Non-Fiction
902 reviewed books in this category, each with an age range, reading level, and real ratings — so you can judge fit before you buy.
All Non-Fiction Books
1 2 3 Numbers and Counting
Ruth Owen
Specially created to support early years teaching, this beautiful new words and pictures book is perfect for children learning to read. As young readers turn the pages, they will have lots of opportunities to: practice counting 1 to 20; understand more or less; practice adding and subtracting; solve
10,000 INK STAINS
Genre
This counting book skips cute animals and building blocks entirely and instead counts up through a single visual motif: ink stains, splattered and dripped and smeared across the page, building from o...
100 Years of Children's Book Week Posters
Leonard S. Marcus
Celebrate a century of children's book illustration! For families, art lovers, and history buffs alike, Leonard S. Marcus's visual history tour of 100 years of children's book illustration gathers in one glorious volume the posters of the annual Children's Book Week! Featuring work from early lumina
101 Books to Read Before You Grow Up (Revised Edition)
Bianca Schulze
Discover new books, document your favorites, learn fun facts about books and authors, and develop a lifelong reading habit. 101 Books to Read Before You Grow Up (Revised Edition) is the ultimate reading guide for kids ages 4 to 12+, packed with 101 kid-friendly book recommendations and interactive f
107 DAYS
the urgency of the book’s title. If not entirely sanguine about the future, she maintains a clear\u002Deyed view of the damage already done: “Perhaps so much damage that we will have to re\u002Dcreate our government…something leaner, swifter, and much more efficient.”"
The number in the title is the whole premise: 107 days is how long this true account says its subject survived alone in the wilderness, and the book spends its length making that number feel less lik...
1942
side or clashed—often, both. With the exception of continental Europe, most action was overseas, with over 1 million men at sea. One sixth of the American population was mobilized, and in addition to producing munitions, battleships (one per week), and bombers, they changed the sheer speed and scale of warfare. The enormous shipyards in Richmond, California, drew migrants from the South, and with them, the lingering heritage of Jim Crow. Recruits needed dental care and education. Literacy rates were surprisingly low. “The war effort nationalized America’s race problem,” writes Fritzsche, a University of Illinois historian. The Japanese invasion of Singapore led to the collapse of Burma and added fuel to the “quit India” campaign. The British Empire, home to a quarter of the world’s population, began to seem contingent rather than inevitable. Fritzsche tells of the effects of war in South Africa, the Philippines, and China. Along with India, China suffered famine as a result of prioritizing military rather than civilian provisioning. Back in Europe, those beneath the bombings were left homeless and destitute. Jews were evicted and deported. Mass labor shortages pressed occupied territories into slave labor, promoting increased resistance. Migration becomes the main thesis of the book. Certainties and political structures crumble, Fritzsche argues, when everyone is from somewhere else."
Fritzsche, a University of Illinois historian, uses the title year as a lens on how total war reshaped the entire world at once, not just the battlefields most WWII books focus on. The book moves con...
2024
default.” In a chapter titled “Sleepwalking,” they write, “Joe Biden decided to run for reelection by not deciding. He told aides: I’m running until I tell you I’m not. And he never told them he wasn’t.” Staffers didn’t want to look disloyal by suggesting he reconsider, “so no one ever said anything.” Later, one\u002Dtime Obama staffers, worried about Biden’s chances, “looked for a diplomatic way to offer free assistance” on “specific projects.” Biden’s team promised to be in touch, but the collaboration never happened. After Biden’s disastrous debate performance, Ron Klain, his former chief of staff, vented about Biden’s apparent lack of urgency: “I have no fucking clue why he’s going to Camp David this weekend” instead of “working the phones” to reassure nervous Democrats. The reporters’ sources close to Vice President Kamala Harris, who became the nominee after Biden left the race, describe similar frustrations with her campaign’s sluggish decision\u002Dmaking and failure to challenge allegations made by Donald Trump. The authors find little new to write about Trump, retelling how criminal indictments and assassination attempts worked to his advantage and describing his staunchest supporters’ belief that God is looking out for him. But this is an excusable shortcoming in a substantive effort that’s ideal for readers reluctant to read multiple books on the subject."
This ambitious work attempts to capture the zeitgeist of our current year, offering a sprawling, novelistic look at the anxieties and triumphs that define the modern era. The narrative weaves togethe...
58% TOO FAR
the dark side of the Anunnaki, which includes a loss of individuality, minimal emotion, “a policy of compulsory euthanasia at 840 years,” and a pernicious slow dementia known as “Quantum Psychosis.” Zadie finds herself abandoned by her dementia\u002Dstricken hosts in one of the prehistoric zoos. Noordermeer’s impressive debut is mind\u002Dexpanding anthropological SF that conveys wisdom and persuasive arguments via an Alice\u002Din\u002DAwe\u002Dand\u002DWonder\u002DLand setup and such dubious conceits as talking abominable snowmen. The science (more genetics and sociobiology than physics) is not too intimidating, the issues carry weight without relying on cackling techno\u002Dtyrants or villainous robots, and the characters are appealing, even those whose personalities have all but thinned to biological\u002Dcomputer level. While a long stretch of the narrative involves a series of lab\u002Dbound experiments (but what experiments!), the author manages to keep things moving forward. The conceit of a modern researcher set amid primordial beings should appeal to fans of Michael Bishop’s No Enemy but Time (1982)."
This mind-expanding anthropological science fiction debut plunges a modern researcher into a prehistoric zoo managed by the Anunnaki, ancient beings whose advanced society is plagued by compulsory eu...
8 UNIVERSAL LAWS
Genre
Eight universal principles, cause and effect, energy, interconnectedness among them, get laid out here for teen readers who are starting to ask bigger questions about how the world actually works. Ea...
A BITE OF PEPPER
Genre
This picture book offers a spicy take on trying new foods, following a young protagonist's reluctant encounter with an unfamiliar vegetable. The narrative cleverly uses sensory language to explore th...
A BITTER WIND
RAF intelligence officer Jean Conan Doyle, a daughter of Sherlock Holmes’ creator, who helps Billy in his investigation, as well as a cameo appearance by an American B\u002D24 pilot, South Dakota’s own George McGovern."
A BITTER WIND delivers a powerful coming-of-age narrative that explores the complex terrain of teenage identity and resilience against formidable challenges. This young adult novel masterfully captur...
A Caldecott Celebration
Leonard S. Marcus
Commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Caldecott Medal, a noted children's book historian profiles past and present winners of this prestigious illustration award, including Robert McCloskey, Marcia Brown, and Maurice Sendak.
A Child's First Bedtime Prayers
Dandi Daley Mackall
What could be better than a heart-to-heart talk with Jesus? A Child's First Bedtime Prayers draws little ones into cozy bedtime talks with Jesus and he answers them back! Each of the 25 prayer conversations focus on a different topic and includes both prayers for little ones to pray along with answe
A Child's Introduction to Greek Mythology
Heather Alexander
Presents an introduction to Greek mythology, discussing the roles of gods and goddesses, as well as the adventures of heroes and mythical beings.
