Books in Scholastic Discover More series

A visually stunning reference book about the human body in the expert reader strand.Anatomy and physiology can be dry, but this definitive reference features amazing, original, and occasionally gross facts that will keep kids captivated. Take an in-depth tour of each region of the body, and learn how it all works. Explore exploded views of body organs, systems, and processes in photorealistic 3-D, all accurate according to the very latest medical research. Learn how your actions and behaviors--from sports and nutrition to emotions and music--affect your body. The free digital companion book, BE A BRAINIAC, is a great brain workout, with online tricks, games, and puzzles and mind-blowing optical illusions!

Our world is full of funky gadgets and technological gizmos. Within the next hour, you will probably use a computer, the internet, a hand-held game, or a cell phone. Technology is not only playing an ever-increasing role in our everyday lives, but also in the way we explore the world around us. Cool technology is useful, but what do we know about how it works? This book investigates the science behind technology, taking readers on a journey of discovery that they will never forget. It uncovers the smart tech of mobile phones, wi-fi, and GPS, as well as the inner workings of game consoles. It examines the world of movement--how cars, airplanes, and other vehicles run. It delves into nanotechnology, spy gadgets, cyborgs, building in space, and the eco house. Explore the pages of this book to discover how the coolest technology of today really works!

A comprehensive modern reference book all about sharks for confident readers.Every kid likes being freaked out watching a great white shark attack, but this book exposes the reality: that sharks are incredible creatures and we are just beginning to understand their complex lives. Collection spreads featuring hundreds of sharks open chapters focussing on specific shark families. Thorough, up-to-date information is combined with cutting-edge facts about sharks’ amazing memories, shark no-go zones, and cleaners and clingers-on: fish that travel with and attend sharks. The book encourages an active response: sharks are endangered and here’s what you can do about it. Fantastic photos, structured layouts, and age-appropriate vocabulary entice newly confident readers into the world of information books. Data boxes, maps, and stats encourage related numeracy and science skills. Vetted by literacy experts.

Favorite topics in active and interactive print and digital books, specially designed for newly confident readers.Within the last five years, more has been discovered about dinosaurs than ever before. By commissioning brand new digital images and talking to 'in the field' paleontologists, DINOSAURS is not only up-to-date, but stunning to look at. The book is ordered chronologically and gives the best, current information about which dinosaurs lived when, and what each was like. Details of the fossil record encourages budding paleontologists to think about why we know what we know, and make discoveries for themselves. The book ends with an interview with a dinosaur expert, a look at some dino record breakers, and insight into what happened to the dinosaurs. Is it possible that we still live with dinosaurs today?

A bright and engaging first information book about farms, specially designed for children learning to read.FARM unlocks a free 16-page digital companion book, FARM FUN, offering even more information, photos, and videos!FARM is full of facts and images of all the wonderful things that make a farm run. Recognizable animals, such as roosters and cows, are combined with the more unusual aspects of farm life, such as grain silos and harvesters to ensure that this book is familiar and informative. See fantastic photographs of animals, crops, and mighty machines up close. Watch the farmer hard at work during the changing seasons. The simple text is easy to work out and includes all of the basic word groups that are needed for beginning readers.

In-depth and up-to-date books on popular nonfiction subjects, re-imagined with eye-popping graphics, vetted by world-reknowned experts.We all star-gaze. On a cloudless night we wonder about the extraordinary myriad of bright lights in the sky. But do we really understand what we are looking at? From earliest times, people have been intrigued by the night sky. Over the centuries they have developed ever-more ingenious devices, from binoculars to powerful telescopes to spacecraft powered by the Sun's rays. With these, they have explored everything we can see, from our Moon to the most hard-to-reach areas of space. Using specially devised star charts, this book helps readers identify particular constellations, recognize the difference between a star and a planet, and understand why the entire sky appears to spin. They will discover how stars are born and die, what nebulae are, and how comets and asteroids are formed. This book is packed with the latest stunning images of our Universe and is a must-have for all young, aspiring astronomers. Hang onto your seats for this informative, stellar tour of our amazing Universe!

