We just purchased a brand new, up-to-date World Atlas! Come to the BTS Library and see it… where in the world would you like to travel?
Student Atlas (World)
DK Publishers, 2013
This fully revised 7th edition of the Student Atlas includes all current border, name, and flag changes around the world, including the creation of South Sudan. Perfect for middle school students, this reference guide includes a detailed introductory section on map skills along with a balanced coverage of each continent. The Student Atlas maps have accurate computer-generated terrain models with a key, scale bar, and locator map for every region in the world, and a country fact file shows key statistical data for each country and lets the reader easily compare nations. Integrated text, illustrations, and exercises complement the maps, encouraging students to learn more about each topic, and making the Student Atlas the perfect reference book to stimulate an interest in the world, geography, and maps.
(Description from the publishers.)
Another book for our collection. Ask your teacher to help you find it and check it out!
It’s Our Garden: From Seeds to Harvest in a School Garden
by George Ancona
Want to grow what you eat and eat what you grow? Visit this lively, flourishing school-and community garden and be inspired to cultivate your own.
At an elementary school in Santa Fe, the bell rings for recess and kids fly out the door to check what’s happening in their garden. As the seasons turn, everyone has a part to play in making the garden flourish. From choosing and planting seeds in the spring to releasing butterflies in the summer to harvesting in the fall to protecting the beds for the winter. Even the wiggling worms have a job to do in the compost pile! On special afternoons and weekends, neighborhood folks gather to help out and savor the bounty (fresh toppings for homemade pizza, anyone?). Part celebration, part simple how-to, this close-up look at a vibrant garden and its enthusiastic gardeners is blooming with photos that will have readers ready to roll up their sleeves and dig in.
(Description from the publishers.)
Our Library is growing!
In the next series of posts, I will be sharing some of the new books acquired for the BTS Library. Remember to go to the LibraryThing catalog to search for these books, and get the location on the shelves!
Here are this week’s three new nonfiction books:
The Human Body: Children’s Reference
Capella Publishers
Questions and Answers About Planet Earth
Capella Publishers
A is for Abigail: An Almanac of Amazing American Women
by Lynne Cheney
Illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser
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