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Wind Scorpions: Killer Jaws

From the Series Arachnid World

What is that creature attacking a lizard with its the giant jaws? It's a wind scorpion! In this book, you will learn how wind scorpions are similar to and very different from other arachnids. Read More →

  • Lexile: 890
  • Dewey: 595.4'8
  • Copyright: 2012

"Miss Pell Would Never Misspell" and Other Painless Tricks for Memorizing How to Spell and Use Wily Words

From the Series Adventures in Memory ™

Need a fail-proof way to memorize everything you need to know for your next spelling test? Brian P. Cleary can help! He's made up oodles of clever sayings to help those wily words stick in… Read More →

  • Lexile: 770
  • Dewey: 428.1
  • Copyright: 2012

A Head Full of Notions: A Story about Robert Fulton

From the Series Creative Minds Biographies

Robert Fulton was an American inventor born in 1765. Some of his accomplishments include designing some of the first submarines and designing the first commercially successful steamboat, the Clemont. Read More →

  • Lexile: 1080
  • ATOS: 6.8
  • Dewey: 623.8'24'092
  • Copyright: 1997
Cover: A Story to Tell: Traditions of a Tlingit Community
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A Story to Tell: Traditions of a Tlingit Community

From the Series We Are Still Here: Native Americans Today

Frances Nannauck Kraus takes her eleven-year-old granddaughter, Marissa, to Kake, Alaska--the place of much of their family history. On one of their walks, they climb up a hill to the tallest Read More →

  • ATOS: 5.0
  • Dewey: 979.8'004972
  • Copyright: 1998
Cover: A World of Knowing: A Story about Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet
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A World of Knowing: A Story about Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet

From the Series Creative Minds Biographies

Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet had a sharp mind and a great determination to make a difference in the world. When Thomas met Alice Cogswell, a little girl who was deaf, he decided to go to Europe… Read More →

  • Lexile: 920
  • ATOS: 5.7
  • Dewey: 371.91'2'092
  • Copyright: 1995

Between the Dragon and the Eagle

From the Series Adventures in Time

The author takes readers on a fascinating journey back to A.D. 100, where a bolt of sky blue silk is carried by successive caravans from China to Rome along the ancient Silk Road. The… Read More →

  • Lexile: 670
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 1996

Board Sports

From the Series On the Radar: Sports

The tricks, stunts, thrills, and spills of boarding add up to a culture that is addictively cool. Make sure it's on your radar! Inside you'll find these features: Star Story Read about the Read More →

  • Lexile: 940
  • ATOS: 5.5
  • Dewey: 796.04'6
  • Copyright: 2012

Book Five: The Parting

From the Series The ElseWhere Chronicles

Trapped in the dangerous world of ElseWhere, Rebecca, Noah, and Theo are possessed by the evils unleashed by the Master of Shadows. Max and Grandpa Gabe may be their only hope of breaking… Read More →

  • Lexile: 310
  • ATOS: 2.3
  • Dewey: 741.5'973
  • Copyright: 2012

Buckskin Dresses and Pumpkin Breeches: Colonial Fashions from the 1580s to the 1760s

From the Series Dressing a Nation: The History of U.S. Fashion

What would you have worn if you lived during the Colonial era? It depends on who you were! For example, many Native American women made skirts or dresses out of deerskin, and they completed… Read More →

  • Dewey: 391.00973
  • Copyright: 2012

Calico Dresses and Buffalo Robes: American West Fashions from the 1840s to the 1890s

From the Series Dressing a Nation: The History of U.S. Fashion

What would you have worn if you lived in the Old West? It depends on who you were! For example, Native Americans made clothing from rabbit fur, deerskins, buffalo hides, and plant fibers.… Read More →

  • Dewey: 391.00978
  • Copyright: 2012

Capoeira: Fusing Dance and Martial Arts

From the Series On the Radar: Dance

The amazing mix of martial arts, dance, and gravity-defying acrobatics makes capoeira one of today's most fascinating dance styles. Make sure it's on your radar! Inside you'll find these… Read More →

  • Lexile: 860
  • ATOS: 5.3
  • Dewey: 793.3'1981
  • Copyright: 2012

Civil Rights Pioneer: A Story about Mary Church Terrell

From the Series Creative Minds Biographies

Mary Church Terrell grew up after the Civil War with many opportunities. Although she received an excellent education and had a distinguished teaching career, Mary grew up African American in Read More →

  • Lexile: 930
  • ATOS: 6.1
  • Dewey: 323'.092
  • Copyright: 1999

Come Morning

From the Series Adventures in Time

Twelve-year-old Freedman and his father Nehemiah, a freed slave, make their living on a farm in Delaware during the 1850s. When Nehemiah is taken prisoner by slave-hunters in the Deep South,… Read More →

  • Lexile: 670
  • ATOS: 4.4
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 1995

Count Your Way through Africa

From the Series Count Your Way

Since its early use as a language of trade, Swahili has helped people of different African and Arabian cultures to communicate. Today it is the official language of two African nations. In… Read More →

  • ATOS: 5.4
  • Dewey: 960
  • Copyright: 1989

Discovering Nature's Laws: A Story about Isaac Newton

From the Series Creative Minds Biographies

Sir Isaac Newton changed the world with his many discoveries and inventions about mathematics, science, optics, and physics. Although he was brilliant, Newton felt no need to publish his… Read More →

  • Lexile: 780
  • ATOS: 5.7
  • Dewey: 530'.092
  • Copyright: 2004

Dog Days

Larry can't stop thinking about the growling dog in the alley. He already has three strays in his backyard. How can he afford to take care of another one? When his brother Paul points out a… Read More →

  • