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In this multicultural picture book, Lucky and his best friend are celebrating Holi—the spring Festival of Colors in India. Their color-throwing competition leads them through the city where they throw water balloons and powder in a colorful free-for-all. Back at Lucky’s house, the winner will enjoy the biggest sweet. Children will love the colorful illustrations and culturally authentic story as they learn about a tradition that brings families and communities together.

Expanding your child’s reading horizons is easy with fiction books from Teacher Created Materials! In “Building Bridges” by Anita Nahta Amin, 8-year-old Tara wants to win the bridge building contest at school, even if it means working with her least favorite person. Find out more in this fun lesson in teamwork your child will love. Includes ‘Book Club’ literacy and comprehension questions.

Did you know ordinary citizens can make laws? Learn how laws change across state lines and how ordinary people can make state and local laws. This 32-page nonfiction book covers important topics like civic duty and democracy. Perfect for use in the classroom or at-home learning to explore the importance of petitions, ballots, and voting. Includes a short fiction piece to help students relate to the topic and engaging text features such as a glossary, useful discussion questions, and a “Civics in Action” activity designed to get students thinking and talking about social issues.

Learn about the world’s freshwater shortage with this Spanish nonfiction book. Ideal for young readers, this book explains Earth’s water crisis and includes a fiction story related to the topic, glossary, connected project, useful text features, and engaging sidebars. This 28-page full-color Spanish book explores the difficulties of protecting fresh water and how individuals can help. It also covers essential concepts such as problem-solving and leadership, and includes an extension activity for grade 2. Perfect for the classroom, at-home learning, or homeschool, to explore global citizenship, conserving water, and climate change.

Do you like trying new hair and make-up products? Are you always the first of your friendship group to wear new trends? Then you might be on track to become a social media style influencer. Learn how your original takes on fashion could translate into a career by exploring the economics and business skills behind influencer marketing, all while staying safe online.

In 1872, the Mary Celeste merchant ship set sail from New York, bound for Italy. About a month later, it was spotted adrift in the ocean. The crew had vanished. The ship’s charts were found scattered, and crew members’ belongings were still onboard. The lifeboat was missing. What happened to the crew? Explore the theories behind the crew’s disappearance and why it has become one of history’s greatest mysteries.

You’ve been rock hunting in a mine for hours when something sparkly catches your eye. As you clear the dirt from around the crystal, you know your long hunt was worth it. You’re holding a shiny blue sapphire! Find out how crystals form, where they are found, and about some of the most amazing crystal discoveries. Then learn how you can find and collect diamonds, emeralds, rubies and other dazzling crystals too!

You stare at the side of a cliff face near the sea. Suddenly, you notice a spiral outline in the rock. You have found an ammonite fossil! You are filled with awe as you think about how this shelled sea animal might have lived millions of years ago. Find out how fossils form, where they can be found and about some of the most amazing fossil discoveries. Then learn how you can find fossils too!

While her parents are studying an ancient settlement in Italy, Reeya Rai and her friend Finlay discover a nearby cave. Inside, they find evidence that a priceless, jewel-studded figurine of an ivory peacock may be nearby. Excited, Reeya and her family decide to explore the cave, where they find the priceless artefact hidden deep inside. But there’s one problem: it sits on a ledge across a wide crevasse that’s too far to jump across. Even worse, their rival, Dr Acker, is also searching the caves for the precious figurine. Will Reeya invent something to safely retrieve the ivory peacock before Dr Acker finds it?

While staying with relatives in Rajasthan, India, Reeya Rai and her friends are playing a game of cricket when they stumble upon an ancient, water-filled stepwell. Reeya and her friends decide to create a submersible with a camera to explore the stepwell and uncover its secrets. In the watery depths, they discover an ancient door with a mysterious symbol on it. Could this be the key to discovering one of India’s ancient lost treasures? And will they uncover the truth before Dr Acker and his daughter, Elsie, learn about what they’ve found?

