Children’s / Teenage general interest: Communities, places and peoples
Teacher Created Materials, Inc The Appalachians and Other U.S. Mountain Ranges
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£9.47
Teacher Created Materials, Inc All Aboard the Interstate
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£9.47
LifeWay Christian Resources Christmas Quest The
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£11.98
Abdo Publishing Company Pharaohs
£999.99
BookBaby Bevin and the Great Pandemic
£10.79
Tundra Books A Northern Alphabet
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£8.99
Tundra Books Escape to Witch City
Book SynopsisIn a world ruled by fear of witches, some secrets are deadly. A thrilling new fantasy adventure set in historical London for fans of V.E. Schwab's City of Ghosts and Serafina and the Black Cloak.Emmaline Black has a secret. She can hear the rhythm of heartbeats. Not just her own, but others' too. It's a rhythm she's learned to control, and that can only mean one thing . . . Emma's a witch. In a world where a sentence of witchcraft comes with dire consequences and all children who have reached the age of thirteen are tested to ensure they have no witch blood, Emma must attempt to stamp out her power before her own test comes. But the more she researches, the more she begins to suspect that her radically anti-witch aunt and mother are hiding something -- the truth about their sister, her Aunt Lenore, who disappeared under mysterious circumstances years ago. The day of the test comes, and Emma's results not only pair her up with strange new fri
£16.19
Tundra Books Escape to Witch City
Book SynopsisIn a world ruled by fear of witches, some secrets are deadly. A thrilling new fantasy adventure set in historical London for fans of V.E. Schwab's City of Ghosts and Serafina and the Black Cloak.Emmaline Black has a secret. She can hear the rhythm of heartbeats. Not just her own, but others' too. It's a rhythm she's learned to control, and that can only mean one thing . . . Emma's a witch. In a world where a sentence of witchcraft comes with dire consequences and all children who have reached the age of thirteen are tested to ensure they have no witch blood, Emma must attempt to stamp out her power before her own test comes. But the more she researches, the more she begins to suspect that her radically anti-witch aunt and mother are hiding something -- the truth about their sister, her Aunt Lenore, who disappeared under mysterious circumstances years ago. The day of the test comes, and Emma's results not only pair her up with strange new friends, but set her on a course to challenge everything she's ever been taught about magic, and reveal long-buried family secrets. It seems witches may not have been so easy to banish after all. Secret cities, untapped powers, missing family members -- Emma is about to discover a whole new world.
£9.49
Random House USA Inc Have No Fear Halloween is Here Dr SeussThe Cat in
Book SynopsisCarve out family time for this Halloween-themed Step 2 deluxe Step into Reading leveled reader featuring The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!—plus over thirty stickers! It’s Halloween, and the Cat in the Hat is taking Sally and Nick on a trip to find costumes. But when they encounter a colony of tiny cave bats, they are in for a fright—until they learn that most bats are harmless and nothing to be afraid of! Based on the PBS Kids Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About Halloween! TV special, this early reader with over thirty stickers is the perfect way for kids to celebrate the holiday—and learn a bit about an iconic Halloween animal! Step 2 Readers use basic vocabulary and short sentences to tell simple stories. For children who recognize familiar words and can sound out new words with help.
£6.96
Random House USA Inc Dear Martin
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£17.09
Penguin Putnam Inc Who Was Juliette Gordon Low
Book SynopsisHow did a woman with the desire to help others became the founder of the Girl Scouts of the United States of America?Born in 1860 in Savannah, Georgia, Juliette Gordon Low grew up having the finest clothes and education. She was expected to be a prim and proper lady, but Crazy Daisy--as she was nicknamed by her friends and family--preferred to climb trees, ride horses, and hike. She also tried to find ways to help people in need. She carried that caring spirit with her into adulthood and used it to develop the Girl Scouts of the United States of America in 1912. Today, Juliette''s organization continues to empower young girls, improve their self-esteem, and provide them with lifelong skills and a community of sisterhood. Learn more about this strong-willed woman in this addition to the #1 New York Times bestselling series!
