Growing Social Media

This Highlights Listen & Learn! Audio Study, intended for those in grade four, introduces listeners to the importance of caring for your community. Getting Down and Dirty focuses on some of the run-down problem places found in cities, and how communities have joined together to turn these places into beautiful shared spaces. In addition to discussing bettering our communities, this audio study takes a look at some key comprehension skills including identifying an author's purpose, determining cause-and-effect relationships, and building vocabulary.

This Highlights Listen & Learn! Audio Study, intended for those in grade five, features a story called The Video Game Hero and focuses on vocabulary, plot, and characterization. The story follows Jack, a very talented video-game player who also uses a wheelchair. Jack often feels lonely at school because he doesn't have many friends. When Jack wins a video-gaming competition, his classmates seem to take more of an interest in him. At the end of the story, Jack learns a very interesting lesson about the people around him.

Bia, bambina vivace e molto sportiva, affronta un nuovo ostacolo molto attuale nelle scuole: il bullismo. Tra i tanti conoscenti, Bia ha due grandi amiche: Marina ed Elisa. Negli ultimi tempi, però, il comportamento di Marina è cambiato e non è più la solita bambina allegra e sorridente. Solo dopo un'attenta ricerca, Bia scopre che Marina è vittima di bullismo da parte di un compagno di scuola e... deve aiutarla.

Making time to play, bathe, or dance is good for your health. Early listeners can explore ways to care for a themselves in this easily accessible text.

Cara takes care of herself by making time to walk, listen, rest, and more. Pairs with the nonfiction title, I Care for Myself.

This is a children's book regarding bullying and judging others before getting to know them. The book uses black and gray squirrels to help illustrate how these lessons may be learned. Patricia A. Thorpe was a resident of Wisconsin for most of her life, until she retired from Certegy as a credit card manager in 2003. In 2006, she moved to Mesa, Arizona, where she resides today. She returns to Wisconsin where she spends time with her four sons and five grandchildren during the summer months.

The amazing Amador family voices the delightful story of Zora, a young gardener who grows a community by organizing a garden swap with the abundance of zucchini she grows, in this new Spanish edition.

When Houndsley’s exuberant and adventurous cousin comes to visit, the two best friends learn to navigate how he changes their friendship.

This inspiring kids' book, filled with empowering narratives, teaches children to embrace their individuality and to value the unique attributes of others. Written and created by Tammy Louise, this special book fosters confidence, understanding, and collaboration among young listeners. The book wonderfully emphasises the power of uniqueness, and how it helps in building stronger relationships and solving problems creatively. As the book says, "Being unique doesn't just benefit us–it can also help others."

Will the secret identity of cyber-hero Nolan Byrd be revealed before he can uncover the true graffiti bandit? Fast-paced fun continues in this second, satisfying adventure of Shredderman!

Maggie shifted on her feet and peered around Mikey at the open door. A warm breeze blew into her room from the tunnel beyond the door. “I’m not a wimp,” she repeated - this time, raising her chin and walking past Mikey toward the door. As she approached closer she heard what sounded like a stampede of hooves, booming down the tunnel.

This heart-wrenching novel in verse describes the life of a poor girl surviving the Irish Land War and the everyday challenges she experiences.

This classic story by Hans Christian Andersen follows two young children who are best friends and neighbors. When a troll wants to mirror the ugliness in all things, he creates a mirror to do so. But when it breaks, the boy named Kai gets flecks of glass in his eyes and heart, which harden his heart. He leaves his friend, Gerda, and his family, and goes off with the Snow Queen, whose two kisses make Kai forget about Gerda and numb him to the cold.

In the early 1960s, tired of reprisals for attempting to register to vote, Selma's black community began to protest. The struggle received nationwide attention when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. led a voting rights march in January 1965 and was attacked by a segregationist. In February, the shooting of an unarmed demonstrator by an Alabama state trooper inspired a march from Selma to the state capital of Montgomery.

In Bullerbü zu leben ist das Allerschönste auf der Welt, findet Lisa. Im ganzen Dorf gibt es nur drei Höfe, und Lisa, Lasse, Bosse, Inga, Britta und Ole spielen von früh bis spät. Die besten Tage sind natürlich, wenn Weihnachten ist und man Geburtstag hat. Aber auch sonst ist immer was los. Auf dem Heuboden schlafen, sich verkleiden, Großvater vorlesen und Hütten bauen macht in Bullerbü riesigen Spaß.

Before cell phones, gadget spinners, and the internet, there was a little time called “the 80’s.” We had Rubik’s Cubes, rotary phones, and outside adventures on our bicycles.

Kaleo helps a friend at school. With decodable text, young listeners can learn what it means to care for others.

Different pets have different needs. But every pet deserves love. Discover how children in one neighborhood care for their pets in this charming tale.

A dog needs to be walked, brushed, and fed. Early listeners can explore ways to care for a pet in this easily accessible text. Pairs with the fiction book My Pet.

Friends like to play, share, and laugh with one another. Early listeners can explore ways to care for a friend in this easily accessible text. Pairs with the fiction book Kaleo Helps.