A guide for kids who want to learn coding Coding is quickly becoming an essential academic skill, right up there with reading, writing, and arithmetic. This book is an ideal way for young learners ages 8-13 who want more coding knowledge than you can learn in an hour, a day, or a week. Written by a classroom instructor with extensive experience teaching technology skills to kids as young as f…
Join Thea Stilton and the Thea Sisters on an adventure through Mouseford Academy! To celebrate Mouse Academy's 600th anniversary, the headmaster and teachers decide to stage a performance of William Squeakspeare's favorite play Mouseo & Juliet! The Thea Sisters all want the part of Juliet, but so does their rival, Ruby Flashyfur. Who will be the star of the show?
What does it mean not to have a backbone? How can you tell an arthropd from a worm? This book focuses on the many and varied creatures of the animal kingdom that get along quite well without a spinal chord. Echinoderms, arthropods, and mollusks are some of the groups described and beautifully photographed.
The Garbage Gang's picnic is invaded by ants! How do those little ants find their way around anyway? The gang meets a dog that tells them all about scent marking and animal communication, and suddenly it all makes scents!
Why do earthworms show up on sidewalks after it rains? Find out in Nancy Loewen's Garden Wigglers: Earthworms in Your Backyard. Fun facts and activities, an anatomy diagram, and easy-to-read text introduce young scientists to the fascinating behaviors and traits of nature's gardeners --earthworms!
Discusses animal migration, including different animals that migrate, the routes they take and how they navigate, and the various reasons that they make the journey.
Many other animals of the world besides birds migrate for many different reasons. From whales to butterflies, this book explains to readers how animals, such as the salmon, the lemming, and the Canadian goose, follow paths that have been passed on for generations, helping their species survive. Full-color illustrations.
Fleeing from Russia to America, Rachel and her family want to make a good impression at the inspection station at Ellis Island. Any wrong move there could cause one or all of them to be turned away. When an inspector singles out young cousin Grisha, wearing the tattered old coat his mother gave him, the family fears they will be separated forever. But Rachel's cleverness and a coat that's fille…
A heartwarming celebration of diversity, inclusiveness and friendship. Duck's started a club. But there's ONE rule - everyone is welcome! Because when it comes to making friends, being yourself is all that counts.
Join Newbery Medalist Cynthia Rylant and illustrator Lambert Davis as they follow the majestic migrations of caribou, locusts, gray whales, terns, and more creatures who must travel to survive. Newbery Medalist Cynthia Rylant joins naturalist painter Lambert Davis to create a vibrant picture book that follow the migratory journeys of some magnificent creatures: locusts, gray whales, American…