A CLAN CHIEF'S DAUGHTER
Genre
Since I was young, I've dreamed of running. I can hear the pounding of my steps on the forest floor. I'm being chased. It's right behind me. But I've always been safe in the care of my coven, the witches who are my sisters and mother. I have always been told the rules, and I've obeyed. Stay on the p
A Complete eBook of Puzzles & Seating Arrangement (Second English Edition)
Adda247 Publications
ADDA 247 has been consistently working to make the word “SUCCESS” a true companion to all the banking aspirants. As the year 2020 has just marked its presence, we are delighted to announce that ADDA 247 is launching – “A Complete eeBook of Puzzles & Seating Arrangement” Second Edition. Puzzles are a
A Cursed Age
sinking his ship, she crashed into the depths of the sea. In those murky waters, Gwenifer made a deal (“She had sworn an oath to something sinister, and instead of departing this world, she had been spared”). But Ryland was affected, too: He was cursed with immortality. Plagued by the witch’s machinations, he is now stuck in the West Indies, unable to escape by sea. So imagine Ryland’s good fortune when he happens upon an airship stranded in a cove. Helping the crew combat some pirates intent on stealing the airship, Ryland earns enough goodwill with the captain to secure passage on the craft. Traveling by air instead of by sea means that he can avoid the witch’s storms that have kept him trapped in the West Indies. And maybe, he can finally get his revenge on the woman who sentenced him to this wretched life and has haunted the seas for the last century (“I’ll find you, witch, he thought, feeling his jaw clench. Be ready”). Ryland is prepared for his immortality to end, but the airship’s crew, especially the beautiful, young female engineer, Emmeline Whittock, will make this decision his toughest one yet. In this riveting book, Dunnewin delivers richly developed characters in a tale of adventure, love, and loss. The crew of the airship is small, but the mates have distinct personalities that make them a captivating bunch. Still, Ryland, a reformed pirate, is the true star of the story, and is likely to steal readers’ hearts. This complex, well\u002Ddrawn character is the type of morally gray hero that will stick with the audience long after the vivid novel has ended."
Liam Anderson is 11 years old. His brother Lars was two years older than him but Lars fell into a coma on his thirteenth birthday and on the thirteenth day after, he died. The parents and friends try to find out what caused it and during that search discover that it is a 2,000-year-old curse. Unfort
A Dangerous Plan
Jerry B. Jenkins
In one shocking moment millions around the globe disappear. Those left behind face an uncertain future-especially four kids who now find themselves alone.
A DARK AND DEADLY JOURNEY
the duo’s nonstop banter as they ricochet from one Portuguese destination to the next. One might almost forget the wartime backdrop were it not for the occasional reference to Nazis and Hitler. Unraveling the mysteries is far less important than enjoying the duo’s badinage. Meanwhile, an ominous figure whose identity is never discovered looms over all. This, and Kelly’s cliffhanger ending, indicate more adventures to come."
This gripping survival thriller plunges readers into a treacherous wilderness expedition where a group of teens must navigate both the unforgiving landscape and the dangerous secrets among them. The ...
A DIFFERENT KIND OF TENSION
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This compelling exploration of modern adolescence captures the unique pressures facing today's youth with remarkable authenticity and emotional depth. The narrative follows a young protagonist naviga...
A FLOWER TRAVELED IN MY BLOOD
Jorge Rafael Videla in 1976 forever reset the country’s history. Under Videla’s direction, a violent military junta kidnapped, tortured, and murdered thousands of Argentines (by some estimates as many as 30,000 who were deemed “subversives”). Centering the saga of the Roisinblits and their matriarch Rosa, journalist Gilliland, in her first book, approaches this brutal period through the eyes of the Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo, a scrappy, courageous group of mothers of desaparecidos who had infants or were pregnant when they were disappeared. Over decades of instability that followed the junta’s rule, the Abuelas were at the forefront of calls for accountability and justice, anchoring their grief in the search for grandchildren who had been born in detention centers and adopted—appropriated—by new families, often with connections to Videla’s government. The author conveys the complicated, heart\u002Dwrenching fullness of her characters’ individual stories and shades their backdrop with compulsively readable history of geopolitical tension and the emerging DNA science that fueled the Abuelas’ fight. Gilliland’s work, exhaustively and compassionately researched, offers a crucial counterbalance to the dark legacy of Argentina’s desaparecidos, injecting the light of a model resistance movement that lay the groundwork for future international human rights investigations. Her humility and respect for the fraught journeys her subjects made toward each other and for the vital questions their journeys raised—about power, identity, family, and collective memory and healing—ensure the text will resonate for generations the world over."
Poetry, not prose, is the form here, built around questions of heritage and identity — where a teenager's roots come from and how much of that shapes who they're becoming. Ages 12 to 18 is the listed...
A GENTLE EMPIRE
a sort of powerful urge.”) Despite these flaws, Boas has crafted an involving, atmospheric coming\u002Dof\u002Dage story. Through extensive and effusive description, he makes the Gallipoli campaign feel far more real than the one encountered in history books."
A Gentle Empire is a historical coming-of-age novel set during a period of imperial expansion, following the child of a colonial administrator who forms an unlikely friendship with a local youth on t...
A Girl from Yamhill
Beverly Cleary
Told in her own words, A Girl from Yamhill is Newbery Medal–winning author Beverly Cleary’s heartfelt and relatable memoir—now with a beautifully redesigned cover! Generations of children have read Beverly Cleary’s books. From Ramona Quimby to Henry Huggins, Ralph S. Mouse to Ellen Tebbits, she has
A GIRL WALKS INTO THE FOREST
magical beings, the yiliksii, or “cursed children of the forest.” She’s accompanied by her brother and his wife, but when a beast attacks them in the forest, clawing Valla’s face and destroying the beauty the Count expects, she falls gravely ill, hovering near death. When she wakes from her fever, she meets with unexpected kindness from Ermo, her betrothed’s brother, that stands in stark contrast to the heartlessness of the Count himself. Both the man and his castle are nothing like she imagined: They’re dark, desolate, and steeped in cruelty. Joined in the castle only by the Count’s sister, Yulnia\u003B sinister physician Kiril, who’s Yulnia’s confidant\u003B a handful of servants\u003B and an unimaginable, foreboding presence, Valla begins to unravel the castle’s mysteries. As she does, something stirs within her, calling her to violence and awakening with every secret she uncovers. Well\u002Dcrafted and deeply unsettling, this folktale\u002Dinfluenced horror novel will captivate fans of the genre, but it’s not for the faint of heart. Valla’s character is richly developed, her transformation from a helpless sacrifice to something far more formidable unfolding with haunting intensity. Main characters are cued white."
