People & Places - Kids

Colorful. Warm. Friendly. Welcome to Haiti! In this bright, exciting book, young readers will travel to this amazing country without ever leaving their homes or classrooms. During their journey, they will learn all about Haiti's cities, food, holidays, music, and wildlife. They'll even learn...

Warm. Colorful. Lively. Welcome to Cuba! In this bright, exciting book, young readers will travel to this amazing country without ever leaving their homes or classrooms. During their journey, they will learn all about Cuba's cities, food, traditions, music, and wildlife. They'll even learn...

Sunny. Friendly. Beautiful. Welcome to the Dominican Republic! In this bright, exciting book, young readers will travel to this amazing country without ever leaving their homes or classrooms. During their journey, they will learn all about the Dominican Republic's cities, food, holidays, history, and...

Who will I meet at school? All the people inside the cheerfully illustrated Who's Who at School care about kids from the principal to the music teacher, the school nurse to the cooks and custodians. A 1st-person student narrator introduces young readers to common...

How do you get to school or travel around a big city? If you lived in a different country, the way you travel could be completely different Kids in Cambodia ride in paddle boats to get to floating schools on the water. People in...

Experience the Gettysburg Battlefield as you've never seen it before up close and personal YOU CHOOSE the path you take through this haunted battlefield. Follow the path of a modern-day visitor in this thrilling nonfiction title.Author: Matt DoedenISBN-10: 1515736490ISBN-13: 9781515736493Publisher: Capstone PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/2017Pages:...

Experience the Tower of London as you've never seen it before--up close and personal YOU CHOOSE the path you take through this haunted fortress. Follow the path of a modern-day visitor in this thrilling nonfiction title.Author: Blake HoenaISBN-10: 1515725790ISBN-13: 9781515725794Publisher: Capstone PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/01/2016Pages:...

Experience the Queen Mary as you've never seen her before--up close and personal YOU CHOOSE the path you take through the decks of this haunted ship. Follow the path of a modern-day visitor in this thrilling nonfiction title.Author: Matt DoedenISBN-10: 1515725782ISBN-13: 9781515725787Publisher: Capstone PressLanguage:...

The idea that aliens might visit our planet has gripped Earthlings for a long time. Extraterrestrials are popular in science fiction books, movies, and TV shows. UFO hunters of every kind are searching Earth, sky, and space for answers to the question: Are we...

Ghosts . . . are they real spirits or just the stuff of scary stories? Scientists have yet to find any evidence spirits of the dead exist in our world, yet many people believe they do. Whatever our opinions, legends of ghosts, poltergeists, and...

Jump back in time to discover what was happening during the mysterious Middle Ages. Some people occupied themselves with putting crowns on their heads, others kept busy discovering and spreading new religions, and some focused on invasion and conquest. Follow along as warlords carve...

A lone traveler battles a ghost in a haunted house. A werewolf's bride is on the hunt to feed her husband dinner. A vampire waits outside a girl's window for the perfect moment to pounce. This collection of traditional tales and myths from cultures...

Ever wonder which states are the cloudiest? Or what city gets the most snow? Climate maps can tell you. They show average weather conditions--in your neighborhood, around the world, or even on Mars But how do you read a climate map? And how are...

Have you ever wondered which countries have the most lakes? Or where the highest point in your state is? Physical maps show landscape features. They also often show land elevation, or how high the land is above sea level. But how do you use...

Want to know just how tall Mount Everest is? Or what the city of Denver's elevation is? Then look at a topographic map These maps use lines to show the height and shape of Earth's surface. But how do you read the lines? And...

Ever wonder what the capital of Alaska is? Or how many states share a border with New York? Political maps show state and national boundaries. They include major cities and places created by people. But how do you use political maps? And what map...

Examine the birth of America through a delicious lens: FOOD! This history-themed recipe book is third in a scrumptious series and proves that cooking never gets old. This collection of unique recipes will fill you up with lip-smacking history facts that reveal what cuisine...

