NCW Libraries

"Puede ser una tarea difícil mantener a los niños lejos de la agresividad. Los periódicos, la televisión y las revistas están llenos de contenido que promueve la violencia y las formas negativas de demostrar el enojo. Este libro ayuda al lector a reconocer el enojo como una emoción. Le enseña también a manejar esa emoción de maneras positivas y productivas. Es un esfuerzo por ayudar a los padres y a los niños a cambiar totalmente la forma...

Provides simple instructions for drawing a variety of trucks and trains.

"Defense attorney Mickey Haller is pulled over by police, who find the body of a client in the trunk of his Lincoln. Haller is charged with murder and can't make the exorbitant $5 million bail slapped on him by a vindictive judge. Mickey elects to defend himself and must strategize and build his defense from his jail cell in the Twin Towers Correctional Center in downtown Los Angeles, all the while looking over his shoulder, as an officer of the court...

"Learn about identities, true histories, and anti-racism work ... This book is written so young people will feel empowered to stand up to the adults in their lives. This book will give them the language and ability to understand racism and a drive to undo it"-- Cover. This book is written for the young person who doesn't know how to speak up to the racist adults in their life. For the 14 year old who sees injustice at school and isn't able to understand...

"A vibrant depiction of the earliest days of our universe and life on earth before humans"-- With amazing facts and awe-inspiring illustrations, What the Dinosaurs Saw is a vibrant depiction of the earliest days of our universe and life on Earth. Our whole universe began as a tiny dot, filled with so much hot, dense energy that it burst. This event was the Big Bang, and from the remnants of that explosion, our whole universe was born. From those...

"Learn everything that's AWESOME about sharks, in this nonfiction Reader that combines cartoon illustrations and photographs!Do you know which shark has 25 rows of backward-facing teeth? Or which shark is covered in a protective stinky slime? It's time to meet... the SUPER SHARKS!Find out all this and more, in Everything Awesome About: Super Sharks, a one-stop shop for the shark-obsessed kid who wants to start reading on their own! With a highly visual...

Introduces young readers to the concept of cats as pets.

Introduces many different species of sharks, pointing out such characteristics as the small size of the dwarf lantern shark and the physical characteristics and behavior that makes sharks killing machines.

Presents a lyrical celebration of the arrival of spring, which is marked by changes in plant and animal life.