Age-Appropriate Election 2008 Content

Welcome back! Our editors are keen to the growing interest in politics among the younger generation--and campaigns' consequent rising investment in youth outreach. Articles and websites are selected daily for their age-appropriate and fair coverage of the 2008 Election: the issues, the candidates, and the campaigns.

• For information about Election 2008, investigate our new Campaigns & Elections Subject Tree branches within History & Government > United States of America.
  
  
• Worldwide elections can also be found in History & Government > Elections.
  
  
• Age-appropriate articles and safe SIRS WebFind websites are added daily!

New Non-Fiction Content

Our newest addition is the acclaimed Weekly Reader series of books, geared specifically for elementary levels. Accelerated-Reader approved and correlated with curricula including science, the series are comprised of multiple books. These high-interest titles combine easy-to-follow text with amazing photos to spark students' interest in reading. Reading levels include grades 1-2, 3-4, and 5-6. Expect to see more Weekly Reader series in the near future!

• Weekly Reader | Big Cats (6 Books)
       Cheetahs
       Cougars
       Leopards
       Lions
       Lynxes
       Tigers
• Weekly Reader | In the Sky (4 Books)
       The Moon
       The Planets
       The Stars
       The Sun
• Weekly Reader | Cool Careers: Adventure Careers (5 books)
       Crime-Scene Investigator
       Deep-Sea Fishing
       Oil Rig Roughneck
       Test Pilot
       Wildlife Photographer
       Forest Firefighter
• Weekly Reader | Storms (6 books)
       Dust Storms
       Hailstorms
       Hurricanes
       Snowstorms
       Thunderstorms
       Tornadoes

Biography for Beginners

Having established an esteemed reputation for creating outstanding reference publications, the Favorable Impressions titles display a high level of care and commitment, and each publication is reviewed by advisory boards comprised of school librarians, public librarians, and reading specialists.

As promised, we have added more titles in the Biography for Beginners series! Latest additions include:

• Biography for Beginners--African Americans Vol. I
• Biography for Beginners--Inventors
• Biography for Beginners--Explorers

Expect to see more of these titles added to the elementary products (both SIRS Discoverer and eLibrary Elementary) in the future.

More: TIME & National Geographic Additions+

Check out TIME's collection of primary documents in Famous Faces from TIME. Teachers can access and use original magazine covers from 1925 to the present, to help students discover history! A 16-page Teacher's Guide is included, and each entry contains a profile of a "Famous Face." The profiles help students read for understanding, increase vocabulary, and raise global awareness by making personal connections to the world around them.

This title addresses the constant demand for biographies in elementary, as well as the continual request for primary documents. New titles include:

• Famous Faces from TIME: People of Color
• Famous Faces from TIME: International Leaders

As you know, SIRS Discoverer has added National Geographic Little Kids, NG Kids, and NG Young Explorer to its wealth of unique titles.

Our latest addition from the acclaimed publisher is Extreme Explorer.

Three New Series

• From Time for Kids: Around the World/Going Places
• How Stuff Works
• From Storyworks: Yesterday & Today

Subject Tree Updates

Newest adds include:

• Technology > Communication > Text Messaging
• Technology > Inventions & How Things Work > MP3 Players & iPods
• History & Government > Elections
• Science > Biology
• Kids Corner > Things to Make & Do > Read-Aloud Stories
• Kids Corner > Colors

Language Arts Resources @ SIRS Discoverer

Read-along plays, quizzes and interactive activities remain highly valuable resources for younger students. Investigate writing activities and quizzes that illustrate concepts including Onomatopoeia, Anagrams, Pig Latin, Puns, and more! Explore more content in our new Subject Tree Additions: ARTS/Grammar & Punctuation and KIDS CORNER/ Grammar & Punctuation. More Language Arts resources include:

• Historical Fiction Narratives
  
  Teaches formal thinking of history and enrich Social Studies, by illuminating history with interesting and entertaining narratives. Explore the newest title from Patria Press, Alexander Hamilton, and read 13 other books detailing the lives of young notable people.
  
