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Reading Maps
Kevin Cunningham
Library Binding (Childrens Pr, Sept. 7, 2012)Discover how maps were first created and how they have changed throughout history.Learning to read maps can help us find our way in the world. Maps are also important tools for understanding history, foreign lands, and a host of other subjects. Readers (Grades 3-5) will learn how to use lines of longitude and latitude, decipher map legends, and use a compass to orient a map in the real world.
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The History of the Written Word
Kevin Cunningham
Library Binding (The Childs World Inc, Aug. 1, 2004)Explores the history of the written word, still an important means of communication, from cuneiform tablets to personal computers and text messaging.
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Bees and Flowers
Kevin Cunningham
Paperback (Cherry Lake Pub, Aug. 1, 2016)The Better Together series presents an introductory look at some of nature's most exciting cooperative pairs. Bees and Flowers explores the close mutualistic relationship between the plants and insects. Sidebars encourage readers to engage in the material by asking deeper questions or conducting individual research. Full color photos, a glossary, and a listing of additional resources all enhance the learning experience.
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Nurse
Kevin Cunningham
Paperback (Cherry Lake Pub, Aug. 1, 2015)Readers will learn what it takes to succeed as a nurse. The book also explains the necessary educational steps, useful character traits, potential hazards, and daily job tasks related to this career. Sidebars include thought-provoking trivia. Questions in the backmatter ask for text-dependent analysis. Photos, a glossary, and additional resources are included.
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The Americas Before 1492
Kevin Cunningham
Library Binding (Morgan Reynolds Pub, Sept. 30, 2010)Discusses the prehistoric peoples who occupied the Americas, describing the civilizations of such advanced cultures as the Incas, Mayas, and the Aztecs, and the technical achievements of various other Native American groups.
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The History of the Automobile
Kevin Cunningham
Library Binding (The Childs World Inc, Aug. 1, 2004)Traces the history, development, and future of the automobile from the gasoline powered Oldsmobile Runabout in 1904 to the hybrids of the early twenty-first century.
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How Political Campaigns and Elections Work
Kevin Cunningham
Library Binding (Core Library, Jan. 1, 2015)Discusses political campaigns and elections, including their history, workers, and role in the U.S. government.
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Robot Scientist
Kevin Cunningham
Library Binding (Cherry Lake Pub, Aug. 1, 2015)Readers will learn what it takes to succeed as a robot scientist. The book also explains the necessary educational steps, useful character traits, potential hazards, and daily job tasks related to this career. Sidebars include thought-provoking trivia. Questions in the backmatter ask for text-dependent analysis. Photos, a glossary, and additional resources are included.
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The Declaration of Independence
Kevin Cunningham
Library Binding (The Childs World Inc, Aug. 1, 2004)When Thomas Jefferson drafted the Declaration in 1776, he outlined liberties that continue to define America's identity in the 21st century. Learn how and why the Continental Congress took a stand for freedom and succeeded in preserving it for generations to come.
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What is Love?
Kevin Cunningham
Library Binding (Mitchell Lane Publishers, July 1, 2019)Plato said, He whom love touches not walks in darkness. But trying to understand love has left us in the dark for thousands of years. How does something that touches us all create so much confusion? What Is Love? tells how philosophers (and everyone else) have answered one of lifes most important questions. From ancient battles to pop songs, thinkers have approached love as a problem to solve. Yet love is also an action word that becomes an unstoppable force in peoples lives. Filled with wisdom and storytelling, What Is Love? boldly explores our quest to understand loves purpose and power.
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Can We Achieve Gender Equality?
Kevin Cunningham
Library Binding (Mitchell Lane Publishers, July 1, 2019)The idea of women moving through the world as freely as men should sell itself, Roxane Gay said. That is not the case. Women lag behind men when it comes to freedom, money, respect, and education. Can We Achieve Gender Equality? delves into the ways philosophy explores a womans place in the world. Men have controlled women in countless ways. But from voting rights to #MeToo, women have persisted in their quest to change traditions and remake their own lives. Can We Achieve Gender Equality? takes readers into the bold history of womens thought and encourages them to answer one of philosophys thorniest questions.
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