Books published by publisher World Books

What is matter, and how is it grouped and measured? Follow the funny character Matter as he goes bowling, enters a volcano, and shrinks down to atomic size to find out! Through bright and colorful comic-book-style pages, kids will explore elements, compounds, and the properties of matter. They will have fun learning about molecules, protons, and neutrons. They will learn to read the periodic table, which is featured in a large, full spread. World Books Building Blocks of Physical Science series makes complex STEM lessons exciting for young learners with a primary reading level grades 3 through 5. Each nonfiction book pairs humor and action with scientifically accurate information to make even the most difficult topics amusing and easy to understand. Kids will eagerly learn the fundamentals of physics through such volumes as Energy, Magnetism, and Matter and How It Changes. Helpful glossaries and indexes in each volume direct readers to the most important terms and topics. Materials for further exploration are suggested in lists of additional resources. Give budding scientists a head start with World Books fun Building Blocks series!

Did you see a rather large dinosaur running this way? Hes about 30 feet long, with a hungry look, big teeth, and many sharp clawseach bigger than a human foot. In Fierce Dinosaurs! The Large Theropods, readers step back into the prehistoric past to gain a wary respect for the predatory Allosaurus and Tyrannosaurus and other fierce, meat-eating dinosaurs that walkedor ranon two legs. Students will discover their hunting methods and habitats, and learn how scientific knowledge about these dinosaurs has evolved over the centuries. Did some dinosaurs have feathers? Were all dinosaurs huge like the tyrannosaurus, long-necked like the brachiosaurus, or spiked like the stegosaurus? Meet fierce, birdlike, armored, and giant dinosaurs from hundreds of millions of years ago! Colorful and scientifically accurate illustrations paired with intriguing facts will be sure to captivate your kids in grades 4-8. World Books four-volume Dinosaurs! series explains the origins and features of more than 100 types of dinosaurs.

Your body is an incredibly complex machine. But what makes sure everything runs smoothly? Follow your cartoon guides as they lead you through a tour of the human body and the organs that make up The Endocrine and Reproductive Systems. Talking cells and organs help young readers understand how hormones control the way humans are born, grow, and reproduce. The accessible comic-book format provides easy-to-understand explanations of complex concepts in human biology. With bright, colorful pages, World Book’s Building Blocks of Life Science helps make learning fun and easy for young students with a primary reading level of grades 3 through 5. Each book focuses on a particular organ system in the human body. Cartoon guides creatively pair humor with fact-filled text. They make even the most difficult topics in human anatomy easy to understand. Helpful glossaries and indexes in each volume direct students to the most important terms and topics. Help young learners in your life get ahead—and have fun doing so—with World Book’s Building Blocks of Life Science!

Learn about tall cranes, powerful plows, and many other exciting tough trucks. This richly visual learning library introduces basic lessons tied closely to early childhood curriculum topics. Each spread includes introductory text, colorful illustrations with detailed captions, and photographs that show real-world examples of the featured topic. Puzzle pages, fun facts, and true/false quizzes appear at the end of each volume.

Tales from the Maya, Inca, and other peoples feature in Myths and Legends of Central and South America. Through engaging narration and colorful illustrations, the volume helps children learn how the Inca explained the origin of the world, the story of the Maya corn god, and much more. Helpful special features include phonetic pronunciations and a pronunciation guide and a glossary of special terms. World Book's series Famous Myths and Legends of the World collects many famous stories from around the world. The stories are written in a creative way to approximate the artistry of the originals and are accompanied by colorful paintings and photographs. By providing background information on the cultures from which these stories come, the books in the series help children understand the geography, religious practices, moral codes, and important symbols of the cultures. Each volume from the 12 book set includes phonetic pronunciations and a pronunciation guide, a list of some of the cultures gods and other legendary and mythical figures, and a glossary of special terms.

Many of North America’s most beloved regions are artfully celebrated in these board books designed to soothe children before bedtime while instilling an early appreciation for the continent’s natural and cultural wonders. Each book stars a multicultural group of people visiting the featured area’s attractions, and rhythmic language guides children through the passage of both a single day and the four seasons while saluting the iconic aspects of each place.

So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of The Underground Railroad tells you what you need to know—before or after you read Colson Whitehead’s book. Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader. This short summary and analysis of The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead includes: Historical contextChapter-by-chapter summariesAnalysis of the main charactersThemes and symbolsImportant quotesFascinating triviaGlossary of termsSupporting material to enhance your understanding of the original work About The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead: Colson Whitehead’s National Book Award–winning The Underground Railroad is a bold, original, and unflinchingly brutal portrait of slavery during the darkest period in American history. On the cusp of womanhood, Cora is a runaway slave, pursued by her memories of abuse and abandonment, and by the implacable and notoriously cruel slave hunter known as Ridgeway. Her journey on the Underground Railroad—in Whitehead’s conceit, a literal, subterranean railway—propels her journey across a dangerous landscape in search of freedom. The summary and analysis in this ebook are intended to complement your reading experience and bring you closer to a great work of fiction.