Robin Nelson

This book provides a basic introduction to different types of homes.

Young readers will learn how pliers grip and hold objects in their jaws. A back matter spread explains how pliers also work as levers.

Learners will understand how saws have sharp teeth that cut through wood. A back matter spread explains how saws are a kind of simple machine: a wedge.

This book describes how crayons are made, from melting clear wax into a liquid to hauling cartons of crayons to stores. Each audio-enabled VOX Book has an audio reader with complete narration permanently attached inside the front cover. It's ready for listening directly from the book--no CD, no computer, no tablet.

You may know that singing sensation Taylor Swift has won over fans of both pop and country music. But did you know that Taylor: • used to help out on her family's Christmas tree farm by pulling bugs off the trees? Yuck! • won a national poetry contest in fourth grade with her poem "Monster in My Closet?" • thought of the melody for her hit song "Tim McGraw" in her ninth-grade math class and sang it into her phone in the school bathroom so she...

Beginning readers will learn about the basic patterns of the Sun and Earth and what causes day and night.

Presents a brief look at how transportation has changed over the years.

Briefly describes how school in the United States has changed through the years, including such topics as transportation, supplies, and subjects taught.

Explains how elections work in the U.S. and what running for office is actually like.

Describes the process of making honey, from a bee's collection of nectar to honey production on a beekeeper's farm.