Social Studies and Geography

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Readers will learn about regions in the United States and learn about the location, geography, history, climate, wildlife, landmarks, cities, and other defining features of America's regions. Quick Facts feature provides additional information on each region.Sidebars encourage deeper inquiry, and reading tips are given for teachers and parents. Look inside here! ...

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Carefully leveled text makes the important news approachable for struggling readers, while a dyslexia-friendly font and clean design further improves accessibility. Featured news quotes help capture information as it is currently being discussed.Review of key concepts to reinforce comprehension so readers understand what they need to know. Look inside here! ...

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This fiction series follows siblings Perri and Archer as they travel through to time to return items from their whimsical home, Lost & Found: The Effervescent Emporium of Curiosities. Imaginative illustrations and book design transport readers—and Perri and Archer—to other cultures.

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Each volume in this colorfully illustrated series traces the origins of an important food or ingredient and its journey to cultures around the world. Each book also includes several easy-to-make recipes featuring the food or ingredient.

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Earthquakes, floods, fires, and tornadoes! Library of Natural Disasters explains the causes and details the devastating effects of a variety of naturally occurring catastrophes, including hurricanes, tsunamis, pandemics and more. Maps, statistics, and features on individual disasters help readers understand the nature and scale of both historical and modern tragedies. This revised and expanded edition is up-to-date, including features on Hurricane Maria, the Ebola and Zika virus outbreaks, and...

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Big events in history can sometimes seem too complex to understand. History Summarized makes some of the world’s major events and conflicts comprehensible. The central events, principal causes, main players, and lasting outcomes are described through story and facts in concise text and well-chosen illustrations. This often includes historical images, informative maps, and special features.

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With exciting, eye-catching photographs and easy-to-read sentences, World Book’s Natural Marvels series helps kids in grades 5 to 8 learn about some of Earth’s most fascinating landforms. Each book takes kids on a visual journey through canyons and caves, enchanted landscapes, and mountains of fire and helps them learn how these natural landforms were created. As they read along, kids will be able to explore nature’s skyscrapers, treasures of the oceans, and worlds beneath our feet. Each book...

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How I Changed the World reveals the struggles and accomplishments of individuals who made a lasting impact on history. Each volume focuses on a famous person, such as Frederick Douglass, Frida Kahlo, Mohandas Gandhi, and others. It details pivotal moments in that person’s life that led to a high-level change in thinking or action around the world.

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From papyrus to computers, from mud and brick to steel and glass, each volume in World Book's A Timeline Of eight volume series traces the history of some of humanity's greatest achievements. Designed for young readers, these richly illustrated books feature graphical timelines and curious facts following developments in communication, medicine, space research, and much more.

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Jump-start social studies research with The World Book Encyclopedia of People and Places! The seven hard-cover volumes are filled with reliable details about all the world’s independent nations through information about geography, economy, history, and culture. Volumes 1 through 6 contain alphabetically-arranged entries describing the world's countries and overseas territories illustrated with maps and pictures. Each entry contains up-to-date facts about the country and its people, such as...