As young boys, Orville and Wilbur Wright loved all things mechanical. As young men, they gained invaluable skills essential for their success by working with printing presses, bicycles, motors, and any sort of machinery they could get their hands on. ...

In 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give her bus seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama. This seemingly small act triggered civil rights protests across America and earned Rosa Parks the title 'Mother of the Civil Rights Movement.'

As a child he dreamt of changing South Africa; as a man he changed the world. Nelson Mandela spent his life battling apartheid and championing a peaceful revolution. He spent 27 years in prison and emerged as the inspiring leader of the new South...

Born in Warsaw, Poland, on November 7, 1867, Marie Curie was forbidden to attend the male-only University of Warsaw, so she enrolled at the Sorbonne in Paris to study physics and mathematics. There she met a professor named Pierre Curie, and the two soon...

If not for a stint in reform school, young Louis Armstrong might never have become a musician. It was a teacher at the Colored Waifs' Home who gave him a cornet, promoted him to band leader, and saw talent in the tough kid from the even tougher New...

Born a humble girl in what is now Albania, Agnes Bojaxhiu lived a charitable life. She pledged herself to a religious order at the age of 18 and chose the name Sister Teresa, after the patron saint of missionaries. While teaching in India, where famine...

In 1775, Paul Revere of Boston made his now-famous horseback ride warning colonists of an impending attack by the British. This event went largely unnoticed in history until Longfellow celebrated it in a poem in 1861. So who was Paul Revere? In addition...

Malala Yousafzai was a girl who loved to learn but was told that girls would no longer be allowed to go to school. She wrote a blog that called attention to what was happening in her beautiful corner of Pakistan and realized that words can bring about...

Although polio left him wheelchair bound, Franklin Delano Roosevelt took office during the Great Depression and served as president during World War II. Elected four times, he spent 13 years in the White House. How he led the country through tremendously...

This set contains 34 books aligned to the fourth grade science curriculum.

This set contains 40 books aligned to the third grade science curriculum. For more information, please contact Hilda Viskovic at hviskovic@lectorum.com.

This set contains 35 books aligned to the second grade science curriculum. For more information, please contact Hilda Viskovic at hviskovic@lectorum.com.

This set contains 35 books aligned to the first grade science curriculum. For more information, please contact Hilda Viskovic at hviskovic@lectorum.com.

This set contains 45 books aligned to the kindergarten science curriculum. For more information, please contact Hilda Viskovic at hviskovic@lectorum.com.

This set of 55 books contains a wonderful assortment of authentic literature, translations, and informational texts. For more information, please contact Hilda Viskovic at hviskovic@lectorum.com.

On December 7, 1941, Japanese war planes appeared out of nowhere to bomb the American base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. It was a highly secretive and devastating attack: four battleships sunk, more than 2,000 servicemen died, and the United States was...

On August 28, 1963, more than 200,000 people gathered in Washington, DC, to demand equal rights for all races. It was there that Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his 'I Have a Dream' speech, and it was this peaceful protest that spurred the momentous...

This set of 55 books contains a wonderful assortment of authentic literature, translations, and informational texts. For more information, please contact Hilda Viskovic at hviskovic@lectorum.com.

From 1892 to 1954, Ellis Island was the gateway to a new life in the US for millions of immigrants. In later years, the island was deserted, the buildings decaying. It was not restored until the 1980s, when Americans from all over the country donated...

On October 29, 1929, life in the United States took a turn for the worst. The stock market plunged to a record low. This event was only the beginning of many bad years to come. By the early 1930s, one out of every three people was not working. People...

In 1848, gold was discovered in California, attracting over 300,000 people from all over the world, some who struck it rich and many more who didn't. Hear the stories about the gold-seeking 'forty-niners!' With black-and white illustrations and sixteen...

This set of 55 books contains a wonderful assortment of authentic literature, translations, and informational texts. For more information, please contact Hilda Viskovic at hviskovic@lectorum.com.

When Meriwether Lewis and William Clark left St. Louis, Missouri, on May 21, 1804, their mission was to explore the vast, unknown territory acquired a year earlier in the Louisiana Purchase. The travelers hoped to find a waterway that crossed the western...

Four score and seven years ago... begins Abraham Lincoln's beautiful speech commemorating the three-day battle that turned the tide of the Civil War. The South had been winning up to this point. So how did Union troops stop General Robert E. Lee's...

No one knows where the term Underground Railroad came from. There were no trains or tracks, only 'conductors' who helped escaping slaves to freedom. This book chronicles slaves' close calls with bounty hunters, exhausting struggles on the road, and what...

No Taxation without Representation!' The Boston Tea Party stands as an iconic event of the American Revolution. Outraged by the tax on tea, American colonists destroyed the British tea by dumping it into the water! Learn all about the famed colonialists...

Children will love this illustrated adaptation of the classic Latin American song Estaba la rana for its rhyme and the cumulative nature of the lyrics.

The school in the village of Baeira has so few students, it will have to shut its doors at the end of the year. The four oldest kids are willing to do anything to prevent this from happening. They create an online newspaper called the Valley Voice. ...

Although this book has been adapted for teens, this version of Malala Yousafzai's autobiography is as poignant and engrossing as the original. It tells the story of how she bravely stood up to the Taliban to defend girls' right to go to school. It is...

Tia Isa wants to buy a car, but she does not have enough money saved up. Her young niece takes on a number of odd jobs and surprises her aunt with the balance she needs.

This book uses photographs of children and very few words per page to show readers all the things their hands can do. They can wave hello, tie shoes, clap, and so much more.

When Mia's grandmother moves in with them, she speaks very little English and Mia's Spanish is not very good. To make matters worse, the grandmother misses her homeland. The two end up teaching each other their languages with the help of a parrot named...

Students will be able to sink their teeth into this wonderful collection of 35 novels.

Available for schools and libraries only, this set contains 35 carefully selected titles. No further educational discount can be applied.

Available to schools and libraries only, this collection of carefully selected titles is ideal for third graders.

Treat your classroom or library to this wonderful collection of 35 specially selected children's books. No further education discount can be offered on this set.

The titles in this set, available to schools and libraries only, have been carefully chosen to encourage first graders to expand their budding love of reading.

Available to schools and libraries only, this set of 35 books will inspire a love of reading in kindergardeners.

A boy named Lucas is convinced that his second floor neighbor is Miguel de Cervantes! Thus begins a wonderful intergenerational friendship between the two. This book offers a fun way to introduce children to elements of the great writer's life.

This book features simple yet witty text that small children can easily read by themselves. The endearing story of a newly hatched bird in search of his mother has appealed to generations of readers.