Kathryn Lay

If you yell in the kitchen when its dark, do you feel sound bouncing off the refrigerator? Many predators have strong senses that help them find food. Some animals use special ways to find their prey. Discover the interesting ways animals use extreme senses to find their next meal in the beautifully illustrated, easy-to-read Extreme Senses. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Looking Glass Library is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO.

Animals with Unusual Senses for Hunting Prey

Extreme Senses: Animals with Unusual Senses for Hunting Prey

Travel through time with Luis, Casey, Tyler, and robot cat Steel! Using Tesla's Time Twister, the friends find themselves on a spaceship far into the future. There, they also discover Uncle Cyrus, who's been trapped in time for over 100 years! With an evil robot and lizard aliens to defeat, will they ever get home to the present? Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards. Calico is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO.

Book 1: Time and Space

L. Frank Baum

Frank L. BaumÍs classic adventure tale follows the yellow brick road to the Emerald City. When a cyclone deposits Dorothy, Toto, and their house on the Wicked Witch of the East, they enter a world of color and adventure. The only way to get home is to ask the Wizard of Oz in the Emerald City. Follow Dorothy and TotoÍs quest as they meet friends and fight for their lives in the Calico Illustrated Classics adaptation of BaumÍs The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

Wonderful Wizard of Oz

It has been a long, dry spring in Circleville, and Wendy worries that when rain finally arrives there will be dangerous flash floods. But Wendy¿s Weather Warriors have more important things to think about¿like the unveiling of the new middle school they will attend next year! Just as the ribbon is cut, the sky lets loose and it finally begins to rain. On the way home, Wendy¿s flash flood knowledge stops the vice principal from driving into danger. Can Wendy¿s Weather Warriors save another driver that wasn¿t as lucky? Calico Chapter Books is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO Group. Grades 2-5.

Attack of the Giant Flood

The Organized Writer! 7Do you know what your writing goals are? 7Do you know where to find ideas and how to use them? 7Do you want to use your writing time more wisely? 7Do you wonder if contests are worth the investment? 7Does being an organized writer mean the perfectly arranged office? The Organized Marketer! 7How can you use the internet to market? 7How can you juggle writing time with time for marketing? 7Is it possible to sell your articles more than once? 7What should you do when you've waited months to hear from an editor?

The Organized Writer Is a Selling Writer

Josh and Jenny's school is suddenly overrun with substitute teachers. But these aren't the usual substitutes. These substitutes all look alike, ask a lot of questions, and record everything the students say. Luckily, Josh and Jenny still have their teacher. Until one afternoon they return from lunch to find their teacher missing, and a substitute in his place. What happened to Mr. Ott? Josh and Jenny decide to find out for themselves what is going on in their school. What will they find, and will they save their school? The ending is Up2U. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Calico is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO.

Substitutes:

Presents information about snow, using a narrative in which Wendy's teacher promises a snowman making contest after the first snowfall, even though it is only November, and the students investigate how to track the best chance of a storm.

Sno-Vember!

Just before Thanksgiving, Mr. Andrews announces there will be a snowman-building contest on the first snow day of the year. Wendy, Jessica, Dennis, and their class wonder when snow will come. They decide to record the temperature and cloud formations to track when the best chance of a snow day will be. When the snow comes, it isn't enough to make snowmen, but the Weather Warriors have a better idea--one that will also help out the local homeless shelter. Can the Weather Warriors convince the entire school to go along with their plan? Calico Chapter Books is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO Group. Grades 2-5.

Sno-vember!: Book 3

Just before Thanksgiving, Mr. Andrews announces there will be a snowman-building contest on the first snow day of the year. Wendy, Jessica, Dennis, and their class wonder when snow will come. They decide to record the temperature and cloud formations to track when the best chance of a snow day will be. When the snow comes, it isnÍt enough to make snowmen, but the Weather Warriors have a better ideaone that will also help out the local homeless shelter. Can the Weather Warriors convince the entire school to go along with their plan? Calico Chapter Books is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO Group. Grades 2-5.

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