While exploring ancient catacombs in Egypt, Reeya Rai and her family discover a chamber hidden behind a large wall of rubble. Inside are several mysterious ancient statues. However, there isn’t time to explore the chamber. A large storm is coming that threatens to flood the entire region. Thinking quickly, Reeya and her friends invent a way to transport sandbags and build a wall to protect the catacombs from flooding. When they return, what ancient mysteries will they find hidden in the chamber? And how will they keep Dr Acker and his daughter, Elsie, from discovering the chamber’s secrets first?

While helping her parents organize items at a museum in Greece, Reeya Rai finds some paintings made by a medieval artist and inventor from India. When Reeya learns that artists sometimes hide secret messages in their paintings, Reeya creates a special colour-wheel to study the artist’s paintings. In them, she finds clues to the location of the inventor’s secret workshop! Unfortunately, to access it, Reeya needs a small artefact currently held by her nemesis, Elsie Acker. Will Reeya find a way to get the artefact from Elsie without alerting Dr Acker to the workshop’s location?

While visiting Paris, France, Reeya Rai buys a piece of art that leads her on a hunt for emerald glasses belonging to Shah Jahan in the 1600s. Her search leads her and her friends to a safe in a castle in the French countryside, but the key is nowhere to be found. Can a homemade stethoscope hold the answer to opening the safe? And will Reeya discover the treasured glasses within?

Reeya Rai and her friend Finlay join their archaeologist parents as they excavate an ancient Portuguese trading ship discovered on the Skeleton Coast of Namibia. Her dad believes the Fiery Cross of Goa may have been among the artefacts in the shipwreck. This seven-foot-tall cross is covered with precious gems! Will Reeya and her friends find the treasured cross? And if they do, how will they move such a large artefact without rival archaeologist Dr Acker and his irksome daughter, Elsie, learning about it?

Reeya Rai has joined her archaeologist parents on an excavation of an underground city in Turkey. There she learns the legend of an Indian inventor and his water clock cup. She also learns that Turkey is an earthquake hot spot. Worried that warning signals won’t make it to the archaeologists working in the underground city, Reeya builds a homemade seismograph. It's designed to indicate an oncoming earthquake for those working underground. Will Reeya’s invention keep her parents and others safe, and will they ever find the legendary cup?

Reeya Rai and her best friend Finlay are thrilled to learn about an emperor’s lost treasure during their archaeologist parents’ tour of Madagascar. Libertalia, a fabled lost pirate town believed to have been built in Madagascar, could be the treasure’s hiding spot. Before the group heads to explore a nature reserve in search of the pirate town, Reeya and friends create a spyglass to help direct their path. Will they find Libertalia? Will other treasure hunters beat them to it? Or is the whole thing just a legend?

Rashmi is tired of helping her parents in their shop. She wants to go out and have fun with her friends. But as she learns about her parents' struggles in America and how their shop helps customers, Rashmi discovers just how lucky she is. Especially appealing to reluctant readers, this short, 32-page chapter book features diverse characters and a heartwarming story. With full-color illustrations, this hi-lo book will capture the attention of kids who enjoy realistic fiction stories.

Expanding your child’s reading horizons is easy with fiction books from Teacher Created Materials! In “Building Bridges” by Anita Nahta Amin, eight-year-old Tara wants to win the bridge building contest at school, even if it means working with her least favorite person. Find out more in this fun lesson in teamwork your child will love. Includes ‘Book Club’ literacy and comprehension questions. This fiction book is written in Spanish.

Learn about the world’s freshwater shortage with this nonfiction book. Ideal for young readers, this book explains Earth’s water crisis and includes a fiction story related to the topic, glossary, connected project, useful text features, and engaging sidebars. This 28-page full-color book explores the difficulties of protecting fresh water and how individuals can help. It also covers essential concepts such as problem-solving and leadership, and includes an extension activity for grade 2. Perfect for the classroom, at-home learning, or homeschool, to explore global citizenship, conserving water, and climate change.

Diwali is about celebrating! It honours the Hindu story of Rama and Sita. To celebrate this Festival of Lights, people light lamps, watch fireworks and dance. Others might exchange cards and presents. Readers will discover how a shared holiday can have multiple traditions and be celebrated in all sorts of ways.