Finding well-written and engaging material for teens with substandard reading ability can be a challenge. This handbook is designed to help, describing more than 500 of the best new titles for reluctant teen readers and serving as a wonderful readers' advisory and collection development tool. The book is completely new and reorganized since its previous edition and is divided into two major sections. The first offers a core collection of fiction and nonfiction high/low titles, organized into broad topical areas that appeal to teens, such as careers, exploration, sports, disasters, and teen cultures. The second part presents mainstream YA books and magazines that can be used to build and supplement the core collection. Web sites and graphic novels have been included in addition to the totally new selection of titles. Grades 6-12

High/Low Handbook: Best Books and Web Sites for Reluctant Teen Readers (Children's and Young Adult Literature Reference)

Computers & Technology

LiBretto, Ellen V.

BARR, CATHERINE

Computer Science

Libraries Unlimited

Get read to through time as the incredible story of human beings unfolds before our very eyes... When did the first humans live? How did humans spread all over the world? How has science and technology changed the way we live? And what will happen to humans in the future? The team behind The Story of Space and The Story of Life&nbsp;present a first book about the human world for very young children, looking at how humans evolved and the history of humanity up to the present day.&nbsp;

The Story of People: A first book about humankind

Children's Books

WILLIAMS, STEVE

History

Frances Lincoln Children's Books

The Story of Inventions takes readers on a journey through time and all over the world to learn all about some of the most ground-breaking and inspiring inventions from throughout history that helped shape the world we know today.

The Story of Inventions

Science, Nature & How It Works

This brilliant book introduces 15 of the world’s most incredible inventions to children. Using bitesize text and beautifully bright illustrations this is the perfect book for science and history lovers everywhere.\nThe world is brimming full of incredible inventions - but where did it all begin? How did these incredible inventions come about? Journey back in time, travel across the world and discover incredible inventions from throughout history.\nTake a ride on the very first wheel, find your way and ensure you'll never get lost again with the compass, let the lights come on with electricity, watch as the world puffs into life with the steam engine and many more astounding inventions. Written with bite sized pieces of text and illustrated with bright and engaging artwork, this is the perfect introduction to some of the most amazing inventions that have helped make history.\nLearn fascinating facts about the people behind these inventions and how their discoveries changed the world forever. So what are you waiting for? Let's uncover The Story of Inventions!\nInventions featured: The wheel, the compass, paper, clocks, gunpowder, steam engines, vaccinations, computers, electricity, the telephone, the car, planes, plastic, nuclear weapons and the internet.

The Story of Inventions: A first book about world-changing discoveries

Education & Reference

50 Reasons To Love Endangered Animals

<div>Discover 50 reasons to love animals!&nbsp;Lions have magnificent shaggy manes, penguins go tobogganing on their tummies, bears wiggle and dance as they scratch, whales sing songs, and elephants can feel sadness. But all the animals in this book especially need our love - now more than ever.&nbsp;Learn about their habitats, what makes them special, and show them you care with simple activities you can do at home.</div>

50 Reasons to Love Animals

Animals

The Story of Climate Change introduces one of the most important issues facing our world today, and tells you what you can do to help make a change!\nCombining history with science, this book charts the changes in our Earth’s climate, from the beginnings of the planet and its atmosphere, to the Industrial revolution and the dawn of machinery. You'll learn all about the causes of climate change, such as factory farming and pollution, and the effects that climate change has on humans and animals across the world.\nAs well as discovering the effects of global warming, you'll discover practical ways we can work together to solve it, from using renewable energy to swapping meat for vegetables in our diet.\nWith fact-packed text by Catherine Barr and vibrant illustrations by Amy Husband and Mike Love, The Story of Climate Change will give you all the information you need, and will inspire you to do your part to fight the climate emergency!

