Porcupines are brown, prickly, and climb trees. English language learners explore life in a group of porcupines inside the pages of this educational and enjoyable book. When a group of porcupines gets together, they’re called a prickle. Porcupines often have a bad reputation as dangerous creatures, but they usually just want to be left alone. Thanks to numerous eye-catching photographs, readers get closer to porcupines than ever before. They also learn fascinating facts about porcupines through bilingual text and a helpful graphic organizer. Excellent Spanish translations provide engaging support for bilingual learners.

Our planet is home to an incredible variety of animals. This fascinating series offers young readers a look at eight different animal groups. Each book features simple text and vibrant photos, making this series a perfect choice for beginning readers. Each book also includes a table of contents, infographic, picture glossary, and index. This Little Blue Readers series is at Level 1, aligned to reading levels of grades PreK-1 and interest levels of grades PreK-2.

Presents general information about the Sun, including its place in the solar system, what it is made of, why it produces light and heat, and what its surface is like.

Discusses one of the solar system's most interesting locations--Mars.

Presents general information about the planet Mercury, including its place in the solar system, what its surface is like, and what it is made of.

Banana peels, apple cores, candy wrappers, and dirty diapers—it’s all garbage. No one wants garbage piling up around their homes, so we put it at the curb for the garbage truck. The answers to where that garbage ends up might surprise readers. Informative photographs and a summarizing diagram show readers where our garbage goes. The text also offers ideas on how to help protect the planet by reducing the amount of garbage we throw away.

Sleepy Sal is learning how to use an alarm clock in order to plan his wake-up times. Books of the Neighborhood Readers Program build early literacy skills, introduce important content-area language, and help develop speaking and writing skills. They can be integrated into any existing language arts or core reading programs.