Product Description: An interesting take on exploring global issues through maps, figures, images, statistics and extensive lists of facts.

Product Description: As the world's population approaches seven billion people, some fear that Earth's citizens face a catastrophic food crisis in the near future. Furthermore, experts place the globe's population in 2050 at more than nine billion, a potentially overwhelming figure for the world's resources...read more

Product Description: An innovative concept book about attuned eating introduces young children to the idea of listening to their tummies when it comes to food, hunger and satiety. Simple and lyrical text complimented by fun, whimsical illustrations. Includes note to parents from Jane Hirschmann, coauthor of Preventing Childhood Eating Problems , Overcoming Overeating , and When Women Stop Hating Their Bodies...read more

Introduces hunger and homelessness, discusses their causes, and describes a variety of projects for students to do that will improve the situation.

Discusses both the natural and human causes of hunger and famine around the world and examines what can be done to remedy the problem.

Describes the conditions that contribute to hunger, including poverty and environmental problems, and details efforts being taken to rid the world of the problem.

Pro and con viewpoints are presented on issues related to world hunger, its causes, and possible solutions

Discusses the causes of hunger and famine in both developed and developing countries and some of the ways of dealing with these problems

Filled with practical tips and accessible information, a children's guide to helping end world hunger proves that children can work within their communities to make a difference on the local, national, and global level. Original. All ages.

Describes how different kinds of food provide needed nutritional fuel for the human body and how the process of digestion works