Social Issues (Children's/Teenage)

Book two in the award-winning Mothers of Xsan series, The Grizzly Mother uses striking illustration and lyrical language to bring the poetry of the...

To the Gitxsan people of Northwestern British Columbia, the sockeye salmon is more than just a source of food. Over its life cycle, it nourishes th...

Expert author Michael Tompkins offers tips and tricks to help stall anger and leave it by the side of the road. High performance cars can go from z...

Kiko goes on a camping trip with her class and learns about gratitude! Throughout the trip, Kiko discovers different things she appreciates about h...

With her home under threat from a warming ocean, Zobi, a brave rhizobia bacterium, teams up with a familyof slow but steady zoox (zooxanthellae). A...

Olly is a shy but funky Orangutan, who has an incredible voice and loves to sing but can''t control his nerves enough to get any words out. After f...

In this much-needed work for our nation''s youth, Daniel Shaw tracks the interconnections of small regional ecosystems to larger ones, and in the p...

Why should you care about climate change? Weather affects your everyday life and climate change can have major impacts around the world. Discover h...

Blow the trumpet, sound the horn,Daddys princess has been born!The timeless journey of a daughter and father is poignantly captured in the story of...

Really Woolly Thankful Thoughts inspires toddlers and preschoolers to be thankful all day long! With sweet rhymes and soft illustrations, this glit...

Three major areas of controversy in child custody are examined--the viability of the best interest of the child standard; the rights of custodial a...

Watch the world transform when spring comes! In a starred review, School Library Journal called this delightful picture book A must-have, joyful s...

A vibrant and sophisticated ode to nature. Kirkus (starred review)From Caldecott Medalist and Newbery Honor author Kevin Henkes and acclaimed paint...

In this book young readers will discover what litter is, how it can harm the environment and what they can do to help clean it up! The book introdu...

In this book, young readers will discover what it means to reduce waste, including recycling, using and consuming fewer plastics, using less water ...

Explore beyond the headlines on the topics of war and terrorism, learning how these issues are treated in the news and how to separate truth from s...

Explore beyond the headlines on the topic of human rights, learning how this issue is treated in the news and how to separate truth from spin.

Geothermal energy makes use of the energy already present within the earth. This clean, renewable energy is growing in its technology and popularit...

From atomic power to solar power, find out all about energy and what it does in this fascinating book, including what lies ahead for our use of ene...

Solar energy harnesses the power of the sun. This clean, renewable energy is growing in its technology and popularity. Readers will learn how it wo...

Wind energy harnesses the power of the wind. This clean, renewable energy is growing in its technology and popularity. Readers will learn how it is...

Tigers are kings of the jungle and are loved by many people. So why are they under threat of extinction? Find out all about these magnificent creat...

In 1969 Bernice Sandler was finishing her doctorate in Education at the University of Maryland, teaching part-time at the university, and trying to...

The earth-and everything on it-needs water. But lately, it's been unusually sunny, warm, and dry. The weather anchor announces that your area is ex...

Buddy and his mother are spending a relaxing day at Petes Pond. As Mama tells Buddy about the animals, bugs, and plants they see, Buddy sketches th...

Trapped. For eleven-year-old Gopal and his family, life in their rural Indian village is over: We stay, we starve, his baba has warned. They flee ...

A glorious, mostly wordless picture book about a dog who needs a bath-and finds much more than that-by phenomenal debut author/illustrator Christop...

From the multi award-winning Australian author of How to Bee and The Dog Runner, another original and heartfelt middle-grade fiction adventure, exp...

Duty Calls: Dunkirk by James Holland is a gripping true-to-life story about one of the most dramatic events of World War II.'YOU WANTED TO SEE SOME...