A teenage girl confronts both the tangible wilderness and the emotional thicket of grief in this poignant novel that explores loss, family secrets, and the painful journey toward self-discovery. When...
A Guide for Using the Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 in the Classroom
Debra Housel
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A Guide for Using The Whipping Boy in the Classroom
Jayne Merriman Yount
Includes sample lesson plans, pre- and post-reading activities, a biographical sketch of the author, book summary, vocabulary list and suggested vocabulary activities, book report ideas, research ideas, a culminating activity, options for unit tests, bibliography, and answer key.
A Guide to Chinese Literature
Wilt Idema
Selected for Choice's list of Outstanding Academic Books for 1997. A comprehensive overview of China's 3,000 years of literary history, from its beginnings to the present day. After an introductory section discussing the concept of literature and other features of traditional Chinese society crucial
A Hot Planet Needs Cool Kids
Julie Hall
Ages 9 years & over. Children, parents, and teachers will find the very latest information about the causes and effects of climate change, how people are working to reduce it, and ways children and their families and schools can join the fight. The book teaches and inspires through clear and accessi
A LAND SO WIDE
a queen who was \u0022intrigued by the idea of a new world, a new continent to see, to explore, to feast upon. She had an insatiable hunger for more.\u0022 Unfortunately, Greer’s story and the background information on Mistaken take so long to tell that once the violence and battles for the souls of humans versus demons begin, it’s difficult to remember that at one point the novel centered on the cruel inequality women in early colonial societies faced. Instead, the action turns to teeth, talons, and turncoats, with an intriguing but strangely unsatisfying strand about how evil came to the shores of a land so bounteous and yet unexplored."
This sweeping historical adventure plunges readers into the heart of the 19th-century American frontier, capturing the immense scale and raw challenge of westward expansion. The narrative follows a y...
A Lawyer's Guide to Healing
Don Carroll
A Lawyers Guide to Healing
A LIGHT IN THE NORTHERN SEA
Genre
The setting does a lot of the heavy lifting here: a lighthouse on a stretch of the North Sea known for wrecking ships, and an apprentice keeper whose job is equal parts tedious vigil and genuine dang...
A MURDER MOST FOWL
the time Seth, a lawyer with no interest in the food truck, gets his sister sprung from jail, she’s met the hunky police officer she dubs Officer Pretty Boy (to the amusement of his fellow cops). What’s more, an email informs Beth that she’s been selected to compete in The Food Truck Showdown, a popular Cooking Channel show with a $50,000 prize. Bringing along Seth and her assistant, Rylie, who usually wears the chicken costume, she arrives at the rented warehouse where the show’s being filmed and meets the other contestants, who include Benji, and the show’s host, famous chef Bobbi Taylor. The first challenge is marked by disappearing ingredients and a threatening note that seems aimed at Benji. When Benji’s found dead, the showrunners suggest that he’s had a heart attack, but the police are suspicious—and since everyone knows that Beth despised him, she’s their favored suspect. More threatening notes arrive. And there’s definitely something fishy about the showrunners. You’d think that with all those camera crews, there’d be video, but the ancient system at the rental is glitchy, leaving Beth to team up with Rylie and Seth to prove her innocence."
This cleverly titled mystery serves up a delightful blend of suspense and humor, perfect for young readers who crave a good whodunit without the grimness of adult crime fiction. The story centers on ...
A MURDEROUS BUSINESS
several friends, including Shiloh, a magician’s assistant with housebreaking skills who takes up with Margot. After breaking into Mrs. Gilroy’s home, they find a safe deposit key that will lead to the truth."
This gripping thriller plunges readers into the high-stakes world of corporate espionage where ambition turns deadly, following a young intern who uncovers a conspiracy that reaches the highest level...
A NOBLE MADNESS
a desire for wealth, knowledge, prestige, and, not least, order, collectors have amassed objects such as artworks, scientific specimens, religious relics, books, and gems. Delbourgo traverses time and place to portray collectors’ roles: In premodern China, a collector was seen as a person of superior sophistication\u003B in Korea, collecting was a path to attaining status. Some artifacts—religious relics, for example, or African art—have been sought for their spiritual or magical power. Romantics saw collecting as an expression of one’s inner self, an idea that persists, even as collecting has been associated with colonialism, looting, and profit. Collecting, Delbourgo asserts, also has been associated with mental illness. Fictional collectors, such as Oscar Wilde’s Dorian Gray, behave maniacally\u003B Freud diagnosed the urge to collect as an expression of suppressed neuroses. Art collectors have been depicted variously as gloomy, gothic recluses, as figures associated with danger and unabated passion, and as libertines, while naturalists—Charles Darwin, Alfred Russel Wallace, and Alexander von Humboldt, to name a few—are more likely celebrated for their dogged pursuit of scientific specimens. Delbourgo casts a wide net to offer biographies of collectors such as Rudolf II, a Holy Roman emperor who aspired to assemble the world in miniature\u003B Marie Antoinette, known as the “trinket queen”\u003B Alfred Kinsey, who collected data about sex\u003B and female collectors, notably, Gertrude Stein, Mabel Dodge Luhan, and Peggy Guggenheim, motivated by a pursuit of beauty and “nourishment of the soul.” In 2013, the American Psychiatric Association included hoarding disorder in its updated manual. As Delbourgo amply reveals, however, the distinction between the ardent collector and the pathological hoarder is hardly clear."
This powerful exploration of mental health and family dynamics follows a teenager grappling with her mother's bipolar disorder while navigating the treacherous waters of high school social hierarchie...
A Parent's Guide to Thanksgiving
Axis
As joyous as the holiday is supposed to be, it can also be stressful, painful, or pressure-filled. This guide looks at the Thanksgiving heritage to help families experience true gratitude this year. Parent Guides are your one-stop shop for biblical guidance on teen culture, trends, and struggles. In
A Parent's Guide to the Best Kids' Comics
Scott Robins
"Children are made readers on the laps of their parents." --Author Emilie Buchwald Filled with beautifully illustrated reviews and a wealth of recommendations, A Parent's Guide to the Best Kids' Comics lovingly and thoughtfully reveals a world of graphic novels sure to capture the imagination and cu
A Parent/Teacher Guide to Children's Books on Peace and Tolerance
Bob Blumenthal
How do you teach children to value peace and appreciate diversity? One way is to provide them with books with themes that promote these ideas. The Parent / Teacher Guide to Children's Books on Peace and Tolerance offers readers a wide variety of award-winning titles along with annotations and grade
A Practical Guide to Particle Counting for Drinking Water Treatment
John Michael Broadwell
As EPA standards for water quality have tightened in recent years, the need to more accurately assess filter performance and improve the overall treatment process has led to increased demand for the high sensitivity provided by particle counters. One particle counter can give you more data than a do
A REMARKABLE MAN
the incident, merely disgusted by human stupidity,” the author writes of Hida. Petitjean’s short book offers a warm tribute to this “frail figure” whose eyes “gleamed with intelligence and humanity” as he recounted his experiences in Hiroshima. In excerpts from interviews and speeches, Hida offers a rare account of the horrors that he witnessed. “I realized their flesh was decomposing,” Hida says of the bomb’s victims. “Everyone knows the human body decomposes after death, but these people were still alive. None of it made any sense. I overcame my disgust and continued to examine them.” Of the 300 or so doctors in Hiroshima at the time of the bombing, 60 were killed in the blast, and Hida was one of only a couple dozen doctors left with the impossible task of helping more than 100,000 victims. Hida himself suffered from radiation poisoning. “My bones have aged very quickly, and my back’s always been in a terrible state,” he says. He needed surgery at age 61 and had to be hospitalized again at 70. “I will keep fighting,” Hida tells Petitjean. True to his word, he kept traveling throughout Japan—speaking out against the dangers he had seen with his own eyes—until he was nearly 100."
