Everything you want to know about gum: where it comes from, how it's made, it's sticky history. Did you know artists around the world use gum to create art? You will see examples, and then you can make your own art by using the step-by-step directions included. You will read about how healthy gum is for you, and you'll discover how to blow a bubble as well as how to get the sticky stuff out of your hair or off your clothes. Full-color illustrations, sidebars, humor, and lots of WOW! information makes this book a joy to read. There's even a resource list for you to find out more. Robert also wrote The Chewing Gum Book, published in 1989, and it was the first book ever written for children on the topic. Chomp! is an updated and modernized version. While aimed at children aged 8-11, curious people of all ages can enjoy it.
Friends of a wolf? Who would dare?
Plenty of people would, and for good reasons: wolves are fascinating animals and they are important to our environment. For years, they were hunted to near extinction. Today, with the help of friends, their numbers are growing.
Using engaging text and captivating photographs, Friends of the Wolf introduces young readers to the wonderful world of wolves. Readers discover wolves' amazing physical characteristics, their long history of being one of the most maligned animals on the planet, and their road to recovery. A real-life sanctuary is spotlighted, and its everyday workings to preserve and protect wolves.
Children are passionate about animals, especially wolves. But how can they put that passion to use? This book provides an informational foundation as well as practical suggestions to help readers become Friends of the Wolf.
Based on the true story of a cunning wolf, a tireless hunter, and his legacy of redemption.
1893. Wolves have nearly been exterminated in North America. In northern New Mexico, a small pack survives, preying on local ranchers’ cattle. This pack is led by the wolf they called Lobo.
Desperate to stop the cunning and intelligent wolf, the ranchers offer a bounty on Lobo’s head to anyone who can kill Lobo and his pack.
Enter Ernest Thompson Seton; artist, writer, naturalist, and expert wolf hunter. But as Seton hunts Lobo, he sees a wild West rapidly disappearing, one that may be lost forever...
“Lobo: the Hunted and the Hunter” retells Ernest Thompson Seton’s classic story "Lobo," and the legacy sparked from their fateful encounter.
The life of A.C. Gilbert was a magical one: accomplished magician, Olympic champion, inventor, toymaker, "The Man Who Saved Christmas." And now, for the first time ever, comes a children's book about this legendary man. The Magic of A.C. Gilbert, a 32-page picture book with colorful illustrations throughout, tells the inspiring story of the man who changed the toy industry as well as the way American viewed playthings.
Written by Robert Young, award-winning author of thirty-three books for children, this book is a realization of a long-time dream to celebrate the life of one of the most innovative Americans. Robert's journey with A.C. Gilbert began long ago when he received an Erector Set for Christmas. Thirty-five years later, after taking his fourth grade class to A.C. Gilbert's Discovery Village in Salem, Oregon, the idea for a book emerged. After that, it was only a matter of researching then writing, rewriting, and rewriting. The Magic of A.C. Gilbert is the result.
Growing up isn't easy. For eleven-year-old David Jennings, moving to a new town makes it even harder. He does his best to make friends, but the best he can do is a small group led by Paul Hogan, the town bully. Paul gets thrills picking on kids and abusing animals. Reluctantly, David follows until events force him to consider actions that could change, or end, his life. What will he do? What would you do?
Passage: A dog's journey west with Lewis and Clark is an interactive activity book for young readers (8-10). This historically accurate book tells the story of the most famous expedition in American history through the eyes of Seaman, the 150-pound Newfoundland that accompanied the Corps of Discovery every step of the way. The format is a series of journal entries, and readers are encouraged to interact with the text by making predictions, asking questions, finding answers, and connecting the text to their own lives. Incomplete line illustrations allow readers to enhance their artistic skills.
Yogi Berra was one-of-a-kind. There's never been a baseball player like him, and there likely never will be!
Yogi was selected Most Valuable Player three times, an honor only three other players have achieved. He was chosen for the All-Star team 13 years in a row, played in fourteen World Series, and won ten. No other player has ever done that.
Kids should know about this modest, hard-working man, and now they can. Yogi Berra: Baseball Legend is a picture book biography of one of baseball's greatest players. The book traces his life, from his childhood on The Hill in St. Louis to his entry into professional baseball and on to his highly successful career with the New York Yankees that led him to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Although Yogi passed away in 2015, he remains an icon because of his baseball accomplishments as well as his quotable sayings, his "way with words" that became ingrained in our culture.
Yogi's story is not just about a boy who overcame his humble beginnings to become a major league star. This is a story of a child, then a man, who was teased and taunted most of his life about the way he looked. Best of all, this is a story of how Yogi overcame the challenges of peoples' hurtful words. Young readers will relate to these challenges because of the many forms of bullying that continue to this day.
When Bear wakes from his long winter sleep, he smells something bad...very bad. Who is it? WHO STINKS? Is it Mouse? Is it Snake? Maybe it's Blackbird? This is the story of Bear as he searches for the answer to this very pungent question. There's lots to engage readers in this book: repetition, opportunities for cooperative responses, colorful humorous illustrations, and a clever ending. A great book to use to begin a discussion of bullying and blaming.
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