Learningisland: 800 books

“Before we go to lunch, I need you all to think about the talks that you have heard,” Miss Tate said. “One of the reports has a problem with it. Can anyone tell me what that talk was, and what the problem was?” she asked. Jamie thought back to all the talks she had heard that day. Mostly she...

Caribou and Eskimos need each other. They work together so that both of them can survive. You may not know a lot about caribou or Eskimos, so let me tell you a little bit about them.This book introduces you to the nomadic life of the caribou and how they survive in the Alaskan wilderness. You also...

This book is a shortened version of our popular “Raccoons: Masked Robbers of the Night” and is intended for beginning readers. With only 1229 easy to read words, young children can experience for themselves the joy of learning about the raccoon. They will find out the answers to these questions: What...

They live all over North America. There may even be one living in your house! How much do you know about these wily creatures? Do you know: Do people eat raccoons? How many babies does a raccoon mother have? Where do raccoons live? Can a raccoon reach up and turn the knob to open a door? Find...

A badger is an animal. It looks like a cross between a skunk and a dog. They have a long nose. They use it to stick into holes they have dug. This lets them reach the insects they find underground. Badgers have a funny looking face. It is mostly black, but has white stripes. That helps them to hide...

Rabbits are small, furry animals that live all over the world. Most rabbits like to live in groups called herds. Some rabbits like to live alone. They have an egg shaped body covered in very soft fur. Most rabbits have fur that is the color of the area they live in. This helps them to hide from their...

“I had to go toward the front of the school,” Miss Barker interrupted. “My cell phone doesn’t work that well at the back.” “I was gone for about ten minutes. While I was gone, someone went into my classroom and took twenty dollars from my purse. I know it was someone from this team since...

You've seen them in your house, and in your yard. They're spiders. But there is more to these little guys than just their cobwebs. Spiders can be interesting if you take the time to get to know them. For example: do you know: What part of a spider’s body contains the lungs? What are book...

Mary Tudor was a princess who should have been a queen. Instead, her father shunned and disowned her because she was not a boy. After the deaths of her father and half brother, she had to fight those in power who sought to keep her off the throne. She was eventually crowned Queen of England. Her battles...

“There's a werewolf around. I just know it.”“Johnson lost another lamb last night.”“They found what was left of it torn to bits down by the railroad track.”“And they found tracks of the monster too.”“It was horrible.”“They were huge.”Sheriff Corbin listened as the talk...

It isn’t fair! Why should Colin spend an entire week at his Aunt Kate’s house picking apples when she won’t even buy him a candy marble! Well, if life wasn’t going to be fair to him, he didn’t care about being fair. Colin cut out right after lunch and headed for the local cemetery down the...

A parrot is a bird. Many parrots are very colorful birds. They can be green, blue, yellow, red, black, and white. Many of them have three or four of these colors.There are many different kinds of parrots. In fact, if you include all the birds in the parrot family, there are over 390 different kinds...

Gold was discovered in California in 1848. Suddenly everyone wanted to be there. Over 300,000 people joined the Gold Rush, and soon the population of California was over half a million.In 1850, California became a state. It had many things going for it. One thing it did not have was fast communication...

This book is a shortened version of our popular “Gorillas: Men of the African Forest” and is intended for beginning readers. With only 1107 easy to read words, young children can experience for themselves the joy of learning about the gorilla. They will find out the answers to these questions: Do...