Nancy Furstinger

Chris P. Bacon was born with malformed legs, but with the help of a wheelchair made of construction toys, he's become a hero to people with similar challenges.
Nancy Furstinger profiles Chris P. Bacon and many other animals in Unstoppable—all of whom are making their way around with the help of prosthetics, braces, orthotics and wheelchairs! Readers will meet the caretakers, prosthetists, vets, and loving families that help to make recovery...

A beaver dam is made of rocks, logs, branches, and mud. These materials stop the flow of the stream and create a large, still pond. Find out more in Beaver Dams, a title in the Nature's Engineers series. Nature's Engineers is a series of AV2 media enhanced books. Each title in the series features easy-to-read text, stunning visuals, and a challenging educational activity. A unique book code printed on page 2 unlocks multimedia content. These books...

Robots help people in many situations. Some robots rescue people trapped by tornadoes or earthquakes. Others explore volcanoes and the seafloor. And some help scientists protect our environment. How might helper robots affect your life? Read this book to find out!

Explores the geometry of prisms using real-world examples such as honeycombs and board game boxes. You eat ice cream in a cone. You play catch with a sphere--a baseball. Look around you. There are 3-D shapes everywhere! The 3-D Shapes series explains simple geometry concepts and introduces 3-D shapes. Each book features clear text, appealing photos, and engaging real-world examples, proving you can find 3-D shapes wherever you look! Additional features...

Explores the geometry of cylinders using real-world examples such as drums and cans of food. You eat ice cream in a cone. You play catch with a sphere--a baseball. Look around you. There are 3-D shapes everywhere! The 3-D Shapes series explains simple geometry concepts and introduces 3-D shapes. Each book features clear text, appealing photos, and engaging real-world examples, proving you can find 3-D shapes wherever you look! Additional features...

Learn all about African elephants, including where they live, why they are endangered, and how people are working together to save them. Chapters explain physical characteristics and behaviors as well. Additional features include full-color photographs, informative sidebars, detailed maps, a glossary of key words and phrases, and an introduction to the author. Children love animals, and the Endangered Animals series is a great way to engage readers...

Go inside the mind of one of the most intelligent animals on Earth. Learn more about dogs, how they use their cleverness to survive, and how they are astonishing scientists with their surprising smarts. Complete with well-researched, clearly written informational text, primary sources with accompanying questions, charts, graphs, diagrams, timelines, and maps, multiple prompts, and more. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards....

Explores the geometry of pyramids using real-world examples such as grocery store displays and the Great Pyramid in Egypt. You eat ice cream in a cone. You play catch with a sphere--a baseball. Look around you. There are 3-D shapes everywhere! The 3-D Shapes series explains simple geometry concepts and introduces 3-D shapes. Each book features clear text, appealing photos, and engaging real-world examples, proving you can find 3-D shapes wherever...

The book, Animals Have Classes Too!: Mammals, introduces young readers to animal classifications by explaining how mammals are grouped. Through photos, text, and sidebars, this title explores the differences and similarities between several classes, families, genera, and species of mammals, and how animal classification works. Readers will discover what traits put mammals in a class of their own. The Animals Have Classes Too! series for grades 1–3...

This title introduces young dog lovers to the sport of herding, covering everything from the history of the sport to conditioning, training, and competing. The title features informative sidebars, exciting photos, a photo diagram, and a glossary. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. SportsZone is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.