Social Issues (Children's/Teenage)

Harold is an iceberg . . . lettuce. (But he doesn't realize the 'lettuce' part because some of his sticker has been ripped off.) So one day when he...

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...