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Hiking is the most popular outdoor activity in Canada. While hiking is a lot of fun, there are many health benefits, including physical exercise and stress relief from being out in nature. Using poetry and expository text, T is for Trails: A Hiking Alphabet gives young readers an A-to-Z guide on how to prepare and make the most of their outdoor adventures. Topics include information on gear and clothing, trail etiquette and safety rules, along with recommended trails to travel. And when you don't have time to get out of town, there are suggestions on how to make the most of hiking near your home. T is for Trails is the perfect roadmap for hiking adventures. Front and back matter includes information on trail symbols and instructions on how to read a compass.

Draw in striving readers with fun stories that feature furry friends and other animals. Each title in this series is carefully crafted to engage readers, enhance phonics, and boost reading proficiency and understanding.

With a mixture of inspirational text and practical tips, this tween-friendly handbook encourages kids to seek out nature for health benefits and planet protection. Kids who spend more time in nature benefit in mind, body, and spirit! And likewise, they benefit the Earth. This guide explains the powerful connection between us and our planet and shares practical tips and fun activities anyone can do to get outside and soak up nature. An advisory board of psychologists and nature conservationists infuses the book with expertise in kid-friendly ways. Stunning photography showcases nature as fun, mighty, beautiful, and just outside!Science continues to show the healing benefits of nature for mental health, more important than ever in the midst of a post-pandemic world.

The Take a Look! 21st Century Media Literacy series leads readers on a learning journey through the basics of media literacy. From thinking critically about sources, bias, and perspective, to creating their own responsible media content, readers will be well-versed in all things media after reading. Covers understanding audience, perspective, persuasive appeals, author's purpose, tracing sources, and creating media content. Series closely aligned with standards from the American Association of School Librarians and the Journalism Education Association.

Breaking things down is a science. An art. / Need solutions? Need answers? Just . . . take it apart! This rhyming picture book joyfully celebrates the many benefits of breaking big things down into smaller pieces. From gathering spare parts for fixing things to learning math and spelling to recycling and composting, taking things apart can be a surprisingly great strategy! Energetic rhyming verse and playful illustrations will inspire readers to see taking things apart in a whole new light!

Normally Zarah and her brother are picked up from school by their dad, who rushes them home taking every shortcut. But today, Uncle Jerome is getting them, and he takes them ""the long way home."" Reluctant to go further than necessary, the children complain at first, but they are soon caught up in amazing adventures, as their uncle gets them to use their five senses to conjure up a world of fun and imagination. Birds become pterodactyls, ripples in the water become crocodiles . . . they soon realize that the best adventures only happen on the long way home!

You’ve heard the tales-now hear the truth! Integrating science with literacy, these funny and charming picture books retell traditional fairy tales, augmented by humorous side bars about real animals and science.

Everyone loves stories of cryptids. These mysterious creatures have been hidingCsome of them for centuriesCfrom the seeking eyes and minds of top scientists, cryptozoologists, and everyday folks. And along the way, some surprises have come about. Hoaxes have been exposed, such as the Fiji mermaids, really only man-made statues of monkey heads and fish tails. Mysteries have been solved, such as the ""extinct"" prehistoric fish, the coelacanth, living in the deep oceans near Africa. But most cryptids remain hidden.

Young readers get a front-row seat to historical events in the Tales of Young Americans series.

Tallulah is ready to start her work as the Great Lakes' first official mermaid! It's a big job, and when a raft carrying a pair of children gets swept from the beach into rough waters, she swims into action. Maya and Finn can barely believe they've been rescued by a mermaid! When the kids and Tallulah find they have a love for the Great Lakes in common, Tallulah makes them honorary Great Lakes Mermaids--she could use the help!