Most Popular Books by Suzanne Slade

Threatened and endangered animals are found all over the world, in all different types of habitats. Readers celebrate the huge difference that caring people make for these animals while practicing subtraction skills. Each animal is presented through a clever rhyming verse and subtraction problem. Includes "For Creative Minds" section.

A gorgeous introduction to the twelve brave men who have left footprints on the moon, just in time to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the first lunar landing. On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong took one small step and made history. Over the course of the next three-and-a-half years, twelve lunar explorers, including Alan Shepard and Gene Cernan, touched down on the moon's surface. Author and engineer Suzanne Slade reveals how the Apollo missions (1969-1972) built upon one another and led to important discoveries about our nearest neighbor in space. Back matter includes an afterword by Alan Bean (1932-2018), the fourth person to walk on the moon.

Chronicles the early life and accomplishments of Jackie Robinson, from his childhood in California to the year he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers and became the first African American to play Major League baseball.

A New York Public Library Best Book for Kids The inspirational story of Mary Sherman, the world's first female rocket scientist, who overcame gender barriers and many failures to succeed. Growing up in the 1920s on a dirt-poor farm in North Dakota, Mary Sherman's life was filled with chores--until she finally began school and discovered she loved to learn. Mary excelled at science, especially chemistry, and leaped at the chance to work in a laboratory during World War II designing rocket fuels. And when the US decided to enter the space race, Mary was chosen over her male colleagues to create the fuel to launch a rocket carrying America's first satellite. With courage and perseverance, Mary's hard work and calculations paid off, opening up a brand-new frontier for exploration. This STEM biography of an unsung and courageous woman in science will inspire and motivate young readers.

"Describes the science concepts involved in several types of bicycle racing"--

Both Thomas Edison and Henry Ford started off as insatiably curious tinkerers. That curiosity led them to become inventors—with very different results. As Edison invented hit after commercial hit, gaining fame and fortune, Henry struggled to make a single invention (an affordable car) work. Witnessing Thomas's glorious career from afar, a frustrated Henry wondered about the secret to his success. This little-known story is a fresh, kid-friendly way to show how Thomas Edison and Henry Ford grew up to be the most famous inventors in the world—and best friends, too.

The Sonoran desert teems with life. From an Octillo plant to a Crested Caracara, the living things in this book are linked together in a food chain. Each one of them needs the others in order to live. Find out what eats what in the Sonoran Desert!

A stunning STEM feast on NASA's Webb Telescope--the world's most powerful telescope--will marvel future scientists and engineers about space and the universe beyond. Building the James Webb Space Telescope was no easy feat. It started with a big dream and an even bigger team: thousands of engineers and scientists across the country and world. The team solved design challenges, built prototypes, and ran test after test. They experienced frustration, page-turning suspense, and, ultimately, triumph. After decades of work, a rocket catapulted the Webb Telescope into space. With Webb, we can now see farther than we've ever seen before. The first Webb images, released on July 11, 2022, captivated the world. Today the Webb team continues releasing new images and making astonishing discoveries. This is their story, as told by a mechanical engineer and reviewed for accuracy by key members of the Webb team.

Albert Einstein was one of the world's greatest scientific thinkers. Find out how the once shy, awkward boy from Germany grew up to make groundbreaking discoveries about space, time, and energy.

Change. It happens slowly. One small step at a time. Important moments in African American history have occurred at the Lincoln Memorial: Marian Anderson's concert in 1939; Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s famous speech in 1963; and a visit in 2009 from the first black president and his family. This book interweaves these key events with the story of black Americans' struggle for equality.

Describes the sport of fishing, including equipment, bait, fishing techniques, and catches, and discusses some of the different types of fishing, including fresh and saltwater fishing, fly-fishing, ice fishing, and related topics.

Explores the role of money in sports, including scholarships, merchandise, endorsements, and sports agents.

This book is a visually stunning and information-packed look at the ladybugs that live right in the readers' backyard. Electron microscope technology opens up and magnifies the fascinating world of these beetles for young explorers.

THE HOUSE THAT GEORGE BUILT takes readers through the process of how the president’s house came to be—starting with the contest George held to choose the perfect design for this legendary landmark, all the way to President John Adams’s move into the grandiose home. Cleverly written in the familiar format of "The House That Jack Built," author Suzanne Slade supplements her rhyming verse with lively conversational prose, describing how George was involved in this project from beginning to end, from selecting the location to figuring out how to get the thousands of heavy bricks to the construction site. Rebecca Bond’s watercolor illustrations help readers follow the steps to what became the White House as we know it today.

This book is a visually stunning and information-packed look at the bees that live right in the readers' backyard. Electron microscope technology opens up and magnifies the fascinating world of these insects for young explorers.

