Product Description: 100 FACTS - RAINFORESTS is bursting with amazing images, great activities and exactly 100 awesome facts. Children aged 7+ will learn everything they need to know about the precious jungles on our planet. Kids learn more easily with bite-sized information...read more

Product Description: With original clay illustrations, this picture dictionary will help children familiarize themselves with the names of 100 animals in both English and Spanish. Kids’ reading and spelling abilities will be reinforced as they are introduced to animals found on the farm, in the sea, in the forest, and in the desert...read more

Product Description: Discover the 1000 most extraordinary facts about animals EVER! Which frog can break its own bones to make armour? What insect can survive being frozen solid? Which bird could lift a human? What sea creature can tie itself in knots? These unbelievable creatures push every extreme of nature to the limit, and beyond...read more

Product Description: Anne Rooney has a PhD in medieval literature from Trinity College, Cambridge. She has written many books for adults and children on a variety of subjects, including science and history, and lives in Cambridge.

Product Description: There's a lot to do before you get old and boring! Live it up with 101 activities that celebrate childhood, discovery, and just plain having fun. Have you ever made a time capsule? Do you have a signature dance move? And do you know the secret for folding the perfect paper airplane? This ready-made bucket list for kids is a journey through art, science, writing, and all the memory making and exploring that is the best part of childhood...read more

A chronological introduction to the religious, political, and artistic events that shaped the seventeenth century around the world.

The 20th Century is the eighth installment in the revised and expanded Great Lives series, which provides in-depth critical, biographical essays from around the world. This brand new, ten-volume set offers more than 1,300 extensive biographies of major personages in world history from 1901-2000. Each essay ranges from 3 to 5 pages in length and displays standard ready-reference top matter offering easy access biographical information. The body of each essay is divided into three major sections: Early Life, Life's Work, and Significance. The set also includes several appendixes and indexes and a pronunication key.

Product Description: This fun and colorful activity book is perfect for helping young children learn 50 basic English phrases Covering all that is needed to get started, this book is ideal for children who are new to the English language in learning 50 important phrases...read more

A history of addiction covers how and why people become addicted to various drugs, food, or activities, and how addictions may be treated.

Provides profiles of notable African Americans from all walks of life, including politicians, entertainers, writers, reformers, and educators. (view table of contents)

Product Description: Focuses on the principal African-American poets from colonial times to the Harlem Renaissance and the World War II era. This title covers poets that include Phillis Wheatley, author of the first volume of verse published by an African American, and the seminal figures Gwendolyn Brooks, Countee Cullen, Paul Lawrence Dunbar, and Langston Hughes...read more

Product Description: Written in an engaging manner, this book focuses on the social history, customs, and traditions of African Americans in America. Ideal for history buffs, this volume boasts black-and-white photographs, an index, glossary, and box features.

Product Description: The African continent is home to a fascinating and strong tradition of myth, due in part to the long history of human habitation in Africa; the diversity of its geography, flora, and fauna; and the variety of its cultural beliefs...read more