It's classified! With intricate artwork and refreshingly simple language, Neil Packer's introduction to the many ways of ordering things will thrill the detail-oriented among us. Meet Arvo. Now look at his family tree. Meet his cat, Malcolm, and check out Malcolm's family tree, too. Whether people or cats, buildings or books, food or vehicles, there's a category for everything. And in this mesmerizing narrative introduction to taxonomy, readers follow Arvo through his day to learn about the order of the animal kingdom, to his music lesson to help categorize instruments, and across town to classify cloud formations he sees along the way. Neil Packer's detailed illustrations and simple narrative are perfect for readers who itch to classify and find order in their daily lives.

It's the 100th day of school-what can you do to celebrate? Here are 100 different ideas for celebrating this fun and important day. The 100th day is about math-and so much more! From collecting to counting, baking to bouncing, reading to writing, every possible kind of activity is included for 100th day celebrations at home or at school. Bright, detailed photographs and plenty of innovative ideas will make this beautifully designed book the essential, must-have book for every family and classroom.

A second entry in the series that began with 101 Things Everyone Should Know About Science uses an accessible question-and-answer format to provide comprehensive coverage of everyday applications of essential math skills, from making change to understanding sport statistics.

"Thirteen flies become tasty snacks in this clever reverse counting book about predators and prey. Science meets subtraction as a swarm of flies buzzes along, losing one member to each predator along the way. Includes a guide to eating bugs, complete with nutritional information for a single serving of flies."--

A grocery store is filled with much more than food. The aisles and shelves hold plenty of fun, too. As Justin helps his mother shop, he explores the variety of 3-D shapes all around him. As Justin can show you, there are always plenty of shapes to see!

A grocery store is filled with much more than food. The aisles and shelves hold plenty of fun, too. As Justin helps his mother shop, he explores the variety of 3-D shapes all around him. As Justin can show you, there are always plenty of shapes to see!

[An] impressive history of timekeeping.'- Horn Book Bruce Koscielniak, in this Common Core text exemplar, tells the intriguing story of the many years spent tinkering and inventing to perfect the art of telling time. When time itself was undefined, no one knew the difference between a minute, an hour, and a day. Then people started creating tools to measure time. First they used the sun, the moon, and the water, but soon after people began using their knowledge about the natural world to build clocks and to create calendars made up of monthsand years. Centuries later, we have clocks and calendars all around us!This title has been selected as a Common Core Text Exemplar (Grades 4-5, Informational Texts)

Using real world examples, Fun with Math: Adding helps early learners understand this often challenging math concept. Colorful photographs, simple sentences, and relevant sight words make learning addition fun! This book also includes a page for caregivers and teachers that suggests guiding questions to help aid in reading comprehension.

Using real world examples, Fun with Math: Adding helps early learners understand this often challenging math concept. Colorful photographs, simple sentences, and relevant sight words make learning addition fun! This book also includes a page for caregivers and teachers that suggests guiding questions to help aid in reading comprehension.

This entertaining book takes young readers to a soccer practice to show them the basics of addition. Easy-to-follow text helps children learn about addition words and symbols, strategies for adding up to 10+10 and beyond, the additive identity and commutative property in addition, and how to use objects, pictures, and number sentences to represent real-life addition problems.