Books in Scholastic Science Readers series

This nonfiction science reader will help fifth grade students gain science content knowledge while building their reading comprehension and literacy skills. This purposefully leveled text features hands-on, challenging science experiments and full-color images. Students will learn all about chemistry, colloids, solubility, solutions, and much more through this engaging text that supports STEM education and is aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards. Important text features like a glossary and index will improve students close reading skills.

Fluffy fans will love this hilarious new twist on a familiar story!When Fluffy plants a jelly bean in the class garden, he is in for an amazing surprise! The jelly bean grows into a jelly bean stalk that leads him to a castle. There, Fluffy rescues a hen and a harp. Then Fluffy comes face to face with the giant, and the giant's mad! Fluffy races down the jelly bean stalk, trying to gnaw it in half before the giant can catch him. Suddenly, Fluffy wakes up and realizes it was all a dream. Or was it? There, in the garden, is a stalk that grew from his jelly bean!!

Lightning flashes! Thunder crashes! The Scholastic Science Readers series was created especially to bring exciting nonfiction to beginning readers. Illustrated with full-color photographs.Kids are fascinated with storms. Clouds roll in, the wind blusters, suddenly there are flashes of lightning, and claps of thunder.Young meteorologists will learn what causes lightning and thunder, how rain falls from the clouds, the different types of lightning, why they see lightning before they hear thunder, and much more. Children will also find out ways in which to prevent themselves from being harmed during thunderstorms.

Explore the lives and work of incredible cell biologists in this captivating book! From Gregor Mendel to Rita Levi-Montalcini, Anton van Leeuwenhoek to August Weismann, readers will be amazed at the things these incredible scientists discovered! Single-celled organisms, mitosis, dominant and recessive genes, stem cells, and cloning are just some of the topics that readers will explore as they move through this book that features plenty of vivid, detailed images, stimulating facts, captivating sidebars, and easy-to-read text. An engaging lab activity is featured to further delight and captivate readers. 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.

Level 2 Hello Reader! adaptation of the original, classic fairy tale, Snow White.This level 2 adaptation tells the story of the beautiful princess, Snow White, who is poisoned by her evil stepmother, the queen of the land. But with the help of seven very special dwarfs and the love of a charming prince, she comes back to life and defeats the queen for good.Children will love this 32-page easy reader that features Barbara Lanza's elegant watercolor illustrations. It is the perfect book for little princesses everywhere.

Three classic tales of love and enchantment!Poor Beauty! Her family has lost its fortune, her sisters are snobby and cruel, and her father just angered a hideous beast -- a beast who wants to marry her! Now Beauty must live with the beast in an enchanted castle, far from everyone she knows. Can she ever learn to love a beast? Read "Beauty and the Beast," "The Lady and the Lion," and "The Frog Prince" inside this collection.

Explore the water cycle in this fascinating book! Readers will learn the various steps of the water cycle--including evaporation, condensation, and precipitation. Featuring plenty of stunning images, colorful charts and graphs, accessible glossary and index, and easy-to-read text, readers will learn about different forms and types of water such as rain, sleet, snow, freshwater, and saltwater. Readers will also learn about clouds, the different types, how they are formed, and what role they play in the water cycle. An engaging hands-on activity allows readers to explore weather and science even further!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.

What is the difference between a rock and a mineral? Readers will learn the answer to that and much more in this fascinating informational text! Igneous rock, sedimentary rock, metamorphic rock, geologists, and gemstones are some of the topics that are introduced through clear, stunning photos, interesting charts and graphs, supportive text, and an accessible glossary and index. An intriguing and captivating hands-on lab activity is featured to encourage readers to learn more about geology!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.

From compounds to chemical reactions, readers will learn all about elements, their properties, and how they react with other elements in this stunning book that features colorful images and intriguing facts! Ionic bonds, chemical bonds, the Periodic Table of Elements, mixtures, and solutions are some of the topics that are discussed. The accessible glossary and index gives readers the tools they need to better understand the content, while a fascinating hands-on lab activity will leave readers engaged and excited to learn more!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.

Albert Einstein is probably the most well-known physicists who ever lived. Aside from being one of the greatest minds in scientific history, he was also a kind, caring man. Readers will learn about Einstein's life as a scientist and his many accomplishments--from explaining photoelectric effect to Brownian motion and his theories of relativity--in this appealing biography that features stunning photos, easy-to-read text, intriguing facts, an accommodating glossary and index, and an engaging hands-on lab activity. This book will have readers excited and eager to learn more about the world of science!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.