"Swing" into place value as you learn about the fascinating spider monkey! This nonfiction math book combines math and reading skills, and uses real-life examples of problem solving to teach subject-area content. The dynamic images, detailed sidebars, practice problems, and math diagrams make learning place value easy and fun. Text features include a table of contents, a glossary, an index, and captions to build vocabulary and increase understanding...

Why do orangutans have such long arms? Where do they spend most of their days and nights? What is the orangutan's "long call?" Look inside All About Asian Orangutans to find the answers. You'll also discover beautiful, close-up photos of these strong and smart great apes. Orangutans is one of 18 books in our Animals Around the World series. Be sure to check out all 18!

In this book, early readers are introduced to monkeys! Using engaging and colorful photographs, simple text to build confidence, and exciting sight words, young readers will enjoy learning about wild and playful monkeys while practicing their reading skills. Each book also includes a page for caregivers and teachers that suggests guiding questions to help aid in reading comprehension.

Before humans, and before human history, there were the apes. Snub is a young gorilla, living in the heart of what will eventually be known as Africa. She is jealous of her mother's new baby . . . and restless in her need to explore. When a natural disaster shakes up her family, Snub finds herself as the guardian of her young sibling . . . and lost in a reshaped world. Snub may feel orphaned, but she is not alone. There are other creatures stalking...

This book introduces early readers to the long-tailed, yellow-eyed aye-aye. Simple text and vibrant images help engage children and grow a love of reading! Downloadable Teacher Notes available.

Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar is the fifth adventure in the saga of the jungle lord and features both one of the series most celebrated locations, the lost city of Opar, as well as one of its most celebrated characters, the ruthless, obsessed and fatally beautiful La of Opar. Seeking to make off with some of the lost city of Opar's treasures, Tarzan survives an earthquake only to take a blow to the head and be stricken with partial amnesia, leaving...

Who doesn't love the fun and noisy antics of monkeys at the zoo? They swing around their habitat, eat food just like we do, and often vocalize. Young readers will be just as mesmerized by seeing monkeys up close in this book. Written expressly for the pre-K reader, this book takes readers into the monkey habitat to see just how they live at the zoo. Readers learn information they'll be sure to share during their next trip to the zoo.

Mountain gorillas are strong, peaceful primates who live in the mountains of Africa. Unfortunately, they've suffered greatly from habitat loss, the animal trade, hunting, and war in the small area in which they live. This book explores the challenges that mountain gorillas have faced, and how they were nearly extinct in the wild. Readers will learn about conservation efforts for mountain gorillas, especially the amazing work of conservationist Dian...

Fear is a perfectly natural human emotion. However, when fear controls us, it stops us from living our best life and it limits the opportunities and experiences available to us. Michael the Monkey is about teaching our children that it is natural to feel fearful at times. However, it is how we choose to manage or deal with those fears that will either hold us back or see us thrive. In today's society it is critical that our children know they have...

What makes an animal astute that allows them to adapt to their environment? First of all, what does, astute even mean? It's easy as ABC...all the way through the letter Z! That's where assonance and alliteration come into play and make learning about animals in an entertaining way. Assonance: the repetition of vowel sounds but not consonants in words (as "red hen") for poetic effect Alliteration: the repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning...