Books with author Tom Greve

Police have the duty to uphold and enforce the laws of the town, district, state, or even the country in which they work. Police serve alongside firefighters, paramedics, and emergency medical technicians, as first responders. They risk their lives every day in dangerous situations to protect the public from crime. Learn all about the training, ranks, politics, equipment, and skills needed to be a police officer, as well as the history of how the police force was established. This book will allow students to analyze the interactions between individuals, events, and ideas in a text (e.g., how ideas influence individuals or events, or how individuals influence ideas or events).

Plants, trees, grass, or anything that grows from soil is just as alive as we are! Botanists study the life, and biology of plants. Their work plays an important role in understanding the complex relationships among Earth’s plants, as well the relationship between plants, animals, and people. Their research helps us to understand the beauty that surrounds us and their work helps to preserve and protect all the plants that keep us breathing, and help feed the world. This title will allow students to support an argument that plants get the materials they need for growth chiefly from air and water.• Diagrams• Bold keywords with phonetic glossary• Text based questions• Content sidebars

In EMT: Crisis Care for Injuries and Illness, young readers will learn what it takes to be a first responder. Featuring 32 pages of real-life photographs, a glossary, websites to visit, and more, this book gives students an inside look at the intense training, commitment, and dedication of these highly trained individuals who save lives every day.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.

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

Young readers will learn about the “amphibious” force of the military and the training it takes to defend America in U.S. Marines: Rapid Response Force. Readers are prompted to gauge their understanding as they draw conclusions from the leveled text.The Freedom Forces series lets readers explore the different facets of government agencies, the military, and more. Each 32-page title in this series will allow students to analyze and provide an objective summary of the text. With content-specific vocabulary and comprehension and extension questions, this series helps build reading skills while introducing a more complex view of technology, history, and more.