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Book cover of CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? HOW TO SPOT FAKE NEWS AND FIND THE FACTS
CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? HOW TO SPOT FAKE NEWS AND FIND THE FACTS
By: joyce grant | Published: June 2022

Everything kids need to know to tell facts from “fake news” on the internet. Here’s a comprehensive guide to how real journalism is made, what...

Everything kids need to know to tell facts from “fake news” on the internet. Here’s a comprehensive guide to how real journalism is made, what “fake news” is and, most importantly, how to spot the difference. It provides practical advice, thought-provoking examples, and loads of explanations, definitions and useful context. Never judgmental, it encourages young people to approach what they find online with skepticism and helps them hone their critical-thinking skills to make good choices about what to believe and share. It’s a must-read book on a topic that couldn’t be more important in today’s online world. Sure, kids know how to look for things on the internet. Now they’ll know how to look at them, too.

Theme: Media Literacy

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    9781525303227
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    Hardcover Canadian
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Book cover of CANCEL CULTURE - SOCIAL JUSTICE OR MOB R
CANCEL CULTURE - SOCIAL JUSTICE OR MOB R
By: john allen | Published: January 2022

"Cancel culture refers to the act of punishing individuals, usually by way of social media, for words or actions deemed unacceptable. Whatever its...

"Cancel culture refers to the act of punishing individuals, usually by way of social media, for words or actions deemed unacceptable. Whatever its impact, cancel culture owes its rise to social media. Often it involves a kind of boycott"--

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    9781678202347
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    Hardcover
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CARBON TAX
By: natalie hyde | Published: September 2021

Taxing carbon emissions, which contribute to global warming, is one method governments are using to help decrease or control climate change. This...

Taxing carbon emissions, which contribute to global warming, is one method governments are using to help decrease or control climate change. This informative title looks at the costs and benefits of this sometimes controversial tax and how different jurisdictions are implementing them.

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    9781427150868
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    Hardcover Canadian
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CARBON TAX
By: natalie hyde | Published: September 2021

Taxing carbon emissions, which contribute to global warming, is one method governments are using to help decrease or control climate change. This...

Taxing carbon emissions, which contribute to global warming, is one method governments are using to help decrease or control climate change. This informative title looks at the costs and benefits of this sometimes controversial tax and how different jurisdictions are implementing them.

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    9781427150905
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    Paperback Canadian
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    Social Studies - Issues (economic, Political And Social)
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CASTE YOUNG ADULT READER
By: isabel wilkerson | Published: November 2022

A young adult adaptation of the Oprah Book Club selection and New York Times bestselling nonfiction work by a Pulitzer Prize-winning author. This...

A young adult adaptation of the Oprah Book Club selection and New York Times bestselling nonfiction work by a Pulitzer Prize-winning author. This revealing and timely look at the unspoken hierarchies that divide us across lines of race and class will speak to young people, who are engaged more than ever with the world around them, or anyone who is believes in a more just existence for all. Readers will be fascinated by this young adult adaptation of the New York Times bestselling nonfiction work as they follow masterful narratives about real people that reveal an insidious phenomenon in the United States: a hidden caste system. Caste is not only about race or class; it is about power--which groups have it and which do not. Isabel Wilkerson explores historical social hierarchies, including those in India and Nazi Germany, and explains how perpetuating these rankings dehumanizes vast sections of society. Once we learn the reasons behind caste and see the often heartbreaking effects, Wilkerson says, we can bridge the divides and make way for an inclusive future where we are all equal.

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    9780593427941
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    Hardcover
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    Social Studies - Issues (economic, Political And Social)
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Book cover of CHASING THE TRUTH - A YOUNG JOURNALIST'
CHASING THE TRUTH - A YOUNG JOURNALIST'
By: jodi kantor | Published: September 2022

The perfect book for all student journalists, this young readers adaptation of the New York Times bestselling She Said by Pulitzer Prize winning...

