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Freestyle
Get reluctant readers excited about books with Freestyle, for 11-15 year olds with a reading age of 11+. This new brand offers readers books filled with dazzling images to help them decode information. Short sentences without difficult vocabulary, clear sequencing of ideas, and information presented in bite-sized chunks that is reinforced with vocabulary support.
All titles include plenty of white space, sub-headings, and one key visual element on every page with smaller images in side-bars that have colored backgrounds to clearly separate from main body text. Freestyle titles also use one single column for body text and have a glossary bar on every page
Complete List of Titles:
BODY TALK: Break It Down - The Digestive System, Control Freak (Hormones, the Nervous System and the Brain), Defend Yourself (The Immune System), In Your Genes (Genetics and Reproduction), Move Your Body (Bones and Muscles), Pump It Up (Respiration and Circulation).
DESTINATION DETECTIVES: Australia, Brazil, China, Egypt, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, Spain, United Kingdom, Vietnam.
ENERGY ESSENTIALS: Energy Transfers, Fossil Fuel, Nuclear Energy, Renewable Energy.
INCREDIBLE CREATURES: Incredible Amphibians, Incredible Arachnids, Incredible Birds, Incredible Fish, Incredible Insects, Incredible Mammals, Incredible Mollusks, Incredible Reptiles.
MATERIAL MATTERS: Acids & Bases, Chemical Reactions, Metals, Mixtures, Compounds, & Solutions, Non-metals, States of Matter.
MEAN MACHINES: Boats, Jets, Military Aircraft, Monster Trucks, Motorbikes, Racing Cars, Spacecraft, Sports Cars.
ON THE FRONT LINE: Fighting the Vietnam War, In the Trenches in World War I, Spying and the Cold War, Struggling for Civil Rights, Surviving the Holocaust, Under Fire in World War II.
OUT THERE?: Mysteries of Body and Mind, Mysteries of the Deep, Mysterious Disappearances, Mysterious Encounters, Mysterious Monsters, Mysterious Signs, Mysterious Urban Myths, Mysterious Visitors.
PAINFUL HISTORY OF CHILDHOOD, A: Dreary Dwellings and Frightful Families, Fiendish Crimes and Punishing Times, Freaky Fashion and Foul Food, Nasty Bugs and Ghastly Medicine, Scary Schools and Horrid Homework, Weary Work and Lousy Leisure.
PAINFUL HISTORY OF CRIME, A: Crime Through Time, Lawmakers and the Police, Prisons and Prisoners, Punishment and Pain.
PAINFUL HISTORY OF MEDICINE, A: Bedpans, Bandages & Blood, Pills, Powders & Potions, Pox, Pus & Plagues, Scalpels, Stitches & Scars.
STAR FILES: Andre Benjamin, Beyonce Knowles, David Beckham, Halle Berry, Jackie Chan, Jennifer Lopez, Johnny Depp, Justin Timberlake, LeBron James, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, Mike Myers, Orlando Bloom, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Usher, Will Smith.
TEEN ISSUES: Alcohol, Diet, Drugs, Fitness, Sex, Tobacco.
TRUE CRIME: Breakouts and Blunders, Cops and Robbers, Crime Scenes, Cyber Crime, Fakes and Forgeries, Kidnappers and Assassins, Organized Crime, Outlaws, Poisoning, Spies.
TURBULENT PLANET: Crumbling Earth, Earth Erupts, Forest Furnace, Heat Hazard: Droughts, Shaky Ground, Storm Warning: Tornadoes, Violent Skies: Hurricanes, White-Out: Blizzards, Wild Water: Floods.
WEIRD HISTORY OF SCIENCE: Bizarre Biology, Crazy Chemistry, Foolish Physics, Outrageous Inventions. |
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Freestyle Express
Freestyle Express for ages 11-15 and a reading age of 8+, gives essential support to struggling readers on key curriculum topics. These titles use a simplified version of the Freestyle layout, making it easy for less-confident readers to follow.
Each book in this brand not only incorporates a lowered level text that allows struggling readers to access the curriculum basics, but also features a glossary bar at the bottom of each page to help explain difficult words. Other features include:
- Colorful photos help attract reader attention
- Large text for struggling readers
- Minimal text, at an appropriate reading level
- Facts presented in bite-size chunks
Complete List of Titles:
BODY TALK (FREESTYLE EXPRESS): Break It Down - The Digestive System, Control Freak - Hormones, the Brain, and the Nervous System, Defend Yourself - The Immune System, In Your Genes - Genetics and Reproduction, Move Your Body - Bones and Muscles, Pump It Up - Respiration and Circulation.
DESTINATION DETECTIVES (FREESTYLE EXPRESS): France, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Spain.
ENERGY ESSENTIALS (FREESTYLE EXPRESS): Energy Transfers, Fossil Fuel, Nuclear Energy, Renewable Energy.
INCREDIBLE CREATURES (FREESTYLE EXPRESS): Incredible Amphibians, Incredible Arachnids, Incredible Birds, Incredible Fish, Incredible Insects, Incredible Mammals, Incredible Mollusks, Incredible Reptiles.
