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Is it living or nonliving? This concept can be difficult for young students to grasp. This book explains what to look for to decide if something is living or nonliving.

Mrs. Snowden tells the kids that T = True, H = Helpful, N = Necessary, and K = Kind. If what you're about to say isn't any of these things, she tells them, you shouldn't say it. Later that day, when Tyaja is about to criticize her friend Dhavi's new...

Good things happen even on a terrible day, and Sergio's day starts to look a lot better when his mom shows him a simple way to tally those good things. Backmatter explains the Negativity Bias and how Sergio's simple balancing exercise for home or...

Rosie has made plans with her friend, but she has forgotten that she has a piano lesson. She doesn't want to go! Join Rosie as she learns what happens in her brain when she gets angry, and how she can use mindfulness to calm down and find a peaceful way...

Quinn can't sleep! Worries keep intruding. Fred the Bunny teaches Quinn about "Remote Control Breathing" and how to notice thought patterns and consciously change the channel away from the Worry Channel so they can fall asleep! Now available for the...

Marleigh is Mindful is a fun guide for kids about how to use mindfulness to take care of big emotions. Through familiar scenarios, Marleigh and her friends share the mindfulness practices that help them when they feel worried mad, distracted, sad, really...

Ms. Snowden and her class practice sending kind thoughts to the people they love, and they launch a class Kindness Project. There is only one problem: Henry can't think of one kind thing he has done. Declaring that kindness is stupid, he stomps to the...

Get ready, mountain bike lovers; there's a crazy sport coming your way. Imagine taking your bike to the top of a mountain and then racing to the bottom as fast as you can go. Now imagine doing it with 20 other racers doing the same thing.

If you are afraid of heights, this sport is not for you. Imagine racing a souped-up motorcycle up a hill that is so steep it defies gravity. And if you don't reach the top, you risk a long, hard fall to the bottom.

Battery-operated vehicles have instant speed. Their batteries power up to speed much quicker than the traditional race engine. Many of the automakers have taken these powerful batteries and put them to use in racing. Several categories of e-racing now...

What do you do if a cheetah, the fastest animal on Earth, is chasing you? You have to outwit it! Follow along as the cheetah's prey cleverly uses different ways to throw the cheetah off its tracks. Readers will get a thrill from this vibrant, nonfiction...

Polar bears are deadly predators. Their white fur makes them almost invisible on the snow and ice. They can swim a hundred miles without stopping to rest. They rip apart flesh with their curved, sharp claws. What chance does a seal have when a polar bear...

Arrooooo! The sound of a howl echoes through the skies. It is an alpha wolf calling its pack. They are on the scent of a moose. Can the moose get the better of the pack of wolves? Readers will get a thrill from this vibrant, nonfiction series designed to...

A hyena's bite is seven times stronger than a human's. Its speed and deadly bite make it a skilled killing machine. In this book, though, its prey has some clever tricks to avoid being hyena dinner--meet the meerkat! Readers will get a thrill from this...

One spray of this animal's horrific, stinky butt perfume is enough to ward off any predator--except for the great horned owl. It is hungry, and it needs to feed its owlets. Find out how a fellow forest dweller helps the skunk escape to spray another day...

One has strong claws and sharp teeth that slice and crunch. The other is hairy and highly poisonous. Who will get out alive in this vicious matchup between a coati and a deadly spider? Readers will get a thrill from this vibrant, nonfiction series...

Freeze, flight, or fight. A sambar deer has to think quickly and choose what to do when it realizes one of Asia's super predators, a Tiger, has caught it in its crosshairs. Readers will get a thrill from this vibrant, nonfiction series designed to look...

One rules the oceans as a sleek and powerful predator. The other is one of that predator's favorite foods. Who will outwit the other in this watery chase between a great white shark and a cape fur seal? Readers will get a thrill from this vibrant,...

Crocodiles roamed the Earth with dinosaurs. They have had 65 million years to hone their hunting skills. They are one of the deadliest predators on Earth. Will the prey escape an attack from a crocodile? Readers will get a thrill from this vibrant,...

A Burmese python is one of the most giant snakes in the world. It has wide jaws and sharp teeth, and it can kill with a hug. Surely, a rat is no match for the Burmese python. Find out what happens when a Burmese python tries to make this tasty rat his...