The perfect book for all student journalists, this young readers adaptation of the New York Times bestselling She Said by Pulitzer Prize winning reporters' Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey will inspire a new generation of young journalists. Soon to be a major motion picture! Do you want to know how to bring secrets to light? How journalists can hold the powerful to account? And how to write stories that can make a difference? In Chasing the Truth, award-winning journalists Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey share their thoughts from their early days writing their first stories to their time as award-winning investigative journalists, offering tips and advice along the way. Adapted from their New York Times bestselling book She Said, Chasing the Truth not only tells the story of the culture-shifting Harvey Weinstein investigation, but it also shares their best reporting practices with readers. This is the perfect book for aspiring journalists or anyone devoted to uncovering the truth. Praise for the New York Times bestseller She Said: "Exhilarating...Kantor and Twohey have crafted their news dispatches into a seamless and suspenseful account of their reportorial journey." -- Susan Faludi, The New York Times "An instant classic of investigative journalism...'All the President's Men' for the Me Too era." -- Carlos Lozada, The Washington Post "A vibrant, cinematic read." --Jill Filipovic, CNN "Deeply suspenseful." --Annalisa Quinn, NPR

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    9780593327005
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CHEW ON THIS
By: eric scholosser | Published: April 2007

Kids love fast food. And the fast food industry definitely loves kids. It couldn't survive without them. Did you know that the biggest toy company in...

Kids love fast food. And the fast food industry definitely loves kids. It couldn't survive without them. Did you know that the biggest toy company in the world is McDonald's? It's true. In fact, one out of every three toys given to a child in the United States each year is from a fast food restaurant. Not only has fast food reached into the toy industry, it's moving into our schools. One out of every five public schools in the United States now serves brand name fast food. But do kids know what they're eating? Where do fast food hamburgers come from? And what makes those fries taste so good? When Eric Schlosser's best-selling book, Fast Food Nation, was published for adults in 2001, many called for his groundbreaking insight to be shared with young people. Now Schlosser, along with co-writer Charles Wilson, has investigated the subject further, uncovering new facts children need to know. In Chew On This, they share with kids the fascinating and sometimes frightening truth about what lurks between those sesame seed buns, what a chicken `nugget' really is, and how the fast food industry has been feeding off children for generations. Featuring cover art by M. Wartella.

Theme: Global Issues

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    9780618593941
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CHEW ON THIS
By: eric schlosser | Published: May 2006

Kids love fast food. And the fast food industry definitely loves kids. It couldn’t survive without them. Did you know that the biggest toy...

Kids love fast food. And the fast food industry definitely loves kids. It couldn’t survive without them. Did you know that the biggest toy company in the world is McDonald’s? It’s true. In fact, one out of every three toys given to a child in the United States each year is from a fast food restaurant. Not only has fast food reached into the toy industry, it’s moving into our schools. One out of every five public schools in the United States now serves brand name fast food. But do kids know what they’re eating? Where do fast food hamburgers come from? And what makes those fries taste so good? When Eric Schlosser’s best-selling book, Fast Food Nation, was published for adults in 2001, many called for his groundbreaking insight to be shared with young people. Now Schlosser, along with co-writer Charles Wilson, has investigated the subject further, uncovering new facts children need to know. In Chew On This, they share with kids the fascinating and sometimes frightening truth about what lurks between those sesame seed buns, what a chicken ‘nugget’ really is, and how the fast food industry has been feeding off children for generations. Featuring cover art by M. Wartella.

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    9780618710317
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CHILD SOLDIERS
By: linda barghoorn | Published: December 2023

This book shines a light on the disturbing practice of recruiting children into conflicts. Around 250,000 child soldiers are participating in...

This book shines a light on the disturbing practice of recruiting children into conflicts. Around 250,000 child soldiers are participating in conflicts around the world today. Many are physically abducted or threatened into joining by armed groups or forces who desensitize them to violence. If they survive, the only way they can be reintegrated into their communities is through physical and emotional rehabilitation.

Theme: War/Children and War

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    9781039815278
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CHILD SOLDIERS
By: linda barghoorn | Published: December 2023

Theme: War/Children and War

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    9781039815537
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CHILD WAR REFUGEES
By: petrice custance | Published: December 2023

According to UNICEF, an agency dedicated to helping children, 13.7 million children around the world are refugees, and an additional 22.8 million...

