signs and symbols

"[The authors] explore and share the origin stories of how every team in the history of the National Hockey League was named and why they look the way they do"--Back cover.

Readers will learn about shapes by seeing signs of different shapes.

Simple text and illustrations introduce the reader to pictographs. Includes audio, videos, activities, weblinks, slideshows, transparencies, maps, quizzes, and supplementary resources.

Introduces American symbols such as the flag, Liberty Bell, Statue of Liberty, and Lincoln Memorial, describing their histories.

Discusses pictures and symbols that represent America, including patriotic, geographic, corporate, and official symbols.

Simple text and illustrations introduce the reader to pictographs.

"Arguably, no symbol more firmly represents our country's independence than the bald eagle. But why this particular bird? Through factual, accessible text and crisp, colorful photos, young report writers will learn how the United States came to embrace this feathered American icon"--Provided by publisher.

Meg Mackworth's hand-lettering skills has gained her fame as the Planner of Park Slope, where she designs custom journals and wedding programs for wealthy NYC clientele--but she has another secret skill: she can read signs that people miss, and when she can't help but notice the marriage-breaking signs in the relationship of Reid Sutherland and his gorgeous fianc?e, she breaks her own rule by weaving secret words of warning into their wedding program. A year later, Reid, pattern-obsessed and newly single seeking new romance, tracks Meg down wondering just how she knew.

Photographs and easy-to-follow text introduce young readers to the bald eagle and its significance as the national bird.