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A Visit to the Museum
From the Series Bumba Books ® — Places We Go
What do you know about history? A museum is a place where you can learn more about history, art, and culture. Discover what a museum has to offer with carefully leveled text and full-color… Read More →
Children of the Past: Archaeology and the Lives of Kids
Do you have much in common with kids from long ago? Sure, their clothes and homes looked different. They ate different food and might not have ever gone to school. But they also made art—just Read More →
Emperor Qin's Terra Cotta Army
From the Series Unearthing Ancient Worlds
A dead emperor guarded by his army for 2,000 years… One day in 1974, a group of farmers in rural China found a life-size clay statue of a man’s head buried deep in a field. When government… Read More →
Forgotten Bones: Uncovering a Slave Cemetery
An ordinary construction project uncovers an extraordinary archaeological discovery. Imagine you're watching a backhoe dig up the ground for a construction project when a round object rolls… Read More →
Inside King Tut's Tomb
From the Series Top Secret (Alternator Books ®)
King Tut was an intriguing figure during his life and still was after his mysterious death. In Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, archaeologists discovered something amazing. It was a tomb that… Read More →
Palenque
From the Series Unearthing Ancient Worlds
Mysterious ancient ruins, hidden deep in the jungle of southern Mexico… In May 1840, explorers John Stephens and Frederick Catherwood road their mules along a steep, muddy jungle path. They… Read More →
Pompeii
From the Series Unearthing Ancient Worlds
An ancient city unearthed… In the 1730s, Charles of Bourbon, king of the area around present-day Naples, Italy, learned that local peasants were finding marble and other ancient objects when… Read More →
Sandra Markle's Science Discoveries — Hardcover Set
From the Series Sandra Markle's Science Discoveries
Join award-winning science author Sandra Markle as she sheds light on some of the most fascinating scientific investigations in the animal kingdom. Solve real-life science mysteries alongside Read More →
Secrets of a Civil War Submarine: Solving the Mysteries of the H. L. Hunley
Winner of the Sibert Medal, Secrets of a Civil War Submarine is a fascinating look at the world's first combat sub. On February 17, 1864, the H. L. Hunley made history as the first submarine… Read More →
Secrets of the Lost City: A Scientific Adventure in the Honduran Rain Forest
From the Series Sandra Markle's Science Discoveries
Join a real-life adventure—a scientific expedition to a remote area of the Honduran rainforest, suspected to be the ruins of the Lost City of the Monkey God. In the dense rain forest of… Read More →
Shipwreck Search: Discovery of the H. L. Hunley
From the Series On My Own Science
What a discovery! Deep under the Atlantic Ocean, divers found a shipwreck like no other. It was the H. L. Hunley, a submarine that had sunk during the Civil War! A team of scientists from… Read More →
The Tomb of King Tutankhamen
From the Series Unearthing Ancient Worlds
A royal treasure buried for 3,000 years … On November 4, 1922, a British archaeologist named Howard Carter unearthed a buried staircase in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings. At the bottom of the… Read More →
Top Secret (Alternator Books ®) — Hardcover Set
From the Series Top Secret (Alternator Books ®)
The world is full of unanswered questions! Examine some of the top secrets and unsolved mysteries in history with this spooky series. Readers will gather facts and learn from researchers as… Read More →