Books with author Anastasia Suen

Do you spend hours tinkering with projects? Do you also love listening to and collecting music? So did inventor Tony Fadell. He combined two of his passions to create the iPod, the world's most popular music player. Even as a child, Fadell was curious about how things worked. He invented a new processor for his computer and sold it to Apple when he was still a teenager! Years later, Apple reached out to Fadell to create an iPod prototype, and he helped lead the team that revolutionized portable music players. How did he go from a curious kid to an innovator in electronics? Read on to find out about his brilliant ideas and remarkable career.

Explore the mountainous terrain found in nine states in the U.S. The Mountain Regions takes travelers across the various climates to explore the history, indigenous peoples, animals and habitats. Mountains span from Canada to Mexico and includes volcanoes, deserts, and glaciers! From Yellowstone National Park to Mount St. Helens to the Rocky Mountains, you’ll want to grab your hiking boots and adventure through this gorgeous region of the United States. This book will allow students to determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea.

This book puts the Gulf region in the spotlight by describing this region’s history, climate, animals and habitats. Through beautiful photographs you will take a trip along the Gulf stopping at New Orleans, eastern Texas, and Florida, learning why this area was of great value to the Spanish and French. People come to the Gulf for the warm weather. With swamps, lagoons, bays, and ocean you better grab your swimsuit while you travel this sunny region of the United States. This book will allow students to ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.

Readers will learn the importance of embracing people’s differences in Respecting Diversity. This title includes full-color photographs, vocabulary, extension activities, and more to enhance readers' comprehension and application skills. The Social Skills series helps young readers learn how to handle the many different situations they'll face as they grow. Each 24-page book features real-world examples, tips, and more to help teach everything from respect and teamwork to internet safety and beyond.

This book allows students to bring the energy of their everyday lives into the classroom via sports-based readers theatre and writing activities.• Presents ten original readers theater scripts about sports for children in elementary and middle school• Provides a sample "GO Chart" with each writing exercise so students have an example to follow• Includes a word search and a crossword puzzle with each of the ten sports, providing valuable spelling and vocabulary activities• Contains appendixes with helpful charts and black line masters for instructors