  
• New Activities: Read-Aloud Stories
  
  Engages varied learners and listeners while developing background knowledge, increasing comprehension skills, and fostering critical thinking. Read-along with varied learning-leveled stories from titles including Highlights, Children's Digest, Children's Playmate, Child Life, Humpty Dumpty, U.S. Kids, Jack and Jill, Turtle and Storyworks. Great for teaching young kids and struggling learners the basics of reading.
  
  
• TREE Branch: Kids Corner > Things to Make & Do > Read-Aloud Stories OR Activities > Read-Aloud Stories
  
  
• Be sure to visit the same Tree branches to find Read-aloud plays!

Science Resources for the Lower Levels and/or Struggling Audience

Most science-specific products currently available are too advanced for younger and or/struggling learners. Discoverer offers a wealth of pertinent and appropriate science content:

Research our Subject Tree branch delegated for Science content--Science--and explore the numerous subtopics included therein.


• Find articles about Scientists in the Subject Tree branches SCIENCE > Scientists and NOTABLE PEOPLE > Scientists.
  
  
• Investigate the Biographies feature for notable scientists and inventors, including Thomas Edison and Louis Pasteur.
  
  
• Learn about recent science news and discoveries, under the Subject Heading term Discoveries in science.
  
  
• Research science activities and projects in the Subject Tree branch KIDS CORNER > Things to Make & Do > Science & Nature Projects, and under the Subject Heading term Science Projects.
  
  
• In the acclaimed reference title Biography for Beginners: Inventors, students can research the personal and working lives andaccomplishments of such notable inventors as Alexander Graham Bell, George Washington Carver, Thomas Edison, Wilbur and Orville Wright, and others.

ProQuest continues to add new, premier titles, including established and peer-reviewed publications, respected by librarians.

The call for full-text books remains animated. New titles continue to be added each month to eLibrary Elementary, joining many other non-fiction books already in the database. New features to our recently loaded books may include tables of contents, glossaries, article links, images, maps, timelines, and ever-valuable primary documents.

Our collection remains a valuable resource, and may be just what you need for your non-fiction and reference content! Research shows that these titles are classified as "Grades 6-12," or as "Young Adult," in such well-known publications as Booklist and School Library Journal, both of whom also describe many of the titles as "valuable resources."

Additionally, our Reference Desk provides everything young researchers need to begin the research process. Users can create marked lists, and view, print, or email any document or image in one easy step.

For a complete list of eLibrary Elementary's reference and non-fiction holdings, visit the Books feature via this link.

Title List: New for Back to School!

• Albert Einstein: And the Frontiers of Physics
  
• American Immigration: A Student Companion
  
• Elizabeth Cady Stanton: The Right Is Ours
  
• Encounters in the New World: A History in Documents
  
• Enrico Fermi: And the Revolutions of Modern Physics
  
• Francis Crick and James Watson: And the Building Blocks of Life
  
• Hitler and the Nazis: A History in Documents
  
• Imperialism: A History in Documents
  
• Louis Pasteur: And the Hidden World of Microbes
  
• Slavery and the Making of America
  
• Strange New Land: Africans in Colonial America
  
• The Civil War and Reconstruction: A Student Companion
  
• The Civil War: A History in Documents
  
• The Cold War: A History in Documents
  
• The Depression and New Deal: A History in Documents
  
• The Gilded Age: A History in Documents
  
• The Industrial Revolution: A History in Documents
  
• The Vietnam War: A History in Documents
  
• Thomas Alva Edison: Inventing the Electric Age
  
• Thomas Jefferson
  
• Twentieth Century China: A History in Documents
  
• Weekly Reader Animals and Their Senses Series
  
• Weekly Reader Big Cats Series
  
• Weekly Reader Cool Careers: Adventure Careers Series
  
• Weekly Reader In the Sky Series
  
• Weekly Reader States of Matter Series
  
• Weekly Reader Storms Series
  
• Weekly Reader X Science Series

Having established an esteemed reputation for creating outstanding reference publications, the Favorable Impressions titles display a high level of care and commitment, and each publication is reviewed by advisory boards comprised of school librarians, public librarians, and reading specialists.

As promised, we have added more titles in the Biography for Beginners series! Latest additions include:

• Biography for Beginners--African Americans Vol. I
• Biography for Beginners--Inventors
• Biography for Beginners--Explorers

Expect to see more of these titles added to the elementary products (both SIRS Discoverer and eLibrary Elementary) in the future.




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