With this Junior Genius Guide to Greek mythology, you’ll become an expert and wow your friends and teachers with all the best ancient stories: how Prometheus outsmarted the gods, how Achilles’s heel led to his death, and how we mere mortals always seem to get mixed up in so many misadventures. With cool trivia and fun quizzes to test your knowledge, this guide will have you on your way to whiz-kid status in no time!

Like it or not, global warming is a hot topic, and it will affect the younger generation the most. So why not turn to the teacher kids like the most, Ms. Frizzle! Only the Friz can boil all the hoopla down to the scientific facts in a fun and informative way. Kids already love the Magic School Bus, and the love to do what's right by the planet. At last, a way to teach the curriculum and make an impact!

Every great artist started out as a kid. Forget the awards, the sold-out museum exhibitions, and the timeless masterpieces. When the world’s most celebrated artists were growing up, they had regular-kid problems just like you. Jackson Pollock’s family moved constantly - he lived in eight different cities before he was 16 years old. Georgia O’Keeffe lived in the shadow of her “perfect” older brother Francis. And Jean-Michel Basquiat triumphed over poverty to become one of the world’s most influential artists.

Miles Murphy had it made. He lived in a great town near the ocean, he had two best friends, and most importantly, he had a reputation for being his town's best prankster. All of which explains why he's not happy to bemoving to Yawnee Valley, a sleepy town that's famous for one thing and one thing only: cows. Worse than that, Miles quickly discovers that Yawnee Valley already has a prankster - and a great one. If Miles is going to take the title from this mystery kid, he'll have to raise his game.

Business is just like any sector or topic, with its own language, customs, codes, and terminologies. Different aspects of business can have their own distinctive terminology, which can also overlap. In 30 Days to a More Powerful Business Vocabulary, author Dan Strutzel presents over 500 words and short expressions from a variety of different business categories.

The method you are about to learn can work extremely quickly to eradicate old procrastination habits and effortlessly boost your productivity and success in as little as one week! Do you find yourself unable to resist any temptations that waste your time? Do you want to strengthen your willpower and build solid habits that boost productivity? You're in luck, because Time Management by Steve Martin is just the audiobook you need! It's never too late. Get this audiobook now and start ingraining solid habits and strategies that will help you achieve your goals faster!

国土が日本の約２５倍のアメリカ。広大なこの国では、天候や住む場所によって食習慣や生活習慣が違い、価値観も違います。しかしアメリカ人気質は、全てのエリアに存在します。「自由、平等、自立精神」を愛し、将来の夢に向かいチャレンジする事です。またアメリカ生活を楽しむ為には、「笑顔を絶やさない、明るく、堂々としていて(相手の目を見て話す)」などが基本です。常に日本的価値観のみで物事を判断しないことを覚えておく事も大切です。しかし日本育ちの私達には、社会文化的に解からない事が山積みです。ですから、なるべく早いうちに友達を作りましょう！日本人よりも他人と気軽に話を楽しむアメリカ人です。アメリカ流の社交スキルが身に付けば話し相手は、すぐに見つかります。そこから日本流の友達を意味する人を探すのには時間がかかりますが、常に他人に対し、フレンドリーに接し、自分の事や意見を誠実に正直に話す事が出来るようになれば必ず真の友が見つかります。そのお手伝いをするのがダンがプロジュースするこの...

The winner of numerous awards for children’s fiction, Dan Gutman presents the third tale from his delightfully silly My Weird School series. Second-grader A.J. thinks Mrs. Roopy, the librarian, might be the strangest teacher at his school. The students believe she keeps appearing fully dressed as characters from books, like Johnny Appleseed and Little Miss Muffet. But every time a new character surfaces, Mrs. Roopy insists she was home sick that day!

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Before their experiments, inventions, and discoveries that changed the world, the world’s most celebrated scientists had regular-kid problems just like you. Stephen Hawking hated school and preferred to spend his free time building model airplanes, inventing board games, and even building his own computer. Jane Goodall got in trouble for bringing worms and snails into her house. And Neil deGrasse Tyson had to start a dog-walking business to save up money to buy a telescope.