This biography offers an intimate portrait of a truly extraordinary individual whose life story spans continents and careers, chronicling his journey from humble beginnings to international recogniti...
A RESISTANCE OF WITCHES
Genre
Underneath an ordinary-looking modern setting, this one runs a hidden magical war, and the plot kicks into gear when a scattered group of young witches has to get separate covens to work together aga...
A RUIN, GREAT AND FREE
magic. In the refuge called Moon, some of the restless residents are sneaking out to visit neighboring towns, threatening to blow their cover both to the Black Hand and to the Black Hand’s secret monster backers, the Cult of the Zsouvox. Meanwhile, in the universe from Turnbull’s first novel, The Lesson (2019), Patrice Paige uses technology that the alien Ynaa left behind after their disastrous first contact with humanity to increase her political influence and shield the Earth from all future alien encounters, even as the Ynaa known as Mera rebels against her people’s conquest of other planets. But these crises pale against the larger\u002Dscale threat: Both of these universes, and indeed all universes, are threatened by the Zsouvox, a creation of the gods that seeks to devour everything that exists. It’s a lot to take in\u003B as always, Turnbull packs in a ton of plot within a relatively economical number of pages. The advantage of writing in a multiverse is that it allows you to throw in any storyline\u003B whether it makes sense to have added a resolution to The Lesson here is difficult to say. It does share a common theme with the main monsterverse plot, best summed up by that well\u002Dknown aphorism attributed to Spider\u002DMan’s Uncle Ben: With great power comes great responsibility. If you have magic, physical strength, advanced alien tech, and/or immortality, it behooves you to do the right thing\u003B the trick is figuring out what the right thing is. Turnbull settles the more cosmic conflicts and perhaps even some of the personal ones, but leaves the broader social confrontation of prejudice somewhat more open\u002Dended, other than suggesting that while violence can be remarkably effective in quashing opposition on a small scale, it’s not going to solve the larger problem. Given how central anti\u002Dmonster prejudice is to the story, it leaves the Convergence Saga feeling curiously unresolved. But it’s hard to say how Turnbull could have resolved it, and perhaps that nagging feeling is deliberate on his part. Magic might fan the flames of hatred, but people don’t need the devil to do evil."
This sweeping historical novel plunges readers into the heart of a crumbling empire, where political intrigue and personal loyalties collide with the force of an earthquake. The narrative follows a y...
A SILENT TREATMENT
her first husband. Widowed after Vanasco’s father died, her mother was lonely, prompting the move. Now, she complains that she’s still lonely, unhappy living in the basement, and that she feels useless. But when Vanasco finds classes, a volunteer opportunity, and a book club, her mother is dismissive. In probing the history of their mother\u002Ddaughter relationship, Vanasco reveals an unusual complication: Although the author calls herself Jeannie, her birth name is the same as her mother’s—Barbara—causing confusion for doctors, banks, the gym where they both are members—and, it appears, intensifying an interdependence that both women struggle to resist."
This gripping young adult novel explores the devastating impact of silence and emotional neglect within a family, following a teenager who must navigate the complex aftermath of a traumatic event tha...
A SLOWLY DYING CAUSE
Inspector Beatrice Hannaford, with Lynley and Havers not turning up until 120\u002Dodd pages in, and with a handy excuse for heading to Cornwall: Lynley, it turns out, is heir to a crumbling estate there, “the country pile that accompanied the cringe\u002Dworthy title he’d inherited from his father.” The fuzz put their heads together to sort out poor Lobb’s situation, and, as ever, the solution emerges in a perp who’s been there all along but has been overlooked. The book is, also as ever, too long by a quarter, but it’s got plenty of intriguing twists and turns that will leave the reader guessing."
This powerful memoir offers an unflinching look at the realities of activism and social justice work through the eyes of a young person discovering their voice. The narrative captures both the passio...
A Study Guide for J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Gale, Cengage Learning
A Study Guide for J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Literary News For Students.This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and muc
A Study Guide for Lois Lowry's The Giver
Gale, Cengage Learning
A Study Guide for Lois Lowry's "The Giver," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Novels for Students.This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust
A THOUSAND WAYS TO DIE
police and seven times more likely to be shot dead by another civilian with a gun.” Lee traces this pattern to America’s beginnings, when “an uncleavable relationship between the trade of humans and the trade of guns” contributed to the nation’s bloody foundation. After this historical background, Lee moves around the country, describing how Southern gun traffickers illicitly arm Chicagoans despite the state’s stringent gun control laws, fueling the city’s uncontrollable violence. In New Orleans, he notes how, while reporting during Hurricane Katrina, at least one of his white colleagues makes excuses for police shootings aimed at some of the city’s poorest Black residents. In Massachusetts, he interviews a worker at the Smith \u0026amp\u003B Wesson factory who loses his job after publicly questioning the company’s ethics. Throughout these stories, he weaves in his own personal history, recounting how his grandfather’s and stepbrother’s murders left lasting, traumatic impressions on his extended family. Lee’s experience reinforces one of the book’s key messages—that gun violence is both a byproduct and cause of “the systemic, institutional, and structural racism that feeds it.” At best, Lee’s work is empathetic, analytical, and insightful, drawing subtle connections in clean and conversational prose. Some chapters hold together better than others: “(G)un\u002DCivil Rights,” for example, is cohesive, while “Gigglebox” tends to meander. All in all, the book is a provocative and informative read that expertly blends memoir with hard\u002Dhitting reporting. "
Organized as a run of worst-case scenarios, avalanches, shark encounters, buildings coming down, this survival guide uses each disaster as a hook for teaching the actual protocol a person would need ...
A to Z of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals
Nancy Dickmann
Explore the prehistoric world with this striking new book. A bright, contemporary design will engage young children's interest and maintain a fascination with dinosaurs for years to come. Each alphabet entry is accompanied by a short chunk of text, designed to appeal to young readers and encourage t
A TOUR TO DIE FOR
Genre
This whodunit adventure plunges young sleuths into a compelling mystery where amateur detective skills are put to the ultimate test during what should be an ordinary tour. Middle-grade readers will f...
