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Spotlight on South Africa - Children's Literature
Spotlight on South Africa has eye catching and informative photographs of nature, people and artifacts. This is a great research book for students and readers interested in world geography because the book is comprehensive in describing life in South Africa from its’ location,… View →
Cutting and Self-injury - Children's Literature
Self-injury is usually defined as repetitive harmful behaviors, which can include everything from cutting to consuming poisonous substances. Chapters discuss triggers and co-existing problems, highlight and debunk common myths about self-injury, and offer specific strategies for those… View →
Scurrying Cockroaches - Children's Literature
Cockroaches are fast moving scavengers that have lived on Earth, nearly unchanged, for 300 million years. This title explains the difference between cockroaches that play an important role by eating decaying plant matter, and cockroaches that raid people’s homes. Colorful images… View →
A Cake for Dinner - Children's Literature
Part of the “Tadpoles” series, this Guided Reading Level B book entertains new readers with an amusing tale. Grandma is coming for a visit and Molly and her mother decide that they are going to make a cake for this special occasion. Oops, Molly manages to break most of the… View →
Chemistry Around the House - Children's Literature
Science is in action all around us, and this volume of the “Chemtastrophe!” series shows chemistry at work in everyday household items, from the Teflon that coats our pans to stain removers used in laundry. A brief overview of chemistry kicks off this slim volume. “Fun… View →
Survival in the Jungle - Children's Literature
Part of the “Crabtree Connections” series, this title is categorized as a recount book and it introduces the plight of an orangutan. The cutting of trees and rainforests in Borneo has eliminated the homes and food sources for these apes and they either die off, are taken into View →
Miley Cyrus - Children's Literature
Miley Cyrus was born to superstar roots, but forged her own path and become a superstar in her own right. Cyrus’ acting career began with a guest role as Hannah Montana on her father Billy Ray Cyrus’s television series. Her fame quickly overshadowed her father’s, and… View →
Heroes of Medicine and their Discoveries - Children's Literature
Starting with the 1628 discovery that the heart pumps blood through the body and ending with today’s advances in cardiovascular medicine, this nonfiction selection highlights many major medical breakthroughs. Each page is dedicated to a new discovery, including period… View →
Inventors' Secret Scrapbook - Children's Literature
Have you ever wondered who invented the jet airplane? How did someone come up with the idea of television? Humans have been inventing things for many, many years, but most inventions did not happen overnight. They are a result of years of work and effort. This book takes a brief glimpse… View →
Election Day - Children's Literature
Election Day is held in many countries all over the world, but the voters who participate are not always allowed to make a free choice. Only in a democracy, even the word means “power to the people,” do voters actually choose a leader. In an effort to make voting as… View →
Remembrance Day - Children's Literature
Remembrance Day, as it’s called in Canada, is celebrated every year on the anniversary of the Armistice that marked the end of World War I. That day is November 11th and the war ended in 1919. The holiday is to honor men and women who have served their country in times of war. This View →
Egyptian Treasures - Children's Literature
One of titles in the “Crabtree Connections” series, this book engages readers with colorful photos of places and objects. The text likewise engages with a lively museum guide format that will excite kids by making them feel like they are personally observing the artifacts of… View →