Books with author Elizabeth Carroll

This charming reference introduces young readers to the wider world by exploring languages, landscapes, weather, animals, capital cities, mountains, deserts, and other landscapes and landforms, and more. It encourages kids to get play with activities such as creating a mini-rainforest in a bottle and singing a simple song in Spanish. More than 100 colorful photos are paired with kid-friendly and age-appropriate maps along with basic facts about each continent. This book will quickly become a favorite at storytime, bedtime, or any other time.

The first in a line of Animal Rescues chapter books, Dog Finds Lost Dolphins is a tale you'll not soon forget. In this charming and awe-inspiring story you'll meet Cloud, the black lab with a nose for rescue. She's the only dog certified to sniff out stranded dolphins. Cloud can sniff out a dolphin over a mile off the coast of the Florida Keys. She has even become friends with them, waiting on the dock for them to pop up and give her a kiss. This and two more amazing stories are so engaging, readers will never want to put the book down!

From pigeon pizza parties in New York City to koala street crossings in Australia, wild animals all over the world show us how they live in cities, interact with humans, and strut their street smarts in this new reader from National Geographic Kids.Packed with beautiful and engaging photos, this new leveled reader dives into the amazing ways animals have adapted to a more crowded world. Kids will learn about all kinds of unexpected animal sightings and find out how these creatures behave. And they'll learn how to stay safe and keep animals unharmed during urban animal encounters.National Geographic Readers' expert-vetted text, along with brilliant images and a fun approach to reading, have proved to be a winning formula with kids, parents, and educators. Level 2 text provides accessible, yet wide-ranging information for kids ready to read on their own, perfect to encourage the scientists and explorers of tomorrow!

The last four months have been anything but quiet for Wil Johnson. Dreams of a strange girl with starlight in her hair have kept him awake for hours at a time, and now he has begun experiencing sudden bursts of emptiness which leave him dizzy and breathless. At the same time, his best friend Scott has lost his appetite and complains of an annoying ringing in his ear. When two other Secret Keepers, Andrew and Daisy, show up, they bring a dire message: The Gateway, home to all fantastical beings, has begun to unravel. Then Wil has a vision of Cassia, his Guardian, who is trapped in the Silver Pools, and the boys discover the Balance has been compromised by the Trisect. With the very existence of magic at stake, the boys dare to return to the Gateway to battle old and new enemies and put things right. Can they save Cassia before she ceases to exist, or will they lose both their Guardian and magic forever.

Kids will dig learning all about dogs in this new National Geographic Kids Reader. The level 3 text provides accessible yet wide-ranging information for fluent readers. Plus, the book includes 100 fun facts for quick and quirky information on all kinds of dogs, from tiny Chihuahuas to gargantuan Great Danes! The Fact Readers bridge the gap between fun knowledge nuggets and informative sustained reading.

Budding scientists and kids curious about Earth's next-door neighbor can blast off to the red planet! This highly visual book will cover all kinds of topics, from extreme weather to high-tech rovers to plans for a human colony on Mars. Complete with up-to-date facts about water and all the latest discoveries, Mars: The Red Planet comes at an exciting time for space exploration.

Discover the fascinating world of Mars in this colorful book packed with amazing imagery. In this inviting and entertaining format, kids will learn about the newest information on Mars, the Mars Rover, and our ongoing exploration of the Red Planet. This level 3 reader is written in an easy-to-grasp style to encourage the scientists and explorers of tomorrow!

So begins the adventure for fifteen-year-old Wil Johnson, a typical teenager whose strong belief in all things magical is born out of the sorrow in his life. While still mourning the loss of his father, Wil meets Cassia, a mystical being from the realm of clouds, whom only he can see and hear.While struggling to accept her magical presence, Wil faces other trials: his mother is beginning to date again, the school bully favors him as a target, and his best friend harbors a dark secret of his own. When Wil begins to lose himself to his anger, reality clashes with fantasy, and the end result leads him to a better understanding of betrayal and innocence, loss and hope, and the true power of friendship.

Life has been anything but dull for Wil Johnson. As a Secret Keeper, he is charged with protecting the truth of the existence of magic. It is a task he has always embraced…until now.Cassia, his Guardian, has abandoned him to search for another Secret Keeper, Andrew, on the mystical Gateway. Furthermore, the demon, Giselle, continues to stalk him in an effort to take him hostage and use his knowledge to shift the Balance toward evil. To make matters worse, jealousy over Cassia has placed Wil at odds with his best friend, Scott, who has developed the ability to see her as she truly exists.Will Wil be able to see past the magical manipulation before the Trisect destroys the Balance, or will he give in to Giselle's temptations once and for all?About the AuthorElizabeth Carroll lives in Henderson, North Carolina where she currently teaches middle school language arts. She has been writing books for many years and is the author of The Secret Keeper and The Convergence. She is also one of several local writers being featured in an anthology of short stories to be published later this year. She shares her home with her wonderful husband, her gorgeous son, and five fantastic cats.

Bring on the Big Cats! No tame tabbies, these four big predators, the lion, leopard, jaguar, and tiger, are known for their powerful roars. Kids can prowl through the lion's to-do list and the tiger's steak dinner to learn all about the big 4, then move beyond the big cats to see how they stock up against the pretty kitties. Elizabeth Carney shares real-life wildlife tips, so kids can become big cat experts themselves.National Geographic supports K-12 educators with ELA Common Core Resources.Visit www.natgeoed.org/commoncore for more information.

This brilliantly illustrated book taps into children's natural curiosity about the vast world of space. This level 2 reader, written in simple language that is easy for young readers to understand, introduces children to our solar system, including all of the planets and dwarf planets, and lots of fascinating fun facts. This reader helps cultivate the explorers of tomorrow!This high-interest, educationally vetted series of beginning readers features the magnificent images of National Geographic, accompanied by texts written by experienced, skilled children's book authors. The inside back cover of the paperback edition is an interactive feature based upon the book. Level 1 books reinforce the content of the book with a kinesthetic learning activity. In Level 2 books readers complete a Cloze letter, or fun fill-in, with vocabulary words.Releases simultaneously in Reinforced Library Binding: 978-1-4263-1037-9 , $13.90/$15.95 CanNational Geographic supports K-12 educators with ELA Common Core Resources.Visit www.natgeoed.org/commoncore for more information.

Wil Johnson's life seems relatively normal. High school graduation is a month away, his mom is getting married again, and then he and his best friend, Scott, will be heading off to college. For the past few weeks, however, Wil has been plagued by nightmares that he can't shake. Even more puzzling, his friend Andrew is having the same visions. The puzzle pieces begin to come together with the appearance of Cassia, a mystical being from the realm of clouds. She enables Wil to remember who and what he is, yet Cassia comes bearing dark news: Meslo, the enemy of her people, has released his children on the Earth, and Secret Keepers like Wil are the key to his plan. Despite her warnings, Wil finds himself falling prey to the black magic even as his feelings for Cassia begin to change. Unless Wil and Andrew can find a way to fight Meslo's evil influence, they'll lose their souls forever