£7.56
Penguin USA Marcus Vega Doesnt Speak Spanish
Book SynopsisOne boy's search for his father leads him to Puerto Rico in this moving middle-grade novel, for fans of Ghost and See You in the Cosmos.Marcus Vega is six feet tall, 180 pounds, and the owner of a premature mustache. When you look like this and you're only in the eighth grade, you're both a threat and a target. After a fight at school leaves Marcus facing suspension, Marcus's mom decides it's time for a change of environment. She takes Marcus and his younger brother to Puerto Rico to spend a week with relatives they don't remember or have never met. But Marcus can't focus knowing that his father--who walked out of their lives ten years ago--is somewhere on the island. So begins Marcus's incredible journey, a series of misadventures that take him all over Puerto Rico in search of his elusive namesake. Marcus doesn't know if he'll ever find his father, but what he ultimately discovers changes his life. And he even learns a bit of Spanish along the way.
£16.14
Penguin Putnam Inc Marcus Vega Doesnt Speak Spanish
Book SynopsisOne boy''s search for his father leads him to Puerto Rico in this moving-middle grade novel, for fans of Ghost and See You in the Cosmos.Marcus Vega is six feet tall, 180 pounds, and the owner of a premature mustache. When you look like this and you''re only in the eighth grade, you''re both a threat and a target. After a fight at school leaves Marcus facing suspension, Marcus''s mom decides it''s time for a change of environment. She takes Marcus and his younger brother to Puerto Rico to spend a week with relatives they don''t remember or have never met. But Marcus can''t focus knowing that his father--who walked out of their lives ten years ago--is somewhere on the island. So begins Marcus''s incredible journey, a series of misadventures that take him all over Puerto Rico in search of his elusive namesake. Marcus doesn''t know if he''ll ever find his father, but what he ultimately discovers changes his life. And he even learns a bit of Spanish alo
£8.54
Penguin Putnam Inc The Road to Memphis
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£9.49
Penguin Putnam Inc How Big Could Your Pumpkin Grow
Book SynopsisAward-winning artist Wendell Minor celebrates America''s love for giant pumpkins alongside famous American landmarks and landscapesEvery year, giant pumpkin contests take place at fairs across the country—the 2012 record-holder weighed over a ton! The latest craze is to carve the most enormous pumpkins into racing boats. But what’s next? Why not think really big? Award-winning artist Wendell Minor does just that as he imagines larger-than-life pumpkins decorating some of America’s favorite places—as immense as the Capitol dome, Mount Rushmore, the Brooklyn Bridge, even the Grand Canyon! This celebration of famous landmarks and landscapes plays with concepts of size and scale and is full of fun facts.Minor illustrates this simple text with lush, rich paintings that portray resplendent autumn scenes...This visually stunning book is sure to be a favorite autumn read-aloud.—School Library JournalA mar
£8.54
Paw Prints Publishing Baker and Taylor And the Mystery of the Library
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£999.99
Paw Prints Publishing Baker Y Taylor Y El Misterio de Los Gatos de la
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£999.99
Paw Prints Publishing Baker and Taylor Searching for President Snuggles
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£999.99
Paw Prints Publishing Baker and Taylor Searching for President Snuggles
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£999.99
Paw Prints Publishing Baker Y Taylor Buscando Al Presidente Acurrucos
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£999.99
Paw Prints Publishing Baker Y Taylor Buscando Al Presidente Acurrucos
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£999.99
Paw Prints Publishing Baker and Taylor The Hunt for the Missing Ring
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£999.99
Paw Prints Publishing Baker and Taylor The Hunt for the Missing Ring
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£999.99
Paw Prints Publishing Baker Y Taylor En Busca del Anillo Perdido Baker
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£999.99
Paw Prints Publishing Baker Y Taylor En Busca del Anillo Perdido Baker
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£999.99
Paw Prints Publishing Baker and Taylor Blast Off to Space City
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£999.99
Paw Prints Publishing Baker Y Taylor
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£999.99
Paw Prints Publishing Baker Y Taylor Despegan a la Ciudad del Espacio
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£999.99
Paw Prints Publishing Treasury of Eid Tales
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£999.99
Baker & Taylor Books Bunso Meets a Mumu
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£11.55
PAW PRINTS PUB Seeking Shanti
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£999.99
PAW PRINTS READER Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett The Virologist Who Changed
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£999.99
Square Fish Underground
Book SynopsisOne of School Library Journal's Best Nonfiction Books of the Year. A few well chosen words and spellbinding images pack an emotion wallop not soon forgotten in this picture book for young readers about the Underground Railroad. A family silently crawls along the ground. They run barefoot through unlit woods, sleep beneath bushes, take shelter in a kind stranger's home. Where are they heading? They are heading for freedom by way of the Underground Railroad.
