Books with author Mary Elizabeth Salzmann

- Large type; ample spacing between lines- Easy-to-follow layout; text appears at same place on every page- Print separated from photos- Simple sentences- Digraphs, consonant blends- Long and short vowel sounds- Introduces multisyllabic and compound words, simple adjectives, and inflectional endings- Common picture words list helps reader decode text- Word repetition reinforces learning- Photos assist reader with word recognition and reflect multicultural diversity- Full-color Photographs- Picture Glossary- Word List

It's Z! begins with an introduction to the letter, what it looks like, and where it fits in the alphabet. In the second section, fun, illustrated sentences show examples of the letter with regard to sound and placement within the words. A cute, rhyming story brings the letter variations together in the third section of each book. Each book wraps up with a fun quiz and a glossary. Super Sandcastle is an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.

Titles in Barron's extensive Painless Series cover a wide range of subjects as they are taught on middle school and high school levels. These books are written for students who find the subjects unusually difficult and confusing--or in many cases, just plain boring. Barron's Painless Series authors' main goal is to clear up students' confusion and perk up their interest by emphasizing the intriguing and often exciting ways in which they can put each subject to practical use. Most of these books take a light-hearted approach to their subjects, often employing humor, and always presenting fun-learning exercises that include puzzles, games, and challenging "Brain Tickler" problems to solve. American English sound and letter patterns, homophones, prefixes and suffixes, and more are all presented with fun-to-solve "Brain Ticklers" to self-test students' learning progress. ATTENTION STUDENTS: You get a special FREE bonus when you purchase your copy of Barron’s Painless Spelling Barron’s is taking Painless to the next level: FUN! Sealed inside your copy of Painless Spelling, you’ll find a code that gives you access to a FREE app. Simply key in that code on your iPhone, iTouch, iPad or Android device, and you download a fun-to-play improve-your-spelling arcade game challenge that will reinforce your skill in mastering correct spelling!

Young readers will learn about inventions that changed the world with the Amazing Inventions series. Beautiful design, fascinating photographs, and simple text introduce new readers to famous inventions like the automobile, telephone, camera and more. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Sandcastle is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.