This beautifully presented Civil Rights Activity Book helps children learn about the US Civil Rights struggle fought for equal rights for people of colour in America. In 1964 President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act, making it unlawful to treat people differently because of their race, religion, or sex. While the American Civil War ended …

In Sailing Ships and Sinking Spoons – lessons in buoyancy, Tenzin and Tashi, two young Tibetan monks, and Genla, the beloved storyteller of the monastery, wonder why a small steel spoon sinks in water but a huge ship floats. Their science teacher Miss Sonam helps them experiment with an apple, a spoon and a tub-full …

Uncovering Earth’s Secrets – A book about oceanic research, featuring the research ship JOIDES Resolution, written in rhyme with beautiful illustrations. This nonfiction eBook was written for us by award-winning children’s author Kevin Kurtz (http://kevinkurtz.homestead.com) and illustrated by award-winning illustrator Alice Feagan (http://alicefeagan.com). It is written for children and classrooms in grades 1 to 4. …

Four friends have a secret meeting place, but someone keeps trying to get in. Is it Ma like the person says, or is it a scary monster? The group has 3 forms of security to protect their secret meeting place. This book provides a nice simple explanation of security and why it’s important in a …

This writing textbook is a perfect text for a complete guide to writing, and suitable for aspects of introductory and advanced high school English students. The book contains a complete course in writing, from writing phases, drafting, editing, types of writing, to common phrases, word types, and improved use of English sentence structure, all explained in …

A wildflower colouring book, including hand drawn colouring images, and real colour photos of the flowers, a colour guide for colouring in, and factual information about the flowers. A great book for gathering information for early grades biology projects. By: Danielle Bruckert   Text and Images from Creating Wild flowers – Colouring Book Wild Ginger (Asarum …

How to Solve a Problem Like Himani, is a school journal from the Himalayas. Himani writes in her journal about life at school and at home in a village in the Northern Indian region of Uttarakhand, on the Southern slopes of the Himalaya range. The story takes you through her diary entries as she learns the …

Clouds out my window all about clouds from NOAA – is an awesome comprehensive book which explains all about clouds for upper elementary or middle-grade children in a very easy to understand way. This book was written by John Jensenius a Meteorologist with the National Weather Service, a department of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration …

In Why Does A Poori Puff Up we have a fascinating science and baking lesson combined, all in one wonderful book. This is a level 3 book, aimed for children who are learning to read on their own. Brought to us by Pratham’s Storyweaver. Author: Varsha Joshi Illustrator: Sonal Gupta Sample Text from Why Does …

In Where Does the Sun Go at Night, a sister and brother discuss where the sun might go at night. The younger brother keeps guessing lots of inventive ideas, but the older sister knows best what she’s been taught from books at school and explains to her brother where the sun goes at night. This …