This book is a visually stunning and information-packed look at the butterflies that live right in the readers' backyard. Electron microscope technology opens up and magnifies the fascinating world of these insects for young explorers.

Describes why seasons occur and signs, characteristics, living things, and events in each of the four seasons.

This book is a visually stunning and information-packed look at the ants that live right in the readers' backyard. Electron microscope technology opens up and magnifies the fascinating world of these insects for young explorers.

Explains the science behind G-forces using news stories and everyday applications.

Fossils have not only given scientists clues about the history of life on earth, they have also captured the imaginations of generations of kids. This fascinating book introduces kids to different kinds of fossils, explains how fossils form, and offers hints about how to start fossil-hunting.

Offers an introduction to the sport, covering history, basic rules, equipment, positions, and notable figures of fencing.

Follows the life cycle of a rat.

The inspiring true story of mathematician Katherine Johnson--made famous by the award-winning film Hidden Figures--who counted and computed her way to NASA and helped put a man on the moon! Katherine knew it was wrong that African Americans didn't have the same rights as others--as wrong as 5+5=12. She knew it was wrong that people thought women could only be teachers or nurses--as wrong as 10-5=3. And she proved everyone wrong by zooming ahead of her classmates, starting college at fifteen, and eventually joining NASA, where her calculations helped pioneer America's first manned flight into space, its first manned orbit of Earth, and the world's first trip to the moon! Award-winning author Suzanne Slade and debut artist Veronica Miller Jamison tell the story of a NASA "computer" in this smartly written, charmingly illustrated biography.

The mysteries and wonders of Saturn are introduced in this fascinating title. Particular attention is paid to the most recent scientific discoveries.

From Australia's outback to the neighborhood lawn, animals great and small fill the pages of the 13 Sylvan Dell books in this Wildlife Set. The picture books in this set are each fictional stories with nature & science themes designed for reading fun but, at the same time, to pique a child's interest and tee-up science, math, and geography learning. Titles include: Tudley Didn't Know**, Habitat Spy, In My Backyard, Little Skink's Tail**, Kersplatypus**, Animals are Sleeping, Blackberry Banquet, One Wolf Howls**, Moose and Magpie**, Felina's New Home, Baby Owl's Rescue**, Fur and Feathers, River Beds: Sleeping in the World's Rivers**, and Little Red Bat. (**Award Winners) 4-6 pg For Creative Minds educational section in the back 40-60 pg cross-curricular Teaching Activities and 3 Interactive Quizzes available free on the book's homepage eBooks with Auto-Flip, Auto-Read and selectable English and Spanish text and audio.

Junior Library Guild Selection Booklist Editors' Top 10 Arts Books for Youth California Reading Association Eureka! Gold Award CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young Readers Parents' Choice Gold Award Paterson Prize for Books for Young Readers Bank Street College of Education Best Book of the Year Golden Kite Award for Picture Book Illustration Meet the famous composer George Gershwin and learn about his remarkabke composition "Rhapsody In Blue" in this engaging nonficftion picture book biography. George Gershwin heard music all the time—at home, at school, even on New York City's busy streets. Classical, ragtime, blues, and jazz—George's head was filled with a whole lot of razzmatazz! With rhythmic swirls of words and pictures, author Suzanne Slade and illustrator Stacy Innerst beautifully reveal just how brilliantly Gershwin combined various kinds of music to create his masterpiece, Rhapsody in Blue, a surprising and whirlwind composition of notes, sounds, and one long wail of a clarinet. Includes author's note, timeline, and bibliography.

Explores the physical properties of matter, introducing solids, liquids, and gases and showing how their atoms are arranged and how changing this arrangement causes matter to change phase.

Describes the characteristics, behavior, diet, enemies, and life cycle of dragonflies.

Describes the characteristics, behavior, diet, enemies, and life cycle of grasshoppers.

"Uses popular cartoon character Wile E. Coyote to demonstrate science concepts involved with states of matter"--Provided by publisher."--

Trace the remarkable evolution of scientific instruments from the compound microscopes of the 16th century to the miniscule microscopes being developed today.

Follows the life cycle of a pine tree.

The mysteries and wonders of Neptune are introduced in this fascinating title. Particular attention is paid to the most recent scientific discoveries.

An introduction to the metamorphosis process.

A biography of Sojourner Truth, who fought for the abolition of slavery and women's rights in nineteenth-century America.

Describes Uranus's year, rotation, environment, moons, rings, and explains how scientists study the planet.

The mysteries and wonders of Jupiter are introduced in this fascinating title. Particular attention is paid to the most recent scientific discoveries.

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