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This engaging series explores the dynamic human and physical geographies of countries around the world. Each book in this engaging series focuses on how a country's landforms, climate, and resources shape human settlement and affect daily life, culture and identity, and the economy. Significant people, places, and events, as well as challenges for the future are featured. Free downloadable Teachers Guide available.
Land Ford has to leave everything behind for his dad’s new post at Fort Goode Military Base. Through his adventures he learns that as long as he is with his family he is home. With so many adventures and new friends, will the good times last?
Frankie and her sister are unicorn crazy! Today, they're playing their favourite unicorn game, but when their bossy friend Ada arrives with her brother to play, she takes over the gameÑand takes over Frankie's wheelchairÑputting them all in unicorn prison. There is only one thing to doÑit's time to be bad unicorns! The author deftly handles the subject of childhood play and disability from her own personal experience of growing up with a sister with a disability.
In collaboration with World Book, this decodable series takes readers on a colorful journey across Earth's physical features, exploring oceans, atmosphere, biomes, and more! Introducing the same basics of physical geography and earth science to young learners as World Book's Building Blocks of Geography, this series provides accessible, decodable text for readers who are still mastering foundational reading skills.
While Fred is out sick, a visiting author signs Fred's book ""To Frank."" Then Fred's desk-mate Luisa suggests Fred must really be Frank in school, and an idea for Fred's creative writing assignment is born. Fred's What-If poem is coming together wonderfully, until a mist fills the room and the writing assignment comes to life.In this funny and fantastical series, FredÑnow FrankinschoolÑmust face each mysterious adventure that comes his way after his What-If poems take on a life of their own.
Ziggy doesn't know what to expect when he arrives at the Annemasse orphanage. It is 1942, and the Nazis have taken northern France. Annemasse is supposed to be a secret haven for Jewish children separated from their families, but Ziggy can't help feeling that they are all just waiting for the worst. Anyone around them could easily be a Nazi spy. Elka has lived at Annemasse for three years, dreaming of when she will be reunited with her family in Dresden. Ziggy's arrival brings the excitement of a new friendship. But even more intriguing is the mysterious, blond-haired new gym teacher, Georges Loinger. Is Georges a friend who can lead them to safety in nearby Switzerland? Or a spy luring them towards the Nazis? When any mistake could be deadly, Ziggy and Elka are never sure who to trust. Inspired by real events, Freedom's Game tells a courageous story of friendship, sacrifice, and the resilience of hope.
This lyrical adventure follows the bluefin tuna, puffin, sea turtle, and Atlantic salmon through their life cycle. Each of these special species has a characteristic called natal homing. They're born, leave home to eat and mate, and then return to precisely where they were born to start their own families. This is a scientific look at these animals' habits--but includes a parallel story reflecting humans' own tendency to return home. Science and nature backmatter includes additional information on the included animals as well as an author's note.
How do I save for college? How do I apply for a job? What is compound interest? Readers will learn the answers to these questions and more in these practical guides for financial literacy.
Sixteen-year-old Georgia Richter feels conflicted about the funeral home her parents run-especially because she has the ability to summon ghosts. With one touch of any body that passes through Richter Funeral Home, she can awaken the spirit of the departed. With one more touch, she makes the spirit disappear, to a fate that remains mysterious to Georgia. To cope with her deep anxiety about death, she does her best to fulfill the final wishes of the deceased whose ghosts she briefly revives.
High-flying hijinks. Delightful detours. Epic explanations. Welcome to the wonderfully wacky world of celebrated author/illustrator duo Davide Cali and Benjamin Chaud, where a notoriously (and hilariously) unreliable narrator explains his outrageous adventures. Detail-rich illustrations bring to life the unbelievable oddness of each story. Now in reinforced library bindings, these fantastically fast-paced tales will hold up to countless circulations as young readers revel in the over-the-top antics.