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Explore 28 extraordinary animal careers in this ultimate job guide for animal lovers, sparking young imaginations and laughter with fun, empowering content for budding animal enthusiasts.Snake Milker and Other Animal Jobs invites young readers (ages 6-9)...

Identify suspects, gather clues, navigate puzzles, and solve the mystery in this interactive Choose Your Path thriller.When your parents surprise you with a solo trip to visit your cousin in the Desert Southwest, you pack your bags and prepare for...

This humorous and interactive book on fashion, clothing, and accessories for kids is filled with fun, silly illustrations.Thirteen silly professionals have gotten their clothes and equipment all mixed up for their jobs, causing them all sorts of trouble...

What does a custodian do every day?Follow custodians in a hospital as they work to keep people healthy and happy. These health heroes do the important work of keeping our hospitals safe and clean. Discover the tools and supplies custodians use as they...

What does a therapist do every day? What character traits are essential for therapists to have?Follow therapists as they work to keep people happy and healthy. These health heroes do the important work of helping patients care for their mental health...

How does a doctor's day start? How does it end? What are the most important character traits for doctors to have?Follow doctors in a hospital as they work to keep people healthy and happy. These health heroes do the important work of caring for patients...

Using a trauma-informed approach to gathering stories, this unique collection of 19 stories illuminates the range of challenges and successes met by the latest generation of displaced peoples from Afghanistan. When American troops pulled out of...

Age range 8+Science is for everyone!Science People celebrates the diversity of the scientific community around the world. Meet more than 50 trailblazers in botany, biology, physics, engineering, mathematics, and a host of other STEM fields.Bold,...

Age range 5 to 9Do you want to stop a meteor that is about to fall to earth? Or avoid a train accident? With this simple manual, you can become a great superhero.Thinking of becoming a superhero? It is very hard work, but with these helpful instructions...

Do you want to stop a meteor that is about to fall to earth? Or avoid a train accident? With this simple manual, you can become a great superhero. Quieres detener un meteorito que est a punto de caer a la tierra? O evitar un accidente de tren? Con este...

The Bizzie family's days are full of action. Mom is a detective, Dad is an adventure photographer, Bianca takes care of animals, and Barnaby is a talented cook. But lately, something strange has been happening around the house. Important things keep...

Age range 6 to 9This fully illustrated career guide helps kids find out what their future profession might be based on their hobbies. Let them find their dream job!After answering questions provided on the content page that offers a variety of different...

Age range 11 to 13An inspiring journey of women's struggles and victories around the globe as they fought for the right to vote.Citizen She! tracks the global fight for women's suffrage from the first pioneers in the eighteenth century to the heroines of...

Age range 9 to 12Set in the faraway (and terrible-smelling) land of Rancidia, where it's good to smell bad and bad to smell good, this uproarious send-up of Snow White follows the adventures of a profoundly stinky Hobgoblin as he flees the jealous wrath...

Age range 0 to 3Play and learn with mirror magic - and exciting jobs!I make bridges and tall skyscrapers.LOOK, I'M A BUILDER!I fly rocket ships into space.LOOK, I'M AN ASTRONAUT!With a shiny mirror on each page, Exciting Jobs lets...

Age range 6+A priceless golden chalice has been stolen from Fergus McSwaggers, fearsome chief of the squelchy Bog Islands...and he wants it back! Can Flynn and the crew of the Black Hound solve their most dangerous case yet, battling deadly ice pirates,...

Age range 6+'Welcome to the Black Hound - a ship full o' the cleverest pirate investigators ya ever set eyes upon.' The captain pauses. 'You OK, lad? Ya gone paler than a full moon.'When young Flynn becomes...

Economic inequality affects everybody.No matter how rich or poor you are, economic inequality impacts every aspect of your life-the place where you live, the opportunities you experience, the healthcare you get, the education you receive. More Than Money...

Favorite stories from Robert Munsch in an early reader format kids will love! Adapted from the originals so beginner readers can proudly say "I read this myself!"Colorful and fun, Robert Munsch's zany stories and Michael Martchenko's illustrations will...

Kilmer Watts makes his living teaching piano lessons, but when automatic pianos arrive in town, he realizes he's out of a job. He spots a "Help Wanted" sign at the poem factory and decides to investigate - he's always been curious about how poems are...

In this full-color illustrated nonfictiontitle, middle-grade readers learn the why and how of cities. Topics include infrastructureand urban planning, municipal governments, services like water and energy, and howpopulation, demographics, and geography...

Age range 3 to 6Kids 3 to 6 will be inspired to ask their own big questions after reading about the mysteries that scientists have yet to discover.This celebration of curiosity is an excellent resource for fostering an interest in STEM.Sometimes, it...

FromNew York TimesBestselling Author Mariame Kaba, apoignant, beautifully illustrated story of a little girl's worries when her Mama goes to jail, and the love that bridges the distance between them.Even though I'm away, My love is always here to stay...

What kind of science does it take to solve a crime?Forensics for Kids provides the complete history of forensic science, giving readers a comprehensive understanding of the crime-solving advancements that led to modern forensics. Author Melissa Ross...

2022 INDIES Winner Silver, Juvenile Nonfiction (Children's)Many young people aren't aware that determined individuals created the rights we now take for granted.The idea of human rights is relatively recent, coming out of a postWorld War II effort to...

The fire broke out at 2:40 p.m. Thousands of men, women, and children were crowded under Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey's big top watching the Flying Wallendas begin their death-defying high-wire act. Suddenly someone screamed "Fire!" and the...

Five-year-old Viva learns there is a need for girls with powerful voices everywhere when she helps Papi raise his voice on the picket line.Viva's Papi is a bus driver and Viva loves going to work with him. The sounds of the traffic and the voices of the...

Amy Chan Zhou's searing memoir about growing up in rural Communist China features descriptions of pastoral beauty and tales of the simple joys of raising farm animals or catching fish in a local river. However, her childhood is scarred by the primitive...

Age range 3 to 6In this delightful story, by the same author who wrote When Grandma Gives You a Lemon Tree, a boy is disappointed with his grandfather's gift - until he learns he can use it to build exactly what he wanted with his own two hands, and a...

All kids dream about what they'll be when they grow up—and this fun book, with its guessing game format, introduces toddlers to different professions. By listening to the clues in the text and looking closely at the illustrations,...

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