Barrington New Books - Kids - Nonfiction

"A reassuring book to help children build coping skills and resilience, Worries Big and Small is packed with short questions and answers about potential worries, giving kids practical strategies for dealing with tricky situations. With topics including school, visiting friends, performing, and going places, this book is an ideal starting point for conversations about worries. Plus, engaging and gently humorous illustrations from rising star Samara...

"In this volume, readers explore the many workers and volunteers who come together to ensure a community is successful. The accessible text describes what community workers do and how they help others. Essential roles covered include police officers, firefighters, doctors, teachers, government leaders, and others. Readers discover how these people work to make a community a healthy, safe, and clean place for everyone who lives there. Critical-thinking...

"Big Money aims to explain economic principles to middle-grade readers in a way that combines the weird and the meaningful, like Planet Money for kids. The book will be organized in seven chapters, each posing a general question and answering it through real-world examples to help readers explore the consequences of their everyday economic choices by connecting the dots between themselves and the larger economic and social systems around them"--

Some concepts about light and color can seem confusing to students without demonstrations for clarification. This vibrant volume provides plenty of experiments that young scientists can do themselves to learn more about light. They're accompanied in the lab by colorful cartoons Professor Albert, Greg the Robot, and Monica. Together, they'll review the scientific method while they learn about reflection, refraction, the invisible and visible spectrum,...

"Peel back the layers of human anatomy to learn about the mighty muscles, the fast-firing nerves, and the intricacies of the brain"--Back cover.

"Have you ever wondered by pigs roll in the mud? Or if all cows have the same spots? Or why chickens have feathers? Explore this . . . book for answers to questions you'll be glad we asked"--OCLC.

"Did you know that puppies have about 110 more bones than people? Or that the moisture on their noses helps grab hold of scents?"--Back cover.

A guide to turning your cooking and baking talents into a business, with tips for designing brand images, conducting market research, writing a business plan, and understanding restrictions and the law, as well as guielines for donating money to charity.

"If you're looking for cringe-worthy jokes and love dad-style one-liners, then this is the embarrassing perfect book for you! A knee-slapping, head-shaking collection of over 300 hilariously cheesy jokes. The jokes are ordered alphabetically, so you can eye-roll your way from A to Z, or search for a joke about your favorite subject."--

Presents simple jokes and riddles revolving around the subject of sports.