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No Steps Behind: Beate Sirota Gordon¢s Battle for Women¢s Rights in Japan

Discover the unlikely story of Beate Sirota Gordon, a young woman who grew up in Japan and returned as a translator working for the American military after WWII. Fluent in Japanese language and culture, she was assigned to work with the delegation writing the new post-war constitution. Thanks to her bravery in speaking up for the women of Japan, the new constitution ended up including equal rights for all women.

No Way!

This series is all about unusual things that most kids—and adults—have probably never heard of. The books take an incredulous (can you believe that?) approach to wacky topics from around the world. Brief, engaging text is accompanied by both photographs and original illustrations in this entertaining series.

No Year of the Cat

Nonfiction Collection

Students soak up knowledge of the real world and truly master language when reading nonfiction. Reading nonfiction requires more factual knowledge beyond fiction’s simple truths of love, hate, passion, and remorse.

Nonfiction: Writing for Fact and Argument

Nonfiction writing is an invaluable means of sharing information, enabling writers to enlighten their readers (or listeners) with facts or persuade them with arguments. This gracefully illustrated series, written in a conversational style and featuring numerous illustrative text excerpts, provides an insightful introduction to the foundations of nonfiction, from research to structure to style. Each title also examines the early history of the featured form and recommends accessible writing activ

Nonfiction: Writing for Fact and Argument  

Nonfiction writing is an invaluable means of sharing information, enabling writers to enlighten their readers (or listeners) with facts or persuade them with arguments. This gracefully illustrated series, written in a conversational style and featuring numerous illustrative text excerpts, provides an insightful introduction to the foundations of nonfiction, from research to structure to style. Each title also examines the early history of the featured form and recommends accessible writing activ

North American Indian Nations

Explore the history, culture, and modern-day lifestyles of American Indians living in ten regions of North America. Readers will evaluate the similarities and differences between the Indian nations living in each region and make connections to how geography affected their past and present.

Notations of Cooper Cameron, The

After the death of his beloved grandfather, eleven-year-old Cooper Cameron invents rituals to cope with his grief and his fear that something else bad will happen to his loved ones. His OCD behaviour seems crazy to everyone else, but to Cooper it makes perfect sense—his rituals are protecting his family from harm and even possible death. Then his behaviour begins to tear apart his parents' marriage. Armed with a notebook in which he records his observations of the world around him, Cooper sets o

Nutcracker (reissue)

The classic holiday tale of a child and her loyal Nutcracker is here displayed in its entirety, in a reissued edition of the original text paired with illustrations by Italian artist Roberto Innocenti.

Nutcracker Comes to America, The: How Three Ballet-Loving Brothers Created a Holiday Tradition

Meet Willam, Harold, and Lew Christensen, three small-town Utah boys who caught the ballet bug in the early 1900s. They performed on vaudeville and took part in the New York City dance scene. Russian immigrants shared the story of The Nutcracker with them, and during World War II, they staged their own Christmastime production in San Francisco. It was America's first full-length version and the beginning of a delightful holiday tradition.