The ability to read and understand informational text is the key skill for success in today's world, on and offline. Scholastic Discover More Level 1 Readers are perfectly structured for little kids starting out on their nonfiction reading journey. Favorite subjects and great pictures are combined with reading elements that aren't just set decoration - they have real added value. The main text has a clear narrative flow, type hierarchy is firmly established, there are 'think abouts' and 'say it out louds' to build vocabulary. A free, downloadable digital book features fun text-based questions and activities, and audio and video enhancements. Vetted by an editorial board including Common Core Standards experts.

This child-centered Reader features all the weird, crazy, and gross things you could ever want to know about snakes--plus stickers!Explore everything awesome about snakes in a fun, accessible, and laugh-out-loud format! Find out which snakes are as big as your school bus, and what was the biggest snake EVER. Learn about the rattlesnake's poisonous venom, and which other snakes are deadly. Can you open your mouth as wide as a snake can? Probably not--it can unhinge its jaws and stretch its mouth around a snack that's bigger than your head!

A comprehensive modern reference book all about World War II for expert readers.It’s nearly 70 years since World War II ended, but its after effects are still shaping our world. Nicknamed THE DEADLIEST CONFLICT IN HISTORY, it claimed at least 50 million lives. It was also the backdrop to atrocities we are still struggling to comprehend, notably the Holocaust and the dropping of atomic bombs on Japan. Discover More: World War II charts the course of the war, from the rise of Nazism to Hitler's suicide in April 1945. Moving first-hard accounts bring history to life and show how individuals experienced the war, be they military or civilian, adult or child. In addition to a wealth of contemporary photographs, there are detailed cutaway artworks that reveal the inner workings of vehicles that defined the war: the German U-boat, Sherman tank, and Liberator bomber.

Scholastic Discover More is a revolutionary new nonfiction line pairing stunning print books with corresponding interactive digital books that extend the learning online.SEE ME GROW unlocks a free 16-page digital companion book, SEE ME GROW FUN, offering even more information, photos, and videos!SEE ME GROW is packed with animals growing up from baby to adult. Recognizable animals, such as puppies and elephants, are combined with more unusual babies, such as baby bees and strange shark eggs. Every animal group is covered, whether mammals or egg-layers, and unconventional life cycles such as tadpole to frog and caterpillar to butterfly are also featured. The simple text is perfect for beginning readers. The photographs are carefully linked to the text to construct that crucial picture/word link.

Scholastic Discover More is a revolutionary new nonfiction line pairing stunning print books with corresponding interactive digital books that extend the learning online.PLANETS unlocks a free 48-page digital companion book, AMAZING SPACE MACHINES, offering even more information, photos, and videos!All children want to learn their place in the universe, discover how our planet fits into the solar system, and are blown away by the crazy, big facts and stats of space. Welcome to a tour of the major planets, moons, dwarf planets, asteroids, comets, and other rocks and gas that orbit the sun. The latest NASA and European Space Station images, many unique to this book, are combined with up-to-the-minute information from space experts across the globe, and modern graphics to entice confident and reluctant readers alike.

A comprehensive modern reference book all about rainforests for confident readers.This book is far more than a collection of bugs and butterflies. It explores rainforests by continent, so the young reader gains first hand experience of the contrasts between the flora and fauna of South America, Africa, and India. It introduces indigenous people who reveal age-old secrets of survival in the forest. It explores how rainforests are exploited for every day products in everyones' homes. The latest research reveals newly discovered creatures unique to this book, and the current threat level to our planet as we continue to destroy Earth's most diverse habitat. Fantastic photos, structured layouts, and age-appropriate vocabulary entice newly confident readers into the world of information books. Data boxes, maps, and stats encourage related numeracy and science skills. Vetted by literacy experts.