Charlotte Guillain

Explores the features, purpose, and types of informational writing. Includes three activities for practicing informational writing, color photographs, a glossary, and further resources.

How big can polar bears grow? How do polar bears grip on the ice? How long can polar bears stay under water? This title takes a fun look at polar bears through engaging photos and lively text.

Explores the features, language, audience, and types of instructional writing. Includes three activities for practicing instructional writing, color photographs, a glossary, and further resources.

'Great Art Thefts' examines famous art crimes and the hunt to find the thieves. Part of the Treasure Hunters series, 'Great Art Thefts' offers a crosscurricular mix of science & technology and history, with a fun, dramatic approach. Art thefts covered in the book include the Mona Lisa, the Scream, the Millennium theft from the Ashmolean Museum, and the greatest ever single art theft: the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist. The book also looks at...

Little Red Riding Hood and Goldilocks pass each other in the woods unknowingly, get lost in the underbrush, and end up going to the wrong homes--Red to the Three Bears' house, Goldilocks to Red's Grandma.

In Animal Fairy Tales, beautiful illustrations and simple text retell classic fairy tales from a new perspective: all the characters are animals! This book tells the story of how a panda called Pandarella escaped her life of cleaning up after her two ugly step-gorillas, and fell in love with a handsome prince.

After Sleeping Beauty is cursed to sleep until a prince kisses her, the only hope is a frog lurking in the palace garden. Includes a glossary, writing prompts, and resources for further information.

Cinderella's latest invention is a pair of techno-slippers. When her father announces a goodbye party for his toy factory that's closing, Cinderella attends in her techno-slippers, and loses one on her way home. The factory owner searches for the techno-slipper's owner, and when he finds Cinderella, her invention saves the toy factory.

Books in this series introduce readers to the exciting world of insects and arachnids. Each title uses simple text and vibrant photographs to introduce one important bug feature or behavior. In "Bug Babies," children learn how baby bugs are born, what they look like, and how they grow.

Books in this series introduce readers to the exciting world of insects and arachnids. Each title uses simple text and vibrant photographs to introduce one important bug feature or behavior. In "Bug Parts," children learn about the body parts that bugs have, how they are different, and how they are used.