Whether families live in modern cities or remote villages, they share many of the same joys and challenges. Vibrant photos and engaging text depict children in many countries as they live, eat, play, work, and learn with members of their families in this celebration...

Children around the world express themselves through art, be it music, dance, visual arts, or theater. Beautiful photographs and lyrical text highlight the many ways art can bring us together. A portion of the proceeds help support community-based projects benefiting children around the world.Author:...

Sometimes doing the right thing might seem boring. Why do homework when video games are much more fun? Beginning readers will learn all about the importance of responsibility and how they can be responsible, too, in this low-level title.Author: Jennifer Fretland VanVoorstISBN-10: 1626179301ISBN-13: 9781626179301Publisher:...

Kindness is one of the top traits we look for in friends. What makes this quality so important? What happens when we aren't kind? Young readers can explore the meaning of this virtue and learn how to exhibit it themselves in this helpful title.Author:...

It can be tempting to tell a white lie to avoid getting in trouble. But what would that tell others about the type of person you are? This title for early readers explores the benefits and results of being honest, and how readers can...

Helpful people make life easier! From doing chores to carrying groceries, there are many ways to help people around you. Beginning readers can learn about being helpful, from benefits to examples for everyday life in this informative title.Author: Jennifer Fretland VanVoorstISBN-10: 1626179263ISBN-13: 9781626179264Publisher: Blastoff!...

Custodians are hard-working members of the community! In schools, businesses, and hospitals everywhere, custodians are on duty for everything from mess cleanup to repair work. This low-level title explores all these community helpers do to make the world shine.Author: Kate MoeningISBN-10: 1626179026ISBN-13: 9781626179028Publisher: Blastoff!...

Uh-oh, the car won't start. Better call a mechanic Mechanics test, care for, and repair the machines that keep our world running. This informative title helps readers understand the busy world of these community helpers.Author: Christina LeafISBN-10: 162617900XISBN-13: 9781626179004Publisher: Blastoff! ReadersLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/01/2018Pages: 24Format:...

Rain or shine, a farmer's work is never done. Farmers grow crops, raise livestock, and gather eggs and milk. Young readers will get an inside look at a day in the life of these important community membersAuthor: Kate MoeningISBN-10: 1626178976ISBN-13: 9781626178977Publisher: Blastoff! ReadersLanguage: EnglishPublished:...

Today's princes and princesses do more than attend fancy balls. Peek inside to learn about their royal lives.Author: Gail Saunders-Smith, Sally LeeISBN-10: 1620651246ISBN-13: 9781620651247Publisher: Capstone PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/2013Pages: 24Format: Library BindingWeight: 0.75lbsSize: 11.00h x 9.10w x 0.30dAccelerated Reader:Reading Level: 2.8Point Value: 0.5Interest Level: Lower...

Post Office takes emergent readers on a trip to the post office while providing them with a supportive first nonfiction reading experience. Carefully crafted text uses high-frequency words, repetitive sentence patterns, and strong visual references to support emergent readers, making sure they arent facing...

In Police Officers, emergent readers will learn how police officers keep communities safe. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they discover what police officers do on the job. A labeled diagram helps readers identify the different areas of...

Sometimes doing the right thing might seem boring. Why do homework when video games are much more fun? Beginning readers will learn all about the importance of responsibility and how they can be responsible, too, in this low-level title.Author: Jennifer Fretland VanVoorstISBN-10: 1618915010ISBN-13: 9781618915016Publisher:...

Kindness is one of the top traits we look for in friends. What makes this quality so important? What happens when we aren't kind? Young readers can explore the meaning of this virtue and learn how to exhibit it themselves in this helpful title.Author:...

Roar into the weird with The Mane Event! This brand-new edition to the bestselling Fun Facts & Silly Stories series is packed with amazing stories, unbelievable facts, eye-catching photos, and wacky games and puzzles. An all-new collection of extraordinary stories and facts, The Mane...

Want To Know This series of informative picture books answers the questions of young children. Some subjects are familiar to them, others are less familiar. The books deal with the world and the environment around us, with our past and our present. In a...

