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Song Sun likes to talk but never listens. After talking too much to a stranger, Song Sun accidentally gives away the Chinese secret of silkmaking. Will Song Sun be able to save the secret?

Zomorod (Cindy) Yousefzadeh is the new kid on the block...for the fourth time. California's Newport Beach is her family's latest perch, and she's determined to shuck her brainy loner persona and start afresh with a new Brady Bunch name - Cindy. It's the late 1970s, and fitting in becomes more difficult as Iran makes US headlines with protests, revolution, and finally the taking of American hostages. Even mood rings and puka shell necklaces can't distract Cindy from the anti-Iran sentiments that creep way too close to home.

It's 1965, Los Angeles. All 12-year-old Sophie wants to do is write her book, star in the community play, and hang out with her friend Jennifer. But she's the new black kid in a nearly all-white neighborhood; her beloved sister, Lily, is going away to college soon; and her parents' marriage is rocky. There's also her family's new, disapproving housekeeper to deal with. When riots erupt in nearby Watts and a friend is unfairly arrested, Sophie learns that life - and her own place in it - is even more complicated than she'd once thought.

From sacred cats to the invention of toothpaste, Blue Peter Award winning author David Long takes readers on an intriguing investigation into the ancient Egyptian civilisation. The incredible civilisation of ancient Egypt lasted for 3,000 years. Ruled over by pharaohs, the Egyptians developed...

He's at it again! TD, better known as the Great Brain, is up to eight more schemes to earn some money...

From a bestselling and award-winning husband and wife team comes an innovative, beautifully illustrated novel that delivers a front-row seat to the groundbreaking moments in history that led to African Americans earning the right to vote. "Right here, I'm sharing the honest-to-goodness." --...

L'idea di scrivere un piccolo libro per bambini sulla storia di mia mamma è nata da una serie di riflessioni personali in questo periodo di pandemia, e dalla necessità di far conoscere la sua storia, di bambina nata tra le due guerre, divenuta adolescente con l'alluvione che ha colpito il Polesine nel 1951, donna con il boom economico e anziana con la pandemia dell'età moderna. "Marcella" percorre le tappe della sua storia di bambina, ragazza, donna e come tutte le storie per bambini che si rispettano l'incontro e il matrimonio con il suo principe azzurro: il mio papà.

COLLANA LIBRI DI STORIA, GEOGRAFIA E TANTE ALTRE MATERIE SCOLASTICHE PER BAMBINI. A SCUOLA CON PONGO E TIM: NAPOLEONE. In questo audiolibro per bambini, il cagnolino Pongo e il suo amico Tim vi sveleranno la storia di Napoleone con tutte le sue avventure. Scopritelo con PONGO e TIM.