Books in Read-it! Readers: Science series

How does a seed become a plant? What do living things need to grow? How do animal parents raise their babies? Introduce kindergarten and first grade students to life science topics with this colorful 10-book set. These easy-to-read books feature intriguing images, simple sentences, and text features to keep young students engaged in reading as they learn important scientific topics such as plant parts and functions, growth and change, baby animals, living and nonliving things, similar traits of species, and more. Each 24-page book includes a fun science activity that meets Next Generation Science Standards and helps students apply what they've learned. Titles in this set include: All in the Family; Baby Animals, Growing Up; Growth and Change; Inside a Plant; Living!; Raising Babies: What Animal Parents Do; Seeds; What Do Living Things Need?; What Makes a Plant?.

How are animal parents different from your parents? What do seeds need to grow? What is an ecosystem and how does it affect the world around us? Introduce early learners to important life science concepts with this 18-book set focused on content and literacy. Featuring easy-to-read text, age-appropriate vocabulary, vivid images, colorful photographs, and more, students will be engaged while learning to think critically about life science. Titles include: Living!, Baby Animals, Seeds, What Do Living Things Need?, Growing Up, What Makes a Plant?, Inside a Plant, What Animal Parents Do, Growth and Change, All in the Family, Pollination, Interdependence of Living Things, Ecosystems, Habitats, and Environment: A World of Change.

Animals come in all shapes and sizes! The lively images, compelling facts, and captivating sidebars work in conjunction with the supportive text and a glossary and index to give readers plenty of information on taxonomy. Readers will discover the various kingdoms and classes of the animal world including echinoderms, arthropods, chordates, amphibians, birds, and mammals. To aid in engaging readers in further scientific topics and themes, an alluring hands-on lab activity is included!About Shell Education Rachelle Cracchiolo started the company with a friend and fellow teacher. Both were eager to share their ideas and passion for education with other classroom leaders. What began as a hobby, selling lesson plans to local stores, became a part-time job after a full day of teaching, and eventually blossomed into Teacher Created Materials. The story continued in 2004 with the launch of Shell Education and the introduction of professional resources and classroom application books designed to support Teacher Created Materials curriculum resources. Today, Teacher Created Materials and Shell Education are two of the most recognized names in educational publishing around the world.