Author: Tamar Meir
Publisher: Millbrook Press
ISBN: 1728411955
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Kar-Ben Read-Aloud eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting to bring eBooks to life! Francesco Tirelli loved to eat gelato from his uncle's cart. So when he moves from Italy to Hungary, Francesco decides to open his own ice cream store. There young Peter learns to love ice cream as much as Francesco did. But when the war comes and Francesco closes his shop for the winter, he uses the shop for a special purposeto hide his Jewish friends and neighbors from danger. This heroic tale is based on true events.
Francesco Tirelli's Ice Cream Shop
Exploring the Executive Branch
Author: Barbara Krasner
Publisher: Lerner Publications (Tm)
ISBN: 1541555899
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
What are the functions of the Executive Branch of government? Sidebars, historical information, and modern examples of the Executive Branch in action illustrate how it works. Provide readers important context ahead of the 2020 presidential election!
Publisher: Lerner Publications (Tm)
ISBN: 1541555899
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
What are the functions of the Executive Branch of government? Sidebars, historical information, and modern examples of the Executive Branch in action illustrate how it works. Provide readers important context ahead of the 2020 presidential election!
The Unofficial Guide to Minecraft Mods
Author: Linda Zajac
Publisher: Lerner Classroom
ISBN: 1541546121
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Minecraft is known as a platform for creativity, and with mods, players can take their gaming experience to another creative level. Mods, short for "modifications," are any software that change Minecraft's original content. Mods can make minor changes or change the entire world--it's all up to the player. Screenshots show mods in action, with STEM and coding sidebars providing additional information.
Publisher: Lerner Classroom
ISBN: 1541546121
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Minecraft is known as a platform for creativity, and with mods, players can take their gaming experience to another creative level. Mods, short for "modifications," are any software that change Minecraft's original content. Mods can make minor changes or change the entire world--it's all up to the player. Screenshots show mods in action, with STEM and coding sidebars providing additional information.
Mass Incarceration, Black Men, and the Fight for Justice
Author: Cicely Lewis
Publisher: Lerner Publications ™
ISBN: 1728434653
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
In the United States, Black men are almost six times more likely to be imprisoned than white men. This disproportionate impact can be traced back to slavery, Jim Crow laws, and the criminalization of Black people into the modern day. With growing awareness about unfair treatment in the justice system, more and more people are calling for change. Read more about the history and causes of mass incarceration and how activists are reforming and rethinking justice. Read WokeTM Books are created in partnership with Cicely Lewis, the Read Woke librarian. Inspired by a belief that knowledge is power, Read Woke Books seek to amplify the voices of people of the global majority (people who are of African, Arab, Asian, and Latin American descent and identify as not white), provide information about groups that have been disenfranchised, share perspectives of people who have been underrepresented or oppressed, challenge social norms and disrupt the status quo, and encourage readers to take action in their community.
Publisher: Lerner Publications ™
ISBN: 1728434653
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
In the United States, Black men are almost six times more likely to be imprisoned than white men. This disproportionate impact can be traced back to slavery, Jim Crow laws, and the criminalization of Black people into the modern day. With growing awareness about unfair treatment in the justice system, more and more people are calling for change. Read more about the history and causes of mass incarceration and how activists are reforming and rethinking justice. Read WokeTM Books are created in partnership with Cicely Lewis, the Read Woke librarian. Inspired by a belief that knowledge is power, Read Woke Books seek to amplify the voices of people of the global majority (people who are of African, Arab, Asian, and Latin American descent and identify as not white), provide information about groups that have been disenfranchised, share perspectives of people who have been underrepresented or oppressed, challenge social norms and disrupt the status quo, and encourage readers to take action in their community.
The Global Refugee Crisis
Author: Stephanie Sammartino McPherson
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books ™
ISBN: 1541552636
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
According to a UN tally, more than 1 million people fled violence and persecution in 2015. Of these, more than half were children. Thousands died along the way. The Syrian civil war as well as armed conflicts in Nigeria, Afghanistan, Yemen, Somalia, and the Central African Republic contributed to the continuing exodus of people into Europe and North America. Learn more about these modern mass exoduses, what is fueling them in the 21st century, how nations are addressing the crises, how refugees contribute to and strain communities, and what kinds of solutions could help. Along the way, you'll meet actual refugees and the people who are trying to help.
