Steele, Philip

Describes the Arctic and Antarctic, covering the lands, animals, native peoples, and climate, and includes information on the exploration history and research conducted in these locations.

Full-color illustrations chronicle the history of a city over a 2,500-year period, detailing the changes that take place and illuminating the technologies and structures that define the city in each era. Includes a glossary.

Presents an illustrated lift-the-flap book that describes the history and legend of pirates that tells of life on the high seas.

Profiles fifteen twentieth-century activists, with information on their lives, accomplishments, and impact on the world.

This book describes the castles of the Middle Ages, presenting information on feudalism, the construction of a castle, castle defenses, castle life, and attacks on castles.

Venture into the fascinating world of Vikings. Chock full of captivating stories of battles and intriguing details about the lives of Vikings, the types of lives they led, and the culture of their worlds. This book is perfect for even reluctant readers. RI: Consistent text structures, Real-world examples and archaeology, WWWW and H, multiple readings, stories and profiles, block text and information summaries, fact summaries, statistics and tables, , labelled diagrams and words, RF quizzes, tables, labelled photos, bolded texts, visual organization tools etc. W: Compare/Contrast, timelines, Then/Now perspectives, Stat tables, SL Decoded words, text structured consistently, L text scaled, lower to higher complexity.

Describes different types of trains, their history, maintenance, and uses.

Provides an illustrated biography of Isaac Newton chronicling his life and accomplishments. Includes a timeline and fact boxes on seventeenth-century life.

Examines the history, traditions, daily life, and culture of the Chinese Empire, and includes fifteen projects based on the lessons, as well as fact boxes, photographs, illustrations, a historical map, and a pictorial timeline.

Text and illustrations show what life was like in ancient Egypt, discussing the Nile, gods and goddesses, pyramids, and more.