Simple text and photographs introduce learning young readers to how pencils are made. Includes a photo glossary and critical thinking questions and a note for teachers and caregivers.

A lonely pencil timidly draws a boy, a dog, and other items but soon faces a problem as his creations begin demanding changes, and when he draws an eraser to make them happy, the real trouble begins.

Simple text and color photographs introduce young learners to how pencils are made. Includes a word list and an index.

"Often overlooked, tucked into a drawer or stuffed into a case, the pencil is a tool whose simplicity belies its usefulness and indeed, as a work of design and technology that endures around the globe, its greatness"--

A fussy eraser tries to keep the pages perfectly clean despite the scribbles of a mischievous pencil.

"Before a product ever reaches store shelves, it first has to be made. Learn about the steps of production to making pencils."--Amazon.

Extends a history of the pencil and offers single-page descriptions and photographs of iconic models.

Simple text and photographs take readers through step by step the process of how pencils are made. Includes a glossary.

We aired our complaints and wrote a letter just to be clear. We had some grievances for the students to hear.

Twelve-year-old Ava finds an old pencil in her family's junk drawer and discovers, during a math test, that it will answer factual questions, so she and her best friend Sophie have a great time--and Ava grows in self-confidence--until the pencil reveals a truth about her family that Ava would rather not know.