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Divided by season, this beautifully illustrated and informative book series provides a resource of inspiration for families, designed to spark children's imagination and free-thinking. While all crafts and activities are designed to be carried out outside, these are interspersed with factual pages about forest flora and fauna, which can be enjoyed at home or used as a field guide while out and about. With activities for all seasons, outdoor exploration can be enjoyed twelve months of the year and there is always with something new to see and learn about. A visually stunning book series of outdoor activities and crafts aiming to reconnect children to nature and the outdoors.

In Forest Feelings, readers follow along as forest creatures experience and learn to understand and cope with a big or difficult emotion. With a focus on social and emotional learning (SEL), these storybooks illustrate what each emotion looks and feels like and how the forest creatures experiencing them learn to understand and process their feelings right alongside their peers. Tightly controlled vocabulary and bright, fun illustrations that match the storylines enhance self and social awareness.

Let's dig deep into the forest and see what we can find! From the tallest trees to the tiniest mushrooms and everything in between, this series is a fun and informative introduction to exploring nature. Each book is filled with colourful illustrations and photographs and teachers readers what to look and listen for in the forest.

Trees are essential. They provide water, shelter, and food for millions of plant and animal species, including humans. They deliver proven health benefits, and they capture and store carbon, which combats climate change. Yet trees are in trouble. Forests are struggling to adapt to climate change, and deforestation is a major threat. Recently, researchers and citizen scientists made the surprising revelation that trees communicate with each other through an underground system of soil fungi and other methods. Complex social networks help trees survive and thrive by transferring resources to each other, sending defense signals, communicating with their kin, and more. Meet the tree scientists and learn more of their fascinating discoveries.

A young grouse packs a precious cargo of seeds for her migratory journey, only to find an unexpected home in another land while she awaits the coming of another spring.

When a skeleton's head rolled off a dirt pile, all work came to a halt at a construction project in upstate New York. Archaeologists began excavating and found thirteen skeletons. Further investigation revealed that the bones were those of eighteenth-century African American slaves who had worked at the nearby Schuyler farm. Find out what these skeletons tell us about slavery and daily life long ago.

The crystal compass predicts a turning point when Reann, a seventeen-year-old servant, will take control of her fate, and Terith, a fearless dragon rider, will determine the fate of his people.

Some young people grow up under extremely challenging circumstances and their peers know little about their lives or the difficulties they must overcome. The Forgotten Youth series introduces young readers to foster youth, homeless youth, undocumented immigrant youth, and others who struggle to find their place in society. Each volume presents a vivid picture of what these youth experience day in and day outùtheir hopes, their fears, their triumphs and challenges. Details of daily life, quotes, anecdotes, and context are woven throughout the books to present a powerful, real-world look at the lives of these vulnerable young people.

Historical perspective on the republics that once made up the Soviet Union and the choices and challenges that have shaped where they are today is the focus of The Former Soviet Union: Then and Now. All books in the series examine important political, economic, and cultural events during the Soviet period and since the Soviet Union’s collapse. Challenges that lie ahead are also explored.

Historical perspective on the republics that once made up the Soviet Union and the choices and challenges that have shaped where they are today is the focus of The Former Soviet Union: Then and Now. All books in the series examine important political, economic, and cultural events during the Soviet period and since the Soviet Union’s collapse. Challenges that lie ahead are also explored.