The Story of Climate Change

Product Description 
The Story of Climate Change introduces one of the most important issues facing our world today, and tells you what you can do to help make a change!\nCombining 
history with science, this book charts the changes in our 
Earth’s climate, from the beginnings of the planet and its atmosphere, to the Industrial revolution and the dawn of machinery. You'll learn all about the 
causes of climate change, such as factory farming and pollution, and the effects that climate change has on humans and animals across the world.\nAs well as discovering the effects of 
global warming, you'll discover 
practical ways we can work together to solve it, from using 
renewable energy to swapping meat for vegetables in our diet.\nWith fact-packed text by Catherine Barr and vibrant illustrations by Amy Husband and Mike Love, 
The Story of Climate Change will give you all the information you need, and will 
inspire you to do your part to 
fight the climate emergency!\nFrom School Library Journal 
Gr 2-4-This title, which describes climate change, presents an organized time line of events, from the formation of the Earth's atmosphere to the catastrophic possibilities for its future. The text shows how evolution brought change to the planet, how an asteroid incited further change, and how humanity's progression has caused climate catastrophes. The authors explain how pollution, deforestation, the meat industry, lack of education, and other forces have had detrimental effects on weather, vegetation, habitats, and more. Solutions are suggested: Children are encouraged to use less fuel-related resources as well as recycle, eat less meat, get educated, and follow other guidelines. The text frequently references scientists without any documentation and includes many anthropomorphisms, but the appealing design and format will attract elementary readers. The vocabulary level, small type size, and sentence structures are more suited to a fourth grader's beginning reading skills. The back matter contains a glossary. VERDICT The child-friendly design of this title makes it a good read-aloud.-Nancy Call, formerly at Santa Cruz P.L., Aptos, CAα(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. 
 Review 
"The child-friendly design of this title makes it a good read-aloud."― 
Nancy Call, formerly at Santa Cruz P.L., Aptos, CA, 
School Library Journal\nAn “effective overview.” 
 ― 
Kitty Flynn, 
The Horn Book 
 About the Author \nCatherine Barr worked at Greenpeace International for seven years as a wildlife and forestry campaigner and has a long-running interest in environmental issues. While working as an editor at the Natural History Museum, she researched and wrote two major summer exhibitions: Dinosaurs of the Gobi Desert and Myths and Monsters. She lives on a hill near Hay-on-Wye in Herefordshire with her partner and two daughters. \nSteve Williams is a biologist with a degree in Marine Biology and Applied Zoology from the University of Wales. His lifelong love of wildlife was further inspired by eight years at sea, after which he trained as a teacher, and now teaches science in a rural comprehensive school in Wales. He is a beekeeper and lives near Hay-on-Wye with his wife and two daughters. 
Amy Husband studied Graphic Art at Liverpool School of Art. Her first picture book, Dear Miss, was winner of the Cambridgeshire Children's Picture Book Award in 2010, and she also wrote and illustrated Dear Santa, in the same series. Amy lives in York with her partner, working in a studio with views of York Minster. The Story of Life is her first book for Frances Lincoln. 
Mike Love is an illustrator from the UK. Since graduating from the Aberystwyth School of Art, Wales, in 2012, Mike has enjoyed being part of a wide variety of projects.

The Story of Climate Change: A first book about how we can help save our planet

This fascinating and beautifully illustrated book spans the complete length and breadth of the topic of conservation, which is more important today than ever before. Combining history with science, this deeply insightful book charts the changes in our understanding and relationship with conservation, from the beginnings of the planet when humans didn't consider their impact on their surroundings, to the modern world and what we can do to protect our natural resources today. Earth's natural resources include air, minerals, plants, soil, water, and wildlife. Conservation is the care and protection of these resources so that they can persist for future generations. It includes maintaining diversity of species, genes, and ecosystems, as well as functions of the environment, such as nutrient cycling. As well as discovering the effects conservation could have across the world, this book will help you discover practical ways we can work together to help protect our resources for our future generations. With fact-packed text by Catherine Barr and vibrant illustrations by Amy Husband, this next title in the best-selling Story of... series is all about shifting attitudes to our natural world and will give children the information they need to inspire them to protect our precious planet.

The Story of Conservation: A first book about protecting nature

The Story of Dinosaurs: A first book about prehistoric beasts

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