A Year of Seasons
George Pendergast
The cycle of seasons on Earth is as interesting as it is important to the way we all live. From the cold of winter to warm summer days, it’s essential to understand just what’s happening and why we always have the same weather at the same time of the year. Readers will learn what the sun’s rays are
A-B-C Learn Safety with Me! A-B-C Aprender Seguridad Conmigo!
Sharon Blacknall
"The A-B-C Learn Safety With Me! program is an excellent tool to teach young children about safety. Not only does it teach children their alphabet and numbers, they also learn valuable life-saving safety tips." -Jennifer Baker, counselor at the Houston Police Department "It was a delight to have Sha
ABC Coloring Book For Children
Speedy Publishing LLC
Entering school for the first time can be a frightening experience and when a child has knowledge previously instilled at home, it gives them a great advantage. ABC Coloring Books are an excellent way to prepare them for this situation. They not only know the alphabet but their colors as well which
ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING
Genre
Big Bang to present day in 220 pages is an enormous span to cover, and the book manages it by leaning on connections rather than completeness, showing how an empire collapsing on one continent can se...
ACCESS
1880, and “for the next one hundred years, abortion in America remained…underground, secret, stigmatized, and dangerous.” From the moment that Roe v. Wade was passed in 1973, anti\u002Dabortion activists organized to overturn it, helped along by politicians in gerrymandered districts who used “majorities and supermajorities to pass abortion restrictions at an alarming pace and volume.” On the other side, Grant writes, activist groups have long organized to protect choice. In the wake of Dobbs, the battle for access to abortion has heated up—often illegally, in the case of states such as Texas that have banned the importation of abortion pills or travel to other states to obtain the medical procedure. Grant profiles activists at various stages of the battle, from first\u002Dgeneration feminists who linked access to abortion to the struggle for women’s liberation generally to modern\u002Dday advocates who, among other strategies, have internationalized the ability to obtain pills for “self\u002Dmanaged abortion,” creating a sort of “underground for the post\u002DDobbs world.” The battle is multifaceted and requires the commitment of a range of activists and allies—who, Grant allows, are sometimes given to fighting among themselves—especially as certain states enact more restrictive laws even to the point of bans. On which note, Grant writes, “Abortion bans have never and will never stop people from ending pregnancies\u003B what they do is force people to resort to unsafe methods to end them.” Her narrative makes clear that the battle for access continues apace to advance the cause for choice against “the notion that a government can dictate if, when, or how its citizens manage pregnancy.”"
This gripping young adult thriller plunges readers into a high-stakes world of digital espionage and corporate secrets, following a tech-savvy protagonist who uncovers a dangerous conspiracy after ha...
ACCOMPLICE TO THE VILLAIN
Genre
The core joke of this fantasy adventure is right there in the setup: a clever young woman ends up working for the villain she should be running from. The book gets real mileage out of that contradict...
Activity
Ruth Merttens
Provides details of the activities outlined on the Teacher Card. Differentiated activities are provided, from paired and group work, to whole class investigations. The activities provide an opportunity for further teaching or STA input. Key learning points are identified for each activity.
ADORABLE EMPIRE
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This vibrant counting book transforms early math into a monstrously fun adventure, following a cast of quirky creatures as they build their empire from one friendly monster to ten. Each page introduc...
Adventures in Engineering for Kids
Brett Schilke
Help your kids take charge of the world they want to create by designing inventions and solutions to challenges faced in the imaginary City X, the first human settlement on another planet. *2021 AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books in Hands-On Science Longlist* *2021 EUREKA! Nonfic
AEGOLIUS CREEK
departures into descriptions of nature, the prose is often beautiful: “The house with its tin roof and clapboard siding, dirty and decaying, is the remnant of a dream, an embodiment of one man’s struggle to find a place in the world, a tiny corner of the great globe he could once and forever call his own.”"
This middle-grade mystery plunges readers into the eerie, rain-soaked woods surrounding a forgotten town, where two siblings uncover a generations-old secret tied to a local legend. The atmospheric s...
AFTER HAPPILY EVER
true love. In this novel, the author imagines past that point, catching up with Neve (Snow White), Bry (Sleeping Beauty), and Della (Cinderella) when they are middle\u002Daged. On the surface, their lives seem like a dream, with a serene, unchanging kingdom, marriages to princes, and the enviable stability of their royal status. However, cracks soon begin to show: Della struggles with her waning beauty, questioning her worth beyond the physical charms that once defined her. Bry, the ever\u002Dgracious peacekeeper, feels smothered under the weight of pleasing everyone but herself. And Neve, haunted by her stepmother’s attempt on her life, dreads the power and vulnerability that come with the throne (“she had sometimes wondered what it would be like to experience a day or two that didn’t dawn with the reminder of her death”). The sudden passing of the king sends each woman on a transformative journey, revealing the kingdom’s perfection as a fragile facade masking inequality and decay. The novel deftly balances plot and character, offering nuanced portrayals of each princess’ growth. The traumas of their original tales—Neve’s poisoning, Della’s abuse, and Bry’s forced exile—are examined with sensitivity, shaping their struggles and triumphs in compelling ways. While readers will be familiar with the characters’ origin stories, these new threads in their tales create a fresh and engaging narrative to follow. The plot is well paced, with character development offset by action. Each woman’s journey is distinct, with Neve’s confrontation with fear, Della’s pursuit of self\u002Dworth, and Bry’s embrace of authenticity each resonating deeply. In centering older women as powerful, multifaceted protagonists, the story is both feminist and empowering, demonstrating that value and agency do not diminish with age."
This clever anthology of fractured fairy tales offers a fresh perspective on classic stories, exploring what happens long after the traditional "happily ever after" ending. Through a series of interc...
AGAINST THE MACHINE
“a metastasizing machine which is closing in around you, polluting your skies and your woods and your past and your imagination,” the world of nature increasingly replaced by “a left\u002Dbrain paradise, all straight lines and concrete car parks.” One aspect of this destructive machine, by his account, is the steady decline of religion—not in itself necessarily a bad thing, but, given that nature abhors a vacuum, “when a culture built around such a sacred order dies then there will be upheaval at every level of society,” and given the absence of that sacred order, the door is wide open to its replacement by things other than the two that we need, “meaning, and roots.” By Kingsnorth’s lights, the origin of so much of the world’s current crisis is an “ongoing process of mass uprooting,” not just from one’s native place (as with China’s relocation of Tibetans and Uyghurs) but also our cultural uprooting from our traditions and our divorce from nature. Kingsnorth often paints with a brush that may be a few hairs too wide: He condemns science, for instance, as “an ideology posing as a method,” when science is likely the only thing that might rescue the world from the worst consequences of climate change, and his insistent view of cities as doomed and soulless places devoted only to profit too often slides into cant. Still, a little fire and brimstone never hurts an argument against things as they are, and if decrying the “the holy effort to which all human will, skill and energy is now bent: making money” gets a little shrill, his closing invocation of a culture in which “people, place, prayer, the past” are rediscovered resounds nicely."
