© content and images, the high-interest content will engage students in reading as they build their comprehension, vocabulary, and reading skills. Text features, a Reader's Guide, and the extended Try It! activity increase understanding of the material, and develop higher-order thinking. Check It Out! offers print and online resources for additional reading. Keep students reading from cover to cover with this captivating text!

Botanical Illustration

Botanical Illustration
Author: Kristina Mercedes Urquhart
Publisher: Triangle Interactive, Inc.
Total Pages:
Release: 2022-01-21
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1684524423

Imagine a career where you get paid to draw all day. That's what botanical illustrators do! Get inside the mind of a botanical illustrator, and learn how their intricate drawings of plants help science. Created in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution, this Smithsonian Informational Text builds students' reading skills while engaging their curiosity about STEAM topics through real-world examples. It features a hands-on STEAM challenge that guides students through every step of the engineering design process and is perfect for makerspace activities. It makes STEAM career connections by providing a glimpse into the lives of real-life Smithsonian employees currently working in STEAM fields. Discover engineering innovations that solve real-world problems with this book that touches on all aspects of STEAM: Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts, and Math!

Unforgettable Catastrophes

Unforgettable Catastrophes
Author: Tamara Hollingsworth
Publisher: Triangle Interactive, Inc.
Total Pages: 69
Release: 2018-03-29
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1684449936

Read Along or Enhanced eBook: Uncover some of the most infamous disasters in the world including the Hindenburg, the sinking of the Titanic, the Dust Bowl, BP oil spill, the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombs, and the Chernobyl disaster in this shocking book. With its intriguing facts, vivid images, helpful graphs and maps, and informational text, this fascinating nonfiction title will keep readers informed, engaged, and interested from cover to cover.

Travel Adventures: The Grand Canyon: Data

Travel Adventures: The Grand Canyon: Data
Author: Rane Anderson
Publisher: Triangle Interactive, Inc.
Total Pages:
Release: 2022-01-21
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1684525705

The Grand Canyon is a "grand" place to learn data analysis! Through an examination of its rocks and fossils, students will learn data analysis while reading about a fun-filled trip to Grand Canyon National Park. This engaging book uses real-world examples to teach math concepts, and incorporates nonfiction reading to increase vocabulary and comprehension skills. The challenging practice problems, graphs, and sidebars provide many opportunities for students to practice their developing math skills, and apply what they've learned to their daily lives. Essential text features like a glossary, index, and table of contents will increase students' interest level and their interaction with the text. "Math Talk" poses problems for further thinking, requiring students to use their higher-order thinking skills. Teaching math and reading has never been so seamlessly integrated-or so easy!

Life in Numbers: What Is Average?

Life in Numbers: What Is Average?
Author: Lesley Ward
Publisher: Triangle Interactive, Inc.
Total Pages:
Release: 2022-01-21
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1684524164

You don't need to be a math teacher to understand and use averages. Farmers look at the rainfall average to figure out the best times to plant crops. Scientists perform experiments several times and calculate the average to see if their results are accurate. Learn about averages with this full-color informational text that is packed with fun facts, fascinating sidebars, and high-interest content. Featuring TIME© content and images, this full-color nonfiction book has text features such as a glossary, an index, and a table of contents to engage students in reading as they build their comprehension, vocabulary, and reading skills. The Reader's Guide and extended Try It! activity increase understanding of the material, and develop higher-order thinking. Check It Out! offers print and online resources for additional reading. Keep students reading from cover to cover with this captivating text!

Inspector Flytrap in the Goat Who Chewed Too Much (Book #3)

Inspector Flytrap in the Goat Who Chewed Too Much (Book #3)
Author: Tom Angleberger
Publisher: Triangle Interactive, Inc.
Total Pages: 114
Release: 2019-03-26
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1684520665

Read Along or Enhanced eBook: From husband-and-wife team Tom Angleberger, creator of the New York Times bestselling Origami Yoda series, and Cece Bell, author/illustrator of the Newbery Honor graphic novel El Deafo, comes the third title in a funny and clever illustrated chapter-book series about a mystery-solving Venus flytrap. With easy-to-read language and colorful illustrations on almost every page, this early-chapter-book series is a must-have for beginning readers. In this new caper, what happens when Flytrap loses his partner in crime solving? All the clues point to his assistant, Nina the Goat, as the culprit, leading the city to arrest her and leaving Flytrap goatless. To save the city, Flytrap must unveil the true master criminal. But, can he do it alone? Inspector Flytrap in the Goat Who Chewed Too Much brings readers back to the wacky world of Inspector Flytrap’s Detective Agency, home to the world-renowned solver of BIG DEAL mysteries. The plant detective works tirelessly with his assistant, Nina,on his community’s unsolved cases. There’s no case too big, but there are definitely cases too small for this endearingly self-important plant detective. Celebrating the disabled yet enabled, the character Inspector Flytrap is wheeled everywhere (on a skateboard, of course) by his goat sidekick as this mystery-solving duo works on cases such as “The Big Deal Mystery of the Stinky Cookies” and “The Big Deal Mystery of the Missing Rose.” Combining wacky humor and a silly cast of characters with adventure, friendship, and mystery, the powerhouse team of Tom Angleberger and Cece Bell have created a uniquely engaging series that is perfect for newly independent readers and fans of Ricky Ricotta, Captain Underpants, and the Galaxy Zack series. Also included in these books are graphic novel–style pages that will attract reluctant readers.