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Marie Curie was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, and her pioneering research on radioactivity influenced scientific fields as diverse as physics, chemistry, and medicine. In this captivating biographical resource that combines STEM and social studies concepts, readers follow this groundbreaking scientist from her childhood in Poland to her scientific success in Paris to her death due to the research that made her famous. Fact boxes, sidebars, critical-thinking questions, and historical photographs help readers understand the science Curie was so passionate about as well as what life was like for a female scientist during her time.

Marie Curie was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, and her pioneering research on radioactivity influenced scientific fields as diverse as physics, chemistry, and medicine. In this captivating biographical resource that combines STEM and social studies concepts, readers follow this groundbreaking scientist from her childhood in Poland to her scientific success in Paris to her death due to the research that made her famous. Fact boxes, sidebars, critical-thinking questions, and historical photographs help readers understand the science Curie was so passionate about as well as what life was like for a female scientist during her time.

The Delaware people are a group of Native Americans also known as the Lenape people. Their name comes from the Delaware River valley, which is where many of them lived before Europeans came to North America. Readers explore these and many other facts about the Delaware's history, culture, and modern life. The detailed, accessible narrative is accompanied by both historical images and full-color photographs. Readers are given a focused look at the essential social studies curriculum topic of Native American history and culture while learning about the Delaware people.

Young people often hear adults complaining about taxes at home and on the news, but the facts about taxes aren't always easy for them to understand. However, this guide to an essential civics topic introduces elementary readers to the basic facts about taxes: what they are, what they're used for, and who pays them. Helpful graphic organizers, eye-catching fact boxes, and full-color photographs complement the informative narrative. Even though it may be many years before readers have to start paying their own taxes, it is never too early to learn about this important part of life.