Enslow Salutes National Book Month

May is National Book Month. How is your library, school, or home celebrating this event?

The simplest, most direct way to salute National Book Month is to read books. Young readers, in particular, should be encouraged to enjoy the pleasure and adventure books deliver. You could start emerging readers with Enslow's Pre-K books that feature Guided Reading Levels A-D and exciting full-color photographs. Enslow's elementary titles provide children with a wide range of engaging informational texts, as well as new sports fiction books.  Our traditional strength in middle school and high school books remains a reliable Enslow constant. Our reluctant reader titles and popular celebrity biographies, such as our Robert Pattinson title, continue to draw consistent interest for classroom library paperback collections and public library offerings.

For more information about National Book Month, visit the National Book Foundation's website. Of course, you're welcome to share in the comments box below how your school, library, or household is celebrating National Book Month!

Look What's In the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum Library!

Enslow is excited to find out that Black Sabbath: Pioneers of Heavy Metal by Brian Aberback from our Rebels of Rock series can be found in Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum library.

Library ISN: 978-0-7660-3379-5
Library and School Price: $23.95
List Price: $31.93
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-59845-212-9
Paperback Price: $9.95

Black Sabbath, the band that created heavy-metal music, could not envision making rock history when the band formed in Birmingham, England, in the late 1960s. Back then, the poor and working-class young men of Black Sabbath were hoping to simply make a living playing music so that they could escape a life confined to boring factory work. Black Sabbath’s journey from Birmingham to the big time is a remarkable story of highs and lows, of fallout and reconciliation. Their music and their aggressive, rebellious nature have inspired and influenced countless bands in a number of rock genres, from hard rock and heavy metal to punk to rap.

Johnny Depp Doesn't Dance

Johnny Depp, along with Michelle Pfeiffer, and Chloe Grace Moretz, appeared on the Ellen Show yesterday to talk about their experience making their new movie, "Dark Shadows" that opens in theaters this Friday.  Johnny also revealed his fear of dancing. You can watch the video here.

To learn more about Johnny Depp, check out our Johnny Depp: Movie Megastar biography from our Hot Celebrity Biographies series.

Library Edition ISBN: 978-0-7660-3567-6
School & Library Price: $17.95
Paperback ISBN: ISBN 978-0-7660-3631-4
Paperback Price: $7.95

It's National Teacher Day

It's National Teacher Day and many communities are honoring their educators. If you're a teacher tell us how you are being honored or if you're a parent tell us how you are honoring your child's teacher.

ISBN: 978-0-7660-4045-8
PreK–1
24 pp.
School & Library Price: $15.95

Enslow's new title coming out this fall, Teachers Help Us, lets beginning readers explore what a teacher does while helping young readers learn to recognize simple words as they are reinforced with supporting color photos. This is just one of eight titles in our new All About Community Helpers series that will be available this fall. Reserve your copy today!

London Olympics Will Be Swan Song for Michael Phelps' Swim Career

Michael Phelps, arguably the greatest swimmer in American sports history, has announced that the 2012 London Olympics will be his final competitive venue. The story, as reported by CNN, notes that Phelps has re-committed himself to the arduous training typically required of medal-level Olympic athletes. For American aspirations for Olympic gold, Phelps' entry is a promising omen. He has won 16 Olympic medals over the years, fourteen of which were gold medals.

Young readers can learn more about Phelps' interesting life story in Enslow Publishers' biography of the swimmer. Author David Torsiello's Guided Reading Level "S" work explores highlights of Phelps' career as well as his background growing up in suburban Baltimore, Maryland. This 48-page book, part of Enslow's "Hot Celebrity Biographies" series, is available in paperback for $7.95 (a free dowloadable teacher's guide is also available for this book.) The book may also be purchased in a library-bound edition for $17.95. That price, available to schools and public libraries, represents a 25% discount from Enslow's list price for the library-bound edition.