![National Geographic Little Kids](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/B000R2YU5M.jpg?itok=OwuM7kPR)
Full of learning and fun for today’s preschoolers and their parents! Bursting with lively photographs, engaging stories, and interactive picture games, each issue supplies you with fresh and imaginative teaching tools created by noted educators at National Geographic.
National Geographic Little Kids
![Dig Into History](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/B0160CMJ64.jpg?itok=_a5Hjc3s)
Tombs, mummies, dinosaurs — budding archaeologists and history buffs ages 9 to 14 are off to new adventures at dig sites around the world. DIG explores the history of the ancient world and its modern branches. Readers look over the shoulders of professional archaeologists working in the field to unearth important finds, and into working laboratories and museums to learn about cutting-edge conservation techniques. Interviews, profiles, articles, and biographies, along with detailed maps and charts, convey the exciting intersection of history and archaeology.
Dig Into History
![Mousetropolis](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0823423190.jpg?itok=8CPZzaWj)
Two mice visit each other: the country dweller visits his urban cousin followed by the urban mouse going country after which each decides their own home is best. Handsome illustrations and contemporary language distinguish this retelling of a traditional fable.
Mousetropolis
![Home](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0763665290_0.jpg?itok=YDNm3SlI)
Where is home? What makes a home? People throughout history, around the world, and in all cultures have made their homes in different structures to suit different needs which are explored here in highly detailed, often playful illustrations and limited text.
Home
![The 50 States: Explore the U.S.A. with 50 Fact-filled Maps!](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1847807119.jpg?itok=yqfmVB-E)
Open the large formatted book and explore the United States. Each state (and the District of Columbia) is presented handsome, colorful, and highly informative maps to create a memorable journey.
The 50 States: Explore the U.S.A. with 50 Fact-filled Maps!
![Why’d They Wear That? Fashion as the Mirror of History](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1426319193.jpg?itok=7RnsxFby)
How the times in which people live is reflected in what they wear is presented in a crisp text and loads of illustration. Readers travel through time beginning with fashions seen in hieroglyphics to the space age. Well organized and engaging, this is sure to inform as well as intrigue – and perhaps inspire further exploration of history or fashion.
Why’d They Wear That? Fashion as the Mirror of History
![Maps](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0763668966.jpg?itok=WvHKVnNo)
Travel the world without leaving your living room. Much more than an ordinary atlas, this book of maps is a visual feast for readers of all ages, with lavishly drawn illustrations. It features not only borders, cities, rivers, and peaks, but also places of historical and cultural interest, eminent personalities, iconic animals and plants, cultural events, and many more fascinating facts associated with every region of our planet.
Maps
![As the Crow Flies: A First Book of Maps](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0689717628.jpg?itok=LUZ8jR4w)
Follow the crow along a stream and a long and winding road, with other animals and landmarks along the way. At the close of each journey is a small map. Each map is joined together to show the wider world and how the different parts connect.
As the Crow Flies: A First Book of Maps
![Where Do I Live?](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0812092414.jpg?itok=tdP7DLOg)
You live in your home…but where is your home? It’s in your neighborhood…but where is your neighborhood? It’s in your town, which is in your state, which is in North America, which is on the planet Earth, which is in the solar system, which is in a galaxy of stars called the Milky Way.
Where Do I Live?
![Geography from A to Z: A Picture Glossary](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0064460991.jpg?itok=Q2EM5iHY)
Have you ever wondered what a badland is? What about a gulch? Do you wonder what an isthmus is? Or a seamount? What about the difference between a plateau and a plain, or a knob and a knoll? The sixty-three entries from A to Z describe the earth’s features — its physical geography — from the highest mountain peak to the deepest ocean trench, in clear, concise terms. Each entry is beautifully illustrated in full color.
Geography from A to Z: A Picture Glossary
![Emu](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0763674796.jpg?itok=X3-C4DWK)
Meet the flightless, unkempt-looking bird, a native of Australia, in this large, handsome and informative picture book. The way the male emu is responsible for protecting the eggs and raising fledglings is engagingly presented and sure to spark further interest.
Emu
![Turtle in Paradise](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/037583690X.jpg?itok=pbmLansK)
In 1935, jobs are hard to come by, and Turtle’s mother is lucky to find work as a live-in housekeeper. When she learns that her employer can’t stand children, she sends her 11-year-old daughter from New Jersey to Key West to live with relatives. Turtle discovers a startlingly different way of life amid boisterous cousins, Nana Philly, and buried treasure. This richly detailed novel was inspired by Holm’s great-grandmother’s stories.
