Elisa Peters

We have eight planets in our solar system. Readers are introduced to each one in this informative guide. Full-page, colorful photographs are incorporated throughout the text, inspiring astronomers to explore further. Easy-to-follow text is presented in both English and standard Latin-American Spanish.

We have eight planets in our solar system. Readers are introduced to each one in this informative guide. Full-page, colorful photographs inspire young astronomers to explore further.

The remarkable Malala Yousafzai is one of the most widely admired young women living. This biography traces her story from her youth in Pakistan's Swat Valley through her current work advocating for the rights and education of young women with the Malala Fund. Readers will learn about her struggle to get an education while living under the control of the Taliban and admire her courage in speaking out even after an assassination attempt. While there...

These huge, yellow flowers have brightened many a child's day. Now children can learn more about this fascinating plant.

A clear, dark night gives us the most splendid view of stars. This book explains that stars are made of gas and Earth's relationship with the Sun. It identifies a few different kinds of stars.

Readers will become enveloped in this illuminating volume on stars. Striking full-page photographs accompany basic text, in both English and standard Latin-American Spanish, and take readers on a journey into outer space. A picture glossary and index supplement the text and are excellent resources for any reader.

Beginning readers will learn about the Sun through easy-to follow text and full-page color photographs. This excellent resource allows readers to discover how important the Sun is to the survival of life on Earth. Readers will enjoy this informative volume from cover to cover.

Bursting volcanoes, cooling magma, crystals, and granite: this title covers everything igneous rock related. Written for a lower-elementary-level audience, the science behind the rock cycle and the formation of igneous rocks is presented in clear and easy-to-understand language. Special Think About It and Compare and Contrast sidebars provoke critical thinking skills in line with Common Core standards for the target grade levels. With special sections...

This volume is a comprehensive overview of the scientific discipline that studies psychological and biological processes and behavior in humans and other animals. It features chapters on the history of the field, the thought process, memory, theories of personality, and key figures-such as William James, Sigmund Freud, Jean Piaget, B. F. Skinner, and Daniel Kahneman-who helped shape the field. The difference between clinical psychology and the growing...