Cybersurfer by
Using cartoons, a fast-paced text, and a demonstration disc, the author introduces the Internet, its functions, and important addresses.
The Kids Campfire Book by
This book in the Family Fun series has everything you need to know about having a fun and safe campfire. This collection of outdoor activities, games, stories, songs and more is for kids and families to share around the campfire. It includes tips on how to find the best campfire site, identify animal cries at night and locate constellations. Kids will also find out how to make pizza over an open fire, tell a spooky ghost story, or create musical instruments for a sing-along. With more than 125 pages of fun things to do around a campfire, this is the perfect book for every camper, canoeist and camp counsellor!
Scary Science by
Everyone loves a good scare, and Scary Science shows why. Digging deep into spine-chilling tales of horror, it reaches the truly fascinating science underlying the terror, taking the reader on a tour of that zone where reality meets all things weird and terrifying. Full-color photos and illustrations.
In Flanders Fields by
Children's Literature Round tables of Canada Information Book Award winner Canadian Library Association Honour Book The lines of the celebrated poem are interwoven with fascinating information about the First World War, details of daily life in the trenches, accounts of McCrae's experience in his field hospital, and the circumstances that led to the writing of "In Flanders Fields."
The Night Book by
For kids, staying up at night is fun. For many animals and plants, however, being awake at night is necessary to stay alive. This book is teeming with activities, experiments and information about animal and plant life after dark. Kids will discover why owls hunt at night, but hawks hunt during the day. They'll learn about night prowlers, night migration, night senses and nature's night lights on the bottom of the ocean floor. Simple experiments and activities -- that can be done during the day or at night -- reveal many fascinating facts about nature at night.
Oceans by
Find out about this vast and rich storehouse of living things through lively descriptions of ocean plants and animals. From plankton too small for the naked eye to see, to sharks as big as a school bus, kids discover how each marine wonder has adapted to the ocean's unique conditions. Detailed drawings and full-color photographs bring the ocean to the reader, while the accompanying text explores the mysteries of Earth's oceans and ocean life. Safe and simple experiments and activities that can be done at home or in the classroom give children hands-on experience with marine life.
Forts of Canada by
Forts of Canada introduces kids to the different types of forts built across the country. Meet a fort ghost, find out how Aboriginal people built Canada's first forts and how a 14-year-old girl saved a fort from attack. Kids will learn about fort life by creating models of forts, making fort foods and playing games from the past. From Fort Rodd Hill in British Columbia to Signal Hill in Newfoundland, a chart and a map describing and locating all of Canada's forts make this book a valuable reference for school projects.
Buffalo Sunrise by
In Buffalo Sunrise: The Story of a North American Giant, Diane Swanson introduces young readers to the fascinating world of an awesome animal. Through a combination of facts, anecdotes, and legends, they will discover how the surprisingly agile buffalo moves on tiptoe as it picks its way along narrow ledges and how it sometimes goes swimming just for fun. They will read about "buffalo birds" that warm their feet in the thick fur on buffaloes backs and will find out why the birth of a white buffalo is so miraculous. They will also discover how buffaloes nearly disappeared from our planet a hundred years ago, but were saved just in time.Amazing archival images and stunning full-color photographs combined with Swanson's award-winning text will make this book a favorite with young readers.
I Was There by
"A Scholastic/Madison Press book".
Seventeen-year-old Jack Thayer explores the Titanic and forms a brief friendship with another passenger before experiencing the wreck of the giant ocean liner.
Forest of Reading 1997 nominee.
Silver Birch Non-Fiction winner 1997.
Wild in the City by
Night and day, the wild animals that make their home in Jenny's backyard in the city are busy finding food, raising their young, and keeping out of danger.
I Was There by
"A Scholastic/Madison Press book".
Seventeen-year-old Jack Thayer explores the Titanic and forms a brief friendship with another passenger before experiencing the wreck of the giant ocean liner.
Forest of Reading 1997 nominee.
Silver Birch Non-Fiction winner 1997.