Turtle in Paradise
![Sunny Side Up](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0545741661.jpg?itok=9pmG_MtG)
Sunny Lewin has been packed off to Florida to live with her grandfather for the summer. Sunny meets Buzz, a boy who is completely obsessed with comic books, and soon they’re having adventures of their own: facing off against golfball-eating alligators, runaway cats, and mysteriously disappearing neighbors. But the question remains — why is Sunny down in Florida in the first place? The answer lies in a family secret that won’t be secret to Sunny much longer.
Sunny Side Up
![For the Right to Learn: Malala Yousafzai's Story](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/162370426X.jpg?itok=1gxbKmc1)
A straightforward, illustrated narration tells the story of the brave Pakistani girl who fought for girls’ rights to an education. Malala’s efforts advocating for the right to learn is presented in this accessible, readable, and brief book.
For the Right to Learn: Malala Yousafzai’s Story
![Marvelous Cornelius: Hurricane Katrina and the Spirit of New Orleans](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1452125783.jpg?itok=35gfTKyO)
Cornelius Washington was proud of his hometown, New Orleans. His job as a sanitation worker was important before Hurricane Katrina devastated the city but became even more important after when Cornelius worked with others to help restore it. Textured illustrations and a hope-filled narrative combine fact with fiction for a moving look at a catastrophic event.
Marvelous Cornelius: Hurricane Katrina and the Spirit of New Orleans
![Shadow of the Shark](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0553510819.jpg?itok=rt1-MnmB)
In this Magic Tree House story, Jack and Annie’s vacation in the glorious waters off Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula doesn’t turn out quite like they expect. An encounter with sharks and with a Mayan girl plus a bit of magic create another satisfying, fantastical adventure in the series. A companion book, Sharks and other Predators (opens in a new window) helps readers separate fact from fiction.
Shadow of the Shark
![I Will Always Write Back: How One Letter Changed Two Lives](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0316241318.jpg?itok=BlJj6iR6)
An assigned pen pal correspondence between an American girl and a boy from Zimbabwe that started in grade school becomes a cultural exchange and a lifelong friendship. Sophisticated readers will appreciate the contrast between the cultures and how friendship can span great distances.
I Will Always Write Back: How One Letter Changed Two Lives
![The Walrus Who Escaped](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1927095689.jpg?itok=AJqbuv_W)
Creatures of the far north can call on the Strength of the Land to do what they want. When Raven becomes jealous of Walrus’ useful curved tusks, Raven freezes the sea, trapping Walrus. Walrus breaks free, making his once curly tusks short and straight, which they remain to this day. This is a dramatically illustrated and well-told pourquoi (why) tale.
The Walrus Who Escaped
![Hudson in Provence](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0988605848.jpg?itok=wo8OKPeo)
Hudson, a small dog, narrates his travels from Paris by train to Provence with his human mom. Although a tourist, Hudson tries jobs done by local dogs but finds the magic of Provence in his ability to paint portraits of the canines. Impressionistic paintings glimpse the French countryside and its goings-on.
Hudson in Provence
![Home](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0763665290.jpg?itok=6bJVCtLL)
Travel through time, imagination, literature, and more for a unique look at “home” in any number of richly imagined ways. Stylized illustration and text present homes that are tall, short, messy, clean, real, or fantastic. The detailed illustrations are sure to get readers thinking about homes of all types and what they can represent.
Home
![Families](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0823430537.jpg?itok=89G55jgh)
Some kids are adopted, others live with one parent, other children live with two moms or two dads; still others live with a mom and dad. Lots of different families are celebrated through a simple text and full-color photographs.
Families
![Everybody Says Shalom](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0385383363.jpg?itok=G8DK317-)
A family tours Israel and its sights, learning the multiple meanings of “shalom.” Illustrations create a sense of place and combine with brief evocative language in this travelogue. Additional information about sites visited concludes this sweet look at Israel.
Everybody Says Shalom
![The Day of Ahmed’s Secret](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0688140238.jpg?itok=atXeS3aT)
Ahmed must carry his secret with him as he does his chores throughout the bustling, colorful streets of Cairo. Later in the day with his family all around him, Ahmed shares his wonderful secret: he can write his name in Arabic. Mild tension will keep children guessing what it is that Ahmed carries with him and detailed realistic watercolors are sure to inspire discussion.
The Day of Ahmed’s Secret
![Maria Had a Little Llama/Maria tenia una llamita](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0805093338_0.jpg?itok=nJH_LwDo)
Cheerful, childlike depictions of Maria and her much loved llama set the familiar rhyme, “Mary Had a Little Lamb”, in a Peruvian village. The little white llama follows Maria to school, makes the children laugh, but with a distinctive and unique setting and characters in a familiar cadence.