Glow Kids

Author: Nicholas Kardaras
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1250097991
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 290

Book Description
"In Glow Kids, Dr. Nicholas Kardaras will examine how technology-- more specifically, age-inappropriate screen tech, with all of its glowing ubiquity-- has profoundly affected the brains of an entire generation. Brain imaging research is showing that stimulating glowing screens are as dopaminergic (dopamine activating) to the brain's pleasure center as sex. And a growing mountain of clinical research correlates screen tech with disorders like ADHD, addiction, anxiety, depression, increased aggression, and even psychosis. Most shocking of all, recent brain imaging studies conclusively show that excessive screen exposure can neurologically damage a young person's developing brain in the same way that cocaine addiction can"--

Glow

Author: Ruth Forman
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1534446346
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 26

Book Description
A joyfully poetic board book that delivers an ode to the beautiful light of African American boys. I shine night too smooth brown glow skin This simple, playful, and elegant board book stars a young boy who joyfully celebrates his dark skin with a bright moon at the end of a perfect day.

The Golden Glow

Author: Benjamin Flouw
Publisher: Tundra Books
ISBN: 0735264139
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 47

Book Description
Wes Anderson's Fantastic Mr. Fox meets Richard Scarry's Best Word Book Ever in this stylish picture book about a quest for a rare and mysterious plant. Fox loves nature. There's nothing he enjoys more than reading about and picking flowers. One evening, he comes across a rare specimen in his old botany book -- the golden glow, a plant from the Wellhidden family, found only in the mountains . . . a plant that has yet to be described. Fascinated, Fox decides to set off on a quest in search of the mysterious golden glow. He packs his knapsack, a map, a compass, a flashlight, a sleeping bag and other items for his hike. Along the way, Fox observes many different kinds of trees and plants. He also encounters woodland friends who help him make it to the summit of the mountain. But when Fox eventually stumbles upon the object of his quest, he makes a surprising decision. With spreads of educational content interspersed throughout, The Golden Glow is a charming story that details the simple pleasures of a nature hike and celebrates observing the beauty of nature.

Gleam and Glow

Author: Eve Bunting
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0547539916
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 37

Book Description
Inspired by real events, master storyteller Eve Bunting recounts the harrowing yet hopeful story of a family, a war--and a dazzling discovery.

In the Candle's Glow

Author: Elizabeth Crispina Johnson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781944967093
Category : Beekeepers
Languages : en
Pages : 32

Book Description
The bees do their work. The beekeeper does hers. And little Felicia, with the honesty and faith of a child, takes the fruit of the bee and the beekeeper's efforts and lights her candle and prays. She prays once, she prays twice, she prays three prayers, then watches the breeze from the window carry her prayers from the candle heavenward. A children's picture book for preschool and up

Waking Dragons

Author: Jane Yolen
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416990321
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32

Book Description
In the morning, dragons wake up, tumble out of bed, and get ready to fly into the sky.

Glow

Author: Amy Kathleen Ryan
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0312590563
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 319

Book Description
Part of the first generation to be conceived in deep space, fifteen-year-old Waverly is expected to marry young and have children to populate a new planet, but a violent betrayal by the dogmatic leader of their sister ship could have devastating consequences.

Little Glow

Author: Katie Sahota
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781913339333
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description

Glow-in-the-Dark Constellations

Author: C. E. Thompson
Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap
ISBN: 9780448412528
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 30

Book Description
Now in an affordable paperback edition comes this super informative guide exploring the night sky with glow-in-the-dark illustrations, eight maps, and fascinating retellings of the legends behind the constellations. Full color. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

The Glow-in-the-dark Book of Animal Skeletons

Author: Regina Kahney
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 9780679810803
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 22

Book Description
Depicts and explains the skeletal structure and movement of such animals as the cheetah, bat, cobra, and human. The skeleton illustrations glow in the dark.