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Halloween
Joanna Ponto · Enslow Publishing
Pages: 32 Format: Print book
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Most kids think about candy and costumes when they think about Halloween. Readers of this engaging volume will be excited to learn about the way other cultures celebrate and honor the dead, as well as their differing customs. They can round off their learning by making witch finger treats... |
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Buddhism
Katy Brennan · Britannica Educational Pub
Pages: 32 Format: Library Binding
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Built around the teachings of the Buddha, who lived in modern-day Nepal about 2,500 years ago, Buddhism is one of the world's largest and oldest spiritual traditions. In addition to its adherents in southern, central, and eastern Asia, today Buddhism has many followers in the Western... |
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Jurassic World Special Edition Junior Novelization
David Lewman · Random House Books for Young Readers; Special edition
Format: Hardcover
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Jurassic World is the long-awaited next installment of the groundbreaking Jurassic Park series. T. rex's, velociraptors, triceratops - as well as some all-new dinosaurs - will roar across the screen in this epic action-adventure directed by Colin Trevorrow starring Chris Pratt, Bryce... |
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Satellites
David Baker · Weigl
Format: Library Binding
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This series examines the history and science of space exploration. It also delves into the careers and technological advancements associated with this exciting field of study. |
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Creating with Laser Cutters and Engravers
Mary-Lane Kamberg · Rosen Central
Pages: 64 Format: Library Binding
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This text provides readers with an exploratory lens into the general world of the Fab Lab with an in-depth focus on two specific types of machinery: laser cutters and engravers. These machines give users the unique opportunity to create through the removal of material from its source. Included... |
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Freedom of Speech, the Press, and Religion: The First Amendment
John Rokutani · Enslow Pub Inc
Pages: 48 Format: Paperback
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The Bill of Rights is one of the most influential documents in American history. These ten amendments safeguard the basic rights that every American has. The First Amendment protects Americans right to speak freely, assemble peacefully, and practice their own religions, and for journalists... |
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Big Cats
Katie Marsico · Scholastic
Pages: 48 Format: Print book
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From snow leopards to tigers, almost all of the worlds big cat species are in danger of dying out. These fierce predators live all over the world in many different habitats and play an important role in their local ecosystems. Readers will discover how human activities are harming the cats... |
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The Polar Bear Explorers' Club
Alex Bell · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 320 Format: Hardcover
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A precocious young girl is determined to prove herself as an explorer in the first novel in the whimsical Polar Bear Explorers' Club series.Stella Starflake Pearl knows, without a doubt, that she was born to be an adventurer. It's too bad girls are forbidden from becoming explorers. But Stella's... |
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No More Poems!: A Book in Verse That Just Gets Worse
Rhett Miller · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 48 Format: Hardcover
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Acclaimed singer-songwriter Rhett Miller teams up with Caldecott Medalist and bestselling artist Dan Santat in a riotous collection of irreverent poems for modern families. In the tradition of Shel Silverstein, these poems bring a fresh new twist to the classic dilemmas of childhood as well... |
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Paintball Problems
Jake Maddox · Capstone Stone Arch Books
Pages: 64 Format: Library Binding
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Max is excited for the end of the school year -- not only will he get a break from Alex, the school bully, but he'll also get to spend the summer playing paintball. But when Alex joins the paintball league too, things go from bad to worse. The bully has Max firmly in his sights, and Max has to find... |
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Flights and Chimes and Mysterious Times
Emma Trevayne · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 307 Format: Paperback
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A boy discovers a mysterious mechanical world he may never escape in this steampunk fantasy that's "a thrill a minute" (Kirkus Reviews) , set in nineteenth-century England.Ten-year-old Jack Foster has stepped through a doorway and into quite a different London.Londinium is a smoky,... |
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Vietnam War, The
Steven Otfinoski · Children's Press
Pages: 144 Format: Print book
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In the 1960s, as part of an effort to stop the spread of Communism, the United States entered into a conflict in the country of Vietnam. Though it was meant to be a fairly small operation, it soon turned into a long and costly war. Readers will learn about the motivations of U.S. and Vietnamese... |
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Cincinnati Reds
K. C. Kelley · Childs World Inc
Pages: 32 Format: Library Binding
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Go back to baseball's beginnings to watch the Cincinnati Reds take on Major League Baseball's best. Meet the top players, read stories of past and present, and check out all the key stats. Root, root, root for the home team as you become a Reds expert! Additional features include a table... |
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Circuitry and Electronics
Anastasia Suen · Rourke Educational Media
Pages: 32 Format: Hardcover
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Make your own electronic devices. Turn on a light with pencil lead, run a clock with potatoes, experiment with play dough power, make touchscreen gloves, and transform a shoe box into a lamp. Who knew circuits could be so much fun? |
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Salvador Dali
Mike Venezia · Childrens Pr; Revised edition
Format: Print book
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These books are without a doubt the definitive - and most entertaining - biographies of artists for young readers. Author/artist Mike Venezia provides hilarious, cartoon-style illustrations to complement his easy-to-read text and full-color reproductions of the masters' artwork. These... |
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