DK Readers L3: Polar Bear Alert!

DK Readers L3: Polar Bear Alert!

Author: Debora Pearson

Publisher: DK Children

Published: 2007-08-20

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13: 9780756631406

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Adventurous young readers will love this fact-filled book about polar bears. Join a hungry pack of polar bears (but don’t get too close!) as they search for food. See mama polar bears with their cubs, and find out how they survive in the extreme cold. 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!


DK Readers L3: The Big Dinosaur Dig

DK Readers L3: The Big Dinosaur Dig

Author: Esther Ripley

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2009-09-21

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13: 075666845X

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Travel to the Sahara Desert with Josh Smith, real-life archeologist, as he and his crew of intrepid dinosaur hunters face fierce sandstorms, long hours of difficult work, and, finally, the joy of discovering a new species of dinosaur!


DK Readers L2: Fire Fighter!

DK Readers L2: Fire Fighter!

Author: Angela Royston

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2011-05-16

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 0756688272

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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: Twisters!

DK Readers L2: Twisters!

Author: Kate Hayden

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2010-03-01

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 0756670004

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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 L4: Dinosaur Detectives

DK Readers L4: Dinosaur Detectives

Author: Peter Chrisp

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2009-09-21

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13: 0756668468

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This introduction to paleontology weaves together facts about fossil hunting with fictionalized first-person accounts from dinosaur detectives.


DK Readers L2: Journey of a Pioneer

DK Readers L2: Journey of a Pioneer

Author: Patricia J. Murphy

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2008-08-18

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 0756651778

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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: Astronaut: Living in Space

DK Readers L2: Astronaut: Living in Space

Author: Kate Hayden

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2013-02-01

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 1465412468

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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.


Arctic Tale

Arctic Tale

Author: Donnali Fifield

Publisher: National Geographic Books

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 166

ISBN-13: 9781426200656

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Based on the major motion picutre, this book follows the dual drama of Seela and Nanu, a walrus calf and polar bear cub, as they embark on their astonishing journey from infancy to maturity amidst the stark beauty of the Arctic landscape. Both the book and film call awareness to the global warming crisis through emotional connection to the characters.