In this whimsically-drawn and thoughtfully-told story, children learn what it means to be global by visiting the pyramids, eating sushi, celebrating Kwanzaa, and learning how to say “hello” in Swahili. The book is a conversation starter for parents and educators to teach children about the goodness in exploring, appreciating, and respecting other children's traditions, religions, and values the world over.
Introducing Ripley Twists - a new high impact series which offers an enticing alternative to run-of-the mill junior reference books. This series will delight every inquisitive child with its mix of clear core factual information and Ripley's stories and images about the weird and wacky in our world today.
The human body is an amazing creation. A collection of bones, blood, and other vital bits, your body is just incredible. There's so much going on inside your head and under your skin--things you know about like doing your homework and eating your meals, and things you don't even have to think about, like breathing, bending, and going to the toilet.
This book will take you on a guided tour of the things that make you tick. Get to grips with how your muscles work, take a look inside an eyeball, and think about your brain and everything it does on a daily basis.
Each page will open your eyes to the fantastic things going on in the human body, with special Ripley's fascinating facts and amazing "Believe It or Not!" stories from around the world. What are you waiting for? Get stuck in!
Introducing Ripley Twists - a new high impact series which offers an enticing alternative to run-of-the mill junior reference books.
This series will delight every inquisitive child with its mix of clear core factual information and Ripley's stories and images about the weird and wacky in our world today.
Introducing Ripley Twists - a series to delight every inquisitive child with its mix of clear core factual information and Ripley's stories and images about the weird and wacky in our world today.
Space is fascinating, and huge, and complicated. It's full of thing you can see, like stars, and satellites, and the Sun. It's even more full of things you can't see, like black holes, and wormholes, and dark energy. Scientists have spent lifetimes trying to make sense of what's out there. How big is the Universe? How did it all begin? Where will it all end?
This book shows you some of space's best bits: shuttles and space stations, planets and probes, meteorites and moons, asteroids and astronauts. Every page is packed with out-of-this world info, with special Ripley's fascinating facts and amazing "Believe It or Not!" stories. Are you ready to read on? 5-4-3-2-1...
Ripley Twists is a new high impact series which offers an enticing alternative to run-of-the mill junior reference books.
What would you do if an orphaned day-old Canada gosling appeared on your doorstep? That was the dilemma for Carol Muzik and her husband, Nick, as they set out to try and find the little gosling its real family and home. Unsuccessful, they decided to keep the little gosling safe until that day happened. When weeks turned into months they realized the little gosling they named Lucy had become a part of their family. They even had to teach her to fly! Raising Lucy is based on the true story of raising an orphaned Canada goose to its successful return to the wild.
Help children cope with range of emotions following a parent’s cancer diagnosis.
Unfortunately, many young children today are dealing with their parents’ diagnoses and battles with lifethreatening illnesses. In Let My Colors Out, a young child is dealing with his mom’s diagnosis and treatment of cancer. He experiences a range of emotions—scared, sad, jealous, feeling fine, denial, anger—that together form a rainbow of hope through this critical time.
This fully illustrated board book (concluding with a clever pop-up of balloons) can be a useful tool for parents, teachers, and counselors who deal with children ages 4-8. It will help children realize that they are not alone and that other people have felt the same things they are feeling.
This book can open up channels of communication between parents and their children, giving children not only understanding, but also assurance that they can share their feelings.
Did you know Americans generate nearly 250 million tons of trash each year? Or that it takes hundreds of years for a polystyrene cup to decompose? Mankind's negative impact on Mother Earth is tremendous and daily bad news can make it feel overwhelming.
But all is not lost! S is for Save the Planet: A How-to-Be-Green Alphabet details the many environmental issues we face and then suggests easy-to-take actions that anyone can do.
From the particulars of vermicomposting and xeriscaping, to the three R's of responsible waste management, young readers learn how they can be a force of nature in protecting the earth for generations to come.
At one time rainforests covered about 14% of the earth's surface; now they're reduced to just 6%. As home to some of the most diverse plant and animal species ever known, this decline has grave implications for both man and animal kingdoms. A is for Anaconda: A Rainforest Alphabet explores the world's rainforests as it explains their important role and showcases their wonders.
Nature writer Anthony Fredericks gives an A-Z tour of the many facets and fascinating facts of these tropical environments. Exotic inhabitants including the basilisk lizard and kinkajou are highlighted, along with explanations of forest structure such as understory and canopy.
In A is for Anaconda young readers will meet the many endangered plant and animal species, understand the progression of a food web, and appreciate why the rainforest has been called the "world's medicine chest."
Almost everyone has heard of the Nobel Prize, a collection of prizes awarded for accomplishments in science, medicine, literature, and peace. But few people know about the man who established the award and for whom it is named, Alfred Nobel.
Alfred Nobel was born in Sweden in 1833. A quick and curious mind, combined with a love of science and chemistry, drove him to invent numerous technological devices throughout his long life. But he is perhaps most well known for his invention of dynamite.
Intending it to help safely advance road and bridge construction, Nobel saw his most famous invention used in the development of military weaponry. After a newspaper headline mistakenly announces his death, Nobel was inspired to leave a legacy of another sort.
The Man Behind the Peace Prize tells the story of the enduring legacy of Alfred Nobel.
