Educational Books
You might find some of these titles in your school library.
The News
For Series 1
- Who Shot the Movies? — The people who really make the movies.
For Series 2
- Wheels Around — Wonderful wheels, where would we be without them?
News Extra
- Money — Most people want money for one reason or another. But what exactly is money?
Published by Horwitz Martin.
Zebras
Earn your stripes as a reader!
Level 1
- All Made Up: Make-up is an important part of acting. In All Made Up, you will find out all about stage make-up.
- Growth: What can you grow with one little seed? Discover how easy it is to grow fruit and vegetables from seed in your kitchen.
Level 4
- Frozen in Time: Everyone knows about Egyptian mummies, but do you know what ice mummies are? Preserved by freezing in very cold parts of the world these long-dead people teach us about the past.
- Kitchen Science: How does food change when we cook it? Turn your kitchen into a laboratory and learn about the science behind cooking.
Published by Thomson Learning Australia
Bookweb Plus
Level 3
- The Eyes of the Dragon: Mei's dad is the captain of a dragon-boat team. A big crowd has gathered and the race is about to begin. The starter waves the flag, then the dragon comes alive...
Level 4
- A Stage He's Going Through: Placido's family want him to follow the family tradition and be on the stage. Placido wants that too...as long as it's not in front of an audience.
- Sweet and Sour: Chopping up 80 cabbages to make sauerkraut sounds like hard work to Kurt. Babysitting would be much easier...wouldn't it?
- Tasty: Food doesn't have to be full of salt and sugar to make it tasty. Next time you eat something, think about what it is you're putting in your mouth. Become a salt and sugar detective!
Level 5
- In the Dark: When the power goes out at Misty Ridge Hotel, the corridors seem endless and the stairs look different at every turn. Is it just the storm, or is there something seriously strange going on?
- One Wheel: A young Chinese soldier, nearly 2000 years ago, needed some help to save his family's farm. Did his clever recycling lead to the invention of the humble wheelbarrow?
Level 6
- Set in Stone: Footprints left in mud don't usually last very long. Sometimes they survive. These dinosaur footprints lasted, not for a while, but for millions of years.
Published by Thomson Learning Australia
298s
Meet the students from school number 298 as they write their way through the year.
- Sybil Investigates: This is a hard-hitting investigation into a life-threatening situation at School 298--Sybil Lui.
- School Pet: I lost the How to Look After the Guinea Pigs sheet. But I wasn't worried. How hard could looking after guinea pigs be--John Coustas.
- Sybil TV Journalist: I am Sybil Lui, TV journalist, and I have uncovered the story of a lifetime--Sybil Lui.
- Poems--Dead Easy: When you write poetry you have to think a lot. I thought it would be dead easy--John Coustas.
Published by Thomson Learning Australia
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