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Growing Up Around the World series presents a vivid and realistic picture of how kids grow up in different countries. Do they spend hours on social media? Do they share a house with many family members or just a few? Do they go to college? Do they get caught up with drugs and alcohol? Where do they go when they go out with friends? Firsthand accounts, facts, and other insights help provide readers with an understanding of other cultures. Every book includes an overview of the country along with
This heartwarming true story chronicles what happened after a mother gorilla failed to bond with her baby at Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo. Dedicated zoo staff intervened and helped little Yola connect with her family group.
In late 2019, health officials noticed a new disease spreading in Wuhan, China. They named it COVID-19. Within a few months, it became a pandemic that dramatically changed life for nearly everyone on Earth. Millions of people became sick, and hundreds of thousands died. Leaders ordered whole countries to stay home to slow the disease’s spread. Companies closed or went out of business. Meanwhile, health-care workers on the front lines saved lives and raced to find treatments. In the Core Library
At some point in their lives, most teens will think about some or all of these: getting a job, applying for a loan, using a credit card, going to college, investing, and maybe even starting a business. Negotiating these events and making good decisions requires basic knowledge, which in turn can be used to build good financial habits. The Guide to Financial Responsibility series provides essential knowledge in all of these areas along with how to apply this knowledge toward building good, lifelo
The myths of the ancient Greeks remain potent and popular aspects of modern culture. Novels, comic books, movies, television shows, and video games continue to perpetuate the colourful exploits of gods such as Zeus and Athena; heroes like Hercules and Perseus; and monsters like Medusa and the one-eyed Cyclopes. This easy-to-read guide identifies all the major characters in those timeless, endlessly entertaining tales.
Our homes, businesses, and other buildings would not exist without the expert craftsmanship of dedicated trade workers. In this book, readers will learn what skills and training it takes to work in different trade fields. They will find out what these workers do each day, what kind of education is required, and much more.
The mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, in February 2018, renewed the national debate over gun violence, a debate led by the students themselves. This book examines possible solutions to reducing gun deaths and the controversies surrounding specific proposals. It also explores the factors-historical, cultural, and constitutional-that make the United States an outlier among industrial nations in gun violence.
Readers are pitched baseball’s facts, faces, history, and places in this A-Z “home plate” view of America’s favorite pastime. Topics include game basics and famous players.
Written by the son of a career officer, this book explores the branches of the Armed Services and speaks from the heart about the honor, privileges and sacrifices of military families everywhere. Children will discover why drill sergeants have to be so tough, what it means to be patriotic and why we need Special Forces such as the Navy SEALS, the Green Berets and the Army Rangers. H is for Honor also explains why the annual Army/Navy football game is more than just a game, how much letters from
Stud is a 14-year-old boy with the unusual ability to turn his hands into hammers. With a father who often abandons him to go on expeditions, Stud fends for himself while trying to achieve the goal his father has told him is the most important in life: to make a true friend. Unfortunately, the other kids in his town shun him for being weird, so he goes on his own adventures and finds true friends along the way.