Most Popular Books by Lisa Trumbauer

Describes the best websites offering items for children, including games, posters, and manufacturer''s giveaways. Contains reviews by computer users, aged seven to twelve.

The natural world comes alive for young readers with Rookie Read-About Science! With striking full-colour photos and just the right amount of text, this series immediately involves young readers as they discover intriguing facts about the fascinating world around them.

This book presents more than 75 hot sites that offer homework help on a wide range of subjects: math, English, history, science, geography, social studies. Young students will find scores of sources that offer all sorts of help for research and report-writing, including on-line libraries, museums, dictionaries, and encyclopedias, plus links to experts on specific topics. Featured sites offer tips for taking notes and acing tests. And if you think that homework is all work, think again: there are game sites that make math fun, teach tons of new words, and even glamorize grammar.

Who was Abraham Lincoln? What was the Confederate States of America? When did the Civil War end? This book will help you discover what life was like during the Civil War.

Describes what friction is and gives some examples of how it causes moving things to stop.

This title discusses topics such as properties of materials, elements and compounds, and the existence of protons, neutrons, and electrons.

Teaches facts and skills about mathematics, while helping the reader to become comfortable with using a computer.

Explains such concepts as layers of the Earth, types of rock, heat and pressure.

Read about the people, culture, traditions, and beliefs of the ancient Maya civilization.

Simple text and photographs describe and illustrate how to use a compass to find one''s way on land, at sea, or in the air.

Explains how to use a personal computer to complete activities that explore math, reading, geography, and science.

Explains how to use a personal computer to complete activities related to social studies, such as drawing maps, putting out a community newsletter, and creating a local time-line.

Illustrations and rhyming text describe how loose teeth come out.

Why we need rain.

How many objects does each person have?

How do you eat a fraction? How many ways can you make 100? Young readers learn math and reading skills with these beginning books.

Help young readers enjoy learning about social studies concepts with these colorful, photo-illustrated books. This series relates such areas as history, geography, and social relationships to the reader''s everyday world. Yellow Umbrella Books feature engaging photos that closely correlate to the text. This series explores and supports social studies standards as required by the National Council for the Social Studies.

Learn how Henry discovers how to stand up to bullies.

Describes the ways people travel, including by car, on foot, by bike, on horses, on tractors, on buses, on trains, by plane, and by boat.

Introduce young readers to the fascinating cycle of life! Using familiar, engaging animals, the books describe the stages of development, from the beginning life stages through the maturation of each animal. Since the books in this series are created using the same organizational structure, teachers can use the books together for comparing and contrasting exercises. This series explores and supports the standard The Living Environment: Diversity of Life and Heredity, as required by Benchmarks for Science Literacy: Project 2061. This series is leveled for early-intervention reading programs: Newly Fluent to Fluent Level.