Books in Scholastic News Nonfiction Readers: Space Science series

With lively content and colorful photos, "Kids Like Me" celebrates global diversity and the universal things all children have in common whether they eat with forks or chopsticks, travel to school on a bus or a boat, or live in a big city apartment building or a mud house in Nigeria.

Explains what sunshine is and why it is important to plants, animals, and people.

Describes how various animals use their senses to stay safe, including octopuses, skunks, wolves, and owls.

An introduction to voting.SScholastic News Nonfiction Readers: We the Kids series gives the youngest reader (Ages 6-7) an introduction to being good citizens. Each book includes chapters that help readers identify key details while the photographs, and other text features encourage students to make connections on their own.

Explains what amphibians are, using newts, salamanders, and toads as examples.

Discusses the tools and techniques that scientists use to discover and protect dinosaur fossils.

Describes how various animals use their eyes to find food and scare away other animals, including owls, spiders, scallops, and bees.

Introduces different activities and games that children play around the world.

Describes the life and career of Barack Obama, from his early life in Hawaii to his years as an Illinois senator and as the elected President of the United States.

Using simple text and illustrations, describes how a pit grows into a peach tree.

Teaches multiculturalism by comparing faces, clothes, food, and words from around the world.

Introduces the life cycle of the manatee, from its underwater birth, to a two-year period of learning survival skills from its mother, and its final maturity at five years old.