Presents facts about the family of beetles known as ladybugs, and includes information about their natural habitat, physical characteristics, diet, and behavior.

How the law harms sex workers—and what they want instead Do you have to endorse prostitution in order to support sex worker rights? Should clients be criminalized, and can the police deliver justice? In Revolting Prostitutes, sex workers Juno Mac and Molly Smith bring a fresh perspective to questions that have long been contentious. Speaking from a growing global sex worker rights movement, and situating their argument firmly within wider questions of migration, work, feminism, and resistance to white supremacy, they make it clear that anyone committed to working towards justice and freedom should be in support of the sex worker rights movement.

Playbook.

How did the pillbug get its name? In order to defend itself from predators, this little critter can roll itself up into a tight ball the shape of a pill! The hard plates on its body work like armor to protect its soft underside from predators. These are just some of the fascinating facts children will discover as they explore the strange and unusual world of this creepy crawler. Vivid, eye-popping photos and clear, grade-appropriate text will engage emergent and early readers as they learn about the natural habitat, physical characteristics, diet, and behavior of this unique invertebrate.

Find out where the world's heaviest snake lives, how it hunts for food, stays safe, and grows to be so big.

It's the best of the worst! This edition of the popular series loved by parents and kids alike serves up a wild ride through mudslides, volcanos, shark-infested oceans, menacing mountains, and more. Seventy entries are packed with illuminating facts, eye-popping photos, hilarious illustrations, must-see maps, heaps of humor, and step-by-step instructions. Readers will be armed with the knowledge and skills needed to survive anything and live to tell about it!

New Paper Quilling presents a contemporary take on this traditional craft, explaining the basics before taking you to the next level. From a festive mobile featuring colored strips of paper that are crimped before they are quilled, to an unusual altered book niche and tag made with metal instead of paper.

It isn’t easy for birds and other animals to catch a dragonfly for dinner. These speedy creatures can fly over 35 miles per hour (56 kph). People can’t even run that fast. These are just some of the surprising facts children will discover as they explore the fascinating world of these fast-flying creatures. Large, eye-popping photos and clear, grade-appropriate text will engage emergent readers as they learn about the natural habitat, physical characteristics, diet, and behavior of this unique invertebrate.

Describes blue whales, discussing where and how they live and their size, important body parts, method of communication, diet, and babies.

First published in 1998, this volume explores the period 1585-1649, identifying it as rich in innovative drama which challenged the boundaries between social, political and cultural activities of various kinds. Molly Smith examines ways in which texts by Renaissance authors reflect, question and influence their society’s ideological concerns. In the drama of Kyd, Shakespeare, Beaumont and Fletcher, Webster, Middleton, Massinger and Ford, she identifies the simultaneously serious and playful appropriation of popular cultural practices, an appropriation which is expertly reversed by authorities in the political drama of Charles I’s public trial and execution in 1649. This compelling interpretation of Renaissance drama will prove of value to students of literature and social history.