Elaine Landau

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and sentence highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! James Bond may be one of the good guys, but the spies in this book definitely aren't—nor are the traitors and assassins! Crack open this book to uncover more secrets about history's most terrible assassins, traitors, and spies.

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and sentence highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! You may know that Beyoncé is a gifted R & B star who has made a splash in the worlds of music, dance, and acting. But did you know that Beyoncé:

was super shy as a child, yet she loved to ham it up in music and dance classes?

goes by Bee among family and friends?

once had her toe broken by a bodyguard when he

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Nearly ten years after the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States, an elite team of U.S. special forces stunned the world with a dramatic and daring feat. Shortly after midnight on May 1, 2011, a U.S. Navy SEALs team stormed a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, and killed its most-wanted inhabitant—Osama bin Laden, the mastermind behind al-Qaeda. This militant group planned the September 11, 2001, plane hijackings that killed thousands of people...

Describes the physical characteristics and habits of some rain forest mammals including the jaguar, tapir, orangutan, coati, sloth, and howler monkey.

Describes the hardship of the first Pilgrims to settle in Plymouth, Massachusetts, the help they recieved from the Wampanoag Indians, and the first Thanksgiving.

Introduces the physical characteristics of Jupiter and its moons and describes how humans have explored this gas giant.

St. Patrick's Day is a holiday which celebrates St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. Author Elaine Landau tells the story of St. Patrick, and the celebrations held each year on March 17th.

Veterans Day is a holiday which celebrates those who served in the military and helped to protect our country with their service. Readers will learn about its history and how it is celebrated today.

The oil spill was the largest in U.S. history. In April 2010, the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded and sank. Oil gushed into the Gulf of Mexico from a deep ocean well. For months, the energy company BP tried to control the leak. More than four million barrels of oil flowed into the Gulf before the well was stopped. Fishers, shrimpers, and many others along the Gulf coast lost their income as polluted water prevented fishing and stifled tourism....

The drums are a blast to play and fun to learn. Drummers play in many types of groups from rock to pop to jazz. The band Led Zeppelin had hard-rocking drum rhythms. Even Beyoncé dances to the beat of the two drummers in her band Suga Mama. But are the drums right for you? Or would a different choice be better? Hear what professional drummers like about their instrument, and learn what skills a good drummer needs. Discover whether the drums are your...