Laura Hamilton Waxman

Young readers will learn to distinguish between the things they really need (food and clothing) and the things they want (toys!) in this fun, fresh look at wants and needs.

What's longer than a football field, weighs more than 450 cars, yet flies miles above Earth's surface? It's the International Space Station. In this book, you'll learn how the station was built and how crew members live and work there.

A biography of Colin Powell, the first African American to become secretary of state.

Rhyming text introduces prisms and invites readers to find them throughout the book.

"Thanks to passionate fans, blockbuster games, and celebrity players, the gaming industry takes in billions of dollars each year. Learn how pro gamers make money, which games are the all-time top sellers, and much more"--

Presents an introduction to the Moon, describing its composition, phases, rotation around the Earth, the effect of its gravity on Earth's waters, and the history of space flights to its surface.

Introduces the sun, including information on its composition, the solar cycle, sunspots, and how it has been studied through history.

See what an emperor penguin has in common with an Antarctic petrel. Learn what sets them apart from a black scoter. Compare key traits of emperor penguinstheir appearance, behavior, habitat, and life cycleto traits of other birds. Ages 7+

In December 1620, a group of English settlers stepped out of their boats and climbed up the shore to a point overlooking a small harbor. Known as the Pilgrims, they had traveled far on the Mayflower. Behind them was the vast Atlantic Ocean. Before them was the wilderness of North America. They called their new home the Plymouth Colony.

Learn basic facts about the planet Saturn and its place in the solar system.