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In this delightful series for early readers, diners line up outside Chef Kate's restaurant every day to see what’s on the menu. They are never disappointed. Chef Kate always cooks up something to suit the weather or a special event. Every book also includes a page for caregivers and teachers that suggests guiding questions to help aid in reading comprehension. Downloadable Teacher's Guide available.
After the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear explosion, scientists believed radiation would make the area a barren wasteland. Today the Dead Zoneáis teeming with wildlife. But every plant and animal is radioactive, leaving scientists wondering how their survival is possible.
Raf Hernandez knows Megan is odd from the moment she walks into his mom's pet supply store asking for a tarantula. But there's one thing you can count on in Chicagoland: Weird things happen several times a day.
Five little chicks must jump up five little steps to get to where a delicious treat awaits them. What happens when one little chick keeps falling down? Peep, peep, plop!
With the sun up and grass warm, a barnyard chicken is optimistic that it will be a comfortable day for a nap. However, forces keep conspiring against her--until it becomes a bad day for someone else.
Children in conflict zones experience life-threatening situations and witness violence. They are killed or injured; some are forced to fight; many are orphaned. This important series helps show the significant ways in which conflicts shape and change children's lives, impacting their families, their physical and mental health, and their futures. Extension questions encourage readers to think critically, make connections, and reflect. Perspectives boxes feature people affected by conflict. Each book highlights efforts by organizations to protect and aid children trapped in conflicts, along with suggestions on ways to support their work. Free downloadable Teacher's Notes.
While many books retell history by describing what life was like for adults, this series explores the past through the eyes of a child. Each title focuses on an exciting time in world history, with fascinating details about family life, school, games, pets, and much more. Interesting and varied activities (including recipes, crafts, and word-writing and numerals in foreign languages) help reinforce learning; a time line, and websites are included.
Children in History explores eight major periods in history through the stories of children that lived them. Complete with true accounts of real children from the past, the books in this eye-opening set illustrate what it was like to live during times of war, revolution, and social and economic change.
Footprints on cave floors. Fingerprints on clay pots. A tiny horse made from lead. These are all clues about the lives of kids long ago. Archaeologist Lois Miner Huey pieces together these clues to show readers how children's lives differed throughout time. She examines cave-roaming kids in Western Europe in 18,000 BCE; hunter-gatherer kids in Europe in 6,000 BCE; Iroquois kids in North America in 1,000 CE; colonial kids in Jamestown, Virginia, in the early 1600s; and free African American kids in Fort Mose, Florida, in the mid-1700s.
Introducing the literary world to characters like the Cat in the Hat and Charlie Brown was noteworthy. Authors dream of having their stories read and appreciated. This series explores the lives of famous children’s storytellers and the mark they’ve made on many.