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books ™
ISBN: 1541552636
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
According to a UN tally, more than 1 million people fled violence and persecution in 2015. Of these, more than half were children. Thousands died along the way. The Syrian civil war as well as armed conflicts in Nigeria, Afghanistan, Yemen, Somalia, and the Central African Republic contributed to the continuing exodus of people into Europe and North America. Learn more about these modern mass exoduses, what is fueling them in the 21st century, how nations are addressing the crises, how refugees contribute to and strain communities, and what kinds of solutions could help. Along the way, you'll meet actual refugees and the people who are trying to help.
Economic Inequality
Author: Coral Celeste Frazer
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books (Tm)
ISBN: 1512431079
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Millions of Americans don't earn enough money to pay for decent housing, food, health care, and education. Meanwhile the rich keep getting richer. Learn how governments, businesses, and citizens are fighting to close the economic gap.
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books (Tm)
ISBN: 1512431079
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Millions of Americans don't earn enough money to pay for decent housing, food, health care, and education. Meanwhile the rich keep getting richer. Learn how governments, businesses, and citizens are fighting to close the economic gap.
Under Pressure
Author: Tanya Lloyd Kyi
Publisher: Kids Can Press Ltd
ISBN: 1525300075
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
A scientific exploration of stress. Adolescents are no strangers to stress. Now they can learn the science behind that sweaty, heart-racing, under-pressure feeling. This book covers the fight-or-flight reaction to danger, how people cope with chronic stress, how trauma can affect the brain, the ways athletes put pressure to work and the surprising treatments scientists have found to manage stress in everyday life. It’s a perfect primer for young people on what normal stress is and isn’t — and how to deal with it either way. Dealing with stress can be tough. Learning the facts about it can make it manageable.
Publisher: Kids Can Press Ltd
ISBN: 1525300075
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
A scientific exploration of stress. Adolescents are no strangers to stress. Now they can learn the science behind that sweaty, heart-racing, under-pressure feeling. This book covers the fight-or-flight reaction to danger, how people cope with chronic stress, how trauma can affect the brain, the ways athletes put pressure to work and the surprising treatments scientists have found to manage stress in everyday life. It’s a perfect primer for young people on what normal stress is and isn’t — and how to deal with it either way. Dealing with stress can be tough. Learning the facts about it can make it manageable.
Fake News
Author: Michael Miller
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books ™
ISBN: 1541552482
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
While popularized by President Donald Trump, the term "fake news" actually originated toward the end of the 19th century, in an era of rampant yellow journalism. Since then, it has come to encompass a broad universe of news stories and marketing strategies ranging from outright lies, propaganda, and conspiracy theories to hoaxes, opinion pieces, and satire—all facilitated and manipulated by social media platforms. This title explores journalistic and fact-checking standards, Constitutional protections, and real-world case studies, helping readers identify the mechanics, perpetrators, motives, and psychology of fake news. A final chapter explores methods for assessing and avoiding the spread of fake news.
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books ™
ISBN: 1541552482
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
While popularized by President Donald Trump, the term "fake news" actually originated toward the end of the 19th century, in an era of rampant yellow journalism. Since then, it has come to encompass a broad universe of news stories and marketing strategies ranging from outright lies, propaganda, and conspiracy theories to hoaxes, opinion pieces, and satire—all facilitated and manipulated by social media platforms. This title explores journalistic and fact-checking standards, Constitutional protections, and real-world case studies, helping readers identify the mechanics, perpetrators, motives, and psychology of fake news. A final chapter explores methods for assessing and avoiding the spread of fake news.
World War II Code Breakers
Author: Lisa L. Owens
Publisher: Lerner Publications ™
ISBN: 1541536061
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
Discover the true stories of code breakers who worked behind the scenes during World War II. Men and women cracked enemy codes in order to gain information that helped the Allies win the war.
Publisher: Lerner Publications ™
ISBN: 1541536061
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
Discover the true stories of code breakers who worked behind the scenes during World War II. Men and women cracked enemy codes in order to gain information that helped the Allies win the war.
Queer
Author: Kathy Belge
Publisher: Zest Books (Tm)
ISBN: 1541578589
Category : JUVENILE NONFICTION
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
A guide that helps LGBT teens come out to friends and family, navigate their new LGBT social life, figure out if a crush is also queer, and rise up against bigotry and homophobia.
Publisher: Zest Books (Tm)
ISBN: 1541578589
Category : JUVENILE NONFICTION
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
A guide that helps LGBT teens come out to friends and family, navigate their new LGBT social life, figure out if a crush is also queer, and rise up against bigotry and homophobia.