Nancy White

Everything parents need to help their kids succeed in social studies

The only comprehensive social studies skill-building series available, the Get Ready! For Social Studies series equips proactive parents with the tools they need to help their children develop the core skills required to perform at grade level in social studies-related subjects.

Organized chronologically from pre-history to the present, this guide illustrates

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An airplane rolls down the runway and is about to take off when a fire erupts in the right engine. Within seconds, the cabin is engulfed in flames. The passengers and crew start to breathe in thick smoke. They need to be evacuated--and fast! In less than a minute, aviation firefighters arrive with their equipment, ready to battle the blaze and rescue the people trapped inside the plane. In Aviation Firefighters, dramatic, true stories will keep readers...

When Arnold, one of Ms. Frizzle's students, finds a small foxlike animal with huge ears in the lost and found, he and the rest of the class join in the search for the animal's habitat. They visit six different habitats : the Artic, the North American temperate forest, the African grasslands, the Amazon forest, wetlands, and desert.

Describes the physical characteristics, breed history, and behaviors of Maine coon cats.

A special field trip sends Ms. Frizzle's class into a computer to find out what has gone wrong and they learn about computers along the way.