Seth Lynch

Gila monsters look super cool with their colorful skin and long, fat tail. But don't get too close-these lizards are venomous! It's fun facts like these that make this book for beginning readers a must-have. Including information about where Gila monsters live, what they eat, their babies, and their bodies, this book bring the Gila monster up-close for readers who might never see one in the wild. Full-color photographs correlate directly to the low-ATOS...

Where can you find milk, meat, and boxed cereal all in one place? A grocery store! Just about everyone needs to visit the grocery store for one item or another, and readers are likely familiar with their local shopping spot. But depending on where you live, a grocery store might be big or small. It might have many aisles, or simply a produce section and a bakery. Readers will learn about what happens at the grocery store and how important they are...

Once the Industrial Revolution made it to the United States, the workforce changed forever. Not only that, family life, childhood, and the economy changed, too. A complex topic with many facets, the Industrial Revolution is covered in accessible language in this book. Written with social studies curricula in mind, the main content includes age-appropriate detail, such as important dates, people, and vocabulary readers will likely need in the classroom....

It always seems like tigers at the zoo are sleeping lazily in the sun. What else do they do with their day? Or night? Young readers catch a glimpse of tiger life at the zoo right inside their habitat! From what tigers eat to where they sleep, the information in this book will delight readers and help them prepare for their next trip to the zoo. Including language and topics appropriate for pre-K, the main content is achievable for beginning readers...

Snakes can by teeny tiny or they can be hundreds of pounds and many feet long. That's what makes visiting snakes at the zoo so fun; there's so much to see and learn about them! This book for new readers covers many different kinds of snakes found at the zoo. Readers are provided with details about what they eat, what they do, and how big they can be in the wild. Full-color photographs are carefully correlated to the text to aid readers' comprehension...

Swamps are one kind of wetland biome. Like other wetland biomes, a swamp's water must be clean in order for the wildlife in it to thrive. Readers learn the main features of both freshwater and saltwater swamps, as well as where some of the biggest swamps are on Earth. Science curriculum topics such as food chains and conservation make the main content a great complement to classroom learning. Full-color photographs and inset maps aid readers in identifying...

Lakes can be hundreds of miles long and thousands of miles deep. They can be small enough to swim across. It's common for homes and roads to be built near lakes because they offer such beautiful scenery as well as needed resources. Readers are, introduced to the lake biome that may be in their backyard through lakes' main features, animals and plants that may live there, and examples of some of the largest lakes on Earth. Full-color photographs and...

The post office is an important place in a community. It's where you can send or pick up a package, buy postage to send mail, and where you might get a photograph taken for your passport before traveling abroad. Due to changes in how mail is sent and received, readers may be less familiar with a contemporary post office and its day-to-day operations. This volume shows what happens in the local post office and helps readers understand the significance...

From wildflowers to home gardens, flowers are all around us, especially in the spring and summer! There's nothing more fun for little ones than smelling flowers and perhaps making their own bouquet from their garden. In this book, readers are encouraged to look for flowers all around them, from dandelions to daisies. Plant parts and growth are discussed in low ATOS text. Full-color photographs are beautiful and aid readers' ability to recognize some...

While a sleuth of bears is usually only a mother and her cubs, these groups are very important to how bear cubs are raised. Although they're usually solitary creatures, bears still need their sleuth. A mother bear will feed and raise her cubs, careful to keep them safe from any danger, including other bears. With approachable text paired closely with photographs of bears in the wild, this book shows young readers how bears live. From the brown bear...