£999.99
Square Fish Awesome Autumn
Book Synopsis What is autumn all about? This comprehensive celebration of all things autumn will show you! Autumn is awesome! Leaves change color. Animals fly south or get ready to hibernate. People harvest crops and dress up as scary creatures for Halloween. And then there are pickup football games to play, Thanksgiving foods to eat, leaf piles to jump inall the amazing things that happen as the air turns crisp and cool. With colorful photographs, lively explanations, and classic craft ideas, Bruce Goldstone''s Awesome Autumn has created a festive and fascinating exploration of autumn''s awesomeness.
£9.49
Square Fish We March
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£9.49
St Martin's Press Tropical Secrets
Book SynopsisTurned away from the shores of New York, a young Jewish boy seeks refuge in Cuba during WWII. Here in this tropical sanctuary, so far away from Germany, will he be safe from Nazi influence? A stunning new novel in verse from Margarita Engle, the Pura Belpré Awardwinning author of The Poet Slave of CubaDaniel has escaped Nazi Germany with nothing but a desperate dream that he might one day find his parents again. But that golden land called New York has turned away his ship full of refugees, and Daniel finds himself in Cuba instead. As the tropical island begins to work its magic on him, the young refugee befriends a local girl with some painful secrets of her own. Yet even in Cuba, the Nazi darkness is never far away . . .While Daniel is a fictional character, Tropical Secrets is based on real events in history. This book is perfect for young adults who are interested in reading stories about refugees, immigrants, and the pernicio
£10.44
Feiwel and Friends Madame Alexander The Creator of the Iconic
Book SynopsisAn inspiring, uplifting picture book biography about iconic doll creator, Madame Alexander, whose love for dolls and bringing joy to others began at a young age and only continued to grow.Someday, she thought, I will make dolls that don't break so children will never be unhappy.Beatrice Alexander's family ran a doll hospital in their home in New York's Lower East Side, where she grew to love fixing and making dolls. Beatrice dreamed of becoming an artist, but her family couldn't afford to send her to sculpting school. She never stopped dreaming, even as she stayed home, graduated from high school, and got married. When World War I broke out, she came up with the idea to make unbreakable, cloth dolls modeled after nurses to support the war effort and help keep children happy. After the war, Beatrice founded Madame Alexander and redefined the doll industry, creating some of the first plastic and collectible dolls, dolls that never break.With beaut
£15.19
St Martin's Press Lou Lou and Pea and the Mural Mystery
Book SynopsisTwo best friends with a flair for adventure use their gardening and art skills to catch a criminal during Día de los Muertos, in the first book of the Lou Lou and Pea series!Lou Lou Bombay and Peacock Pearl have been best friends since first grade. Every Friday afternoon, they get together in Lou Lou''s backyard garden for their PSPP (Post-School Pre-Parents) tea party. They chat about school, discuss Pea''s latest fashions, and plot the weekend''s activities. But all plans go out the window when a series of small crimes crop up around El Corazón, their quaint and quirky neighborhood, right before the Día de Los Muertos procession. First, Pea''s cousin''s quinceañera dress is tragically ruined. Then Lou Lou''s beloved camellia bush, Pinky, suffers a serious blow. And that''s just the beginning! When clues start to appear in El Corazón''s outdoor murals, the best friends join forces, using Lou Lou''s floral expertise and Pea''s artistic genius to solve the myst
£10.99
Square Fish In the Shadow of Liberty
Book SynopsisDid you know that many of America's Founding Fatherswho fought for liberty and justice for allwere slave owners? Through the powerful stories of five enslaved people who were owned by four of our greatest presidents, this middle-grade nonfiction book helps set the record straight about the role slavery played in the founding of America. From Billy Lee, valet to George Washington, to Alfred Jackson, personal manservant and lifelong slave of Andrew Jackson, these dramatic narratives explore our country's great tragedythat a nation conceived in liberty was also born in shackles. These stories help us know the real people who were essential to the birth of this nation but traditionally have been left out of US history books. Their stories are trueand they should be heard. This thoroughly-researched and documented book by Kenneth C. Davis can be worked into multiple aspects of the Common Core curriculum. It is a great resource for young students of United States hi
£12.34
Roaring Brook Press Amelia Earhart and the Flying Chariot Time
Book SynopsisTwo kids must untwist history after Amelia Earhart changes course in this hilarious Time Twisters chapter book by award-winning author Steve Sheinkin.
