Books with author Teacher Created Materials

Inspire a love of reading among beginning readers with colorfully illustrated fiction storybooks! With high-interest text and vibrant images, children will be engaged and entertained by these fun-filled stories. Ideal for storytime at home or in the classroom, each book in this set features grade-appropriate vocabulary and sentence structures to support early childhood literacy development. The fiction titles in this 10-book collection include: I Am So Beautiful; Zoo Hullabaloo; Carousel Colors; Playground Friends; Boris Keeps Fit; Speak Up!; What Can You See?; Ready, Set, Go!; Edward the Explorer; and Max.

Build fluency in a fun, engaging way with this set of Reader's Theater scripts! Centered around a theme of classic children's fables, these differentiated scripts feature roles written to match multiple reading levels. Teachers can assign specific roles based on each students' current reading level, allowing all students to participate in the same activity and feel successful! Students will gain confidence in their reading fluency through performance, regardless of their current reading ability. While performing with others, students will practice interacting cooperatively, reading aloud, and using expressive voices and gestures to better tell the story. This 4-book set includes: The Grasshopper and the Ants; The Lion and the Mouse; The Fox and the Crow; The North Wind and the Sun.

Introduce fourth grade students to topics in science, technology, engineering, and math with this fascinating collection of nonfiction books. This 10-book set pulls together informational text that includes TIME FOR KIDS content, vivid images, and descriptive vocabulary to engage students, encourage an interest in STEM topics, and support the development of STEM content knowledge. Titles in this collection include: On the Scene: A CSI's Life (Science); Unsolved! Mysterious Events (Science); Defying Gravity! Rock Climbing (Science); Bug Builders (Science, Engineering); Animal Architects (Science, Engineering); Final Lap! Go-Kart Racing (Science, Engineering); Hand to Earth: Saving the Environment (Science, Engineering); Technology: Feats & Failures (Science, Technology, Engineering); Physical: Feats & Failures (Science, Technology, Engineering); Engineering: Feats & Failures (Science, Technology, Engineering).

Curious about the human brain or what makes a bug an engineer? Motivate exploration with inspiring content-area topics that include everything from food to flatulence! Each book features challenging yet conversational-style text and absorbing layouts with eye-popping imagery designed to entice even the most reluctant of readers. Set includes 10 titles: Survival! Desert; Bug Builders; In the Game: An Athlete's Life; Unsolved! Mysterious Events; Defying Gravity! Rock Climbing; Straight Talk: The Truth About Food; Strange But True: Gross Anatomy; Helen Keller: A New Vision; Hand to Heart: Improving Communities; and Technology: Feats & Failures.

Introduce young students to many great figures in American history with this 8-book collection. Children will learn about the lives of these Americans and how their achievements made an impact in the United States. Featuring high-interest content, fascinating images, and other source materials, this set of nonfiction books is a great resource for developing students' social studies knowledge. Each book contains engaging sidebars and facts, easy-to-read text, content-area vocabulary, and a supporting glossary, table of contents, and index. Titles in this set include: Clara Barton: Angel of the Battlefield; George Washington Carver: Planting Ideas; Alexander Graham Bell: Called to Invent; Thomas Jefferson: Declaring Our Freedom; Benjamin Franklin: Thinker, Inventor, Leader; Daniel Boone: Into the Wild; Harriet Tubman: Leading Slaves to Freedom; and Sojourner Truth: A Path to Freedom.

Give students an insight to life in America during the 1800s. Students will learn about the instrumental events that changed the nation throughout this time period, and events that led up to the Civil War. Filled with high-interest content and fascinating photos and source materials, this set of nonfiction books is a great resource for developing and improving students' social studies knowledge. Books in this collection feature high-interest text, captivating images, primary sources, and more! Each book contains fact-filled sidebars, easy-to-read text, content-area vocabulary, an accessible glossary, index, and table of contents. Titles in this set include: Expanding the Nation; The War of 1812; Pioneer Trails; Slavery in America; American Indians in the 1800s; Civil War Is Coming; Civil War Leaders; and Battles of the Civil War.

Inspire innovation with this 10-book set that covers fundamental STEM themes with informational science, technology, engineering, and math texts. Each book includes supporting graphics, key vocabulary, problem-solving activities, and hands-on labs to engage beginning readers. This set includes: Solid or Liquid?; Sort It!; On Land; What Do Living Things Need?; Nature Made; Wild Animals; Seeds; At the Pond; The Pet Store; Fun in the Sun.

Introduce students to some of the most influential figures in Texas' history. This set of nonfiction books is a great resource for developing students' social studies knowledge. Students will about the lives of these historical figures and how their accomplishments shaped the state. Each of the biographies in this 8-book set features captivating images and illustrations, easy-to-read text, fascinating facts, and an accommodating glossary and index to keep readers engaged. This collection includes: Stephen F. Austin: The Father of Texas; Leaders in the Texas Revolution: United for a Cause; Lizzie Johnson: Texan Cowgirl; Caddo and Comanche: American Indian Tribes in Texas; Sam Houston: Fearless Statesman; LaSalle: Early Texas Explorer; George W. Bush: Texan Governor and U.S. President; Lyndon B. Johnson: A Texan in the White House.

Give students an insight to what life was like during the Middle Ages in England, and how change and cultural rebirth came about during the Renaissance! Featuring detailed images, fact-filled sidebars, easy-to-read text, a table of contents, glossary, and index, each book in this set supports the development of social studies content knowledge. Students will be captivated as they learn about significant people and events in world history, from the Medieval times to the Renaissance era. Titles in this 6-book collection include: Medieval Times: England in the Middle Ages; Geoffrey Chaucer: Medieval Writer; The Reformation: A Religious Revolution; Martin Luther: A Reforming Spirit; The Renaissance: A Rebirth in Culture; Leonardo de Vinci: Renaissance Artist and Inventor.

Teach students about the some of the greatest empires, most revolutionary conflicts, and most notable time periods in world history with this 8-book collection. Students will gain perspective as they think critically about significant historical events and recognize the effect they had on the world. Filled with high-interest content, engaging images, and source materials, this set of biographies is a great resource for developing and improving students' social studies knowledge. Each book contains captivating sidebars and facts, easy-to-read text, content-area vocabulary, a glossary, table of contents, and index. Titles in this set include: The Medieval Islamic World: Conflict and Conquest; Medieval Times: England in the Middle Ages; The French Revolution: Terror and Triumph; The Enlightenment: A Revolution in Reason; Imperialism: Expanding Empires; The Renaissance: A Rebirth of Culture; The Byzantine Empire: A Society That Shaped the World; The Reformation: A Religious Revolution.