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Would your students like to have a green thumb? This series shows young readers how they can grow popular crops in their own backyard or even in a container! Using a simplified, step-by-step approach, students will learn that gardening is an easy and fun way to produce tasty, healthy food. A gardening calendar, recipe, and glossary, veggie fun facts, and more are included in each volume.
Books in the Growing Character series teaches young readers about strong character and important values. This book is intended to help build a foundation for students to develop into morally responsible, compassionate citizens and, with examples, show them how to make the choices that will let them grow into people of character. All books in the 21st Century Junior Library encourage readers to think critically and creatively, and use their problem-solving skills. Book includes table of contents, sidebars, glossary, index, activities, and author biography.
Organic foods, sustainable agriculture, free-range farming, eating localùwhat do these terms mean? And how are these concepts influencing the way people farm, shop, cook, and eat? Readers will evaluate four "green" agricultural food movements, learn how the movements started, and compare the benefits and challenges of following these practices.
Being modern and quirky, but being down to earth with smart advice, these books offer readers the direction they need to survive the several challenges that come with “growing up.” Like a best friend, as well as a secret resource, these books help children with the difficult but familiar issues of adolescence.
Young Children love a story they can interact with. These books are perfect for read-a-louds and one on one reading. This series supports a child’s feelings about growing up.
Growing Up Around the World series presents a vivid and realistic picture of how kids grow up in different countries. Do they spend hours on social media? Do they share a house with many family members or just a few? Do they go to college? Do they get caught up with drugs and alcohol? Where do they go when they go out with friends? Firsthand accounts, facts, and other insights help provide readers with an understanding of other cultures. Every book includes an overview of the country along with discussion of home and family, education and work, social life, and more.
This heartwarming true story chronicles what happened after a mother gorilla failed to bond with her baby at Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo. Dedicated zoo staff intervened and helped little Yola connect with her family group.
Everyone knows that little sisters can be an-noy-ing! So when Ravi gets annoyed with Ruby and breaks her toy car in a rage, everyone goes to bed upset. Ravi wakes up the next morning with a bright red grumpy hat stuck fast on his head! And he can't get rid of it, no matter how hard he tries . . . . Ravi learns how to swap his grumpy hat for happy socks in this uplifting story about siblings, family life, and controlling bad moods.
Young children are natural problem solvers and always looking for answers, especially when it involves animals. The Guess What series provides young curious readers with striking visual clues and simply written hints. Using the photos and text, readers rely on visual literacy skills, reading, and reasoning as they solve the animal mystery. Clearly written facts give readers a deeper understanding of each animal.
In late 2019, health officials noticed a new disease spreading in Wuhan, China. They named it COVID-19. Within a few months, it became a pandemic that dramatically changed life for nearly everyone on Earth. Millions of people became sick, and hundreds of thousands died. Leaders ordered whole countries to stay home to slow the disease’s spread. Companies closed or went out of business. Meanwhile, health-care workers on the front lines saved lives and raced to find treatments. In the Core Library Guide to COVID-19, readers will learn about the disease, how it spread across the globe, and the ways it has changed society.