Cooper, J. David 1942- Explore / [electronic resource] At head of title: Houghton Mifflin. / senior authors, J. David Cooper, John J. Pikulski ; authors, Kathryn H. Au ... [et al.] ; consultants, Dolores Malcolm ... [et al.].. — Boston, Mass. : : Houghton Mifflin,, c1996.. — 651 p. : : col. ill. ; 29 cm. - Invitations to literacy.
Introductory selection: A package for Mrs. Jewls. Fiction by Louis Sachar from "Wayside school is falling down" -- Journey to adventure: Hold on tight! You're about to take a ... journey to adventure! -- In the wild: How can people best preserve the wild world? -- Try to see it my way: Look at the world through another's eyes, You'll be surprised by what you see -- Catastrophe: When you least expect it, disaster strikes, The result ... CATASTROPHE -- From the prairie to the sea: Live the drama of the nineteenth-century American West -- Do you believe this: Do people really act this way? Do places really look like this? You'd better believe it -- Glossary.