Explora Texas (Explore Texas)

Texas is home to some of our country's most populous cities, but before major development came to Texas it was a wild frontier with just a few tiny settlements. Readers will enjoy reading about Texas's most important cities and how they grew into the major metropolises they are today.

Plains, deserts, mountains, and water cover the great state of Texas, giving it one of our country's most unique geographical landscapes. This book teaches students how Texas's geography contributed to settling the state. Standard-driven content is made accessible by age-appropriate text and engaging images.

Texas is the birthplace of some extraordinary people. This book covers some of them, such as Melinda Gates, astronaut Shannon Walker, and Bessie Coleman, the first African American female pilot. Age-appropriate text teaches readers about this state's most important movers and shakers, while historical and contemporary images reinforce the book's key concepts.