Books in My Body Your World series

When we turn on a tap, we expect to see clean, safe water pour out. This is not how everyone around the world gets their water, of course. Some children must walk miles each day to collect water for their families, while others bathe and help do their family's laundry in a river. In Everybody Needs Water, young readers will find out how families around the world obtain and use this precious resource.

Perhaps you take the bus to school or ride in the car. But imagine traveling to school on your family's donkey cart or paddling to school along a jungle river in a canoe! How We Get Around explores the many different ways in which people travel during their everyday lives. From high-speed bullet trains in Japan to snowmobiles in Alaska, we're all on the move in dozens of different ways.

When we turn on a tap, we expect to see clean, safe water pour out. This is not how everyone around the world gets their water, of course. Some children must walk miles each day to collect water for their families, while others bathe and help do their familys laundry in a river. In Everybody Needs Water, young readers will find out how families around the world obtain and use this precious resource.

Germs. Everybody has them! some germs help people. Some germs can harm people. Add and subtract with TENS as you learn all about germs. This nonfiction math book combines math and reading skills, and uses real-life examples of problem solving to teach subject-area content. The dynamic images, detailed sidebars, practice problems, and math diagrams make Learning Arithmetic easy and fun. Text features include a table of contents, a glossary, an Index, and captions to build vocabulary and increase understanding of math and reading concepts. An in-depth problem-solving Section provides additional Learning and practice opportunities. Engage students with this high-interest math book

In Time to Play, readers will meet children from around the world and find out what games they like to play. From board games to sports, some games are played in only one culture, while others, such as soccer, are loved in countries and cultures worldwide. Many families cannot afford to buy toys, but that doesn't keep inventive youngsters from making their own toy cars, dolls, bikes, and even soccer balls from trash!

Some classrooms are inside a large school building. Others are just a single hut in a rain forest or dusty desert. Some students do their schoolwork on computers or tablets, while others write on chalkboards or in the dusty soil. In Time for School, young readers will get a fascinating insight to school life around the world. Of course, not all children get to go to school, and in this title, readers will also meet some young children who must work to help their families survive, and for whom school is only a distant dream.

From everyday clothes to outfits worn only on special occasions, The Clothes We Wear introduces young readers to the incredible variety of clothes, shoes, hats, and jewelry that people wear around the world. From reindeer-skin coats to colorful shawls made from alpaca wool, readers will learn that not everyone buys their clothes online or at a mall! Young readers will also find out how a worn-out T-shirt or jeans that no longer fit can become a new outfit for another child living on the other side of the world.

When we think of home, we might think of living in an apartment or a house, but not everyone lives in a home like this. Some children grow up on a houseboat in a floating village. Others live in huts that are carefully crafted from branches and animal dung. And many children live in makeshift tent homes in refugee camps. In A Place to Call Home, young readers will learn about the many different types of structures and places that children and their families call home.

In The Food We Eat, readers will meet children from around the world and find out what foods they eat, where the foods come from, and how they are prepared. The difficulties many people face in obtaining enough food are also sensitively explored. From gathering fruit in the Amazon rain forest to growing vegetables in a hot, dry African garden, from helping on a family fishing boat to helping milk the family's yak, readers will gain a fascinating insight into how people obtain the food they need.

Visiting an aquarium is fun. There are many fish, Sharks, birds, penguins, sea otters, and other creatures to see. Dive into Learning subtraction as you read about the many animals at the aquarium! this nonfiction math book combines math and reading skills, and uses real-life examples of problem solving to teach subject-area content. The dynamic images, detailed sidebars, practice problems, and math diagrams make Learning subtraction easy and fun. Text features include a table of contents, a glossary, an Index, and captions to build vocabulary and increase understanding of math and reading concepts. An in-depth problem-solving Section provides additional Learning and practice opportunities. Engage students with this high-interest math book