Rosen Young Adult imprint: 522 books

Tattoos have gone from a symbol of shame and isolation to a widely accepted art form all over the world. The book looks at tattoo techniques and styles, from honored religious and cultural traditions of the East to the pop-culture inspired body art of the West. Colorful images provide and interesting...

This resource investigates the top cultural and anthropological reasons why we practice the art of tattooing and proudly display them. Beyond fad, cosmetic, or individual reasons, readers learn about the roles of tattoos in religion, ritual, cultural identity, and more. Further, this book offers readers...

With the popularity of Glee, many students are asking themselves, "How can I start a glee club at my school?" With this come other pertinent questions: how do you decide what songs to perform, how do you find singers and musicians who can put on a good performance, and many others. This...

Alice is one of several programming environments that use prewritten code to help get beginners started with coding. This animated overview discusses Alice's history and development, why it was created, and how it has made programming fun and easy for novice coders. Readers will learn how to access...

Computer programming can be intimidating for anyone, particularly a beginner. Making that task a bit easier is Ruby, an open-source programming language that is becoming increasingly popular among middle school and high school students. Readers are introduced to the many facets of Ruby, including...

A thirty-five dollar minicomputer about the size of a credit card, the Raspberry Pi has taken the world of computing by storm. Originally intended for teaching programming in schools, the device's low price, small size, and low power consumption have given it wide appeal. This entertaining, informative...

The ability to recognize and analyze the structure and ideas behind a piece of writing is an enormous part of the Common Core Standard for Reading. The Common Core was developed to give readers and students the tools they need to succeed in school and in a career situation. This volume contains poetry...

The ability to read and evaluate multimedia content is a large part of the Common Core Standards for Reading. This comprehensive volume helps give students and readers the tools they need to study multimedia content more effectively, leading to better grades and greater success in high school, college,...

Beyond being an athlete or coach, there are numerous careers in the sports industry that job seekers can consider. This volume focuses on the law angle of sports, representing athletes and sports organizations in legal situations, whether personal or professional. Some sports law jobs don't even require...

Understanding the basics of matter is a core piece of the science curriculum. This guide to matter is an interesting, colorful introduction to these concepts in the field of science, including bright photos, fun facts, and basic experiments that allow readers to have an informative and complete hands-on...

One of the most influential and well-known scientific minds of the past century, Jane Goodall rose to fame through her lifelong study of chimpanzees in Tanzania. This captivating volume, delving into her life and work, focuses on the writing of this great scientist: her findings, books on her studies,...

The Common Core Standards guide students through developing the skills they need to succeed throughout their education, whether it is in regular studies or on tests. This comprehensive volume includes lengthy passages from classic literature and historical documents, allowing readers to read, analyze,...

Scratch is a unique programming language based in graphical interface, rather than written code, making it more accessible to younger users. It has been widely popular since its introduction in 2007. Programming and the core concepts of computer interface are a necessity to students in today's world....

The Common Core is an important tool that schools use to help students get the most out of everything they read. The ability to summarize text is one that is needed from the earliest reading comprehension lesson up through high school, college, and beyond. Lengthy nonfiction passages are included...