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Sometimes We Feel Happy
One of the best feelings to experience is happiness. Young learners are introduced to various situations in life that can cause someone to be happy through age-appropriate and accessible main text. They learn how to embrace happiness and how to express it in healthy and inclusive ways that make others feel happy too. Short sentences and clear language translate this subject in an effective way. Eye-catching, full-color photographs and a useful glossary enhance this Social and Emotional Learning topic in a way that’s sure to leave readers smiling.
Robots That Fight
Fighting robots are not a new concept. Ever since the toy Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots made its debut in 1964, children and adults have had fun controlling robots as they fight each other. However, advancements in robotic technology have turned this whimsical pastime into a major sporting event. As the popularity of the TV show Battlebots makes clear, people love to watch robots fight! Full-color photographs, fact boxes, and exciting sidebars help immerse readers in the world of fighting robots, while a list of discussion questions challenges them to think more deeply about this high-interest STEM topic.
Cambodia
From the magnificent ruins of Angkor Wat to its floating villages, Cambodia is a place rich with history and culture. Readers explore how Cambodia’s ancient past, as well as the brutal reign of the Khmer Rouge, have shaped how Cambodians live today. They learn about Cambodian arts, religions, traditions, and celebrations through fact-filled text and brilliant photographs. Sidebars and fact boxes give readers a comprehensive understanding of the government structures and daily life of Cambodians today. This is a reading adventure that young explorers won’t soon forget!
Unhoused Families
This compassionate book explores the dynamics of unhoused families. Young readers learn about the different kinds of unhoused families, the ways they form, the challenges they can face, and strategies for working through those challenges.
The Prism
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Cambodia
From the magnificent ruins of Angkor Wat to its floating villages, Cambodia is a place rich with history and culture. Readers explore how Cambodia’s ancient past, as well as the brutal reign of the Khmer Rouge, have shaped how Cambodians live today. They learn about Cambodian arts, religions, traditions, and celebrations through fact-filled text and brilliant photographs. Sidebars and fact boxes give readers a comprehensive understanding of the government structures and daily life of Cambodians today. This is a reading adventure that young explorers won’t soon forget!
Crossover Picturebooks
This book situates the picturebook genre within the widespread international phenomenon of crossover literature, examining an international corpus of picturebooks — including artists’ books, wordless picturebooks, and celebrity picturebooks — that appeal to readers of all ages. Focusing on contemporary picturebooks, Sandra Beckett shows that the picturebook has traditionally been seen as a children’s genre, but in the eyes of many authors, illustrators, and publishers, it is a narrative form that can address any and all age groups. Innovative graphics and formats as well as the creative, often complex dialogue between text and image provide multiple levels of meaning and invite reade...
What Should We Do about Homelessness?
Homelessness is an issue that affects people all around the world, including many children. But how can we help people experiencing homelessness? This book introduces arguments for different approaches to dealing with the issue of homelessness. Readers will learn the common reasons behind homelessness and how different solutions may help. Readers will be able to create an informed opinion through examining arguments, reading fact boxes, and exploring a graphic organizer. This important topic allows readers to apply critical thinking skills to a real-world situation.
Text + Field
Rhetorical critics have long had a troubled relationship with method, viewing it as at times opening up provocative avenues of inquiry, and at other times as closing off paths toward meaningful engagement with texts. Text + Field shifts scholarly attention from this conflicted history, looking instead to the growing number of scholars who are supplementing text-based scholarship by venturing out into the field, where rhetoric is produced, enacted, and consumed. These field-based practices involve observation, ethnographic interviews, and performance. They are not intended to displace text-based approaches; rather, they expand the idea of method by helping rhetorical scholars arrive at new an...
