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"When Communist Party leaders adopted the one-child policy in 1980, they hoped curbing birth-rates would help lift China's poorest and increase the country's global stature. But at what cost? Now, as China closes the book on the policy after more than three decades, it faces a population grown too old and too male, with a vastly diminished supply of young workers. Mei Fong has spent years documenting the policy's repercussions on every sector of Chinese...
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Every day we see body ideals depicted in movies, magazines, and social media. And, all too often, these outdated standards make us feel like we need to change how we look and who we are. The truth is that many teens feel self-conscious about their bodies and being a teen girl of color is hard in unique ways. So, how can you start feeling good about yourself when you're surrounded by these unrealistic -- and problematic -- images of what bodies are...
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In Let's Learn Patterns, emergent readers learn to spot and identify patterns they see on everyday objects. Carefully crafted text uses high-frequency words, repetitive sentence patterns, and strong visual references to support emergent readers, ensuring reading success by making sure they aren't facing too many challenges at once.
Let's Learn Patterns includes tools for teachers and caregivers as well as introductory nonfiction features such as...
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Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting to engage reluctant readers! Did you know that liquids flow and take the shape of whatever container they're poured into? Learn more about liquids! With age-appropriate critical thinking questions and carefully leveled text, young readers will learn all about liquids while building nonfiction reading skills.
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What kinds of solids can you see right now? Solids are a type of matter that is all around us. They can be heavy or weigh almost nothing. With age-appropriate critical thinking questions and carefully leveled text, young readers will learn all about solids while building nonfiction reading skills.