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Popular Clone

From the Series The Clone Chronicles

Meet Fisher Bas: 12 years-old, growth-stunted, a geeky science genius, and son of the Nobel Prize-winning creators of the Bas-Hermaphrodite-Sea-Slug-Hypothesis. No surprise: Fisher isn't… Read More →

  • Lexile: 870
  • ATOS: 6.2
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2012

Raggin': A Story about Scott Joplin

From the Series Creative Minds Biographies

Scott Joplin came from a music-making family in Texarkana, Texas. As a small boy, he loved the lively, rhythmic African melodies and the soft, touching spirituals that he heard his father… Read More →

  • Lexile: 920
  • ATOS: 5.6
  • Dewey: 780'.92'4
  • Copyright: 1987

Revolutionary Poet: A Story about Phillis Wheatley

From the Series Creative Minds Biographies

Taken from her family in Africa at the age of seven, Phillis Wheatley arrived in Boston as a slave in 1761. After she was purchased by the Wheatley family, Phillis quickly learned to speak… Read More →

  • Lexile: 890
  • ATOS: 6.3
  • Dewey: 811'.1
  • Copyright: 1997

Rumble & Spew: Gross Stuff in Your Stomach and Intestines

From the Series Gross Body Science

What’s that funny feeling coming from your gut? It could be oozing stomach acid or a booming belch or stinky fart that is ready to burst. These revolting reactions happen during the digestion Read More →

  • Lexile: 800
  • ATOS: 4.9
  • Dewey: 612.3
  • Copyright: 2010
Cover: Shoes for Everyone: A Story about Jan Matzeliger
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Shoes for Everyone: A Story about Jan Matzeliger

From the Series Creative Minds Biographies

Jan Matzeliger felt anything but welcome in Philadelphia in 1873. As well as being a foreigner, Jan was half African American, which meant that most doors were closed to him. Although the… Read More →

  • Lexile: 840
  • ATOS: 5.7
  • Dewey: 685'.31'0028
  • Copyright: 1986

Sisters Against Slavery: A Story about Sarah and Angelina Grimké

From the Series Creative Minds Biographies

Sisters against Slavery recounts the lives of Sarah Grimke and Angelica Grimke Weld. These daughters of wealthy Southern planters and slave owners renounced slavery in the 1830's. Through… Read More →

  • ATOS: 6.1
  • Dewey: 326'.8'0922757
  • Copyright: 1999

Special Forces

From the Series On the Radar: Defend and Protect

The world's most dangerous missons are carried out by elite fighting crews—the special forces. Make sure they are on your radar! Inside you'll find these features: Read All about It… Read More →

  • Lexile: 1030
  • ATOS: 7.0
  • Dewey: 356'.609731
  • Copyright: 2012

Stateswoman to the World: A Story about Eleanor Roosevelt

From the Series Creative Minds Biographies

Eleanor Roosevelt is perhaps best known for her role as First Lady, wife to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. But this strong-willed woman was a skilled politician in her own right, who… Read More →

  • Lexile: 820
  • Dewey: 973.917'092
  • Copyright: 1991

Street Art

From the Series On the Radar: Street Style

Bold, brave, and brilliant, street art is springing up in urban areas all over the world. Make sure it's on your radar! Inside you'll find these features: Real-Life Story Find out how one… Read More →

  • Lexile: 1010
  • ATOS: 6.3
  • Dewey: 709.05
  • Copyright: 2012
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Summer Camp Science Mysteries — Paperback Set

From the Series Summer Camp Science Mysteries

Camp Dakota sure is full of mysteries. A group of friends at summer camp use science concepts to solve a mystery in each of these full-color graphic novels. The stories illustrate… Read More →

  • Copyright: 2012
  • Paperback
  • List Price: $19.81
  • Your Price: $19.81
  • 3 titles

Tae Kwon Do: Korean Foot and Fist Combat

From the Series Martial Arts Sports Zone

Did you know that tae kwon do combines martial arts from Korea and Japan? In the 1930s, a Korean martial artist combined Korean taekkyon with karate. The new self-defense style gained… Read More →

  • Lexile: 820
  • ATOS: 5.5
  • Dewey: 796.815'3
  • Copyright: 2012

Tales for Hard Times: A Story about Charles Dickens

From the Series Creative Minds Biographies

As a small boy, Charles Dickens worked in a dark, musty London warehouse, pasting labels onto pots of boot polish. He tried not to listen to his grumbling stomach or the rats squeaking on the Read More →