£9.69
St Martin's Press Secret Engineer How Emily Roebling Built the
Book SynopsisOn a warm spring day in 1883, a woman rode across the Brooklyn Bridge with a rooster on her lap. It was the first trip across an engineering marvel that had taken nearly fourteen years to construct. The woman''s husband was the chief engineer, and he knew all about the dangerous new technique involved. The woman insisted she learn as well. When he fell ill mid-construction, her knowledge came in handy. She supervised every aspect of the project while he was bedridden, and she continued to learn about things only men were supposed to know:math,science,engineering.Women weren''t supposed to be engineers. But this woman insisted she could do it all, and her hard work helped to create one of the most iconic landmarks in the world. This is the story of Emily Roebling, the secret engineer behind the Brooklyn Bridge, from author-illustrator Rachel Dougherty.
£17.99
St Martin's Press Coretta The Autobiography of Mrs. Coretta Scott
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£17.09
St Martin's Press Yukies Island
Book SynopsisA moving picture book autobiography about a family's resilience and path to healing after the devastation of war. It''s 1945, the final year of World War II. Yukie Kimura is eight years old. She lives on a tiny island with a lighthouse in the north of Japan with her family, and she knows that the fighting that once felt so far away is getting closer. Mornings spent helping her father tend to the lighthouse and adventuring with her brother are replaced by weeks spent inside, waiting. At some point, Yukie knows, they may be bombed. Then, it happens. One Sunday, bombs are dropped. The war ends soon after that. Everyone tells Yukie there''s nothing to be scared of anymore, but she''s not so sure. So she watches and she waitsuntil a miraculous sight finally allows her to be a kid again. This is the true story of Yukie Kimura told in her own words, co-created with her son, illustrator Kodo Kimura, and co-written with bestselling Newbery Honor author
£16.14
Palgrave USA Abraham Lincoln Pro Wrestler 1 Time Twisters
Book SynopsisFrom nonfiction powerhouse Steve Sheinkin comes a hilarious new fictional chapter book series where history and hijinks collide, featuring Abraham Lincoln as a pro-wrestler.
£8.68
Palgrave USA Abigail Adams Pirate of the Caribbean Time
Book SynopsisAbigail Adams joins a crew of Caribbean pirates in this hilarious new chapter book from Steve Sheinkin's illustrated Time Twisters series.
£10.18
Roaring Brook Press Other Boys
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£11.99
Roaring Brook Press We Wait for the Sun
Book SynopsisA beautiful and uplifting non-fiction picture book from Katie McCabe and trailblazing civil rights lawyer and activist Dovey Johnson Roundtree, We Wait for the Sun.In the hour before dawn, Dovey Mae and Grandma Rachel step into the cool, damp night on a secret mission: to find the sweetest, ripest blackberries that grow deep in the woods.But the nighttime holds a thousand soundsand a thousand shadowsand Dovey Mae is frightened of the dark. But with the fierce and fearless Grandma Rachel at her side, the woods turn magical, and berry picking becomes an enchanting adventure that ends with the beauty and power of the sunrise.A cherished memory from Dovey Johnson Roundtree's childhood, this magical experience speaks to the joy that pulsed through her life, even under the shadow of Jim Crow. With Grandma Rachel's lessons as her guiding light, Dovey Mae would go on to become a trailblazer of the civil rights movementfighting for justice and equality i
£16.14
Henry Holt & Company Inc Latinitas Celebrating 40 Big Dreamers
Book SynopsisDream big with the Latinitas in Latinitas: Celebrating 40 Big Dreamers.Discover how 40 influential Latinas became the women we celebrate today! In this collection of short biographies from all over Latin America and across the United States, Juliet Menéndez explores the first small steps that set the Latinitas off on their journeys. With gorgeous, hand-painted illustrations, Menéndez shines a spotlight on the power of childhood dreams.From Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor to singer Selena Quintanilla to NASA's first virtual reality engineer, Evelyn Miralles, this is a book for aspiring artists, scientists, activists, and more. These women followed their dreamsand just might encourage you to follow yours!The book features Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Juana Azurduy de Padilla, Policarpa Salavarrieta, Rosa Peña de González, Teresa Carreño, Zelia Nuttall, Antonia Navarro, Matilde Hidalgo, Gabriela Mistral, Juana de Ibarbourou, Pura Belpré, Gumerc
£14.24
