5 Kinds of Nonfiction
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Anxiety: Deal with it before it ties you up in knots
From the Series Lorimer Deal With It
The most common mental health problem facing Canadian children today is anxiety. It's easy to dismiss the emotional, psychological, and physical effects of anxiety in children as being "all… Read More →
Any Body: A Comic Compendium of Important Facts and Feelings about Our Bodies
An honest, humorous and factual book for children and early teens who want to understand and feel at home with their own bodies. Sometimes we feel uncomfortable in our own skin, sometimes… Read More →
A Peek at Beaks: Tools Birds Use
Have you ever seen a bird using a jackhammer? What about one scooping up a meal with a net? Of course birds can’t really use tools, at least not the way humans do. But birds have surprisingly Read More →
A Pocketful of Goobers: A Story about George Washington Carver
From the Series Creative Minds Biographies
There wasn't anything that George Washington Carver couldn't grow. He took the common goober--today's peanut--and created hundreds of useful products from it, turning goobers into a very… Read More →
Apollo 13: A Successful Failure
"Houston, we've had a problem." On April 13, 1970, the three astronauts aboard the Apollo 13 spacecraft were headed to the moon when a sudden explosion rocked the ship. Oxygen levels began… Read More →
Aprecio con Beto y Enrique (Caring with Bert and Ernie): Un libro sobre la empatía (A Book about Empathy)
From the Series Guías de personajes de Sesame Street ® en español (Sesame Street ® Character Guides)
¡Los niños aprenderán todo sobre la empatía con los mejores amigos Beto y Enrique! Descubrirán cómo pensar acerca de los demás, demostrarles que los aprecian y ayudar a quienes los rodean.… Read More →
Aprender sobre el carbón, el petróleo y el gas natural (Finding Out about Coal, Oil, and Natural Gas)
From the Series Searchlight Books ™ en español — ¿Qué son las fuentes de energía? (What Are Energy Sources?)
¿Sabías que la mayoría de la energía que usamos proviene de carbón, el petróleo y el gas natural? ¿Cómo recolectan los trabajadores estos combustibles fósiles? ¿Y qué efectos tienen estos… Read More →
A Queen to the Rescue: The Story of Henrietta Szold, Founder of Hadassah
Henrietta Szold took Queen Esther as a model and worked hard to save the Jewish people. In 1912, she founded the Jewish women's social justice organization, Hadassah. Henrietta started… Read More →
Arctic Ice Loss
From the Series Searchlight Books ™ — Spotlight on Climate Change
Climate change is causing Arctic ice to melt quicker than it can be replaced. But what happens when there is less Arctic ice? Discover what Arctic sea ice is and why it is important, how… Read More →
Are You Psychic?: Facts, Trivia, and Quizzes
From the Series Mind Games
Have you ever felt like you could read a friend's mind? Is it possible to predict the future or move objects without touching them? Many people claim to have psychic abilities. Whether these… Read More →
Arguing: Deal with it word by word
From the Series Lorimer Deal With It
A brand new series to help adolescents cope with conflicts in everyday life and promote peaceful homes, schools, and communities. Disagreements may be inevitable, but when they get out of… Read More →
Ariana Grande: Music Superstar
From the Series Boss Lady Bios (Alternator Books ®)
Ariana Grande always wanted to be a star. After honing her voice in community theater, Grande landed her first big role in a Broadway musical. On the Nickelodeon show Victorious, her dream of Read More →
A River's Gifts: The Mighty Elwha River Reborn
A mighty river. A long history. For thousands of years, the Elwha river flowed north to the sea. The river churned with salmon, which helped feed bears, otters, and eagles. The Lower Elwha… Read More →
A Rock Can Be . . .
From the Series Can Be . . . Books
A rock is a rock, part of cliff, road or sea. But now can you guess what else it can be? A rock can be a…dinosaur bone, stepping-stone, hopscotch marker, fire sparker. Find out about the many Read More →
Artemis Mission: Return to the Moon
From the Series Space Explorer Guidebooks (Alternator Books ®)
Humans have not been to the moon since 1972. The Artemis space program is going to change that. Engaging photographs and exciting text bring readers along on our next mission to the moon. Read More →
Artificial Intelligence: Building Smarter Machines
In 2011 a computer named Watson outscored two human competitors on the TV quiz show Jeopardy! and snagged the million-dollar prize. Watson isn't the only machine keeping up with humans. The… Read More →
Art Is...
From the Series Bob Raczka's Art Adventures
When you think of art, do you think of painting and sculpture? Bob Raczka shows us that even these traditional artistic mediums can be created in untraditional ways. Art can also be draped,… Read More →
A Second, a Minute, a Week with Days in It: A Book about Time
From the Series Math Is CATegorical ®
The zany CATegorical cats introduce the measurement of time, from seconds, minutes, and hours up to decades. Brian P. Cleary and Brian Gable bring their winning teamwork to this playful, fun… Read More →
Asia
From the Series Pull Ahead Books — Continents
Describes the landscapes, geology, weather, oceans, coastlines, air, soil, plants, animals, and people of the continent of Asia. Read More →
A Spy Called James: The True Story of James Lafayette, Revolutionary War Double Agent
Told for the first time in picture book form is the true story of James Lafayette—an enslaved person who spied for George Washington's army during the American Revolution. After his… Read More →
Astrological Signs: Facts, Trivia, and Quizzes
From the Series Mind Games
What's your astrological sign? Could it influence your decision-making, your personality, or your future? Horoscopes, birth charts, and other zodiac tools can tell you a lot about who you… Read More →
Astronaut and Physicist Sally Ride
From the Series STEM Trailblazer Bios
Have you ever dreamed of going to outer space? When Sally Ride was a little girl, she watched on TV as astronaut John Glenn launched into space. Twenty years later, she became the first… Read More →
Astronauta y física Sally Ride (Astronaut and Physicist Sally Ride)
From the Series Biografías de pioneros STEM (STEM Trailblazer Bios)
¿Alguna vez soñaste con ir al espacio exterior? Cuando Sally Ride era una niña, vio en la televisión cuando el astronauta John Glenn se lanzó al espacio. Veinte años más tarde, se convirtió… Read More →
Astronaut Ellen Ochoa
From the Series STEM Trailblazer Bios
When Ellen Ochoa was young, male American astronauts walked on the moon. But girls were not allowed to be astronauts. Girls didn't often study science either—but Ochoa didn't let that stop… Read More →