Grade 5

Born in Canada, Micheal J. Fox became one of the most familiar faces in America through television and film. Yet when a twitch in his left pinky led to a diagnosis of Parkinson's disease, Fox More →

What sea creature can open jars, use tools, and disguise itself to look like its predator's worst enemy? The answer is the smartest invertebrate in the animal kingdom—the octopus! In… More →

Since she was a young girl in Hawaii, Bethany Hamilton dreamed of becoming a professional surfer. Yet those dreams nearly vanished when a shark tore off her left arm. In Bethany Hamilton:… More →

The Fossil Feud recounts the rivalry between two competing paleontologists, Othniel Charles Marsh and Edward Drinker Cope. In the mid-19th Century, Marsh and Cope stopped at nothing-from… More →

Jack Horner was seven years old when he made his first dinosaur find. Later, he made his greatest discovery by uncovering more than 13 dinosaur nests filled with eggs and babies on "Egg… More →

Stormy, a standard schnauzer, works in a lab to detect cancer. Belle, a beagle that's been called a "wonder dog," is trained to sense when her owner is about to lose consciousness from… More →

In Polar Bears in Danger, young readers will follow polar bears living in the Arctic Circle as they learn about their natural habitat, physical characteristics, diet, lifecycle, and behavior. More →

In Orangutans in Danger, young readers will follow orangutans living in the rain forests as they learn about their natural habitat, physical characteristics, diet, lifecycle, and behavior.… More →

From lions to rhinos, Wildlife Survival explores animals' natural habitats, physical characteristics, diet, lifecycle, and behavior. Each book details how these amazing animals thrive with… More →

In A T. Rex Named Sue, young readers will follow the adventures of paleontologist Sue Hendrickson as she unearths a startling discovery-the nearly complete fossil remains of a Tyrannosaurus… More →

When Franklin Delano Roosevelt proclaimed, "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself," he understood his words well. In the inspiring Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Nothing to Fear!, readers More →

Animals can be clever! In these informative narrative books, children will discover that many human characteristics of intelligence also are found in animals. From pigs, crows, and… More →