"Smoke jumpers jump out of aircraft to fight wildfires in remote locations. Learn about their gear, their techniques, and the dangers these firefighting heroes face"--

Real cowboys are gentle, patient, and creative as they move hundreds of cattle, make camp, and dream under the stars.

"Meet Judy Moody's brother! Gross me out! Stink-O! Skunksville! Stink makes an exciting discovery on his trip to the Gross-Me-Out exhibition at the science museum: he has amazing sniffing abilities! Soon he's engrossed in all things smelly... and competing toe-to-toe with Sophie in the world's pongiest contest! Who has the all-time world's worst super-stinky sneakers?"

A class is visited by Dr. Kate in order to learn what it is like to be a veterinarian.

"It's July on Alaska's North Slope, and scientist Denver Holt is in Utqiagvik surveying nests. Denver has been coming here since 1992, and the snowy owls he studies have been coming here much longer: thousands of years. With its mix of coastal, low-elevation tundra and a rich presence of lemmings, the North Slope is the only area in Alaska where snowy owls regularly nest. How do snowy owls decide where they will nest? How do they manage to arrive...

Maggie and her team of marine biologists dive into the ocean with a pod of humpback whales to record their songs and learn about how whales communicate.

STEM in the World of Work series provides an age-appropriate and interactive introduction to the nationally recognized Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics career pathway using informal self-assessment elements, career profiles, informative sidebar features, and back matter activities.|Glossary of key words|Table of contents|Index|World of Work provides an early introduction to the nationally recognized careerpathways using age-appropriate...

Readers find out what it's like for astronauts to eat, sleep, and work on a manned space flight in this adventurous nonfiction reader. Children will discover what it's like to be weightless in zero gravity, how Mission control helps keep astronauts safe, and what astronauts do during their free time through vivid photographs, interesting, informative text, and stimulating facts.

Find Your Future in Mathematics introduces 8 high-interest mathematical careers via reader-friendly profiles and sidebar features that inspire extended learning, online research, and critical thinking skills. Back matter includes additional learning activities.

Simone and her team of entomologists travel to Costa Rica's lush rain forest to investigate some strange looking army ants that appear to have not one but two abdomens.