All About Chocolate
Level U,
nonfiction
All About Chocolate is an informational book that is sure to make the reader's mouth water. Interesting facts about the history of chocolate, where and how cacao trees are grown, and the steps taken to make chocolate into candy are included.
Muscles
Level U,
nonfiction
What do you and a bodybuilder have in common? Over 600 muscles! Yours may not be as big or as strong, but they are there. This nonfiction book explains the three types of muscles, and the functions of each including the cardiac muscle. Photographs enhance the text.
Jupiter's Secrets Revealed
Level U,
nonfiction
Jupiter's Secrets Revealed is an informative book about the largest planet in our solar system. It tells readers about the planet's composition, weather, and orbit patterns, as well as its 63 moons. The book also provides details about spacecraft visits and telescopic pictures of Jupiter that have been recorded by scientists. It poses questions to readers about what may be next for the huge planet and its moons. Photographs, illustrations, and diagrams support the text.
Mysteries of Flight
Level U,
nonfiction
The book answers, in easy-to-understand language, the intriguing question about how airplanes succeed in flying through the air like birds. It includes a brief history of aviation from the first hot-air balloon in 1783 through the Wright brothers then focuses on explaining the various parts of a plane that enable a pilot to control it and keep it airborne.
Pirate Ships and Flags
Level U,
nonfiction
The image of an eye-patched, peg-legged pirate with a hook for a hand and a parrot on his shoulder may be familiar to many readers. However, they may not be familiar with the ships that pirates used to chase their victims. Pirate Ships and Flags describes various ships used by pirates during the Golden Age of piracy. The types of ships used in different regions of the world, along with the advantages of each in the practice of looting, are explained.
The Inuit: Northern Living
Level U,
nonfiction
This book provides a summary of the Inuit way of life in the past and present. It describes how they are able to survive in the extreme environment of the Arctic by using natural resources: driftwood, snow, and ice to make their homes; animal fat for heat; and parts of whales, caribou, seals, and walrus for food and clothing.
The Great Gallardo's Books
Level U,
fiction
In The Great Gallardo's Books, Miguel has to write an essay for homework explaining why reading is an adventure. Miguel doesn't like reading much and is uninspired by the topic until he finds a mysterious trunk in the loft of his mother's shop. The trunk is full of books that show Miguel how reading can be a real adventure.
Yellow Brick Roadies
Level U,
fiction
Yellow Brick Roadies recounts another adventure for Miguel as he dives into one of the Great Gallardo's books. This time, as he travels into the Land of Oz with two of his friends, they become the lion, the tin woodsman, and the scarecrow. Together they must work to help Dorothy get to the wizard of Oz, and Miguel must find the courage to stand up to his friends and assert what he knows to be right. Illustrations support the text.
