Laura Driscoll

"I Want to Be an Engineer is part of a I Can Read series that introduces young readers to important community helpers. This Level One I Can Read is perfect for children learning to sound out words and sentences. Whether shared at home or in a classroom, the short sentences, familiar words, and simple concepts of Level One books support success for children eager to start reading on their own. For anyone looking for books about community helpers for...

Garden-talent fairy Lily invents a new kind of flower that she names the panglory, and while the blooms start out as she expects, they soon lose their color, along with all of the other plants in Pixie Hollow.

Explains what a pilot is, the different types of pilots, and how they help the community.

Dora and her friend Boots decorate eggs for their families and friends.

Splat is excited to visit an ice cream factory on a field trip, but when things go awry, it is up to him and his classmates to save the day. Splat can barely sit still during the bus ride. He's imagining the mountain of ice cream he thinks he'll get to eat! But when Splat gets there, that mountain becomes more of an avalanche. It's up to Splat and his classmates to save the day!

Explains what a veterinarian is and what their responsibilities are, including helping animals who are sick or hurt.

This accessible behind-the-scenes look at being a scientist takes beginning readers on a research boat to the North Pole where they can discover what type of scientist they want to be.

During Fire Safety Day, twin siblings who both want to be firefighters learn all about different types of firefighters, from those who fight forest fires to those who work at airports to help with airplane emergencies.

With the first-grade bake sale coming up, art-loving Louise and her little brother make cupcakes.

Little penguin has found something. But he's not sure what it possibly cound be. Luckily, penguins are great detectives--and he and his friends are on the case! Will they be able to solve the case?