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Changing Spaces (21st Century Skills Library)

The Changing Spaces series tells the stories of abandoned and forgotten spaces and the people who reshape them into vibrant community centers. Each project showcases a range of 21st century skills -- from "Flexibility & Adaptation" to "Creativity & Innovation." The series also shows how moving away from a tear-down culture towards one of reuse helps tackle a host of critical challenges facing our planet and population, including climate change, affordable housing, and sustainable foo

Changing World

Changing World examines a country in a state of political or economic change, and explores how and why it is changing. Problems are defined, from social upheaval, challenges to traditional ways of life, political conflicts and decreasing security. Benefits like economic growth, increased social and economic freedoms, higher standards of living and better links with the outside world are also reviewed. All is presented in a balanced, thorough way.

Chasing Bigfoot

Chooch Tenkiller is not thrilled to be spending some of his summer with his Cherokee story-telling uncles and cousin Janees at a convention in North Carolina. While there, the uncles want to visit Judaculla Rock, a place of spiritual significance to the Cherokee people. Little does Chooch know that he has his own connection to the rock-a connection that could put him in mortal danger.

Chasing the Storm: Tornadoes, Meteorology, and Weather Watching

In Chasing the Storm , you'll meet real storm chasers and meteorologists, hear their stories, and discover how they do their work. You'll learn tornado basics, get a great window into the science of meteorology, and learn how to pursue a career in the field. You might even decide to become a storm chaser yourself!

Chasing the Sun

An Arctic tern can fly as many as 50,000 miles in its annual migration, and as this bird chases summer across the hemispheres, it sees more sunlight than any other living thing. In this luminous celebration of such astonishing aerial feats, author and visual artist Timothy Musso charts the migratory path of an Arctic tern family with intricately designed woodcut illustrations that propel the reader along as a partner on a most incredible journey. Back matter expands on the poetic text with addit

Chicagoland Detective Agency

Raf Hernandez knows Megan is odd from the moment she walks into his mom's pet supply store asking for a tarantula. But there's one thing you can count on in Chicagoland: Weird things happen several times a day.

Children During Conflicts (Crabtree Forest)  

Children in conflict zones experience life-threatening situations and witness violence. They are killed or injured; some are forced to fight; many are orphaned. This important series helps show the significant ways in which conflicts shape and change children's lives, impacting their families, their physical and mental health, and their futures. Extension questions encourage readers to think critically, make connections, and reflect. Perspectives boxes feature people affected by conflict. Each b

Children in History

While many books retell history by describing what life was like for adults, this series explores the past through the eyes of a child. Each title focuses on an exciting time in world history, with fascinating details about family life, school, games, pets, and much more. Interesting and varied activities (including recipes, crafts, and word-writing and numerals in foreign languages) help reinforce learning; a time line, and websites are included.

Children in History (Voyager)

Children in History explores eight major periods in history through the stories of children that lived them. Complete with true accounts of real children from the past, the books in this eye-opening set illustrate what it was like to live during times of war, revolution, and social and economic change.

Children of the Past: Archaeology and the Lives of Kids

Footprints on cave floors. Fingerprints on clay pots. A tiny horse made from lead. These are all clues about the lives of kids long ago. Archaeologist Lois Miner Huey pieces together these clues to show readers how children's lives differed throughout time. She examines cave-roaming kids in Western Europe in 18,000 BCE; hunter-gatherer kids in Europe in 6,000 BCE; Iroquois kids in North America in 1,000 CE; colonial kids in Jamestown, Virginia, in the early 1600s; and free African American kids