  • ATOS: 5.9
  • Dewey: 823'.8
  • Copyright: 1990

Tarantulas: Supersized Predators

From the Series Arachnid World

What is that huge, hairy spider—the size of a dinner plate? It's a tarantula! In this book, you will learn how tarantulas are similar to and different from other arachnids. Close-up… Read More →

  • Lexile: 860
  • Dewey: 595.4'4
  • Copyright: 2012

The Country Artist: A Story about Beatrix Potter

From the Series Creative Minds Biographies

Tea with a hedgehog and supper with a rabbit? Beatrix Potter entertained guests that most people--certainly Beatrix Potter's proper Victorian parents--would have thought belonged in a meadow, Read More →

  • Lexile: 830
  • ATOS: 5.1
  • Dewey: 823'.912
  • Copyright: 1989

The Nighttime Cabin Thief: A Mystery about Light

From the Series Summer Camp Science Mysteries

A thief is on the prowl at Camp Dakota! The campers can't find their favorite things—and they're starting to accuse each other of stealing. The kids set out to find the culprit—but the truth… Read More →

  • Lexile: 520
  • ATOS: 2.6
  • Dewey: 741.5'973
  • Copyright: 2012

The Werewolf Chase: A Mystery about Adaptations

From the Series Summer Camp Science Mysteries

It's the end of the summer at Camp Dakota—and things are about to get hairy. The kids have adaptations on their minds. And after one camper notices Counselor Kyle's suspicious late-night… Read More →

  • Lexile: 580
  • ATOS: 3.0
  • Dewey: 741.5'973
  • Copyright: 2012

The Wizard of Sound: A Story about Thomas Edison

From the Series Creative Minds Biographies

In 1877 a young man developed a way to reproduce sounds so they could be heard again and again. This young man, Thomas Edison, has since been heralded as one of the world's greatest… Read More →

  • Lexile: 860
  • ATOS: 6.0
  • Dewey: 621.3'092
  • Copyright: 1991

Undercover Operations

From the Series On the Radar: Defend and Protect

The world's security and safety depend on the top-secret agents who carry out undercover operations. Make sure this force is on your radar! Inside you'll find these features: Real-Life… Read More →

  • Lexile: 1060
  • ATOS: 7.2
  • Dewey: 327.12
  • Copyright: 2012
Cover: We'll Race You, Henry: A Story about Henry Ford
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We'll Race You, Henry: A Story about Henry Ford

From the Series Creative Minds Biographies

Henry Ford loved mechanical things: springs and gears, cogs and wheels, and things that clicked and ticked and turned. One hot summer day in 1876, Henry and his father were riding to Detroit… Read More →

  • Lexile: 750
  • ATOS: 4.7
  • Dewey: 338.7'6292'0924
  • Copyright: 1986

What Are the Articles of Confederation?: And Other Questions about the Birth of the United States

From the Series Six Questions of American History

In June 1776, colonial delegates to the Continental Congress began writing a document to set up a new country—with a government independent from Britain. The Articles of Confederation created Read More →

  • Lexile: 720
  • ATOS: 5.9
  • Dewey: 342.7302'9
  • Copyright: 2012

What Was the Missouri Compromise?: And Other Questions about the Struggle over Slavery

From the Series Six Questions of American History

When the Missouri Territory applied for statehood in 1818, the United States had an equal number of free states and slave states. The territory's leaders wanted Missouri to be a slave state.… Read More →

  • Lexile: 840
  • ATOS: 6.2
  • Dewey: 973.5'4
  • Copyright: 2012

When Did Columbus Arrive in the Americas?: And Other Questions about Columbus's Voyages

From the Series Six Questions of American History

In the late 1400s, Christopher Columbus was sure he could find a trade route from Spain to the Far East by sailing west across the Atlantic Ocean. On his first voyage, he landed on an island… Read More →

  • Lexile: 850
  • ATOS: 5.6
  • Dewey: 970.01'5092
  • Copyright: 2012

Who Was William Penn?: And Other Questions about the Founding of Pennsylvania

From the Series Six Questions of American History

William Penn was only twenty-two years old the first time he went to prison. He had attended a meeting of the Quakers, people who practiced a religion forbidden in Britain during the 1600s.… Read More →

  • Lexile: 830
  • ATOS: 5.8
  • Dewey: 974.8'02092
  • Copyright: 2012

Who Were the Accused Witches of Salem?: And Other Questions about the Witchcraft Trials

From the Series Six Questions of American History

In June 1692, a jury in Salem, Massachusetts, found Bridget Bishop guilty of performing witchcraft. The only evidence against her was villagers' testimony. As punishment she was publicly… Read More →

  • Lexile: 790
  • ATOS: 5.5
  • Dewey: 133.4'3097445
  • Copyright: 2012