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Surviving Terror: True Teen Stories from Around the World  

Worldwide, there are more than ten thousand terrorist attacks per year, resulting in death, injury, and destruction. However, the voices of those affected are often lost in a swirl of statistics. This compelling series places teens' stories at the fore through primary sources and accounts from young people who have suffered at the hands of organizations like ISIS, Boko Haram, al-Shabaab, and drug cartels. Teens' stories of the recruitment efforts of those groups also explain how terrorism spreads. Each book details the rise of a prominent terror group and contextualizes that group's impact, explaining how their activity directly contributes to creating refugee populations. The series promotes empathy toward those affected and provides a greater understanding of terrorism and relevant current events.

Surviving the Hindenburg

On May 6, 1937, the giant German airship the Hindenburg was destroyed by fire as it attempted to land at Lakehurst Naval Base in New Jersey. Of the 93 people on board, a remarkable 62 survived, including Werner Franz, the ship’s 14-year-old cabin boy. In Surviving the Hindenburg, writer Larry Verstraete recounts young Werner’s story of the airship’s final voyage. Through Werner’s memories young readers will explore the inner workings of the giant airship, marvel at the breathtaking vistas from its observation windows, and hold their breath during Werner’s terrifying escape from the fiery devastation. “My mind didn’t start working again until I was on the ground,” Werner said later. “Then I started running.” Captured in detailed, dramatic artwork, the story of the doomed airship comes alive for readers and history buffs of all ages.

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

Swap-a-Word! Fun with Sound-Alike Words

A must-have reference book for every classroom! This unique, game-like homophone book takes a visually imaginative look at the many sound-alike words in English. Readers will pour over each illustration as they guess the humorous ""related"" image on the next page. Backmatter encourages readers to extend the learning and fun!

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.