Lisa Colozza Cocca

The book, Animals Have Classes Too : Birds, introduces young readers to animal classifications by explaining how birds are grouped. Through photos, text, and sidebars, this title explores the differences and similarities between several classes, families, genera, and species of birds, and how animal classification works. Readers will find out how birds are classified and why some share a name even if they are a different species. The Animals Have Classes Too series for grades 1-3 gives an introduction to animal classifications, from kingdom to species. Each 24-page book in the series details how and why animals are classified, including common traits and various habitats, giving examples at each level. Each measuring 7.5" x 10", the titles in this series offer young readers an opportunity to learn more about Earth's magnificent animals.

The book, Animals Have Classes Too : Reptiles, introduces young readers to animal classifications by explaining how reptiles are grouped. Through photos, text, and sidebars, this title explores the differences and similarities between several classes, families, genera, and species of reptiles, and how animal classification works. Readers will discover how reptiles are classified and why sometimes the groups that animals are sorted into can change. The Animals Have Classes Too series for grades 1-3 gives an introduction to animal classifications, from kingdom to species. Each 24-page book in the series details how and why animals are classified, including common traits and various habitats, giving examples at each level. Each measuring 7.5" x 10", the titles in this series offer young readers an opportunity to learn more about Earth's magnificent animals.

Calendar Math provides an ideal introduction to measuring time. From the days of the week to months of the year, readers will learn the different ways a calendar measures time. Vivid full-color images and entertaining narrative text model concepts such as patterning, comparing and contrasting, and solving simple problems.

The Marquis de Lafayette was a young aristocrat from France who played a key role in the success of the American Revolution. From a wealthy family with a military history, he admired the struggle for independence in the American colonies and crossed the Atlantic Ocean to fight on the side of the colonists. Readers will learn how he became a longtime friend of the future president, George Washington, and how his skills both on the battlefield and in persuading the government of France to support the American colonists, earned him a lasting legacy in the history of the United States.

The Civil War was the costliest conflict in United States history, claiming more than 600,000 lives. It was also a transformative event that freed nearly 4 million slaves and changed the nation. This volume examines the aftermath of the Civil War, including the assassination of Lincoln, amnesty, constitutional amendments, Reconstruction, Compromise, Disenfranchisement, and the lasting legacy for all Americans.