Ages 9 to 12 years. This supercharged new book features the cars and the people that bring thousands of race fans out every week to over 1,500 races on 100 tracks each year.
Ages 8 to 14 years. What was the world like before sugar? Find out how the human desire for sweets made a tropical grass into a valuable commodity around the world. With the use of colourful images and maps, The Biography of sugar details how sugar grows, which countries produce it, and the sour history of slavery and exploitation that surrounded ...
Ages 8 to 14 years. Famous for his search for the legendary Fountain of Youth, Spanish conquistador Ponce de Leon is credited with the discovery of Florida in 1513 as well as making Puerto Rico and the Gulf Stream known to the Spanish world. This sensitively written new book describes his encounters with the Calusa, the native inhabitants of ...
Ages 8 to 14 years. This book reveals the murky past and uncertain future of the tasty banana. Almost unknown in North America before the 1870s, bananas quickly became a popular fruit with a rocky history. Colourful photographs and maps help explain who grows your bananas, how they are harvested, and why the banana may soon become extinct. Other ...
Ages 7 to 14 years. From the mythological flood stories of ancient cultures to the annual flooding of Earth's mightiest rivers, water can become a raging torrent of destruction. Floods result from the heavy rains and high winds of monsoons that cause an overflow in water sources such as lakes, rivers, and oceans. Discover how monsoons differ from ...
Ages 7 to 14 years. Life is just cooler on the back of a 'hog'. Find out about the culture and mechanics of choppers, cruisers, and other motorcycles in the street bike family. Children will learn about different types of bikes, the parts of a motorcycle, and the gear and clothing a biker needs to stay safe.
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