Publisher's Synopsis
Easily pair nonfiction with fiction with this 60-book collection that combines fictional stories with the informational text found in TIME FOR KIDS(R) Nonfiction Readers to introduce elementary readers to multiple text types as called for in the Common Core and other state standards. Each book features high-interest text, vibrant illustrations and images, age-appropriate text features, and increasingly complex vocabulary. Titles include: Cat-astrophe at the Opera (fiction); Queen Serena (fiction); How to Survive in the Jungle by the Person Who Knows (fiction); Around the World in Twenty-Eight Pages (fiction); The Bremen Town Musicians (fiction); So Many Henrys (fiction); Flabbergaster (fiction); Felix and His Flying Machine (fiction); Race to the Moon (fiction); The Zoo and You: A Guidebook (fiction); The Adventures of Kingii the Frilled Lizard (fiction); Coyote: A Trickster Tale (fiction); The Curious Café (fiction); Sam the Incredible Inventor (fiction); Ms. Wilde and Oscar (fiction); Pipeline News (fiction); Tiddalick, the Greedy Frog: An Aboriginal Dreamtime Story (fiction); Hot Springs and Brown Bears (fiction); Space Ace (fiction); Cleopatra's Report (fiction); A Bright New Day (fiction); Red Goes Green (fiction); Five Cents Worth (fiction); The Marshmallow Man (fiction); A Baseball Giant (fiction); The Mystery of the Grand Bazaar (fiction); The Dream Team (fiction); Sinbad the Sailor (fiction); The Boy Who Cried Wolf and Other Aesop Fables (fiction); The Lovely One (fiction); A Day in the Life of a Cowhand (nonfiction); A Day in the Life of a Ballet Dancer (nonfiction); A Day in the Life of a Firefighter (nonfiction); Markets Around the World (nonfiction); Games Around the World (nonfiction); School Around the World (nonfiction); Take Off! All About Airplanes (nonfiction); All Aboard! How Trains Work (nonfiction); Zoom! How Cars Move (nonfiction); Mammal Mania (nonfiction); Slithering Reptiles and Amphibians (nonfiction); Incredible Invertebrates (nonfiction); Backstage Pass: Fashion (nonfiction); Big Digs: Construction Site (nonfiction); Sweet: Inside a Bakery (nonfiction); African Grasslands (nonfiction); Amazon Rainforest (nonfiction); Death Valley Desert (nonfiction); Blast Off to Space Camp (nonfiction); Space Exploration (nonfiction); Living in Space (nonfiction); The Five Senses (nonfiction); The Digestive System (nonfiction); The Human Life Cycle (nonfiction); Batter Up! History of Baseball (nonfiction); Hit It! History of Tools (nonfiction); Buy It! History of Money (nonfiction); Mohandas Gandhi (nonfiction); Roberto Clemente (nonfiction); and Jane Goodall (nonfiction).
