Education & Learning

Meet Henley, an all-around good kid, who hates to read. When he's supposed to be reading, he would rather do anything else. But one day, he gets the scariest homework assignment in the world: find your favorite book to share with the class tomorrow....

A college dropout, Jobs took unconventional steps in his path to success and inspired the best and the brightest to come with him and "change the world"....

Sesha is a silent boy who reads all the time, and he has a little brown book that no one has ever seen the inside of. One day, Sesha speaks and no one understands why he speaks differently. But when they see his brown book and the magic he can create, Sesha becomes a whole new person....

Written and narrated by best-selling world history author Christopher Lloyd, this remarkable story sweeps through natural history with the creation of planet Earth, the beginning of life, the age of dinosaurs, mass extinctions, and the rise of prehistoric humans....

Welcome, boys and girls, listeners of all ages, to the first-ever Library Olympiad! Kyle and his teammates are back, and the world-famous game maker, Luigi Lemoncello, is at it again....

Get started early on the road to financial independence....

The latest addition to the best-selling Words Are CATegorical series, this fun-filled guide uses playful puns to creatively clarify the concept of pronouns....

Stories of magic, superstition, and witchcraft were strictly forbidden in the little town of Salem Village....

Philosophy: A Children's Encyclopedia brings the history of ideas and thinking to life, from metaphysics to moral imperatives.... 

This account describes how a 28-year-old from Watford, Nick Leeson, plunged Barings Bank into ruin.... 

Feeling different, especially as a kid, can be tough. But in the same way that different types of plants and flowers make a garden more beautiful and enjoyable, different types of people make our world more vibrant and wonderful....

Follow a classroom of kindergartners as they participate in a popular activity: hatching chicks. Listeners learn about the life cycle of a chicken, incubating eggs, watching them hatch, and raising the chicks until they are old enough to return to the chicken coop....  

Have you ever thought about bringing your dragon to the library? Don't do it! You might have the best intentions, but that dragon will cause nothing but trouble. Using rhyming text and a diverse cast of characters, this charming story provides some important - and not so important - library etiquette in a very entertaining way.

Matilda különleges lány, de a szülei sajnos komplett idióták. Az apja szélhámos, az anyja meg sötét, mint egy belső zseb. Ki nem állhatják a lányukat, azt szeretnék, ha többet tévézne, és kevesebbet olvasna. Czukor kisasszony, a tündéri tanárnő viszont hamar rájön, hogy Matilda zseni. Az iskola rettegett igazgatónője azonban mindkettőjük életét megkeseríti.Még szerencse, hogy Matilda elképesztő trükköket tartogat a tarsolyában, és nem fél megmutatni a szörnyű felnőtteknek, hogy vele jobb nem ujjat húzni!

Thirteen-year-old Juan’s summer is off to a terrible start. First, his parents separate. Then, almost as bad, Juan is sent away to his strange Uncle Tito’s house for the entire break! Who wants to live with an oddball recluse who has zigzag eyebrows, drinks 15 cups of smoky tea a day, and lives inside a huge, mysterious library? As Juan adjusts to his new life among teetering, dusty shelves, he notices something odd: the books move on their own! He rushes to tell Uncle Tito, who lets his nephew in on a secret: Juan is a Princeps Reader, which means books respond magically to him.

When her parents took away her candles to keep their young daughter from studying math...nothing stopped Sophie. When a professor discovered that the homework sent to him under a male pen name came from a woman...nothing stopped Sophie. And when she tackled a math problem that male scholars said would be impossible to solve...still, nothing stopped Sophie.

This guide was specifically designed for children and beginners. It is filled text and exercises that will make your child fall in love with language learning and Italian culture. The best part about this guide is that you don't have to know a single word in Italian. Yet, you will be able to help your child complete all the activities thanks to the step-by-step guidelines.

From bus rides to reading and math to recess and field trips, simple language offers young learners a look at what happens throughout the school year. See a diverse range of kids taking part in morning meeting, visiting the library, going to lunch, playing in the playground, and much more. Perfect for preschoolers preparing to start school as well as early elementary students getting ready to begin a new year!