According to UNICEF, an agency dedicated to helping children, 13.7 million children around the world are refugees, and an additional 22.8 million children are displaced within their own countries. This book explains how the lives of children forced by conflicts to leave all that they once knew will never be the same. Examples of contemporary conflicts show the difficulties often faced by child refugees, such as violence, dangerous journeys, and uncertain futures.

Theme: War/Children and War

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    9781039815285
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CHILD WAR REFUGEES
By: petrice custance | Published: December 2023

Theme: War/Children and War

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    9781039815544
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Book cover of CLIMATE BOOK
CLIMATE BOOK
By: greta thunberg | Published: February 2024

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER We still have time to change the world. From climate activist Greta Thunberg, comes the essential handbook for making it...

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER We still have time to change the world. From climate activist Greta Thunberg, comes the essential handbook for making it happen. You might think it's an impossible task: secure a safe future for life on Earth, at a scale and speed never seen, against all the odds. There is hope—but only if we listen to the science before it's too late. In The Climate Book, Greta Thunberg has gathered the wisdom of over one hundred experts—geophysicists, oceanographers and meteorologists; engineers, economists and mathematicians; historians, philosophers and Indigenous leaders—to equip us all with the knowledge we need to combat climate disaster. Throughout, illuminating and often shocking grayscale charts, graphs, diagrams, photographs, and illustrations underscore their research and their arguments. Alongside them, she shares her own stories of demonstrating and uncovering greenwashing around the world, revealing how much we have been kept in the dark. This is one of our biggest challenges, she shows, but also our greatest source of hope. Once we are given the full picture, how can we not act? And if a schoolchild's strike could ignite a global protest, what could we do collectively if we tried? We are alive at the most decisive time in the history of humanity. Together, we can do the seemingly impossible. But it has to be us, and it has to be now.

Theme: Environmental Issues, Climate Change

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    9780593492321
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CLIMATE CHANGE - REVISED EDITION
By: shelley tanaka | Published: March 2012

Revised and updated edition Scientists have been warning the world about global warming for almost three decades. But the rest of us are only now...

Revised and updated edition Scientists have been warning the world about global warming for almost three decades. But the rest of us are only now starting to get the message. The planet is warming at an unusually rapid rate, and this warming is largely being caused by human activity. Shrinking glaciers, thawing permafrost, erratic weather and threatened freshwater supplies are already affecting the lives of people around the globe, and the worst is yet to come. The crisis is real, but there is little consensus about how to confront the problem, not only because the science is complex, but because the economic, political and social implications of taking action are vast, far-reaching and unsettling. And despite the urgency, climate change deniers seem to be more vocal than ever. This revised and updated edition includes the most recent scientific findings while addressing the main issues. What is happening, and how did we get here? What is the basic science behind climate change? What is going to happen in the future? And, most important, why is it so hard for us to accept what is going on, and what can we do about it? Charts, maps, a glossary, an index and suggestions for further reading accompany the text.

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    9781554981595
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COMPOSITION
By: a skarmeta | Published: September 2003

Winner of the UNESCO Tolerance Awarda and the Jane Addams Children's Book Award, and an Americas Award Commended Title Life is simple for Pedro --...

Winner of the UNESCO Tolerance Awarda and the Jane Addams Children's Book Award, and an Americas Award Commended Title Life is simple for Pedro -- he goes to school, does his homework and, most importantly, plays soccer. But when the soldiers come and take his friend Daniel's father away, things suddenly become much more complicated. Why, for instance, do Pedro's parents secretly listen to the radio every evening after dinner? And why does the government want Pedro and his classmates to write compositions about what their parents do in the evening? Humorous, serious and intensely human, this powerful picture book by Chilean writer Antonio Skarmeta presents a situation all too familiar to children around the world. And for children it provides food for thought about freedom, moral choices and personal responsibility.

Theme: Advanced Picture Book

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    9780888995506
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