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Weapons of War

These engaging titles provide readers with a comprehensive overview of the weapons used in military combat around the world. Each title begins with a discussion of the featured weapon, its importance and use in battles, and how this has changed over time. This section is followed by almanac-style entries that highlight featured models of this weapon through history, including specifications and performance statistics, and contributions in battle.

Weather and Climate

This series explains how weather and weather forecasting works, explores different weather and climate phenomena and examines how people live with weather and climate in their regions.

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Weekend and Zay

Best friends Weekend and Zay seem like opposites. While Zay loves going to school, Weekend would rather stay home and play video games. So when Zay ropes Weekend into a Lego Math & Writing Camp, Weekend is furious. Next thing he knows, heÎs going to school on a Saturday, helping kids build with Legos, and avoiding Zay at all costs. But as the day goes on, Weekend learns that camp isnÎt so bad after all, especially with the right partner.

Weird & Wonderful Science

The ultimate lab series for kids! With this series and a few easy-to-find tools and ingredients, budding scientists will be able to make slime, launch rockets and hovercraft, perform magic (it's science!), solve crimes, become a secret agent, and more. Each of the experiments features safety precautions, materials needed, step-by-step instructions with illustrations, fun facts, and ways to further children's explorations. At once engaging, encouraging, and inspiring, the Weird & Wonderful Scienc

Welcome to British North America (Coast 2 Coast 2 Coast)  

Canada's colonial history is rich with conflict and progress. Welcome to British North America offers a wide-ranging look at life in Upper Canada after it was settled by the British. Readers will learn how the British colonies were established and governed and see what life was like for both settlers and Indigenous Peoples between 1713 and 1850.

Welcome to New France (Coast 2 Coast 2 Coast)  

The colonial era is a fascinating and much studied era in Canadian history. Welcome to New France will offer a comprehensive look at life in New France. Readers will learn how the colonies were explored and settled, and what life was like in the time period spanning from the early 1500s into the nineteenth century.

Wendy and Willow (Crabtree Leaves)  

Wendy is a girl, and Willow isÉwell, a witch. When the pair first meet, it's not love at first sight. Each one does not want to share their room with the other. Will these two ever find a way to get along? These first chapter books share stories of understanding and friendship. Notes to caregivers and teachers provide question prompts to encourage reader comprehension and extension. Downloadable TeacherÎs Guide available.

Were Native Americans the Victims of Genocide?

European destiny in the Americas came at the expense of the Native peoples. On this point, most knowledgeable people would agree. Where there is disagreement is in determining the intent of the white Europeans who sought to make the Americas their new home. The question of intent, still contentious today, is the focus of the book Were Native Americans the Victims of Genocide?

Westward Expansion: America's Push to the Pacific

In 1890, barely a century after the United States of America's founding, the Census Bureau declared the American frontier closed. This series chronicles the causes and effects of the young country's rapid westward expansion, examining its positive outcomes, such as improved transportation and communication methods, as well as its devastating impact on Native Americans and other negative consequences of this mass migration. Readers will grasp the full picture of this era and how it contributed to