Books with author Steinkraus Kyla

The 32-page book, Sundaes with Harriet Tubman, introduces young readers to an important historical figure while strengthening their reading proficiency. The fictionalized storyline creates a relatable scenario of meeting a history-defining American and learning more about their way of life. The charming illustrations and adventure-filled text of the Time Hop Sweets Shop books work together to support young readers. With comprehension questions, biographical information, and websites for further discovery, this series helps children develop strong reading comprehension skills while also gaining important historical knowledge

Have you ever wondered just how a bill becomes a law? This book takes you through the many processes the legislative branch of our government must follow to introduce a bill, and the steps it goes through to make it an actual law. The different committees, voting procedures, debates, amendments, and finally to the President’s pen which is the last step in making a bill a law! Learn all about how important laws are to our country and keep all of us safe! 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.

In Cheesecake with Frederick Douglass, readers will follow Fiona and Finley as they travel back in time to meet the famous leader in the fight to end slavery.The Time Hop Sweets Shop series lets students follow time traveling siblings as they join historical figures to experience pivotal moments in their lives. In each 32-page title, students strengthen their reading comprehension skills as they engage with leveled text, biographies, and more resources.

A prized puppy is missing, but ninja princess detectives Ava and Gabby Danger are on the case! Readers in grades 1-4 will help the girls follow the clues and put their thinking crowns on to solve the mystery. Can they find the little champ before the kingdom’s hot dog race??Princesses Ava and Gabby Danger love martial arts and putting on their thinking crowns to solve mysteries in their castle, their classroom, and beyond in the Kingdom of Klue. Joined by their sidekick, Erk, a frog they will never kiss even if he might be a prince (ick!) the ninja princess detectives find the clues, follow their hunches, and save the day.

Fiona and Finley travel to the 1600s with Pocahontas to see her forest home. Pocahontas wants to help the troubled English settlers in Jamestown, but trouble is brewing. Pocahontas’ father, Chief Powhatan, has captured one of the Englishmen. Can Pocahontas save him before it’s too late? Includes extensive back matter with biography, further reading, and author interview.

In Power Play, readers will join Paisley as she accidentally blows up her basement lab and must find somewhere else to prepare for the school science fair. Character-driven storylines in the Paisley Atoms series feature Paisley Atoms, a fifth grader with a penchant for all things science. Each 64-page illustrated title showcases a problem or mystery that takes readers on an adventure and includes scientific facts and explanations, an experiment or activity, a biography, websites to visit, and more.