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Dealing with Addiction discusses several forms of addiction, from dependency on drugs and alcohol to the overuse of things such as social media and smartphones. The series explores the science behind addiction, how it affects people’s lives, and how treatment can help. Each book includes a graphic that presents key information visually, source notes, and resources to aid in further research.
This detailed and insightful series will provide readers with a thorough understanding of diseases and disorders that affect many young people, and it is also an invaluable source of information for people who live with the conditions. Dealing with Disease and Disorders explains debilitating conditions experienced by many people. The series provides detailed scientific information, from causes and symptoms to treatments and cutting-edge research. It also explores what life is like day-to-day for people who live with disease and disorders and the coping strategies that help them.
Dealing with Mental Disorders examines several mental disorders, discusses how they are diagnosed, and looks at what scientists know about their causes. The books also show how the disorders affect people's everyday lives and present information about the latest and most effective treatment options. Each book includes a graphic that presents key information visually, source notes, and resources to aid in further research.
There is much Juana is going to miss as she moves from Mexico to New York, but nothing more than her abuelo. Through letters to her grandfather, Juana details her flight, her new apartment, and her first days of school where everyone speaks a language she barely understands. When Juana makes her first friend, though, things begin to change.
Dear Mama's Loving Arms is a touching story about the importance of a mother's embrace and the joy it brings to children, told from the witty perspective of a child. This book is a reminder to all mothers to stop and enjoy the bond we share with our children even when it is most challenging, like those days where all the baby wants is to be held. Despite longing for Dear Mama's embrace, Baby learns to defeat the big, bad daily nap time separation by joining Dear Mama in adventurous safari dreams inspired by Baby's stuffed giraffe pal, Raffie.
Now that Professor Whale has retired, he writes many letters to "You Whoever You Are Who Lives on the Other Side of the Horizon." Seal and Pelican are busy delivering the letters and Penguin is now teaching. Although he is happy his friends are doing so well, Whale wants a special friend; someone who will call him just Whale instead of "Professor.
Spend a day at a water hole on the African grasslands. From dawn to nightfall, see giraffes gulp, wildebeests graze, vultures squabble, and elephants wallow. Irene Latham's poems are accompanied by additional facts about the animals and their environment.
What happens to bodies after death? Nature's army of death eaters steps in to take care of clean up. This high-interest science text dives into the science behind how bodies decompose.
New York, December 8, 1980: The announcement shocked the world. Beatles founder and legendary musician John Lennon had been murdered in front of his New York home. With no warning, a lone gunman opened fire, shooting Lennon in the back just as Lennon returned from a recording session with his wife, Yoko Ono. Husband, father of two, cultural icon, and hero to millions, Lennon was dead. Around the globe, people mourned the loss of a man who had stood for peace, a man who had given so much joy to the world through his gift of music. No one had seen it comingàexcept one man?Mark David Chapman, Lennon's assassin. What drove this former Beatles fan to commit such a terrible act? Follow the lives of both Lennon and Chapman, learn about the political and cultural settings in which both grew up, and trace step by excruciating step the final moments of John Lennon's life.