Service Alert
Website maintenance April 24 10pm ET
On Wednesday April 24 at 10pm ET the CELA website will be unavailable for about 15 minutes for planned maintenance.
On Wednesday April 24 at 10pm ET the CELA website will be unavailable for about 15 minutes for planned maintenance.
Showing 121 - 140 of 1120 items
By Tamra Orr. 2009
Classroom preparations provide the setting for this overview of the large Asian nation, its historical dynasties, its wildlife and natural…
features, and daily life of the people--who numbered one and one third billion in 2008. Includes an almond-cookie recipe and instructions for making a paper lantern. For grades 3-6. 2009By Tamra Orr. 2009
To prepare for a new classmate, students learn about the country bordering the United States to the south. This introduction…
provides a brief history of Mexico and describes its geography, social life, and customs. Includes a recipe for guacamole and instructions for creating a pinata. For grades 3-6. 2009By Sarah L. Thomson, Jason Chin. 2010
Explains how physical traits, such as furry paws and thick skin, help polar bears survive in the Arctic snow and…
ice. Discusses their hunting and eating habits, as well as the bad things that will happen to them if the polar ice cap keeps shrinking. For grades K-3. 2010By Debbi Michiko Florence, Debbi M. Florence. 2008
Discusses China's geography, history, and cultural traditions and presents related arts and crafts projects that make use of available materials.…
Activities include racing a dragon boat, baking Moon cakes, juggling two balls, and eating with chopsticks. For grades 3-6. 2008By Kay Marie Porterfield, Emory Dean Keoke. 2005
Discusses the influences of climate and local materials on American Indian houses, clothes, and artwork. Covers igloos, wigwams, and adobe…
pueblos; tanned hide moccasins, fur-lined parkas, and woven cloth; and decorations, wall paintings, and sculpture. For grades 5-8 and older readers. 2005By Susan Milord. 1999
Combines information on Mexican history and traditions with hands-on projects. Activities include stringing a toy button snake (the national symbol…
is a snake-eating eagle), preparing salsa and hot chocolate, constructing a birthday piñata, and carving an Olmec-style head from plaster of Paris. For grades 3-6. 1999By Briony Penn. 2008
Explains the formation of Canada's varied ecosystems, from the coastal rain forest and the prairie to the tundra and the…
Carolinian woodlands. Discusses continental growth and shaping, climate change, and animal and human inhabitants. Uses a question-and-answer format to introduce ways to decode the landscape. For grades 3-6. 2008By Susan Hughes, Nicole Miles. 2021
A young boy finds a way to help his sister go to school. Victor and his twin sister, Linesi, are…
close. Only, now that they are eight years old, she is no longer able to go to school with him. Linesi, like the other older girls in their community, must walk to the river to get water five times a day to help their mother farm. But Victor is learning about equality in school. He's beginning to realize how boys and girls are not treated equally. And that's not fair to his sister. So Victor comes up with a plan to help. Can one boy make a difference in an unequal world? It turns out, he can!By Laurie Coulter, Martha Newbigging. 2008
Describes the ways people lived and worked in the highly structured societies of ancient Mexico. Details jobs for the elite…
and for commoners in palaces, temples, pyramid-construction sites, farms, markets, and more. For grades 4-7. 2008By Francene Sabin, Joanne Mattern, Jean Meyer. 2006
Relata la historia de Helen Keller, una niña estadounidense que sufrió una enfermedad en su infancia que la dejó ciega…
y sordomuda. Con la ayuda de su maestra, Annie Sullivan, aprendió a leer y escribir y se convirtió en una inspiración para el mundo. Para grados K-3By Sy Montgomery, Nic Bishop. 2009
Chronicles a trip to Altai Mountains, Mongolia, by scientist Tom McCarthy and his team, who study and protect the elusive…
snow leopard. Discusses McCarthy's background, interests, and enjoyment of field work. Provides facts on the animals, peoples, and history of the region. For grades 5-8. 2009By Walter Staib, Jennifer Fox, Fernando Juarez. 2010
By Laurie Ann Thompson. 2021
*Odyssey Honor Audiobook* Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah's inspiring true story—which was turned into a film, Emmanuel's Gift, narrated by Oprah Winfrey—is…
nothing short of remarkable. Born in Ghana, West Africa, with one deformed leg, he was dismissed by most people—but not by his mother, who taught him to reach for his dreams. As a boy, Emmanuel hopped to school more than two miles each way, learned to play soccer, left home at age thirteen to provide for his family, and, eventually, became a cyclist. He rode an astonishing four hundred miles across Ghana in 2001, spreading his powerful message: disability is not inability. Today, Emmanuel continues to work on behalf of the disabled. Thompson's lyrical prose offers a powerful celebration of triumphing over adversity. Includes an author's note with more information about Emmanuel's charityBy Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond. 2022
Discover a world of creativity and tradition in this fascinating picture book that explores the history and cultural significance of…
the color blue. From a critically acclaimed author and an award-winning illustrator comes a wonderful audiobook for listeners of all ages. For centuries, blue powders and dyes were some of the most sought-after materials in the world. Ancient Afghan painters ground mass quantities of sapphire rocks to use for their paints, while snails were harvested in Eurasia for the tiny amounts of blue that their bodies would release. And then there was indigo, which was so valuable that American plantations grew it as a cash crop on the backs of African slaves. It wasn't until 1905, when Adolf von Baeyer created a chemical blue dye, that blue could be used for anything and everything—most notably that uniform of workers everywhere, blue jeans. This vibrant and fascinating picture book, adapted for audio, follows one color's journey through time and across the world, as it becomes the blue we know todayTally was compelled to write this book to share her experiences with Therapeutic Horseback Riding. Tally had ridden horses since…
she was 4 years old and longed to have a horse of her own. Welcoming Midnight into her life was a dream come true for Tally. She conveys the story of the incredible 10 1/2 years she and Midnight shared together. An underlying theme of the book is the mindset of how there are infinite possibilities when one believes in oneself, and that one's greatest dreams can come true! For grades 2-4By Bob Doucet, Katherine Hengel. 2010
By Jeanette Winter. 2008
This true story of Wangari Maathai, environmentalist and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, is a shining example of how…
one woman's passion, vision, and determination inspired great change. For grades K-3. 2008By Margot Ford McMillen. 1994
Every creek, lake, river, town, county and other geographical formations in Missouri has a name. Every name has a history;…
sometimes baffling, sometimes mundane, and sometimes downright hilarious. The author gives the history of many of them in this interesting little book. For high school and adultBy Eileen Spinelli, Eugenie Fernandes. 2007
By Susan Hughes, Ashley Barron. 2017
Around the world, little ones are carried in many different ways: in slings, on shoulders, in backpacks, on hips, in…
baskets, and in loving arms. Up! depicts ten places around the world, from Afghanistan to northern Canada, Peru to West Africa. In each place, a mom, dad, grandparent, aunt, uncle, cousin, or sibling lovingly carries a baby. Award winner. For preschool-grade 2