If you can’t get away this summer, let books take you there. Enjoy these 11 books (plus a bonus for fun) equipped with Teacher Resources* which include outside links to further the experience of your virtual vacation. Use these in conjunction with Google Earth to continue traveling the world when you have to stay close to home.

Hello Ocean by Pam Munoz Ryan (Grades P-3, Level N)

Celia Cruz, Queen of Salsa by Veronica Chambers (Grades K-3, Level M)

Step into the Rainforest by Howard Rice (Grades 1-3, Level K, Lexile 690)

Mackinac Bridge: The Story of the Five-Mile Poem by Gloria Whelan (Grades 1-4)

The Great Wall of China by Leonard Everett Fisher (Grades 1-4, Level Q, Lexile 600)

The Top of the World: Climbing Mt. Everest by Steve Jenkins (Grades 2-5, Level R, Lexile 890)

Ancient Rome and Pompeii: A Nonfiction Companion to ‘Vacation under the Volcano’ by Mary Pope Osborne (Grades 2-5, Level S, Lexile 750)

Egypt: The People by Arlene Moscovitch (Grades 3-6, Level U, Lexile 930)

Wonders of the World (Grades 4-8)

Machu Picchu: The Story of the Amazing Incas and Their City in the Clouds by Elizabeth Mann (Grades 6-8, Level T, Lexile 600)

The Building of Manhattan by Donald A. MacKay (Grades 6-9, Lexile 1240)

Bonus: Our home base, The Gateway Arch by Lisa Bullard (Grades K-2, Level N, Lexile 620)

*To learn more or find additional titles with Teacher Resources , visit www.booksource.com.