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In this inspiring tribute to Black girl pride and excellence, a young child discovers her place in a radiant heritage. As she meets twelve extraordinary Black women—historic and contemporary heroines who have blazed a trail for her own future success—she internalizes their strength and sets out to change the world in her own way.

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Smith Wilkinson was an actual 10-year-old factory worker when he started his first job at a Rhode Island cotton mill more than 200 years ago. It was common for children to work in factories during the Industrial Revolution. This is what Smith might have said about his life.

Carrie is a young Navajo dancer who lives in Arizona. When she was in grade school, she decided to become a fancy shawl dancer. Traditional dances are important to the Navajo, a way of praying, healing, and celebrating. Carrie discusses some of the clothing she wears at a powwow.

Jin is a Stone Lion—one of the guardians of the Old City Gate who is charged to watch over humans and protect the Sacred Sphere. But to Jin, those boring duties feel like a waste of time. What isn’t a waste of time? Perfecting his zuqiu kick, scoring a Golden Goal, and becoming the most legendary player of all the spirit world. But when Jin’s perfect kick accidentally knocks the Sacred Sphere out through the gate, he has no choice but to run after it, tumbling out of the realm he calls home and into the human world as the gate closes behind him.

What if you had to pack your car with all the food you needed for a cross-country trip?

In India, stories spread about the magical powers in the songs of a young boy named Tansen. Years later while hunting in the forest, Emperor Akbar witnesses the magic of Tansen’s voice. Now a member of Akbar’s court, Tansen is challenged by the other musicians to perform the Deepak Raga, a song that could bring fire and death to the singer. Will Tansen be able to survive the dangers of this song?

Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls (New Edition) features 100+ whimsical stories about women and girls who have done extraordinary things. Readers will marvel at the accomplishments of well-known women like Cleopatra, Amelia Earhart, Rosa Parks, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Malala Yousafzai, and they’ll discover the powerful stories of Colombian spy Policarpa Salavarrieta, Afghani rapper Sonita Alizadeh, Brazilian poet and baker Cora Coralina, Mexican doctor Matilde Montoya, and American surgeon Mary Edwards Walker.

Check out these famous countries and regions that owe their shapes to an important geographic feature. These features help dictate so much about the countries they border.

Dr. Jane Su-Ming Lai (PhD) is a Metaphysician, Cultural and Social Anthropologist Artist, Author, Speaker and Educator, who has lived and worked in Alice Springs and remote communities of Central Australia. She is also a Holistic Health and Wellbeing Transformational Life Coach who through her services, Art and Mindfulness meditations has inspired many Aboriginal people to believe in themselves and stand in their power of the grandeur of their race and culture. Mega-soar-Us is the original story, to share the Kanyini with all the children of the world.

Esta obra narra cómo el imperio incaico, a pesar de innumerables estudios realizados hasta ahora, ha conservado celosamente bajo sus edificaciones los misterios del origen de su civilización. Este material contribuye al conocimiento y entendimiento de esta cultura sudamericana, que forma parte importante en la historia del mundo antiguo.

Ferdinand Magellan's ideas were as big as the world. As it turned out, the world was bigger than he—and everyone else—thought.

Desde Aztlán emigró un pueblo guiado por Huitzilopochtli, el cual fundó la capital de un gran imperio: México-Tenochtitlán. Este tema, aunado al de las características especiales de la cultura, costumbres, organización, etc., hacen de esta obra una pieza inigualable. Este material contribuye al conocimiento y entendimiento de una cultura fundamental para comprender la historia antigua de México.

Hyun Mi travels with her family to witness a miracle of nature—a land pass between islands!

Afraid her sister (and maybe even herself) could lose sight of their Vietnamese identity, twelve-year-old Bom writes a poetic memoir to help them both remember—a love letter in verse to sisterhood and the places we leave behind. Bom can't believe that her sister doesn't see herself as Vietnamese, only American. She says she doesn't remember Vietnam or their lives there, their family there, their house and friends. How could her sister forget the terrible journey through Saigon and the airplanes and . . . everything?

Greetings with kisses, shoes in hallways, and Sunday morning markets—the joys of living in Belgium!

Sen, a young boy in Myanmar, begins the rite of passage called Shinbyu, where he receives training at a Buddhist monastery.

Two ancient Chinese rulers govern their kingdoms in very different ways. When Jen Fu attacks with brute force, Wu Ti fights back with cleverness. The battle is about to begin!

Life in England is all Rosemary has ever known… but as WWII changes the world, no one’s life is left unscathed. Suddenly, she’s sent away to escape the devastation of London. Her grandmother’s house on Lake Superior is safe, but unfamiliar, especially as she discovers her parents have kept a tremendous secret.