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The great philosophers: an introduction to western philosophy
By Bryan Magee. 1987
Centsibility: The Planet Girl Guide To Money (Planet girl)
By Stacey Roderick, Ellen Warwick. 2008
Practical advice on a range of topics relating to money - tips on jobs, saving, debt, spending and budgeting, how…
to become a girl entrepreneur, what to scrimp on (and what not to), the hidden price of cheap, how to reconcile having less than some friends, and why fundraising can make girls feel priceless! Includes checklists, quizzes, a bank lingo glossary and much more. Grades 4-7. 2008. (Planet girl)Dis, papa, pourquoi tu m'aimes? ((Les petits philozenfants))
By Delphine Durand, Oscar Brenifier. 2008
"Comme tous les enfants, Phil se pose souvent des questions. Avec son doudou Zof, il essaie de trouver des réponses…
auprès de tous ceux qui croisent son chemin. Un conte-randonnée pour aborder les premières grandes questions des tout-petits!" -- 4e de couv.Dis, maman, pourquoi j'existe? ((Les petits philozenfants))
By Delphine Durand, Oscar Brenifier. 2008
"Comme tous les enfants, Phil se pose souvent des questions. Avec son doudou Zof, il essaie de trouver des réponses…
auprès de tous ceux qui croisent son chemin. Un conte-randonnée pour aborder les premières grandes questions des tout-petits!" -- 4e de couv.The kids guide to money cent$
By Keltie Thomas. 2004
Join the Money Cent$ Gang as they get the inside scoop on money. Take a quiz to reveal your money…
personality, find out how to get the best deals when you shop, and learn how to start your own business. Discover the secrets to spotting counterfeit bills, and invest a little time to learn about cash flow, credit cards, the stock market, and scams. Features quizzes, checklists, and puzzles. Grades 3-6. 2004.The diary of a young girl: the definitive edition
By Anne Frank, Mirjam Pressler, Susan Massotty, Otto Frank. 1997
This notebook kept by a German-born Jewish girl includes material that was omitted from the first edition in 1947. Begun…
on her thirteenth birthday, the diary is a personal, sometimes humourous, account of years spent with her family in a Dutch attic hiding from the Nazis. After Anne heard a radio appeal about the importance of such papers, she expanded the scope of her entries. High school and older. Uniform title: Achterhuis.A young person's guide to philosophy: "I think, therefore I am"
By Jeremy Weate. 1998
Financial literacy: The real cost of pets (Figure it out)
By Susan Roche, New Zealand. Ministry of Education. 2007
Provides exercises, activities and games, with pets as a theme, to help students to develop financial understanding using mathematics and…
statistics concepts along with concepts from the social sciences. For Junior and Senior High readers. 2008.Dollars & $ense: a kid's guide to using--not losing--money
By David Clark, Elaine Scott. 2016
A beginner's guide to immortality: from alchemy to avatars
By Maria Birmingham, Josh Holinaty. 2015
Chronicles humanity's attempts to cheat death through elixirs or other magical substances. Highlights key individuals who were believed to be…
immortal and the mysteries surrounding their actual age, including fourteenth-century French scholar Nicolas Flamel, who is said to have created the mythical philosopher's stone. For grades 3-6. 2015PB & J hooray!: your sandwich's amazing journey from farm to table
By Janet Nolan, Julia Patton. 2014
From peanut, grape, and wheat seeds to sandwich, PB & J Hooray! is all about how peanut butter and jelly…
sandwiches are made. The story begins with the kitchen and works backward to the shopping, delivery, production, harvesting, farming, and planting processes! In fun, rhythmic language, readers discover how peanuts become peanut butter, grapes are made into jelly, and wheat turns into bread. For grades K-3Nibbling on Einstein's brain: the good, the bad & the bogus in science
By Diane Swanson, Warren Clark. 2001
Discusses how to evaluate scientific research--separating the good from the bad--and how to analyze the reliability of media claims. Presents…
tools and strategies for critical thinking using fun facts along with many examples. Explains why eating a piece of Einstein's brain will not make you smarter. For grades 5-8. 2001Confucius: the golden rule (Confucius Ser.)
By Russell Freedman, Frederic Clement. 2002
A biography of the Chinese philosopher who lived and taught more than twenty-five hundred years ago. Emphasizes Confucius's love of…
learning and the wisdom of his words. For grades 4-7. 2002What do you stand for?: a kid's guide to building character
By Barbara A Lewis, Barbara A. Lewis. 1998
Advice on developing character traits such as a positive attitude, imagination, courage, citizenship, endurance, and empathy. Includes teen profiles, self…
inventories, and character dilemmas to ponder. Provides suggested reading and activities and list of websites. For junior and senior high readersThe teen money manual: a guide to cash, credit, spending, saving, work, wealth, and more
By Kara McGuire. 2015
Provides a comprehensive guide for teenagers to saving, spending, and earning money. Includes information on starting a business, preparing for…
interviews, opening a bank account, and purchasing car and property insurance. For senior high and older readers. 2015Minik: An Arctic Explorer, a Museum, and the Betrayal of the Inuit People
By Kenn Harper, Kevin Spacey. 2000
A true story from the great age of Arctic exploration of an Inuit boy's struggle for dignity against Robert Peary…
and the American Museum of Natural History in turn-of-the-century New York City.Sailing aboard a ship called Hope in 1897, celebrated Arctic explorer Robert Peary entered New York Harbor with peculiar "cargo": Six Polar Inuit intended to serve as live "specimens" at the American Museum of Natural History. Four died within a year. One managed to gain passage back to Greenland. Only the sixth, a boy of six or seven with a precociously solemn smile, remained. His name was Minik.Although Harper's unflinching narrative provides a much needed corrective to history's understanding of Peary, who was known among the Polar Inuit as "the great tormenter", it is primarily a story about a boy, Minik Wallace, known to the American public as "The New York Eskimo." Orphaned when his father died of pneumonia, Minik never surrendered the hope of going "home," never stopped fighting for the dignity of his father's memory, and never gave up his belief that people would come to his aid if only he could get them to understand.A Drop Around the World
By Barbara Shaw Mckinney, Michael S. Maydak. 1998
Presents the water cycle through the journey of a raindrop around the world, in sky, on land, underground, and in…
the sea, in its liquid, solid, and vapor forms, as it supports life everywhere.Gandhi: Selected Writings
By Mohandas Gandhi, Alastair Duncan. 2004
India's political and spiritual leader, Mahatma ("Great Soul") Gandhi led his country's struggle for independence from Britain through a campaign…
based on nonviolence and civil disobedience. Gandhi's doctrine of nonviolent action profoundly influenced civil rights leaders around the world, including Martin Luther King, Jr., and Nelson Mandela. This anthology of the Mahatma's writings offers a revealing look at his life and philosophy.Editor Ronald Duncan provides a lengthy introduction in which he recounts his personal association with Gandhi. "In making this selection," he notes, "I have tried to bear three things in mind: firstly, my intention to present material of permanent interest as opposed to comments on day-to-day political matters; also to show the development and to give the essence of Mahatma Gandhi's philosophy of Satyagraha [defense of and by the truth], and its basis in the religious teachings of the Gita; and thirdly, I have tried to emphasize those ideas which, though they may not seem immediately applicable to Western life, should be of considerable relevance to contemporary thought."In addition to substantial extracts from Gandhi's writings, this collection features his speeches — including some made during his trials — and extracts from his diary. The book concludes with a selection of Gandhi's correspondence with Lord Linlithgow, then Viceroy of India, and their reflections on the country's future.