Ruby Rene knows a lot of things and she desperately wants to share them, but that leads to her getting in trouble at school for talking too much. Her dad gives her a journal to write her thoughts in, but then she is not paying attention in class. Eventually the principal helps her come up with a way to foster her curiosity and share her knowledge with others.

The text of the book is complemented by colorful illustrations and the incorporation of speech and thought bubbles. A wonderful story about those who just can’t contain themselves with their need to share and a way that it can be turned into a positive instead a negative trait.

A young boy gets ready for bed and in the illustrations you can see a dinosaur looking back at him in the mirror. After his mom turns out his light, he hears a sound. He is not afraid of the sound because he is a dinosaur. He is not afraid of the shadow, a spider, a monster, or the weather because nothing scares a dinosaur.

This Ready to Read Level One book features large, easy to read type, rhyming text and one to two sentences on the page. The illustrations are colorful and cartoonish bring humor to a book about being afraid of things at night. A humorous story to be read aloud or for those learning to read.

Veena loves to be in the kitchen when the women are making roti. Veena practices making the roti and finally gets the hang of it. Then her world changes and the Partition of India occurs and her family leaves their home. They end up in a migrant shelter, where she is given a roti that was like nothing she had tasted before, it was red and hard to swallow. Veena decides that she needs to do something to help at the kitchen and makes red roti.

The end of the story includes a glossary, an author’s note and historical context. The story is inspired by the author’s grandparents’ journey during the Partition of India. The historical context explains what the partition was and is important for those who may not know this piece of history.

After seeing a beautiful web, Kiara is inspired to make her own web. It was not as easy as it seemed and her first webs were not works of art. Finally she created a masterpiece when a squirrel ran through her web, destroying her work. Each web Kiara created were ruined by others not paying attention. Kiara meets another spider, Orb, and they work together to create something beautiful until Orb gets hungry and eats the web. Frustrated Kiara runs away destroying Paws, the squirrel’s, sculpture. Kiara helps Paws and learns that creating is just as important, if not more than the finished product.

The digitally created illustrations feature expressive characters, intricate webs, and designs to demonstrate varying textures.

This book would be great for discussing frustration when creating something and for how to respond when you accidentally ruin someone’s creation.

Aerospace engineers use math and physics to design airplanes and spacecraft.

This book is a Blastoff Reader from the Careers in STEM series. There are 2-3 sentences per page and uses many text features such as bold words, table of contents, photographs and captions. The glossary is needed as there are many words that will be new to readers, such as internships and physics. This book explains what an aerospace engineer is, does, and how to become an aerospace engineer. The books in this series introduce readers to careers they may not be familiar with.

This book is a Blastoff Reader from the Careers in STEM series.This series for beginning readers focuses on jobs in the science, technology, engineering, and math fields. There are 2-3 sentences per page and uses many text features such as bold words, table of contents, glossary, photographs and captions. Information about a famous mechanical engineer is included.This book explains what a mechanical engineer is, does, and how to become a mechanical engineer. The books in this series introduce readers to careers they may not be familiar with.

Marine biologists study the plants and animals in the ocean. They learn about how humans impact the oceans.

This book is a Blastoff Reader from the Careers in STEM series. There are 2-3 sentences per page and uses many text features such as bold words, table of contents, glossary, photographs and captions. They also include brief information about a famous marine biologist.This book explains what a marine biologist is, does, and how to become a marine biologist. The books in this series introduce readers to careers they may not be familiar with.

Microbiologists study microbes and use what they learn in a variety of ways. Some microbiologists use what they learn to make new medicine or help Earth.

This book is a Blastoff Reader from the Careers in STEM series. There are 2-3 sentences per page and uses many text features such as bold words, table of contents, photographs and captions. The glossary is needed as there are many words that will be new to students, such as microbes. This book explains what a microbiologist is, does, and how to become a microbiologist. The books in this series introduce readers to careers they may not be familiar with.