This gripping dystopian thriller plunges readers into a world where artificial intelligence has seized control, following a group of rebellious teens who uncover the terrifying truth behind their tec...
AGENTS OF CHANGE
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This action-packed middle grade adventure tackles systemic injustice through the eyes of young activists who discover their school's hidden history. When a group of students uncovers a pattern of dis...
ALCHEMISED
any means necessary, the two polar opposites—Helena and Kaine, healer and killer—end up discovering much more as they begin to understand each other through shared trauma. While necromancy is an oft\u002Dtrod subject in fantasy novels, the author gives it a fresh feel—in large part because of their superb worldbuilding coupled with unforgettable imagery throughout: “[The necromancer] lay reclined upon a throne of bodies. Necrothralls, contorted and twisted together, their limbs transmuted and fused into a chair, moving in synchrony, rising and falling as they breathed in tandem, squeezing and releasing around him…[He] extended his decrepit right hand, overlarge with fingers jointed like spider legs.” Another noteworthy element is the complex dynamic between Helena and Kaine. To say that these two characters shared the gamut of intense emotions would be a vast understatement. Readers will come for the fantasy and stay for the romance."
Helena and Kaine start this fantasy romance on opposite sides of each other — one a healer, one a killer — about as wide a gap as two leads can open a book with, and the story spends its considerable...
ALIAS O. HENRY
them.”"
This gripping historical novel explores the mysterious prison years of William Sydney Porter, the man who would become the celebrated short story writer O. Henry. Through meticulous research and vivi...
ALICE, OR THE WILD GIRL
a small, naked, girl of European stock. “Her lips were curled in a snarl and she made a frightened, unintelligible hissing noise,” observes Bird. “Blonde hair, bleached nearly white, hung in thick dirty clumps over the burnt edges of her scalp.” The girl does not speak, but graves elsewhere on the island suggest she is the last of a group of shipwrecked travelers. The ship’s surgeon dismisses the girl as an idiot, but Bird, though not formally educated, can tell she is not. Following the controversial death of another officer, Bird gains control of the girl—who eventually reveals that her name is Alice Kelly—and, following the end of the voyage, turns her into a traveling exhibit, “The Wild Girl of the Pacific.” As Alice confronts her traumatic past and Bird settles into his newfound prominence, both discover that America is a much stranger, harder place than Alice’s desert island. Liska’s prose captures a country that feels equally alien to the reader and to Alice herself: “The stage was just high enough that she could look out and see them all at once, a sea of heads and astonishing hats. When she was not on a stage, most people towered above her\u003B she felt lost in a dark forest of moving figures.” The story largely eschews the sensationalism of Alice’s stage show, unfolding slowly to gradually reveal twin portraits of Americans lost in their second acts. Steeped in loneliness and 19th\u002Dcentury grandeur, the novel is a remarkable meditation on our unlikely migrations through space and time."
This haunting retelling of a classic fairy tale plunges readers into a dark, atmospheric forest where a girl named Alice must navigate a world of strange rules and dangerous bargains. The narrative m...
ALIGNMENT
discussing an extremely relevant topic in 21st\u002Dcentury America: discovering the right work\u002Dlife balance. She suggests that this balance is not only impossible to find, but also illusory—either people are ignoring work\u002Drelated things they should be doing, or they’re neglecting their lives in favor of their jobs, particularly when their occupations involve helping others. But “having work that is of service to the world,” Keller Wood writes, “does not require a life of monastic self\u002Dsacrifice.” The way she proposes to avoid these kinds of problems is to abandon the idea of balance and instead concentrate on “alignment.” The key to this concept is the trick of seeing life as a mosaic whose innumerable little pieces will realign themselves in response to changes in employment, family, health, and other factors. Each piece supports the others and gives the mosaic long\u002Dterm durability. Drawing on her experience in the Montessori school of teaching, Keller Wood stresses this flexibility and the “interleaving” (“resting from one kind of work” and switching to another) that’s characteristic of the educational method. The author asks readers: “If your body is weary from physical work, is there a more abstract problem you could puzzle over?” Keller Wood never avoids the “hard truth” that all the pieces of the mosaic she describes are temporary. Nonetheless, she writes with grace and genuine enthusiasm about her conviction that her readers can overcome the situation where “we have a lot on our plate, but we’re feeling less connected to the meaning behind it” and discover personal alignments that will improve their lives. Her lively book is full of vivid narrative examples drawn from her own life and the experiences of others as well as helpful writing exercises and “reflection questions” designed to make her less of a teacher and more of a Montessori\u002Dstyle “guide.” Teachers at all levels will consider the book useful, and harried, overworked readers will find it a welcome call to slow down and take stock."
This timely guide tackles the modern struggle of juggling career demands with personal fulfillment, offering a revolutionary alternative to the traditional work-life balance model. Drawing from Monte...
All about Me
National Geographic Kids
Brief text and illustrations teach facts about the head, torso, back, arm, and leg.--
All About Thailand
Elaine Russell
All About Thailand is a new Thai book for kids ages 8 to 12 which brings you on an incredible journey to exotic Thailand. Thailand is a place where a modern culture thrives in one of the world's most ancient countries. Your guides in this adventure are two Thai children: Mali is a 9-year-old girl fr
ALL CONSUMING
Tandoh"
Tandoh writes this memoir from inside the experience rather than looking back at a safe distance, which means the book does not organize disordered eating into a tidy cause-and-effect story. Food, id...
All New Crafts for Valentine's Day
Kathy Ross
Of all the holidays, Valentine’s Day is the one that most calls for a do-it-yourself approach. Kids traditionally get out the scissors and glue and work some creative magic with red construction paper and lace doilies. But Valentine’s Day crafts can go far beyond the handmade card. Here Kathy Ross,
ALL THAT DIES IN APRIL
the village healer, Octavia, makes up her mind to follow the mountain streams in the direction they flow, hoping to come to the sea. Relicario is stunned by Lina’s absence and soon decides to follow her. Accompanied by a wise donkey named Jumento and the bones of his mother and father—all of his family he could fit in the cart—Relicario begins a long, arduous journey, guessing Lina’s course at every turn, while his wife forges on before him, entering into worlds and ways of living that Relicario cannot begin to imagine. Meanwhile, a series of coincidences conspires to create a reunion no one in the Ramos\u002DCruz clan could have anticipated, all as the destructive torrents of April begin their seasonal scouring of the land. Spare and yet echoing with voices, Travacio’s English\u002Dlanguage debut captures the haunting cycles of death and displacement but also of life, joy, and the succor of community in a place where “families come together and break apart…as easily as storm clouds in the sky.”"
