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Chinese Mythology
Who is Pan Ku? What is Yi? Why are myths so important in our lives? Myths are a rich source of history. People use them to make sense of our world. Even before myths were written down, people told and retold the stories of the gods and goddesses of their homeland. Readers of Chinese Mythology will learn the history of myths, as well as their deeper meaning. From the Jade Emperor who invented many things for humanity to Fu Hsi, emperor called the Father of China, this book helps kids understand the myths that shape and direct people's lives. Abdo & Daughters is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
African Mythology
Learn about African mythology including popular gods and goddess and creation tales.
Middle Eastern Mythology
Collects stories from ancient Middle Eastern mythology, including the Babylonian creation story, the mythical life of Gilgamesh, king of Uruk, the Canaanite origin of the seasons myth, and the stories of Mesopotamian gods and goddesses.
Technological Solutions
Technological Solutions looks to finding an answer to climate change through scientific means. Many ways to reverse climate change are introduced from the obvious reducing pollution and carbon dioxide through renewable, future energy to the fascinating idea of using screens and mirrors to partially block sunlight, from building levees to prevent floods to creating artificial clouds and growing plankton to absorb extra carbon. Facts, myths, and modern solutions are presented in clear, age-appropriate language. Readers learn what is being done to protect and live in the world of the future. ABDO & Daughters is an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.
South Pacific Mythology
Myths are a rich source of history. Even before myths were written down, people told and retold the stories of the gods and goddesses of their homeland. Learn the history of the South Pacific myths, as well as their deeper meaning, from the desert tribesof Australia to New Zealand's origin of the coconut.
Norse Mythology
Collects stories from ancient Norse mythology, including the creation of the world, the tree of the universe, and the end of the world with the battle of Ragnarok.
Native American Mythology
Explores differences in myths among Native American tribes as well as similarities, such as the Great Spirit and Earth Mother.
Swarm Intelligence
Companies and organizations everywhere cite creativity as the most desirable - and elusive - leadership quality of the future. Yet scores measuring creativity among American children have been on the wane for decades. A specialist in creative leadership, professor James Haywood Rolling, Jr. knows firsthand that the classroom is a key to either unlocking or blocking the critical imagination. He argues that today's schools, with their focus on rote learning and test-taking, work to stymie creativity, leaving children cut off from their natural impulses and boxed in by low expectations. Drawing on cutting-edge research in the realms of biological swarm theory, systems theory, and complexity the...
Marco Polo
This title introduces readers to Marco Polo, the great explorer who was the first European to explore China. Polo's life story is examined, from his early travels with father Niccolo Polo and uncle Maffeo Polo to China to see Kublai Khan and visit Xanadu, to his marriage to Donata Badoer, to his travels in China in the Kublai Khan's service. Polo's book The Travels of Marc Polo is covered, as is its influence on other explorers such as Christopher Columbus. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo & Daughters is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
The Civil War
Analyzes the impact of the Civil War on African Americans, discussing the division between free states and slave states, the Emancipation Proclamation, and living conditions during Reconstruction.
