TIME FOR KIDS(R) Nonfiction Readers
6 total works
How we send and receive news has changed over time. Without a constant evolution and progression of news media, the way in which people heard reports of the Great Depression, Pearl Harbor, and September 11 were very different than an event happening today. From Fireside Chats to paparazzi, there have been many different ways to communicate information. Featuring Time For Kids content, this title will allow readers to learn how people and journalists have used the printing press, the telegraph, the radio, and social media to share what happens in the world. Through intriguing facts, stunning images, and informational text, this book will have readers interested and engaged. This book also includes text features such as a table of contents, glossary, and index, as well as resources such as a bibliography and a list of useful websites for learning more.
The world around us is more powerful than we know. Discover how earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, hurricanes, and more have affected people and places around the world. Through informational text featuring Time For Kids content, vivid images, and stunning facts and charts, readers will learn about disasters such as The Great Potato Famine, Hurricane Katrina, Mount St. Helens, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, as well as epidemics and pandemics such as the bubonic plague and swine flu. This book also includes text features such as a table of contents, glossary, and index, as well as resources such as a bibliography and a list of websites for learning more.
Learn about some of the worst disasters in the world including the Hindenburg, the sinking of the Titanic, the Dust Bowl, BP oil spill, the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombs, and the Chernobyl disaster in this fascinating nonfiction book. With intriguing facts, vivid images, helpful graphs and maps, and informational text featuring Time For Kids content, this high-interest title will keep readers engaged from cover to cover. This book also includes text features such as a table of contents, glossary, and index, as well as resources such as a bibliography and a list of websites for learning more about some of the most well-known catastrophic events in history.
Nelson Mandela helped create a new world for South Africa in his fight against apartheid. Readers will learn about Mandelas fight for peace and equality and how he used peaceful protests to make his way from a political prisoner to the first South African President of Africa in this nonfiction biography. Featuring colorful images, informational text, timelines, a glossary of terms, and an index, readers are sure to be inspired by Mandelas amazing life.
Anne Franks diary has become one of the most widely read books in the world. Readers will learn about Anne as she went into hiding from the Nazi Party in this nonfiction title. Through vibrant images, informational text, timelines, and a glossary of terms, readers will discover the hardships Anne and her family went through in order to avoid being sent to a concentration camp. This inspiring biography enables children to look up to Anne and find hope in every situation, just as she did.
In this inspiring biography, readers will learn about the incredible journey of Helen Keller. Using informational text and expressive images and photos, readers will discover the undeniable determination that Keller had as a young deaf and blind girl and how her teacher, Anne Sullivan, helped her to read, write, speak, and graduate from college. With a timeline, a bibliography, and a glossary of terms, children are given the tools they need to expand their knowledge about this fascinating and inspiring woman.