Featuring fiction and nonfiction books, students will gain adequate exposure to a range of appropriately complex texts that are aligned to the Common Core State Standards. With a focus on 5th Grade students, each book in this 30-book collection will keep readers interested and engaged through vibrant images, vivid illustrations, supportive diagrams, stimulating facts, an accessible glossary, and more. Titles in this collection include: Unforgettable News Reports; 22nd Century: Future of Space; All in a Day's Work: ER Doctor; How Do They Make That?; Making Money Grow; Drag! Friction and Resistance; The Cutting Edge: Breakthroughs in Technology; Life in the Colonies; Inside Ecosystems and Biomes; Bad Guys and Gals of the Ancient World; Causes of the Revolution; Civil Rights Movement; Endangered Animals of the Sea; Ocean Maps; Pop! Air and Water Pressure; Unforgettable Catastrophes; Where Does Your Money Go?; Women's Suffrage: Fighting for Women's Rights; Greece; Night Skies; Expanding the Nation; Unforgettable Natural Disasters; Endangered Animals of the Jungle; From Rags to Riches; All in a Day's Work: Animator; Freedom: Life After Slavery; Rome; Mighty Micros: Little Things - Big Results; Bad Guys and Gals of the Wild West; Tornado Chasers.