close-up photos and compelling writing make this easily accessible to young readers
it's a book about how to help build and maintain the foundations of any civilized society
written by Margot Theis Raven
Brooks masterfully describes common sources of spiritual anxiety
The story reveals the chasms that can separate first-generation immigrant parents from their Americanized children and how confronting past traumas from another country and time can bring a family closer together
North Pole, South Pole: The Epic Quest to Solve the Great Mystery of Earth's Magnetism by Gillian Turner David Macaulay close-up photos and compelling writingWhy do compass needles point north but not quite north? What guides the migration of birds, whales, and fish across the world's oceans? How is Earth able to sustain life under an onslaught of solar wind and cosmic radiation? For centuries, the world's great scientists have grappled with these questions, all rooted in the same phenomenon Earth's magnetism. Over 2,000 years after the invention of the compass, Einstein called the source of Earth's