The Worst-Case Scenario Survive-o-pedia

The Worst-Case Scenario Survive-o-pedia
Author: David Borgenicht
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2012-01-20
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1452110026

It's the best of the worst! This edition of the popular series loved by parents and kids alike serves up a wild ride through mudslides, volcanos, shark-infested oceans, menacing mountains, and more. Seventy entries are packed with illuminating facts, eye-popping photos, hilarious illustrations, must-see maps, heaps of humor, and step-by-step instructions. Readers will be armed with the knowledge and skills needed to survive anything and live to tell about it!

The WORST-CASE SCENARIO Little Book for Survival

The WORST-CASE SCENARIO Little Book for Survival
Author: Joshua Piven
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Total Pages: 84
Release: 2006-09
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9780740761768

Based on the best-selling WORST-CASE SCENARIO Survival Handbook, with more than six million copies in print, this handy pocket-size version prepares you for life's unexpected perils. Would you know what to do if the worst actually happened? How would you survive an earthquake? Would you know what to do if you had to deliver a baby in a taxicab? Step-by-step survival instructions for these scenarios and many more are provided in The WORST-CASE SCENARIO Little Book for Survival: * How to Identify a Mail Bomb * How to Survive in the Line of Fire * How to Fend Off an Alligator Carry this pocket-size volume with you at all times, because you just never know when you'll need it. Published under license from Chronicle Books, LLC. Worst-Case Scenario and The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook are trademarks of Quirk Productions, Inc. The little books are based on the books The WORST-CASE SCENARIO Survival Handbook, 1999 by Quirk Productions, Inc., and The WORST-CASE SCENARIO Survival Handbook: Dating and Sex, 2001 by Quirk Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved. First published by Chronicle Books LLC, San Francisco, California, USA.

How to Avoid Being Killed in a War Zone

How to Avoid Being Killed in a War Zone
Author: Rosie Garthwaite
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2011-07-01
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1608195856

Offers advice on surviving the extreme conditions of war zones, covering topics ranging from how to avoid land mines and amputate a limb to handling hostage situations and foraging for safe food.

Tooth Trouble (Ready, Freddy! #1)

Tooth Trouble (Ready, Freddy! #1)
Author: Abby Klein
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 73
Release: 2011-11-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0545324653

Watch out, Junie, there's a new kid on the block! It's Freddy Thresher, a first grader who knows it's a jungle out there. A new chapter book series written by an elementary teacher who's seen it all!Freddy Thresher has a problem: a really, really, big problem. He's the only one in his class who hasn't lost a tooth! All of the other students in Mrs. Wushy's first grade have signed their names on the Big Tooth, and Freddy's determined to get his name on it, too. So when Max "The Meanie" Sellars calls Freddy a baby, Freddy decides he's going to lose that tooth one way or another, even if it means getting punched in the face at recess, or even bigger trouble, with Mom!

Spiderwort and the Princess of Haiku

Spiderwort and the Princess of Haiku
Author: J.H Sweet
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2007-09-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1402235569

Illustrations By: Tara Larsen Chang Inside you is the power to do anything The Princess of Haiku, keeper of simple pleasures, has been kidnapped by her archenemies the Specter of Pandemonium and the Phantom of Excess, who currently inhabit two Ogre sisters, Plethora and Chaotica Glut. Simple pleasures everywhere are in danger. Guided only by a strange riddle given to them by an oak tree, Spiderwort, along with Rosemary, Periwinkle and Cinnabar, have only a little while to find the Princess and get her to safety. As always the fairies will have a little magical assistance this time from a well-meaning Scarecrow and the already ghostly Minstrel of Epic Poems. A world without simple pleasures would be unbearable and it has already started with the children of the world. If it should leave the adults as well, it might very well be gone for good. Luckily for everyone, fairies are the best problem solvers around and Spiderwort is one of the fastest thinking of them all! What if you discovered you had magical fairy powers? Meet the girls of The Fairy Chronicles, otherwise normal girls like you who are blessed by Mother Nature with special gifts. Their extraordinary adventures will change the world!

Cyclone

Cyclone
Author: Doreen Cronin
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2017-05-16
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1481435256

Riding the Cyclone, the world famous Coney Island rollercoaster was supposed to be the highlight of twelve-year-old Nora's summer, but right after they disembark, Nora's thirteen-year-old cousin Riley falls to the ground and into a coma that Nora thinks is her fault.

Sam Samurai #10

Sam Samurai #10
Author: Jon Scieszka
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 98
Release: 2004-04-26
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1101077778

Everyone’s favorite time-travelers are changing their styles! The Time Warp Trio series now features a brand-new, eye-catching design, sure to appeal to longtime fans, and those new to Jon Scieszka’s wacky brand of humor.

National Geographic Readers: Rocks and Minerals

National Geographic Readers: Rocks and Minerals
Author: Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld
Publisher: National Geographic Society
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2012-08-14
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1426312830

From dazzling gemstones to sparkling crystals to molten lava, this brilliantly illustrated book introduces children to the exciting world of rocks and minerals, including both the building blocks and the bling. This level two reader, written in easy-to-grasp text, will help cultivate the geologists of tomorrow! This high-interest, educationally vetted series of beginning readers features the magnificent images of National Geographic, accompanied by texts written by experienced, skilled children's book authors. The inside back cover of the paperback edition is an interactive feature based upon the book. Level 1 books reinforce the content of the book with a kinesthetic learning activity. In Level 2 books readers complete a Cloze letter, or fun fill-in, with vocabulary words. Releases simultaneously in Reinforced Library Binding: 978-1-4263-1039-3 National Geographic supports K-12 educators with ELA Common Core Resources.

What was the March on Washington?

What was the March on Washington?
Author: Kathleen Krull
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2013
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0448465787

Describes the 1963 March on Washington, helmed by Martin Luther King, Jr., where over two hundred thousand people gathered to demand equal rights for all races, and explains why this event is still important in American history today.

A Survival Guide for Working with Bad Bosses

A Survival Guide for Working with Bad Bosses
Author: Gini Graham Scott
Publisher: Amacom Books
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2006
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780814428979

The sad fact is that the majority of people in the workforce have a less than perfect relationship with their supervisor and many of them consider themselves to be working for "a bad boss". But what can they do about it, short of leaving their job? "A Survival Guide for Working with Bad Bosses" gives readers all the guidance they so desperately need not just to survive, but thrive while reporting to someone incompetent, mean, unethical, or even worse.