Many people express themselves through art. Artists share feelings and showcase the beauty around us. Whether it is through paint, song, dance, theater, or words, artists interpret the world. Featuring TIME For Kids content, this 6-Pack of nonfiction readers introduces students to some inspiring young artists. This high-interest title includes detailed photos and sidebars, stimulating facts, and clear, informational text to engage students as they build their critical literacy skills. The books include text features such as a table of contents, glossary, and an index to increase understanding and improve academic vocabulary. The Reader's Guide and Try It! sections prompt students to connect back to the text, and provide extensive language-development activities that will develop critical thinking. Aligned with state and national standards, this text prepares students for college and career. This 6-Pack includes six copies of this title and a lesson plan.

Many people express themselves through art. Artists share feelings and showcase the beauty around us. Whether it is through paint, song, dance, theater, or words, artists interpret the world. Featuring TIME For Kids content, this 6-Pack of nonfiction readers introduces students to some inspiring young artists. This high-interest title includes detailed photos and sidebars, stimulating facts, and clear, informational text to engage students as they build their critical literacy skills. The books include text features such as a table of contents, glossary, and an index to increase understanding and improve academic vocabulary. The Reader's Guide and Try It! sections prompt students to connect back to the text, and provide extensive language-development activities that will develop critical thinking. Aligned with state and national standards, this text prepares students for college and career. This 6-Pack includes six copies of this title and a lesson plan.

When you think of art, perhaps you imagine a painting in a museum. But artists use many types of materials including wood, metal, sand, and even food to turn their ideas into art. With TIME For Kids content, this nonfiction book features exact text-to-image relationships to help beginning readers develop their foundational literacy skills. Text features include a glossary and bold font to increase understanding and build vocabulary. With vibrant images and simple text, this book will keep students reading from cover to cover. This 6-Pack includes six copies of this Level J title and a lesson plan that specifically supports Guided Reading instruction.

Step inside a studio and learn what it takes to be an artist! This nonfiction title engages readers through stimulating facts and vivid images and diagrams in conjunction with a brief background on well-known art movements such as Expressionism, Surrealism, and Impressionism, an interview with a real-life artist, a glossary, informational text, an index, and list of useful sources for learning more about art. This 6-Pack includes six copies of this Level S title and a lesson plan that specifically supports Guided Reading instruction.

Newbery Medal Winner * Teachers’ Top 100 Books for Children * ALA Notable Children’s Book Beverly Cleary’s timeless Newbery Medal-winning book explores difficult topics like divorce, insecurity, and bullying through the thoughts and emotions of a sixth-grade boy as he writes to his favorite author, Boyd Henshaw. After his parents separate, Leigh Botts moves to a new town with his mother. Struggling to make friends and deal with his anger toward his absent father, Leigh loses himself in a class assignment in which he must write to his favorite author. When Mr. Henshaw responds, the two form an unexpected friendship that will change Leigh’s life forever. From the beloved author of the Henry Huggins, Ramona Quimby, and Ralph S. Mouse series comes an epistolary novel about how to navigate and heal from life’s growing pains.