Trending: How and Why Stuff Gets Popular by Kira Vermond

Trending: How and Why Stuff Gets Popular by Kira Vermond

Explore how--and why--trends go viral with Trending, the Ontario Library Association's 2021 Yellow Cedar children's choice award winner for Grades 4 to 8.

Fads and trends: How do they start? Why do they spread? And how deep can their impact be? Although trends might seem trivial, if you dig deeper, you'll find that our desire to chase the next big thing can have an even bigger impact than expected.

Established middle-grade author Kira Vermond and cartoonist Clayton Hanmer team up in this fun and accessible nonfiction look at fads. In four short chapters, the book explores what a fad is, how the latest crazes catch on, and what makes us jump on the bandwagon. Finally, it looks at the fascinating and even frightening effects of fads both modern and historic. Who knew the beaver pelt craze in 17th century Europe would change ecosystems, start wars, and disrupt life as people knew it?

Comic-strip illustrations, an upbeat tone, and reader-friendly text make this a fun and timely tool for young readers who are building critical-thinking skills in the age of fake news and a world gone viral.

Kira Vermond is an award-winning writer with more than 1,000 articles in print. She is a frequent contributor to The Globe and Mail, Chatelaine, and Today's Parent, and is the author of Owlkids Books titles The Secret Life of Money, Growing Up, Inside and Out, and Why We Live Where We Live. She lives in Guelph, Ontario.

Clayton Hanmer is an illustrator whose energetic comic style has given him a broad range of clients, from The Globe and Mail to OWL magazine. He is the illustrator of Owlkids Books titles The Secret Life of Money and Not Your Typical Book About the Environment. He lives in Port Hope, Ontario.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9781771473255
ISBN 10	1771473258
Title	Trending: How and Why Stuff Gets Popular
Author	Kira Vermond
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Owlkids Books Inc.
Year published	2020-05-01
Number of pages	48
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.