Simple activities show children how to make a difference to the environment by reusing metal to make bird feeders, pots for plants, and tin-can phones.
Simple activities show children how to make a difference to the environment by reusing cardboard to make costumes, chameleons, and dollhouses.
This book shows how people have stepped up to volunteer to do necessary work, often without pay, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Volunteers do shopping for seniors and care for the pets of people in the hospital. Businesses have switched over to making things in short supply, such as protective masks and hand sanitizer. Even children have made inspirational signs on sidewalks and in windows.
Doctors, nurses, and hospital cleaners, as well as workers providing home care and long-term care have continued to give us often lifesaving care during COVID-19. This book shows how health care workers have met the enormous challenges of the pandemic, at great risk to their own health.
Many of us have been able to stay home to keep safe in the COVID-19 pandemic. This book shows how this would not be possible without food workers continuing to work to farm and produce our food, deliver it by truck, sell it to us in stores, and make sure everything is clean.
We see city workers every day. They deliver the mail, collect garbage, clean public places, and teach at school. This book shows how the COVID-19 pandemic made everyone realize just how much we rely on these workers to keep our daily lives running smoothly--and safely!
Find out about the life of Rosa Parks from how she fought racism and was an activist in the civil rights movement to how she is remembered today. The book has photographs and a simple text suitable for young children.
Find out about the life of American entrepreneur Oprah Winfrey from her childhood to breaking into the media and her many campaigns for change. The book has photographs and a simple text suitable for young children.
Find out about the life of Nelson Mandela and his life as an activist against apartheid in South Africa. Jailed for his activism, he eventually became president. The book has photographs and a simple text suitable for young children.
Find out about the life of Martin Luther King Jr. from how he fought racism and led the civil rights movement in the United States to his tragic death and how he is remembered now around the world. The book has photographs and a simple text suitable for young children.
Find out about the life of American poet and writer Maya Angelou and her work as an activist in the US civil rights movement. The book has photographs and a simple text suitable for young children.
Find out about the life of Barack Obama from his childhood and education to how he became President of the United States and what he achieved. The book has photographs and a simple text suitable for young children.
Twins Camila and Carlos find a postcard in their mailbox from a girl in Japan, and they set off on a magical adventure to see her country.
Twins Camila and Carlos find a postcard in their mailbox from a girl in Costa Rica, and they set off on a magical adventure seeing her country.
Twins Camila and Carlos find a postcard in their mailbox from a boy in France, and they set off on a magical adventure to see his country.
Twins Camila and Carlos find a postcard in their mailbox from a girl in Italy, and they set off on a magical adventure to see her country.
Twins Camila and Carlos find a postcard in their mailbox from a boy in Canada, and they set off on a magical adventure to see his country.
Take a trip to the farm and visit a barn. Furry, fun, and important animals live there, including pigs! Did you know that pigs are smart and playful? Get an up-close look at this favorite barnyard animal.List of sight words. Includes a support page of teaching tips for caregivers and teachers. Downloadable Teacher's Notes available.
Twins Camila and Carlos find a postcard in their mailbox from a boy in Australia, and they set off on a magical adventure to see his country.
Join William and his friends as they discover why reading is important for learning--and fun, too!
Join Hannah and her friends as they discover why talking to share ideas is important--and fun, too!
Join Levi and his friends as they discover why listening carefully is important--and fun, too!
Join Wang Li and her friends as they discover why writing clearly is important--and fun, too!
Maggie loves living on a farm, but she isn't happy when the cows move into her cozy house. They cook in her kitchen, play dress-up in her closet, take bubble baths in her tub, and have no interest in leaving! Can Maggie find a way to get the cows to go? In this humorous rhyming picture book, Maggie shows readers that anything is possible with a little out-of-the-box thinking.
Children often feel that they need to be the same as everyone else. That is the main reason for unhappiness. Do we see our differences as reasons for judgment and fighting? How can we view the different ways of others as things to enjoy, rather than criticize? This book encourages children to honor their own uniqueness and that of others through new ideas and positive actions.
