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Suspended

This series looks at how and why teenagers get into trouble. Dramatic, diverse, and empathetic, these titles are geared toward reluctant readers. Each book follows a character at a different urban high school, building to an incident that provokes a suspension from school and then revealing how the experience changes the character. The books also examine social issues including bullying, racial harassment, coming out of the closet, and academic cheating. Suspension titles cover big topics and the inner lives of teens without losing their high-low appeal.

Sustainability

This beautifully illustrated series of 40 readers covers sustainability foundation ideas and concepts. It is ideal for early childhood science lessons using readers to cover some of these topics. It treats the importance of the human environment and moves to the energy use in maintaining this environment. It looks at lifestyle and the choices made to reduce carbon usage and improve well-being in the process. The series was produced as a foundation set of readers to be used in classrooms as guided readers or take-home readers treating the importance of sustainability for humans on this planet.

Sustaining Our Environment

Swallows Swirl

"Down the hill I run, rain-booted and sweater-free. And all around me, swallows swirl." One child's year is punctuated by the life cycle of the swallows roosting in the eaves of the shed. She watches as they build nests and teach their young to snap up bugs, zipping through the air in loop-the-loops. Winter comes and she imagines their journey south, towards warmer, longer days. And when the swallows return? She greets them open armed as friends. This is a joyful celebration of seasons and life cycles, a lyrical ode to the wonders of nature around us.

Swan Song

Contains poems about the world's extinct animals

Swashbuckling Scoundrels: Pirates in Fact and Fiction

Since ancient times, real-world pirates have committed robbery on the high seas. This book examines pirates through history--from ancient accounts of pirates controlling the Mediterranean to modern-day reports from Somalia and Malaysia. Readers meet famous leaders, such as Blackbeard and Captain Kidd, as well as lesser known figures, such as the female pirates Grace O'Malley of Ireland and Ching Shih of China. After getting to know these real-life characters, readers will discover pirates through literature, stage, movies, TV shows, cartoons, and video games. This exploration helps readers separate pirate fact from pirate folklore and better understand what motivates real-life acts of piracy in the modern world.

Sweet Child Born In California

Sweet Child Born in California is the second book in the educational series that is teaching kids across the country about their home states © and teaching others what makes each state worth a visit! Packed with state facts and history, this book beams with pride for the Golden State.

Sweet Dreams, Sarah

Sarah E. Goode was one of the first African-American women to get a US patent. Working in her husband's furniture store, she recognized a need for a multi-use bed and through hard work, ingenuity, and determination, invented her unique cupboard bed. She built more than a piece of furniture. She built a life far away from slavery, a life where her sweet dreams could come true.

Sweet Laba Congee

Yan'er is excited to help her grandmother prepare Laba congee for the Laba congee festival. It's a lot of work-organizing, cleaning, and preparing the ingredients, then cooking it on a wood-burning stove. It smells so good, even a puppy can't resist the aroma. Then Yan'er must carry some of the Laba congee to share with men and women in the village. And after she finally fills her own belly, Yan'er discovers that leftover Laba congee has other uses too.

Sweet Life

Get a taste of the Sweet Life with a series that oozes fun flavours. Each title features a real-life confectionary, ice cream parlour, cookie shop, or cupcakery that has taken a bite out of the world of desserts. Readers will discover the history of their sugary sweets, learn how they’re made, and then get the chance to make their own! Sweet Life is a series that will have kids coming back for seconds.