Central Kansas Library System

"We the people at Who HQ bring readers the full story--arguments and all--of how the US Constitution came into being. Signed on September 17, 1787--four years after the American War for Independence--the Constitution laid out the supreme law of the United States of America. Today it's easy for us to take this blueprint of our government for granted. But the Framers--fifty-five men from almost all of the original 13 states--argued fiercely for many...

"Nobody has everything they need all the time. So how can we make do with what we have? Economics is all about understanding the choices we make to solve this problem, from people choosing how to spend their time, to businesses figuring out how much to sell, to governments deciding how to run a country." -- Back cover.

"Children play games from dress-up to hide-and-seek with animals from all over the globe to explore languages, letters, numbers, colors, shapes and more! Play with your favorite animals ; Enhance reading and language skills ; Develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills ; Explore foreign languages "--Publisher description.

"Heatproof, transparent, and durable, the mason jar is a science lab just waiting to be discovered. Unlock its potential with 40 dynamic experiments for budding scientists ages 8 and up. Using just a jar and a few ordinary household items, children learn to create miniature clouds, tiny tornadoes, small stalactites, and, of course, great goo and super slime! With a little ingenuity, the jar can be converted into a lava lamp, a water prism, a balloon...

Will, Violet, and Basil must be the unluckiest students at the Garden Gnome Academy. They've been stuck with Mr. Butternut, the school's most unpopular (and unusual) teacher. Will and his friends have to learn about soil and compost while their classmates get to study exotic plants and butterflies. Although things get a little messy (and stinky) in his class, Mr. Butternut does know a thing or two about growing delicious veggies. Read along to get...

Today is the first day of Sage's magical internship! Her fellow wizards-in-training get to study pyromancy and transfiguration, but Sage has been assigned an internship in...baking? She doesn't think that sounds fun, or particularly magical! But her instructor, Korian, insists that baking is a tasty form of alchemy. In an enchanted kitchen where the ingredients insist that you eat them, Sage learns the simple science behind baking--and that's the...

"From the monarch butterflies that travel south for the winter and the squid who rise from the ocean depths after sunset each day, to the plucky emperor penguins who march in search of the perfect nesting spot, this book explores the fascination subject of animal migration. Readers will meet record-breaking migrators like the Arctic tern, learn about different types of migration, including vertical migrations and multi-generational migrations, and...

Food web: "Watch as Bill Nye becomes tangled in a complex food web in his quest to demonstrate that all living things depend on other living things to survive"--Container. Animal locomotion: "Learn and laugh as Bill Nye checks out a millipede that crawls by coordinating the movement of its 200 feet, and reveals other creatures who move around without a leg to stand on"--Container.