Learn about how a wheel and axle works! Beginner readers and budding young scientists will love learning about using simple machines in everyday situations. Along the way, readers will be supported by expertly leveled text, a strong text-photo match and appropriate text load. Readers will be excited to dig in and learn all about simple machines and basic physics concepts.

"If you were designing a wheelbarrow, how would you make it move easily when you pushed it? How about wheels? In Wheels Make the World Go Round: Simple Machines for Kids, readers ages 5 to 8 learn how wheels work along with axles and how they use mechanical advantage to make it easier to move heavy objects from one place to another. Glossary, photos, and a hands-on activity make this book fundamental for STEAM learning."--

A top-secret robotic dog connects with a kind-hearted outsider, Miles, while on the run from the scientists who created him.

"An extraordinary new novel from the author of Never Let Me Go and the Booker Prize winning The Remains of the Day. "You've long set your heart against it, Axl, I know. But it's time now to think on it anew. There's a journey we must go on, and no more delay. . ." The Buried Giant begins as a couple set off across a troubled land of mist and rain in the hope of finding a son they have not seen in years. Sometimes savage, often intensely moving, Kazuo...

"Preston and Child return with the next book in their #1 New York Times bestselling series featuring Special Agent Pendergast"-- "After a harrowing, otherworldly confrontation on the shores of Exmouth, Massachusetts, Special Agent A.X.L. Pendergast is missing, presumed dead. Sick with grief, his ward, Constance, retreats to her chambers beneath the family mansion at 891 Riverside Drive -- only to be taken captive by a shadowy figure from the past....

"A seemingly straightforward private case turns out to be much more complicated--and sinister--than Special Agent A.X.L. Pendergast ever could have anticipated. Pendergast, together with his ward Constance Greene, travels to the quaint seaside village of Exmouth, Massachusetts, to investigate the theft of a priceless wine collection. But inside the wine cellar, they find something considerably more disturbing: a bricked-up niche that once held a crumbling...

When all the treats in Axle City disappear, Officer Blaze and Officer Anna work together to uncover the clues and chase down the Treat Thief. The duo also comes to the rescue when the city faces other problems, like a loose caboose, giant toys, and more! Join Officer Blaze and Officer Anna to save Axle City from mischief!

"An introduction to the six simple machines-the screw, lever, wedge, pulley, inclined plane, and the wheel and axle-and examples of how they are used in real life"--

A collection of stories about some of the music world's most beloved stars and their crimes.

Ready, Set, Robots! Shift gears with Blaze and the Monster Machines in these four high-octane adventures. By transforming into powerfully strong robots, Blaze and his friends are ready to roll out and save Axle City from a runaway train, an overflowing glue factory, and an erupting volcano! Plus, team up with the robot riders as they race against asteroids, dinos, and a giant runaway meatball!