Mara Wilson Boeken

Meet Jon Muir! Fact-filled Rookie Read-About Biographies introduce the youngest readers to influential women and men, both past and present. Colorful photos and age appropriate text encourage children to read on their own-as they learn about people like Serena Williams, Neil Armstrong, Rosa Parks, Anne Frank and many more. Introduces the life of John Muir, the naturalist who formed the Sierra Club to help preserve the Sierra Mountains.And how he inspired Teddy Roosevelt to help protect the wilderness.

Laura Ingalls Wilder grew up on a farm in the Midwest. Learn more about how she decided to share her stories with the world.

Meet Clara Barton, the founder of the American Red Cross. Fact-filled Rookie Read-About Biographies introduce the youngest readers to influential women and men, both past and present. Colorful photos and age appropriate text encourage children to read on their own-as they learn about people like Serena Williams, Neil Armstrong, Rosa Parks, Anne Frank and many more. An introduction to the life of the nurse who served on the battlefields of the Civil War and later founded the American Red Cross.

Meet Alexander Graham Bell! Fact-filled Rookie Read-About Biographies introduce the youngest readers to influential women and men, both past and present. Colorful photos and age appropriate text encourage children to read on their own-as they learn about people like Serena Williams, Neil Armstrong, Rosa Parks, Anne Frank and many more. Imagine growing up without a telephone! You don't have to, thanks to Alexander Graham Bell's passion for communication and the extraordinary invention he brought to the world.

An introduction to the continents, including landmarks, vegetation, climate, and population. Emergent readers (Ages 6-7) can expand their horizons and take off on adventures to cities, nations, waterways, and habitats around the world or right in their own backyard through this easy-to-read, nonfiction series.

Find out what it takes to begin a career in space exploration and how different workers can fill a variety of roles in the quest to reach distant planets and stars. Calling All Innovators series introduces students to careers in science and technology. The complex text allows readers (Grades 5-8) to determine the main idea and explain how it is supported by key details. In 1942, a manmade craft was launched into outer space for the first time in history. Since then, many of the world's best and brightest minds have dedicated themselves to exploring the furthest reaches of the universe. Readers will learn about some of the greatest space missions in history and find out what today's top engineers and scientists are doing to advance space exploration to new heights.

Introduces to readers the life and legacy of the first female air pilot who disappeared over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 while on a flight around the world.

"Learn about the history of deep sea exploration and find out what it takes to make it in this exciting career field"--

"Learn about the history of robotics and find out what it takes to make it in this exciting career field"--

An introductory biography of celebrity Oprah Winfrey.