Children’s and teenage book reviews and guides

Whether your child is crazy about chemistry or bananas about biology (or, let's face it, just likes making a mess), this book is choc-a-block full of experiments and projects that will get kids really excited about science - and all without going anywhere near a TV, tablet or computer screen.

Adolescence is a time of growth, change, and confusion for young women.

Jane Addams (1860-1935) was an inspired activist who struck at the roots of social injustice through persistent and thoughtful action, advocating for reforms in sanitation, housing and work conditions, and child labor.

Based on sources from rare book libraries in Russia and around the world, Picturing the Page offers a vivid exploration of illustrated children's literature and reading under Lenin and Stalin - a period when mass publishing for children and universal public education became available for the first time in Russia.

This indispensable teacher resource and course text, now revised and updated, addresses the whats, whys, and how-tos of incorporating outstanding childrens literature into the K8 reading program.

Based on sources from rare book libraries in Russia and around the world, Picturing the Page offers a vivid exploration of illustrated children's literature and reading under Lenin and Stalin - a period when mass publishing for children and universal public education became available for the first time in Russia.

Front Flap:Poet, essayist, actor, hymn-writer, wit, magazine editor, transvestite stage performer: Christopher Smart, Georgian don-turned-writer, was all of these.

Front Flap:Poet, essayist, actor, hymn-writer, wit, magazine editor, transvestite stage performer: Christopher Smart, Georgian don-turned-writer, was all of these.

Booktalking Nonfiction: 200 Sure-Fire Winners for Middle and High School Readers will provide an introduction to selecting and writing booktalks for nonfiction books with a focus on unique informational texts and biographies and autobiographies.

Jane Addams (1860-1935) was an inspired activist who struck at the roots of social injustice through persistent and thoughtful action, advocating for reforms in sanitation, housing and work conditions, and child labor.

Tod und Leben, Liebe und Schicksal finden ihren fulminanten Höhepunkt .

Bond is the number 1 provider of 11+ practice, helping millions of children pass selective entrance exams.

Children's books - from Narnia to The Hobbit - are celebrated in this enlightened examination of the joys of childhood reading.

What is The Tiger Who Came to Tea really about?

Pasatiempos Lectores es un libro didáctico creado para ayudar y acompañar a los y las estudiantes de Enseñanza Básica en su proceso de iniciación y profundización de la lectoescritura, y de paso entregar orientaciones a los y las apoderados/as sobre cómo apoyar a los/as niños/as en este proceso tan complejo, que consiste en la adquisición de las habilidades y competencias necesarias para aprender a leer, interpretando un texto, y escribir, utilizando el alfabeto.

There is only one known planet Earth with many living and nonliving communities depending on it for their existence.

A school is a place where children can learn to appreciate cultural diversity.

Boohoo for Pluto encourages questions about science and learning.

A summer holiday at the beach for Zoe becomes a turning point in her life.

Hairy Krishne tells the story of how Jennifer, an only child, got her very own dog.