MATERIAL MATTERS (FREESTYLE EXPRESS): Acids & Bases, Chemical Reactions, Metals, Mixtures, Compounds & Solutions, Non-Metals, States of Matter.
ON THE FRONT LINE (FREESTYLE EXPRESS): Fighting the Vietnam War, In the Trenches in World War I, Spying and the Cold War, Struggling for Civil Rights, Surviving the Holocaust, Under Fire in World War II. (New 2006)
PAINFUL HISTORY OF MEDICINE, A (FREESTYLE EXPRESS): Bedpans, Blood & Bandages, Pills, Powders & Potions, Pox, Pus & Plague, Scalpels, Stitches & Scars.
TURBULENT PLANET (FREESTYLE EXPRESS): Crumbling Earth: Erosion & Landslides, Earth Erupts: Volcanoes, Forest Furnace: Wild Fires, Heat Hazard: Droughts, Shaky Ground: Earthquakes, Storm Warning: Tornadoes, Violent Skies: Hurricanes, White Out: Blizzards, Wild Water: Floods. |
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Fusion
Raintree Fusion, has an interest level of 9+, and a reading age of 7, making it accessible to struggling readers. Each title uses engaging photographs and illustrations. Background knowledge of subject matter is also incorporated into the text. All vocabulary is defined at point of use.
Each Fusion title has a clean, clear design that supports readability along with clear, predictable text structures. Other features include:
- Carefully leveled text allows each student to access and understand curriculum topics attention
- Striking images provide a focal learning point on each spread and immediately engage the reader
- Text incorporates features that best support struggling readers, while glossary bars explain difficult concept words on he spot, aiding comprehension and fluency
- Carefully leveled text allows each student to access and understand curriculum topics
Complete List of Titles:
RAINTREE FUSION: EARTH SCIENCE: Alien Neighbors?: The Solar System, Day the Earth Stood Still, The: Earth's Movement in Space, Day the Sun Went Out, The: The Sun's Energy, Disappearing Mountain and Other Earth Mysteries, The: Erosion and Weathering, Earthquakes and Volcanoes - a Survival Guide: Earth's Physical Processes, Future - Bleak or Bright, The?: Earth's Resources, Journal of a Fossil Hunter: Fossils, Life and Times of a Drop of Water, The: The Water Cycle, Moon Exposed, The: The Moon, Pirate Adventure, A: Weather, Storm Tracker: Measuring and Forecasting Weather, Tales of a Prehistoric Sponge: The Rock Cycle, To the Core!: Earth's Structure.
RAINTREE FUSION: LIFE SCIENCE: Are You Tough Enough?: Body Systems, Body Warriors: The Immune System, Can You Tell a Skink from a Salamander?: Classification, Does a Worm Have a Girlfriend?: Reproduction, Has a Cow Saved Your Life?: The Scientific Method, Plant Secrets: Plant Life Processes, Rotters!: Decomposition, Shark Snacks: Food Chains and Webs, Skin Deep: Functions of Skin, Super-Flea and Other Animal Champions: Cells, Tissues, and Organs, Training for the Top: Nutrition and Energy, War in Your Backyard, The: Life in an Ecosystem, Who's in Control?: Brain and Nervous System, World's Worst Germs: Microorganisms and Disease, Would You Survive?: Animal and Plant Adaptation.
RAINTREE FUSION: PHYSICAL SCIENCE: 10 Experiments Your Teacher Never Told You About: Gravity, Blackout!: Electricity and Circuits, Castle Under Siege!: Simple Machines, Dive! Dive! Dive!: Buoyancy, Extreme Zone, The: Forces and Motion, Feel the Noise: Sound Energy, Fireworks!: Chemical Reactions, History of Super Science, A: Atoms and Elements, Matter of Survival, A: Properties of Matter, Roller Coaster!: Movement and Acceleration, Voyage of a Light Beam: Light Energy, Wackiest Machines Ever!: Forms of Energy, What Color is an Orange?: Light and Color, What's the Attraction?: Magnetism.
RAINTREE FUSION: SOCIAL STUDIES: Birth and Death of a City: Settlement Patterns, Did You Hear the News?: History of Communication, Follow that Food: Distribution of Resources, Going Underground: City Infrastructure, Lost!: Map Skills, Where Are Your Manners?: Cultural Diversity, World's Wonders: Landforms, X Marks the Spot: Mapping the World.
AMERICAN HISTORY THROUGH PRIMARY SOURCES: Counting Coup: Customs of the Crow Nation, Dirty Thirties, The: Documenting the Dust Bowl, Following Freedom: The Underground Railroad, George Washington: Revolution and the New Nation, Rebirth of a People: Harlem Renaissance, Smokestacks and Spinning Jennys: Industrial Revolution, Strike It Rich in Cripple Creek: Gold Rush, Tenement Stories: Immigrant Life (1835-1935), Top Secret: Spy Equipment and the Cold War, When Will I Get In?: Segregation and Civil Rights. |
