Teacher Created Materials 9798330929948 Pub Date: 9/29/2026 $10.99 Trade Paperback 32 Pages Full-color Carton Qty: 140 Ages 5 to 11, Grades 1 to 5 Juvenile Nonfiction / Places JNF038100 Series: Remarkable Landmarks Related Products Ebooks 9798330935406 9798330932740 9798330931781 Our Great Lakes Dona Herweck Rice Key Selling Points Explores one of the world's most important freshwater systems and its real-world impact Connects geography to daily life through water, ecosystems, and communities Highlights environmental awareness and shared responsibility Builds understanding of how regions change over time Engages readers with strong visual and informational text features Discover the Great Lakes! Learn how they formed and how they shape communities, culture, and ecosystems. Summary Discover the Great Lakes and how they connect people and places—and why that matters for the future. In Our Great Lakes, children discover the history, importance, and beauty of the world’s largest group of freshwater lakes. Clear explanations and stunning photographs help kids see how the Great Lakes formed, what makes them unique, and how they support ecosystems, provide drinking water, and connect states and nations. Along the way, kids build early social studies and geography skills as they investigate how the Great Lakes region has changed over time—and why protecting freshwater resources is a shared responsibility. Our Great Lakes: Connects geography to culture, communities, and natural resources Engages children with striking photos and approachable nonfiction text features Explores how the Great Lakes and surrounding regions have changed over time From drinking water and ecosystems to trade, travel, and conservation, the Great Lakes are a remarkable landmark and an essential natural resource. The Remarkable Landmarks series helps children connect places to the stories and ideas that shaped the United States. Each book asks a question that invites children to explore a famous landmark as young geographers and historians. With vivid photographs, kid-friendly explanations, and prompts that spark discussion, the series is perfect for curious kids who love learning through real places. Contributor Bio Dona Herweck Rice is the prolific author of books, stories, and poems for children of all ages. She’s written hundreds of books and more on just about every topic under the sun, from acrobats to zucchini and everything in between. She has also written award- winning books and curriculums for educators, especially on the subjects of writing and language arts. In fact, her first publications were a series for teachers on how to teach writing in the classroom. She spearheaded the development of Write TIME for Kids, which earned the Golden Lamp award for curriculum from the Association of American Publishers. Her writing is featured heavily in such acclaimed series as Focused Phonics, Untold Stories, Fiction Readers, Nonfiction Readers, Learn and Create, and more. Dona’s best-selling children’s title with more than 13,000 copies is How Plants Grow, and her most recent titles include dozens of books for the Exploration Storytime series, two titles in the Curious Me!™ board book series, and Ride with Rampage in partnership with the Los Angeles Rams. When Dona visits classrooms to talk about being an author, the most requested titles include History’s Mysteries, Bad Guys and Gals of the Wild West, and Oh, Rats!––the latter being one of Dona’s particular favorites. TCM FSP Shell and CUB 2026 Titles
