Freestyle Express for ages 11-14 and a reading level of grade 3, 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
New Titles for Spring 2012:
THE WEB OF LIFE: Adaptation and Survival, Behavior in Living Things, Food Chains and Webs, Life Processes, The Future of Life on Earth, Variation in Living Things
Complete list of titles: A PAINFUL HISTORY OF MEDICINE: Bedpans, Blood & Bandages, Pills, Powders & Potions, Pox, Pus & Plague, Scalpels, Stitches & Scars
DESTINATION DETECTIVES: Australia, Brazil, China, Egypt, Germany, Ireland, Kenya, United Kingdom, Vietnam
EARTH, SPACE, & BEYOND: How Do Scientists Explore Space?, What Do We Know About Stars and Galaxies?, What Do We Know About the Solar System?, What Does Space Exploration Do for Us?, Why Is There Life on Earth?
GEOLOGY ROCKS!: Fossils, Igneous Rock, Metamorphic Rock, Minerals, Sedimentary Rock, Soil
INCREDIBLE CREATURES: Incredible Amphibians, Incredible Arachnids, Incredible Birds, Incredible Fish, Incredible Insects, Incredible Mammals, Incredible Mollusks, Incredible Reptiles
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
SCIENCE MISSIONS: Building the Three Gorges Dam, Cloning Pets, Developing Flu Vaccines, Mapping Earth from Space, Mission to Mars, Searching for Arctic Oil
THE ENVIRONMENT CHALLENGE: Avoiding Hunger and Finding Water, Bridging The Energy Gap, Coping with Population Growth, Promoting Health, Preventing Disease, Reducing Pollution and Waste, Sustaining Our Natural Resources
THE WEB OF LIFE: Adaptation and Survival, Behavior in Living Things, Food Chains and Webs, Life Processes, The Future of Life on Earth, Variation in Living Things
TIME TRAVEL GUIDES: Medieval Europe, The Islamic Empires, The Renaissance, West African Kingdoms
TURBULENT PLANET: Crumbling Earth : Erosion & Landslides, Forest Furnace : Wild Fires, Heat Hazard : Droughts, Shaky Ground : Earthquakes, White-Out : Blizzards, Wild Water : Floods
BODY TALK: Break It Down : The Digestive System, Control Freak : Hormones, the Brain, and the Nervous System, In Your Genes : Genetics and Reproduction, Move Your Body : Bones and Muscles, Pump It Up : Respiration and Circulation
