Siân Smith

Do you think a spider is an insect? I wouldn't blame you if you did. But a spider belongs to a special group and is actually called an arachnid! This book uses simple rhymes and engaging images to teach readers about spiders.

Books in this series introduce emergent readers to the four seasons. In Fall, children are taken on a tour of things they can see in fall including typical fall activities and changes in the natural world. Beautiful photos, very simple repeated text, high frequency and decodeable words and strong photo-to-text matching make this a perfect book for early readers to enjoy.

This book takes a simple look at rural homes around the world, highlighting the diversity of homes that people live in. Homes featured include traditional 'Western' farmhouses, bamboo and grass houses in Indonesia, mud houses in Togo, and houses on stilts in Bangladesh. Throughout the book, simple leveled text supports bright and engaging photographs, and the book also includes a picture glossary of difficult and important words, and notes for parents...

Can you hear that strange noise? What's making the sound? Somewhere in this book there's a bug crawling around! This book uses simple rhymes and engaging images to teach readers about grasshoppers.

Each book in this series focuses on a type of simple mechanism and examines how it is used to make different toys work. This book examines wheels and axles, and uses simple language and labeled photographs to explain the scientific principles behind their use.

Whether you're watching a seed sprout, an egg hatch, or a puppy grow, the process of a new life starting is endlessly fascinating. This series provides a first introduction to plant and animal life cycles, exploring how living things grow and reproduce. Readers will learn how new life begins and develops, with an emphasis on the cyclical nature of life.

Each book in this series focuses on a type of simple mechanism and examines how it is used to make different toys work. This book examines pulleys and uses simple language and labeled photographs to explain the scientific principles behind their use.