Best Selling Books by Ruth A. Musgrave

Introduces the basics of outer space, from the sun and planets of the solar system to shapes and patterns found in space.

While reading this book, students will explore the scientific research underway at the Gates of the Arctic National Park. With no roads, businesses, trails, or campgrounds, this park offers scientists the opportunity to fly, hike, and raft to remote locations to study the animals and ancient lands. The Natural Laboratory: Scientists in National Parks series takes a look at the research and responsibilities of scientists working in U.S. national parks. Each 7.5 x 10 photo-filled book explores the topography of the park, its natural resources, the specific projects that have been undertaken there and why these projects are significant. Each 48-page book in the series also features quotes from scientists working in the featured park, to better explain to readers how and why things are done.

Use your reading superpowers to learn all about different kinds of sea turtles and how you can help to keep them safe - a high-quality, fun, non-fiction reader - carefully levelled to help children progress. Save the Sea Turtles is a beautifully designed reader all about different kinds of sea turtles, from the smallest to the biggest, and how we can all help to keep their marine environment clean and safe. The engaging text has been carefully levelled using Lexiles so that children are set up to succeed. A motivating introduction to using essential non-fiction reading skills. Children will love to find out about tiny turtles and the biggest turtles and their lives at sea.

"Information about and pictures of pets for very young children"--

"From dump trucks to cement trucks to monster trucks, these colorful pages introduce big trucks and their special jobs to the littlest fans."--

Time to sleep! This book introduces young children the way various animals settle down to rest. From orangutans napping in treetop nests to lions cuddling up for a snooze in the grass, little kids will enjoy finding out how other creatures get ready for slumber before they head to their own beds.

Young readers will be introduced to the concept of the changing weather through the view from their very own window. Children will learn about rain, clouds, sunshine, and more in simple, age-appropriate language paired with colorful photos. Look and Learn introduces children to the subject on one page and then shows it in real-life context on the next.(Amazon).

"Meet the world''s biggest cats! Prowl through jungles and deserts with tigers as they hunt, swim, and play. Learn what you can do to help these striped cats survive."--

Introduces gardens and gardening, including how a seed grows into a plant, how fruits and vegetables form, and what animals and insects also live in a garden.

"Use your reading superpowers to learn all about animals that can run, fly and swim faster than all the others"--

"People, animals, and plants need light. From the Sun to fire to electricity, learn how our world is made warm and bright with light."--

"Use your reading superpowers to learn all about pandas, everyone''s favorite black-and-white bears"--

"You''ve just been selected to travel the world photographing wildlife. What happens next is up to you! Filled with excitement and hilarity, this compositional challenge lets you tell your very own story starring ... you! Combining photography from National Geographic Kids and illustrations in colorful laugh-out-loud pages, this engaging, entertaining, and educational book introduces you to animals from around the globe, and invites you to enter their world imaginatively by combining your story with theirs"--Provided by publisher.

"Want to see a creature that''s about as long as a school bus? Find out all we know about the secretive and mysterious giant squid."--

Packed with even more of the silly jokes that kids love, including knock-knocks, tongue twisters, riddles, traditional question and answer jokes, and more, "Just Joking 3" is presented in National Geographic Kids'' colorful, photo-driven style. Full color.

"Stay near the shore with this baby shark as it swims, hides, and hunts in the warm, shallow sea."--

"Use your reading superpowers to learn all about the curious creatures that live deep in the oceans"--