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Publisher
IDW
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
Join environmentally conscious kid crusader Michael Recycle as he makes the eco-friendly leap into his first comic! Michael's green adventures are about to get a whole lot messier when he faces threats to Earth's environment from all over the globe. These clever stories will delight readers of all ages with their charming art and green messages and tips.
Publisher
Asylum Press
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
From Funnycade!
The Breathing Book is a feel good, breathing, meditative book for kids and the adults who love them. With adorable pictures, told in rhyme, not only is this book good for your lungs, its good for your heart, your brain, and that little thing called self worth.
The Breathing Book is filled with exercises. Some are peaceful and calm. Some are filled with surprises. But mostly, what this books about is that one thing we cant live...
Publisher
Andrews McMeel
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Comics have gone from "scourge of the classroom" to legitimate teaching tools, and the Common Core State Standards for scholastic achievement now explicitly recommend their use in the classroom.
Reading With Pictures: Comics That Make Kids Smarter unites the finest creative talents in the comics industry with the nation's leading experts in visual literacy to create a game-changing tool for the classroom and beyond. This full-color volume features...
Publisher
Lerner Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
Earth is nearly 70 percent water. Most of this water is frozen in the form of glaciers. As our planet warms, glaciers are melting faster than usual. Sea levels rise, and water washes over coastal areas. Homes are destroyed. Habitats are lost.
Scientists have been following the changes in glacier ice and ocean levels. Discover what they've learned and what changes humans need to make to keep our heads above water.
6) Gaia Blues
Publisher
Europe Comics
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Gaia is the ancient name of our Earth, a place now endangered by growing human pollution. A family of polar bears is about to discover what are the effects of this situation, in a story told entirely with no words.
Publisher
Capstone
Pub. Date
2020
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Learning the steps of the scientific method doesn't have to be scary. Join Frankenstein's monster as he uncovers the importance of forming a hypothesis, conducting experiments, and communicating results. You'll give your knowledge of scientific investigation a boost with a monster dose of humor.
Publisher
Capstone
Pub. Date
2020
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Learning about sound doesn't have to be scary. Join mummies as they uncover the science of sound waves and how we make and hear sounds. You'll give your knowledge of sound a boost with a monster dose of humor.
Publisher
Lerner Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
What is the universe made of? Cousins Nick and Sophie are taking a tour of the world's largest machine: the Large Hadron Collider. Together they'll explore the power of hidden particles, dark matter, and more in this mind-blowing graphic novel!
Publisher
Red Comet Press
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
While sailing on the ocean, award-winning artist-pals Scribbles the cat and Ink the mouse notice plastic bottles and other litter floating in the water. Hilarity ensues as they attempt to clean it all up using nothing but their little boat and some nets that Scribbles draws.
11) Pattern Fish
Publisher
Lerner Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2024
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Patterns are found in math, reading, science, music, art, dance, and poetry--and in the world all around us.
12) Zeropedia
Publisher
Europe Comics
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
What was the Roswell incident? Why did people in the Stone Age paint pictures on cave walls? What is the Larsen effect? What was the Wow! signal? How do carnivorous plants catch their prey? What is absolute zero? Author Fabcaro, smitten by science, tackles countless scientific subjects alongside artist Julien/CDM in this illustrated "encyclopedia." Through humor and irony, they manage to make even the trickiest topics accessible to allin just one...
Publisher
Antarctic Press
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Got the itch to conquer the comics world with your depictions of villains, fiends, mad scientists and more? Out for vengeance against those who dare claim you couldn't draw a super-villain if you were being held at laser-point? Well, you'll show them! Ben Dunn (Marvel Mangaverse, DC, Image) and his partners in crime show you how to take the comics world by storm with a slew of schemes-that is, lessons on the basics and intricacies of bringing out...
14) Ice Cycle
Publisher
Lerner Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
Pancake ice, floebergs, glaciers, icicles . . . cold temperatures create an astonishing variety of ice forms!
From Maria Gianferrari, award-winning author of Play Like an Animal!, comes a beautiful collaboration between verse and science. Brief poems and ethereal illustrations introduce readers to the many different types of ice on land and at sea. Fascinating back matter provides additional information about water as a solid, liquid, and gas, as...
Publisher
Lerner Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
When babies are born early, they often have trouble surviving. But special containers called incubators help babies grow by keeping them warm and protected.
At first, people in the medical world were skeptical about incubators. But some trailblazing doctors believed in the technologyand put it on display across Europe and the United States. "Incubator exhibits" showed the public how incubators saved lives. The controversial displays led people to...
Publisher
Capstone
Pub. Date
2024
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Every year, the worlds farmers produce a lot of food for people to eat. Yet every night, millions of people around the world go to bed hungry. Why are people going without food when the earth is able to produce so much? In this nonfiction graphic novel, Max Axiom and the Society of Super Scientists go on a fact-finding mission to discover the reasons behind food scarcity. Young readers can join the team to find out why many people deal with food insecurity...
Publisher
Capstone
Pub. Date
2024
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
More than 70 percent of Earth is covered in water. Yet only about 3 percent of it is freshwater that people can use. Every year, parts of the world suffer through severe droughts, and millions of people dont have easy access to clean drinking water. Why is there a shortage of clean and healthy water? In this nonfiction graphic novel, Max Axion and the Society of Super Scientists travel around the world to learn the reasons behind the global water...
Publisher
ABDO
Pub. Date
2021
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Ms. Hansen and the Explorers are very interested in learning--they want to know everything they can about the human body. But they aren't alone! The Zelmans, Xeni and Zeno, have come from their planet to learn about Earth's beings too! They travel past the eyelids, through the eyes, into the optic nerve to learn how the eyes provide the sense of sight. Come along as the Explorers and their favorite guests tour the eyes. Graphic Planet is an imprint...
Publisher
Capstone
Pub. Date
2024
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Ever since the first astronauts traveled to space in the 1960s, scientists and engineers have worked hard to learn more about space travel. What kinds of spaceships will people use in the future? How will their needs be met during the long journey between Earth and some distant world? In this nonfiction graphic novel, Max Axiom and the Society of Super Scientists look for the answers to these questions and more as they learn about modern space tourism...
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