Imagine that you are Willow the Wallaby, who has come from Australia to live in the Stone Zoo New England, and all day long you overhear young visitors talking about all the great sights to see in the Boston area. After making a list,...

At a school that sits on the edge of the Sahara, students are learning to speak English from a teacher who stands in front of a Webcam in North America. These students are learning in a virtual classroom. In another part of the world,...

Take a trip around the world to see amazing volcanoes that have formed on Earth.Author: Simon RoseISBN-10: 1543557791ISBN-13: 9781543557794Publisher: Capstone PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/2019Pages: 32Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.50lbsSize: 9.20h x 7.20w x 0.30dAccelerated Reader:Reading Level: 3.3Point Value: 0.5Interest Level: Middle GradeQuiz #/Name: 500493 / Amazing Volcanoes...

Many buildings are just four walls and a roof. But some buildings are engineering wonders and are extraordinary to behold. Put on your hard hat and go behind the scenes to find out how and why some of the world's most famous buildings were...

Count along with Sesame Street The Count enlists his friends to demonstrate many ways to count: forwards, backwards, and by 2s, 5s, and 10s. Elmo and others also present simple addition and subtraction exercises and ordinal numbers in this fun introduction to math concepts....

Discover a world of amazing cultural festivals -all ready to be brought to life by you! Pick your favorite colors and create vibrant masks, hot air balloons, sun gods and more as you travel the globe to celebrate Diwali in India, Carnevale in Venice,...

Guaranteed to enrich a toddler's vocabulary, this simple and fun series of bilingual board books is ideal for helping children discover a foreign language. Highlighting more complex concepts that go beyond colors and numbers, titles in the series feature animals, clothes, fruit, home, jobs,...

Cook's Cook follows the 1768 journey of James Cook's H.M.S. Endeavour with his ship's cook, the one-handed John Thompson, as story teller. Through real recipes from the ship's galley, events on board and the places the ship traveled on its way to the Pacific,...

With beautiful illustrations and rhyming text, My Canada takes you on an adventure across Canada from the Arctic North to Peggy's Cove. An introduction to animals, attractions and more as you travel its pages visiting each province and territory.Author: K. C. D'AngeloISBN-10: 1773024493ISBN-13: 9781773024493Publisher:...

With beautiful illustrations and rhyming text, My Canada takes you on an adventure across Canada from the Arctic North to Peggy's Cove. An introduction to animals, attractions and more as you travel its pages visiting each province and territory.Author: K. C. D'AngeloISBN-10: 1773024485ISBN-13: 9781773024486Publisher:...

This important book tells the story of how ten thousand Jewish children were rescued out of Nazi Europe just before the outbreak of World War 2. They were saved by the Kindertransport -- a rescue mission that transported the children (or Kinder) from Nazi-ruled...

Who listens to your pet's heart, takes X-rays, and cares for animals large and small? A veterinarian! Find out how these helpers make your community a better place. Through vivid photos and examples, readers in kindergarten to grade 2 will learn how veterinarians contribute...

Plan, saw, hammer, frame! Builders construct the buildings that shelter us and keep us safe: houses, schools, hospitals, and more. Find out how these helpers make your community a better place. Through vivid photos and examples, readers in kindergarten to grade 2 will learn...

Who gets classrooms ready, helps students learn, and makes kids feel safe and welcome, all in one day? Teachers! Find out how these helpers make your community a better place. Through vivid photos and examples, readers in kindergarten to grade 2 will learn how...

Who stocks shelves with food, helps customers find what they need, and hands out tasty samples? A grocer! Find out how these helpers make your community a better place. Through vivid photos and examples, readers in kindergarten to grade 2 will learn how grocers...

Dreams Around the World takes you on a once-in-a-lifetime journey and introduces you to thirteen children between the ages of four and eight who share their dreams for the future, as well as their day-to-day lives. From Finland in the north to Argentina in...

A girl who founded a charity for girls' education, a boy who raised money with every baseball he could hit. True stories of children who opened up their hearts and minds to the unfairness of the world and decided to try and make a...