Social Issues (Children's/Teenage)

Did you know that an adult giraffe can eat a hundred pounds of leaves a day? How about that male giraffes fight each other by swinging their long n...

Did you know that a blue whale eats about 50 million calories' worth of krill each day? How about that blue whales' song is louder than a jet engin...

Plant a windbreak. Poplars! Pines! Stretch them out in perfect lines. Plant another hundred trees. Alder, ash, and willow, please. Grab a shovel a...

'Fake news' is a term youve probably heard a lot in the last few years, but its not a new phenomenon. From the ancient Egyptians to the founding fa...

Sometimes its the sting from a fall that brings tears to your eyes, but other times its laughing so hard from a tickle fight that you start to cry....

Inspired by the #1 New York Times bestseller She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton and Alexandra Boiger, a chapter book series about women who spoke up ...

Inspired by Nathaniel Richs Losing Earth: A Recent History, the acclaimed book that grew out of an August 2018 issue of The New York Times Magazine...

When the rain came down and the water rose up . . . thousands fled but many couldnt leave. When the rain came down and the water rose up . . . a c...

Once upon a morning in Hong Kong, in the alley of Tai Yuen Street, a girl is promised a mooncake with a double-yolk centre - the best kind! The sp...

Vancouver Island, 1979. Winter rains have swept into Eagle Shores Trailer Park, and twelve-year-old Truly has settled in with Andy El, the Salish E...

A class project leads Frankie to learn where her food comes from and go up against the Food Phantom.When Frankie and her classmates are asked where...

When the Snack Food Genie appears, Jesse begins to recognize how food fuels his body. The Snack Food Genie tempts Jesse with all that is yummy an...

The 'Why in the World' series introduces citizenship topics in a sensitive way with heartfelt illustrations, helping to connect children's own expe...

The 'Why in the World' series introduces citizenship topics in a sensitive way with heartfelt illustrations, helping to connect children's own expe...

An inspiring children's biography collection, Immigrant Innovators highlights the stories of 30 immigrant entrepreneurs who have made it big in Ame...

When Skunk asks Possum why he's hiding, he sets off a chain reaction of animals scared of sounds in the night. Even Wolf and Bear are sure somethin...

Did you know that there is a wood frog in the Arctic that survive for weeks with half of its body frozen solid? How about that the golden poison fr...

In a city besieged by monsters and ruled by her perfect sister, plus-size sixteen-year-old Gia grows up desperate to prove her worth. As the powerf...

As a boy, David loved exploring the wild places near his home in England, collecting fossils, rocks, and newts. When he grew older, he got a job in...

Paralympic champion swimmer and gold medalist Jessica Long celebrates the importance of dreaming big and the power of being different in The Mermai...

How did a woman with the desire to help others became the founder of the Girl Scouts of the United States of America?Born in 1860 in Savannah, Geor...

A sparkling and deeply felt story of love, loss, renewaland jam!offering  a gentle reminder of the cyclical nature of the world around us.If you ev...

An enticing entry point for new birders and a helpful reference for those with experiencemy family and I won't be going on a hike without it! Clara...

A beautiful picture book that explores how one the life of one bee is linked to countless other living things and why biodiversity matters. Produce...

A beautiful picture book that explores how one the life of one blue whale is linked to countless other living things and why biodiversity matters....

The seventh generation is creating A sea of change. It was a soft voice, at first. Like a ripple. But with practice it grew louder. Indigenous w...

Hermie learns the importance of offering forgiveness and discovers how incredible Gods grace really is.  There is a lot of excitement in the garden...

Meet Romario Valentine, an 11-year-old eco-warrior from Durban, South Africa. Through his tree planting, beach clean-ups, avian art and other conse...

Fair Trade First explores what fair trade is, how it helps people and why we should all support itIt looks at fair trade products, from bananas to ...

I am ugly. There's a mathematical equation to prove it. At only eight months old, identical twin sisters Ariel and Zan were diagnosed with Crouzon...

JB Barnes is looking forward to spending the summer hanging out on the beach. But his mother, a scientist, asks him to join her aboard a research s...

Thoughtful and thought-provoking, this book will plant the seeds of environmental activism in young readers. Kirkus (starred review)I encourage eve...

Each Project Organizer contains six units with a different theme drawn from the UN Millennium Development Goals and structured around a unit questi...