Every April, someone in this town dies, and that single, dread-soaked fact drives this YA thriller from its opening pages. The book leans on atmosphere over jump-scares — grief, buried secrets, and a...
ALL THE WAY TO THE RIVER
then had become a distant second fiddle to the relationship with Rayya), and the two became lovers. There was a good part, and then a very bad part in the months leading up to Rayya’s death in 2018. The book also follows the story of Gilbert’s subsequent recovery from sex and love addiction through devoted adherence to a 12\u002Dstep program. Since she does not “have the heart to write out the excruciating details of the binge that I went on” after Rayya died, citing concern for the privacy of others, she focuses instead on the spiritual and emotional progress she has finally been able to achieve, documented in earnest poems and winsome doodles as well as well\u002Dwritten anecdotes. “Readers of my earlier work may remember that I reached nearly this same level of peace and tranquility back when I was in India, in the middle of my Eat Pray Love travels, after months of disciplined prayer, meditation, and retreat.” The difference this time, she says, is that she has the support she needs not to “drive my life off a cliff all over again.”"
This vibrant counting adventure takes young readers on a journey from one to ten, following a diverse group of children as they explore the wonders of a winding river. Each page introduces a new numb...
ALL THIS COULD BE YOURS
interrogating the “have it all” myth, but twists its way into a thriller by the end."
This powerful family drama unfolds over a single sweltering day in New Orleans, as the formidable Victor Tuchman lies dying in a hospital bed, forcing his estranged adult children to confront the tox...
Alphabet Children Puzzle Book
Charles Harper
This alphabet puzzle book is to help every child in America, and throughout the world, become somebody in life by giving the child an opportunity to increase their skills by improving their vocabulary, by learning new words, and by reading and spelling new words every day. This is the first alphabet
Alyssa's Awesome Book of Puzzles!
Clarity Media
Alyssa's awesome book of puzzles contains a fun collection of 100 different puzzles, including 20 Alyssa themed word search puzzles. Other puzzles include: Sudoku, Find The Word, Mazes, Number Pyramid, Word Finder, Spot The Difference, Dot To Dot. All of our puzzles are printed on very high quality
Am I Bad
Brandy Miller
Am I bad is a children's picture book from the viewpoint of an autistic child. This series will take you into the world of an autistic person's worldview. It is meant to show how they see the world. The series is based on my own son and my illustrations are done by an artist with ASD.
AMANDA
several names in a book where identity is fluid and characters enjoy sexual role\u002Dplay—have not seen each other since Marion left England the year before. Now she has returned and begun a temporary job as a governess. Outwardly competent, she carries on a disturbing internal dialogue about her past—a girlhood in Ireland that ended in abusive sex and violence, her escape to a new identity in Oxford, the ecstasy of her love affair with Jamie—along with her current guilt, regret, and fear of mental illness. The reader is uncertain just how damaged Marion is when Jamie’s narrative takes over. He too is clearly competent in his professional life. The boarding school that was central to Cross’ first and second novels, Wilberforce (2015) and Grievous (2019), plays an ancillary role here\u003B while engrossing, Jamie’s efforts to solve the school’s problems take a backseat to his emotional turmoil. Bedeviled by various forms of guilt about his past, especially during the war, he struggles to connect with his ailing Anglican Bishop father, whom Jamie assumes disapproves of him. Above all, he is baffled by why Marion disappeared from his life and is obsessed with finding her. His optimism about their possible future together initially seems in sharp contrast to her resistance. Is he delusional too? Gradually, though, the separate dark stories of their emotional crises evolve into a love story that verges on romantic comedy, complete with miscues, disguises, and the bishop’s manipulations. Along the way, Cross tackles such small issues as faith, the Easter Rebellion, and British classism. The elliptical style isn’t easy, but it’s worth the effort. That Cross’ voice—some combination of Edna O’Brien, Muriel Spark, and maybe a pinch of Jane Austen—comes from a contemporary American writer is hard to believe."
This compelling coming-of-age novel follows a young woman navigating the turbulent waters of adolescence, family dynamics, and self-discovery in a story that will resonate deeply with teen readers. T...
Amanda and the Lost Time (Polish English Bilingual Children's Book)
Shelley Admont
Polish English Bilingual children's book. Perfect for kids learning English or Polish as their second language. Amanda has a habit of wasting her time. Until something magical happens and she learns to use her time wisely.
Amazing Animal Adventures Around the World
Brian Keating
Silver Birch Award shortlist, 2005 Fifth House is GOING WILD with a new children's nonfiction adventure series. The first of eight books features world-famous zoologist Brian Keating and his travels to experience unique ecosystems and observe animals from pole-to-pole and around the equator. Amazing
AMERICAN MACCABEE
Genre
This gripping historical novel plunges readers into the heart of the American Revolution, following a young Jewish patriot whose family heritage and personal courage become unexpectedly intertwined w...
AMONG THE BURNING FLOWERS
Genre
Perpetual twilight and lethal flora make up the world here, the backdrop for a young protagonist working through a journey that mixes real physical stakes with questions about what a person owes to t...
AMPLITUDES
a violent militia in “Fettle \u0026amp\u003B Sunder.” In Sarah Gailey’s “MoonWife,” a digital medium channels the spirit of a trans man’s late friend, while in Esther Alter’s “The Shabbos Bride,” a Jewish trans woman receives a Shabbos miracle that remolds her entire body. Editor Mandelo has pulled together 22 stories from some of the strongest speculative fiction authors working today. The writing is crisp, clean, and evocative throughout. Every tale opens onto a different vision of the future—some far\u002Dflung, others right around the corner, and each as compelling as the next. Although the mood shifts frequently throughout the anthology—Miller’s tale is easily the most lighthearted, Yoakeim’s the saddest—each story is a poignant, unflinching look at what could be for the LGBTQ+ community. "
This innovative book explores the fascinating world of sound waves and frequencies through engaging, hands-on experiments that make complex physics concepts accessible to young readers. The content b...
