Books with author Carl Sommer

The amazing photos and fun facts introduce children to birds around the world, from the tiny hummingbird to the mammoth ostrich. A wonderful entrance into nonfiction from Our Amazing World Series, Advanced, the fun facts stimulate a child’s curiosity about these mesmerizing animals. Advanced early readers enjoy learning to read the names of the birds as they build confidence in their reading skills.

The precious animal babies featured in this nonfiction book from Our Amazing World draw appreciative oohs and aahs from children as they turn the delightful pages. Each crystal-clear snapshot accompanied by fun facts creates wonderful opportunities for lively discussions. Advanced early readers will beam with pride as they master the words on the colorful pages.

What better way to learn about nonfiction than through the remarkable life of a working farm and the useful animals that live there? Some of the animals eat grass, others eat bugs, but they are all important to the success of the farm whether by giving milk, laying eggs, or herding other animals. Our Amazing World Series, Advanced, shares fun facts and bright photos that encourage life-long learning in this thought-provoking book and stimulate advanced early readers to master new vocabulary words and strengthen reading skills.

Children rejoin the lovable characters, Zag and the cat for another game of ball. This story adds new, one-syllable words for new readers to practice. Zag thinks the cat’s hat is silly at first, but when he sees the creative possibilities of the hat, he wants one too. Fun illustrations inspire the use of context clues to follow the story and sound out the words. Target Reader 2 is part of Phonics Adventure's systematic, leveled reading program.

Quest for Success graphic novels are not simple story books; they require critical thinking skills to decode and comprehend. In addition to an action-oriented story, important character values are provided to help readers become successful. These novels can be springboards for exciting class discussions about values. The language is not dumbed down in Quest for Success novels. Due to the high interest these novels will create, students reading ability will be enhanced. In addition, there are CD read-alongs for each book to help students master the required vocabulary to read the book.

Children return to this beautiful book repeatedly to learn more about the mammoth beauties of the sea. Did you know an octopus can change its color and the texture of its skin or that sunfish lay millions of eggs? Advanced early readers recognize words they know in this exceptional nonfiction book from Our Amazing World Series, Advanced, and are motivated to add new words to their vocabulary, such as plankton and tongue, as well as explore combinations from words they know like sun and fish (sunfish) and blue and fin (bluefin).