La Porte County Public Library System

Explore the layers of the ocean! Students will learn about the animals and plants that live in the various zones: the sunlit zone, the twilight zone, the midnight zone, and the abyss zone. Along the way, students will learn about different units of measurement including meters, yards, feet, pounds, and ounces. With vibrant photos, math charts and diagrams, grade-appropriate text, and informational text features to help navigate the text, students...

Text and photographs look at the climate, plants, and animals of freshwater biomes.

It moves, it freezes, it melts. Kids find out that water takes on different forms and that it plays an important role in supporting life on Earth. Includes the water cycle.

People and animals and plants all need water. What do people use water for? They get water from the rain. We all know that rain comes down from the sky.

A river is born as a raindrop and meanders, spins, runs wild, thunders, and becomes one with the ocean until it rises up into the sky and begins again.

Carefully leveled text and fresh, vibrant photos engage young readers in learning about jellyfish. Age-appropriate critical thinking questions and a photo glossary help build nonfiction learning skills.

Readers learn facts about the ocean while looking for vocabulary words and pictures.

The Southern Ocean circles Antarctica, the continent that covers the South Pole. The ocean covers an area of 7.8 million square miles (20.3 million square kilometers). Find out more in Southern Ocean, one of the titles in the Our Five Oceans series.

Early readers will discover how ponds are created, and what you can find in them! Using full-page photographs alongside simple text and relevant sight words, early readers will enjoy learning all about ponds while they build confidence in their reading skills. This book also includes a page for caregivers and teachers that suggests guiding questions to help aid in reading comprehension.

Did you know that the Arctic Ocean is the world's smallest ocean? It is about 1.5 times as big as the United States. Find out more in Arctic Ocean.