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  • Audiobook

    Unsolved Mysteries of Nature

    Narrated by Various Narrators ...
    Series series Unsolved Mystery Files

    Unabridged

    22 min

    How can massive stones slide across the desert untouched? Can lightning really bounce like a ball? Why was it raining fish in Europe in 2004? Nature holds some of our world's strangest mysteries. Some of the best minds on the planet have tried to explain these unsolved phenomena. With dramatic photos and intriguing theories, readers can go on an outdoor adventure to explore some of nature's most ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Case of the Missing Arctic Fox and Other True Animal Mysteries for You to Solve, The

    Narrated by Various Narrators ...
    Series series Seriously True Mysteries

    Unabridged

    31 min

    They’re furry and funny. They’re tracked and tricky. What are they? Animal mysteries, of course! Get ready to crack the cases and the real animal info wide open. You might need your camouflage for this one. ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Wonder, Tinker, Test

    Inventors Give the World Their Best

    Illustrated by Marta Alvarez Miguens ...
    **Every inventor was once a curious kid. A kid who asked questions, just like you.This nonfiction picture book celebrates the flops, failures, and super solutions of nine young inventors who grew up to change the world.**Meet nine inventors who as children wondered, tinkered, and tested. They asked questions, built contraptions, and tested prototypes, often with hilarious or groundbreaking results ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

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  • Modern Babylon?

    Prostituting Children in Thailand

    Series Book 2 - Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality: Social and Cultural Perspectives
    Child prostitution became one of the key concerns of the international community in the 1990s. World congresses were held, international and national laws were changed and concern over "cemmercially sexually exploited children" rose dramatically. Rarely, however, were the children who worked as prostitutes consulted of questioned in this process, and the voices of these children brought into focus ... Read more

    $25.99 CAD

  • Little Monsters of the Ocean

    Metamorphosis under the Waves

    Bizarre creatures are floating around in our oceans—squishy, slimy, spiky-headed monsters. And they're not even grown up yet! These kids have to go through some drastic changes before they get to be adults.Everyone knows that caterpillars and tadpoles go through metamorphosis, but so do some of the most monstrous creatures under the sea.Take the spiky-headed zoea, somersaulting through the water ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • Childhood and Violence in the Western Tradition

    Series Book 1 - Childhood in the Past
    The violence and neglect suffered by children today is a common subject of media attention and much political hand-wringing, not just in Britain but in other parts of the western world. As yet, however, there has been no attempt to explore this concern historically and look at how the boundary between good and bad parenting may have changed across time. This book attempts to fill the gap by ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Familiar Violence

    A History of Child Abuse

    Narrated by Jennifer M. Dixon ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 44 min

    Child abuse casts a long shadow over the history of childhood. Across the centuries there are numerous accounts of children being beaten, neglected, sexually assaulted, or even killed by those closest to them. This book explores this darker side of childhood history, looking at what constituted cruelty towards children in the past and at the social responses towards it. Focusing primarily on ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Something Rotten

    A Fresh Look at Roadkill

    Illustrated by Kevin O'Malley ...
    A completely gross and totally compelling book about the author's journey to understand roadkill.* "There's nothing rotten about this book—it's a keeper." — Kirkus Reviews, starred review* "A top addition to STEM collections." — School Library Journal, starred review* "Makes science and investigating roadkill fascinating." — School Library Connection, starred review<s... ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Familiar Violence

    A History of Child Abuse

    Child abuse casts a long shadow over the history of childhood. Across the centuries there are numerous accounts of children being beaten, neglected, sexually assaulted, or even killed by those closest to them. This book explores this darker side of childhood history, looking at what constituted cruelty towards children in the past and at the social responses towards it. Focusing primarily on ... Read more

    Was $27.99 CAD Now $22.99 CAD

  • What's in Your Pocket?

    Collecting Nature's Treasures

    Illustrated by Maribel Lechuga ...
    Charles Darwin, George Washington Carver, and Jane Goodall were once curious kids with pockets full of treasures!When you find something strange and wonderful, do you put it in your pocket? Meet nine scientists who, as kids, explored the great outdoors and collected "treasures": seedpods, fossils, worms, and more. Observing, sorting, and classifying their finds taught these kids scientific skills- ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • Who Gives a Poop?

    Surprising Science from One End to the Other

    Illustrated by Iris Gottlieb ...
    Follow scientist Heather L. Montgomery into labs, forests, hospitals, and landfills, as she asks: Who uses poo?A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year"This narrative stomp through animal poop is equal parts informative and grotesquely fascinating." — School Library Journal , starred reviewPoop is disgust... ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Sick!

    The Twists and Turns Behind Animal Germs

    Illustrated by Lindsey Leigh ...
    A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard SelectionA Bank Street College School of Education Best Book of the Year 2025Alabama Authors Awards Children's Books Winner*** "A pathologically good time." -**Kirkus Reviews, starred reviewFollow the scientists studying animals and the germs that infect them in this full-color nonfiction book packed with comic-style art.Wh... ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD