Eagen, Rachel

Photographs and text provide information about the land, climate, animals, history, and modern-day life in Canada's Northwest Territories.

Provides information about the land, weather, history, industry, people, natural resources, and other aspects of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Provides information about the people, places, natural resources, and other aspects of the Canadian province of Manitoba.

A discussion of cutting and self-injury, explaining what it is and why it happens, encouraging young people to seek help from a trusted adult, and including coping strategies.

Explains how monsoons and floods come about and how they affect the land and people in their paths, also covering such topics as flood supply kits and emergency plans, and includes a hands-on project.

Examines the process by which sugar is made, and describes where sugar cane is grown, how it has been harvested throughout history, the refining of sugar, and how it is used.

Chronicles the life and adventures of fifteenth-century Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon, and describes his voyages with Columbus and colonization of Puerto Rico, exploration of Florida, the Calusa encounters, and the legacy he left behind.

An introduction to the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, or NASCAR, an association of stock car racing teams, their owners, and officials, reviewing the history of auto racing, discussing the origins of NASCAR, how race cars are built, racing divisions, the elements of a race, tracks, and safety, and profiling several star drivers.

Explains how monsoons and floods come about and how they affect the land and people in their paths, also covering such topics as flood supply kits and emergency plans, and includes a hands-on project.