Most Popular Books by Raintree Steck-Vaughn Publishers

Discusses Egypt's geography, people, and culture, with special emphasis on the challenges presented by economic development.

Examines the modern history of Japan, looking at how it has changed since World War II.

From computers to satellites, technology touches our lives daily. This 12-volume series reveals the secrets behind today's vital technologies and their applications in everyday life.

This program reflects the material in the Ninth Edition of the Stanford Achievement Test. Help your students approach test day with confidence, armed with the up-to-date knowledge and strategies they need to succeed.

This program reflects the material in the Ninth Edition of the Stanford Achievement Test. Help your students approach test day with confidence, armed with the up-to-date knowledge and strategies they need to succeed.

This program reflects the material in the Ninth Edition of the Stanford Achievement Test. Help your students approach test day with confidence, armed with the up-to-date knowledge and strategies they need to succeed.

Give your students the skills, strategies, and confidence to do their best on the Metropolitan Achievement Tests, Seventh Edition. Test Best provides the grade-specific, test-specific instruction and practice students need to succeed on all three sections.

Sneak a peak into the lives of every American president through these entertaining and informative biographies. Young readers get historically accurate, anecdotal accounts of the events each president helped shape, from the founding years of George Washington to the modern challenges of William Jefferson Clinton.

Discusses the history, economy, culture, and future of Hawaii. Also includes a state chronology, pertinent statistics, and maps.

This program reflects the material in the Ninth Edition of the Stanford Achievement Test. Help your students approach test day with confidence, armed with the up-to-date knowledge and strategies they need to succeed.

Describes the plant and animal life of Central Europe and its interaction with the environment.

Explore Earth's water world with this indepth and colorful five-book series. Ideal for young adults, these titles highlight physical features and motion of the world's waters, their history, and their vital roles as habitats for Earth's plant and animal life.

Six titles render a view of past civilizations with remarkable depth and clarity. Influences such as politics, war, trade, everyday life, art and architecture, and religion offer insight into how inhabitants of these great cultures lived. Each title highlights the legacy left by the major events and developments of these civilizations. Quotations from ancient sources and modern historians lend a fresh perspective to factual information.

A second chance for your low-level readers having trouble in the content areas. Connections offers subject-specific titles in all the content areas written at reading levels 5-8. Designed for independent use. Connections is truly a self-directed program. With its low reading level and straightforward directions, students can measure their own progress with pretests and posttests. Correlation charts are tied to test questions directing them to the precise pages to study for each type of question. -- Units on the world of work and careers are tied to content areas. -- Answers and explanations in each book enable students to check their answers and understand the thinking behind each question. -- Real-life and work graphics content designed for secondary students help them connect academic skills with life and work skills. -- Reading selections emphasize comprehension, so students can improve reading skills as they gain content knowledge.

Examines the life of the Cuban-born physician who developed the theory of yellow fever transmission through mosquitoes.

An exploration of the globe through the world's climates offers a new perspective on geography and the environment. Readers learn about habitats and the people, plants, and animals they support. A discussion of the past and present destruction of these habitats and the steps taken to protect them will captivate young environmentalists.

This series presents the causes and consequences of the American Civil War with a human-interest approach. Four volumes recount reasons for the Civil War and its progression. One title devoted to the aftermath of the Civil War places an emphasis on important people of the day and the war's effect on the population. Firsthand recollections, journal and diary entries, letters, and authentic photos and prints reflect the human aspect of the war.