Books with author Tom Greve

While reading Angel Island, students will learn about the history of the island, as well as the immigrants who passed through in hopes of becoming American citizens. This 32-page title uses a variety of teaching components to help young readers strengthen their reading comprehension skills. The Symbols of Freedom series will allow students to explain events or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text, using language that pertains to time, sequence, and cause versus effect. Each title features photographs, maps, and informational sidebars that work with a Show What You Know section to help readers build their understanding of the topic.

How to Make Ice Cream is designed to help young learners observe, question, and implement ideas to reach a successful outcome. Featuring a step-by-step format, this 24-page book offers students the opportunity to reach conclusions by following simple, organized directions. With a designated teaching focus, before- and after-reading activities, a photo glossary, and more, this title will help students build problem-solving skills and comprehension confidence. The Step-by-Step Projects series gives young learners the freedom to create, manage, and complete projects with simple directions, instructional photographs, and problem-solving strategies. Each 24-page book features a specific teaching focus, before- and after-reading activities, a photo glossary, and more, to help students build problem-solving skills and comprehension confidence.

SWAT: Special Weapons and Tactics will introduce readers to challenging content related to the job duties required of our elite police and military forces. This 32-page title helps build reading comprehension skills with engaging visual aids, interesting informational sidebars, before- and after-reading activities, and more.With vivid photos and engaging text, the titles in the Emergency Response series offer high-interest topics for students in grades 4–8. Readers will understand the dedication, expertise, and risks undertaken by the brave individuals who protect our U.S. citizens at home. Readers will discover the historical aspects of each job through timelines and gain reading comprehension skills with before- and after-reading activities, and more.

The Earth buries its past. Living things that die and then slowly become part of the Earth are called fossils. This is where the skills of a paleontologist come into play. Their job is to find fossils and study them in order to make sense of what was going on here on Earth for billions of years before there were ever human beings. Learn all about the fossil record, the amazing discoveries and where they were found, and what it takes to become one of these amazing scientists. Put on your gloves and get ready to dig into the world of paleontology! This title will allow students to identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers to identify past life of animals or human existence.• Text based questions• Content sidebars• Diagrams• Bold keywords with phonetic glossary

In Police: Protect and Serve, young readers will examine what it takes to help keep everyone safe. Featuring 32 pages of real-life photographs, a glossary, websites to visit, and more, this title gives an in-depth view into the training, politics, equipment, and more that it takes to become a police officer. With vivid photos and engaging text, the titles in the Emergency Response series offer high-interest topics for students in grades 4–8. Readers will understand the dedication, expertise, and risks undertaken by the brave individuals who protect our U.S. citizens at home. Readers will discover the historical aspects of each job through timelines and gain reading comprehension skills with before- and after-reading activities, and more.

How to Make Ice Cream is designed to help young learners observe, question, and implement ideas to reach a successful outcome. Featuring a step-by-step format, this 24-page book offers students the opportunity to reach conclusions by following simple, organized directions. With a designated teaching focus, before- and after-reading activities, a photo glossary, and more, this title will help students build problem-solving skills and comprehension confidence. The Step-by-Step Projects series gives young learners the freedom to create, manage, and complete projects with simple directions, instructional photographs, and problem-solving strategies. Each 24-page book features a specific teaching focus, before- and after-reading activities, a photo glossary, and more, to help students build problem-solving skills and comprehension confidence.

A Look At Urban Art introduces students to the artistic style that relates to cities and city life. Students will have the opportunity to further explore how urban art is characterized and how the international art form has an unlimited number of uses today.The Art and Music series introduces young learners to some of the most popular artistic movements in history. Featuring beautiful images of famous works of art, a word glossary, comprehension and extension activities, and much more, each 24-page title in this series allows students to explain events, procedures, or concepts in a historical text, including what happened and why, based on specific information in the text.

A SWAT team is called in when criminal emergencies become too dangerous for regular police officers. Although most SWAT team members are police officers, they are trained in the use of powerful firearms and military tactics, and only used in very high-risk situations. The skills, equipment, training, and courage of these individuals are all discussed in this book, as well as how SWAT teams originated and have become one of our biggest defenses against terrorist attacks. This book will allow students to determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to supporting ideas; provide an objective summary of the text.

How to Grow a Garden is designed to help young learners observe, question, and implement ideas to reach a successful outcome. Featuring a step-by-step format, this 24-page book offers students the opportunity to reach conclusions by following simple, organized directions. With a designated teaching focus, before- and after-reading activities, a photo glossary, and more, this title will help students build problem-solving skills and comprehension confidence. The Step-by-Step Projects series gives young learners the freedom to create, manage, and complete projects with simple directions, instructional photographs, and problem-solving strategies. Each 24-page book features a specific teaching focus, before- and after-reading activities, a photo glossary, and more, to help students build problem-solving skills and comprehension confidence.