Suzanne Slade

The rhyming text provides information on the sleeping habits of animals that live on land, in water, and fly through the air. "For Creative Minds" section includes animals sorting cards and activities.

Biography of NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson. The inspiring story of mathematician Katherine Johnson - made famous by the award-winning film Hidden Figures - who counted and computed her way to NASA and helped put a man on the moon! Katherine knew it was wrong that African Americans didn't have the same rights as others - as wrong as 5+5=12. She knew it was wrong that people thought women could only be teachers or nurses - as wrong as 10-5=3....

Poses questions and provides informative answers about weather topics, including tornadoes, clouds, rainbows, and rain. Includes color illustrations, a glossary, and an index.

Told in free verse, the story of the American effort to land the first man on the moon comes to life. During the two thousand nine hundred and seventy-nine days following his speech, eighteen astronauts climbed into spaceships; three of them died before even leaving the ground. Eight rockets soared into space. And four hundred thousand people-- engineers, technicians, scientists, mathematicians, and machinists-- joined Project Apollo in hopes of making...

The Great Barrier Reef teems with life. From algae to a grey reef shark, the animals in this book are linked together in a food chain. Each one of them needs the others in order to live. Find out what eats what in the ocean!

Follows a newborn puppy as it grows and matures into an adult.

A biography of Albert Einstein, the brilliant physicist who changed the world's concepts of space, time, and energy.

"Lyrical text and gorgeous illustrations plunge readers into an undersea exploration of the mysterious, accomplished octopus and its astonishing abilities"--

Presents the life of African-American writer Frederick Douglass focusing on his childhood, life as a slave, marriage, children, and his writing career. Also discusses how he became a United States marshal for Washington D.C. after founding the North Star newspaper.

Follows the life cycle of a monarch butterfly and offers facts about its physical characteristics, behavior, habitat, and migration.