Join this webcast to learn the inside scoop about new and upcoming titles for your young nonfiction readers. Whether your patrons and students are looking for simple text and stunning photos or building math, literacy and maker skills through real-world examples and hilarious tales, they are sure to fall in love with these new titles.
Featured Titles:
Our Planet, Our Choice: The Science of Climate Change, Climate change is increasingly causing challenges worldwide. However, scientists are also learning more about its causes, effects, and how to prevent some of the worst outcomes. This important title allows readers to explore these discoveries about how climate change and global warming are shaping human communities and the natural world. It also empowers budding scientists and leaders to advance technology that limits carbon emissions and allows communities and wildlife to adapt to a rapidly changing world.
Death at the South Pole! Antarctica, 1910-1913, Death at the South Pole! is one of six titles in the series Doomed History. Readers will immerse themselves into this doomed expedition with the aid of amazing historical images and diary entries.
EVICTED!: The Struggle for the Right to Vote, This critical civil rights book for middle-graders examines the little-known Tennessee's Fayette County Tent City Movement in the late 1950s and reveals what is possible when people unite and fight for the right to vote. Powerfully conveyed through interconnected stories and told through the eyes of a child, this book combines poetry, prose, and stunning illustrations to shine light on this forgotten history.
Presenters:
Jen Jenson, President, Bearport Publishing
Anna Erickson, VP, Sales & Marketing, The Creative Company
Jim Marshall, Vice President, Sales, Rosen Publishing Group
Kerry McManus, Senior Marketing Manager, Astra Books for Young Readers
Chelsea Abdullah, Marketing Assistant, Astra Books for Young Readers
Carolyn Yoder, Editorial Director, Calkins Creek
Alice Faye Duncan, Author of Evicted!: The Struggle for the Right to Vote