An Educator's Guide to Using Minecraft® in the Classroom
Colin Gallagher
Learn how educators are using Minecraft® as a powerful instructional tool to engage students and teach subjects as varied as math and humanities. This book offers ten classroom projects from teachers using Minecraft® to teach math, science, languages, and more. Each project includes learning objecti
AN HEIR OF DARKNESS AND RUIN
Renna’s father, Am\u002DRe, the god of darkness, chaos, and ruin, and despotic ruler of the Vasarys dimension. Eight years ago, Sethos overthrew and killed Am\u002DRe, who’d adopted him, and not only gained his throne, but also some of his powers, which flow through Renna’s veins, as well. When Sethos tells Renna that he intends to avenge his mother and homeland, Renna promises to help. He helps her learn how to wield her powers to their full, lethal potential. Their relationship becomes more intimate, but when he tells Renna about the destruction of Isyos, where Am\u002DRe once ruled, he leaves out a vital detail: The attackers, whom he aims to kill, were the Celestial Gods who had sheltered Renna in Taria—including Khellios, her past\u002Dlife love interest. While Sethos manipulates Renna, Khellios leaves Taria and goes on a quest to find her. Brower’s sequel is a captivating tale of betrayal, vengeance, and love, primarily told through the perspectives of Renna, Sethos, and Khellios\u003B this gives readers a keen and sometimes\u002Ddevastating understanding of each character’s motivations, which they sometimes hide from others. The masterful worldbuilding features well\u002Ddeveloped systems of both magic and governance. Readers may be mildly disappointed that Renna doesn’t have any meaningful interactions with other women, but her journey—during which she learns to accept and control her powers while maintaining a sense of right and wrong—is truly compelling, as is Sethos’ relentless desire for revenge. "
This gripping fantasy novel plunges readers into a world of contested thrones and ancient magic, where a reluctant heir must confront a legacy they never wanted. The story masterfully blends politica...
An Introduction to the Wonderful World of Robotics
Baby Professor
Would you like to know how robots work? Then this book would introduce you to the wonderful world of robotics. Reading about unique topics will help grow your knowledge bank. Along with that, vocabulary and spelling will also improve. So what are you waiting for? Go ahead and secure a copy of this b
AN INTROVERT'S GUIDE TO LIFE AND LOVE
Genre
Navigating the complex social landscape of adolescence can feel particularly daunting for introverted teens, and this guide offers a validating and practical roadmap. The author provides actionable s...
ANGEL EYE
Genre
This gripping supernatural thriller plunges readers into a world where a teenage girl discovers she possesses a unique ability to see angels—and the terrifying demons that wage war in the shadows of ...
Angie Thomas
Keenan Jones
Angie Thomas was a teen rapper before writing the New York Times bestsellers The Hate U Give and On the Come Up. As a child in Jackson, Mississippi, Angie Thomas was surrounded by civil rights history. But instead of the equality her elders had fought for, she grew up amid poverty and gun violence.
Animal All-Stars Collection (National Geographic Kids Readers, Level 1)
National Geographic Kids
Spark your child’s love of reading and help them build key skills with this five-book collection of Level 1 readers featuring kid-favorite animals! Hop along as a tadpole transforms into a frog. Play in the ocean waves with a family of sea otters. Climb trees with koalas, snuggle up for a nap with a
ANIMAL CONTROL
Genre
This gripping thriller plunges readers into the high-stakes world of emergency response, where a specialized animal control unit faces a crisis far more dangerous than any routine call. The narrative...
ANIMAL STORIES
Genre
This collection of animal tales brings the natural world to life through engaging narratives that explore everything from backyard wildlife to exotic creatures. Each story combines vivid animal chara...
Animals in the City (National Geographic Kids Readers, Level 2)
Elizabeth Carney
Discusses the different animals living in the city.
Animals in Young Adult Fiction
Walter Hogan
Of the many themes occurring in young adult literature, one that bears more extensive exploration is the adolescent-animal connection. Although substantial critical commentary has addressed children's animal stories and animals in adult fiction, very few studies have been devoted to adolescent-anima
Ankylosaurus - The Armored Dinosaur
Enrique Fiesta
Table of Contents Introduction Appearance Environment Behavior Conclusion Author Bio Bonus Dinosaur Content Introduction to Dinosaurs Facts about Dinosaurs Dinosaur Extinction Dinosaur Fossils Dinosaur Eggs Dinosaur Names Dinosaur Diet Feathered Dinosaurs Plant Eating Dinosaurs The Weirdest Dinosaur
Ann M. Martin
Marylou Morano Kjelle
When Ann M. Martin was asked to write the first four Baby-sitters Club books in 1985, she had no way of knowing she was about to change the face of children's publishing.
Anxiety and Panic Disorders
Jennifer Lombardo
Everyone experiences anxious feelings in stressful situations, such as before a big test or when giving a speech. However, anxiety disorders are characterized by fear or worry that is disproportionate to the situation and difficult to control. It is sometimes accompanied by panic disorder, which cau
APHMAU
adding a little magic to Aphmau’s birthday cake. Once consumed, the cake transforms Aphmau into a wolf\u002Dgirl. More birthday wishes backfire, cueing video game–inspired hijinks all over town. But can Aphmau right the wrongs in time? The author, a successful online content creator who shares a name with her protagonist, delivers a Minecraft\u002Dinspired graphic novel that successfully brings her brand to a new format. Cacciatore’s adorable, candy\u002Dcolored art incorporates video game conventions like status bars to effortlessly meld mediums. The fast pace and quick cuts are delightfully chaotic, echoing the original YouTube format. Age\u002Dappropriate tween romance elements especially stand out. Character bios provide a helpful entry point to those new to Aphmau’s world. Aphmau has brown skin and purple hair\u003B other cast members vary in skin tone."
This companion guide exists for one reader in particular: the kid who already watches Aphmau's Minecraft-inspired videos and wants more of that world in book form. Rather than trying to hook new view...
Apollo's Deadly Bow and Arrow
Baby Professor
Instead of fairy tales why not introduce mythology to your little ones? Myths are reflective of the collective thoughts of the locals. They feature customs traditions and the belief systems of that time. Even the clothing and weapons illustrated in a mythological story are based on historical facts.
ARCANA
the Arcana, an ancient society of witches based in London that’s tasked with investigating and containing supernatural occurrences. But the Majors, the Arcana’s ruling body, are less than pleased with this development\u003B Eli’s arrival coincides with strange happenings. Determined to get to the bottom of the Majors’ caginess and explain the dark energy stalking them, Eli and James band together with levelheaded trans woman Daphne, library\u002Dloving researcher Grayson, and tarot reader Koko to uncover the truth. Prentice\u002DJones’ illustrations employ a muted color palette of cool blues, olive browns, and burgundies that flow organically into one another, accentuating the clean, uncluttered panels and fluid lines. He also plays effectively with proportion and shape in his character drawings. The cast members, who largely seem to be adults rather than teens, are diverse across many dimensions, including race and body type. This first installment in a new series teases satisfying developments to come."
This gripping fantasy novel plunges readers into a world where magical tarot cards hold immense power, weaving a tale of destiny, danger, and self-discovery. The narrative follows a compelling protag...
Are Dragons Real?
Portia Summers
Delving deep into mythology of dragons from across the globe, this narrative text will inform readers about different cultures and present possible scientific explanations. A glossary strengthens vocabulary, while full-color images and a bright design will keep even the most reluctant readers intere
ARTICULATE
hearing. "
This innovative guide to communication skills offers young people practical strategies for expressing themselves clearly and confidently in various social situations. The book covers essential techni...