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Mattie Madison is a kid detective famous for cracking the hardest cases. But she doesn't expect to walk right into one during her school's fashion show! A priceless necklace is…
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Emma's family is obsessed with new tech, especially their new AI bot, Buddy. Buddy listens to everything they say and watches everything they do. With a Buddybox in every room…
A comprehensive history on the persecution of Jews in Europe commencing in 1938 and its legacy.
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Provides comprehensive information on earthquakes and their causes.
Provides comprehensive information on the process of waves forming –Provided by publisher.
Using the new C3 Framework for Social Studies Standards, Streaming TV in the Global Citizens: Modern Media series explores the topic through the lenses of History, Geography, Civics, and Economics…
Learn how scientists have looked toward the kingfisher for inspiration in making high-speed trains quieter.
Find out how gecko feet are inspiring inventors to create a new kind of adhesive tape.
Explains to young readers how the reflector was invented, using the structure of a cat’s eye as inspiration.
The relationship between human progress and its effect on the natural environment has long been a contentious issue. This book details the history of the environmental movement in the United…
Learn about the history of software development and find out what it takes to make it in this exciting career field. –
Learn about the events that made America what she is today. Following the death of Mao Zedong, China experienced rapid political and economic reform throughout the late 1970s and 1980s…
Includes an excerpt from the following book in the Twisted series, The Other.
Get ready to celebrate! People around the world look forward to different holidays and honor them with special traditions. Learn about the many types of holidays and how they’re celebrated…
Time to eat! Your meal might be sweet or salty. It might have lots of meat or lots of vegetables. Discover what foods people around the world enjoy in this…
What is your home like? Is it big or small? Is it made of concrete, straw, wood, or clay? Step inside homes from around world and see how different people…
Head out on a global shopping trip! Look for clothes in a large store. Buy fresh food at an outdoor market. Discover how people around the world shop for things…
Readers will discover the proper way to react when encountering stray animals and what to do if they are attacked.
Safety rules are presented for playing or traveling near busy streets, and readers are taught how to alert adults in case of an emergency.
The potential dangers of riding in automobiles are presented, and readers are taught about seatbelt safety and how to avoid distracting a driver.
Readers learn what to do if they are caught in a burning building, how to prepare for such events ahead of time, and how to react to firefighters.
Playground safety rules are explained clearly, and readers are taught how to avoid dangerous equipment and irresponsible children as they play.
Readers are taught how to maintain their bicycles and ride them in a smart, safe manner.
Readers learn the potential dangers of swimming and learn how to avoid injury.
Discusses what a helicopter crew chief does, and how to become one.
Discusses what a motor transport operator does and how to become one.
Learn how sharkskin has helped scientists create more effective swimsuits.
Learn how scientists were inspired by locusts to create advanced anti-collision systems for automobiles.
The time had come, she decided, to rid herself of this burden, to take the steps necessary to put the matter to rest once and for all. And the first…
Readers will learn what it takes to succeed as a hazmat removal worker. The book also explains the necessary educational steps, useful character traits, and daily job tasks related to…
Readers will learn what it takes to succeed as a petroleum engineer. The book also explains the necessary educational steps, useful character traits, and daily job tasks related to this…
Readers will learn what it takes to succeed as a robotics engineer. The book also explains the necessary educational steps, useful character traits, and daily job tasks related to this…
Introduction to the career of smokejumpers.
Originally published in 2008 by Patricia Freeland Hynes as part of the 21st century skills library cool science careers series.
Discusses the function of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and presents facts about such topics as women and minorities in the Bureau and how to become an agent.
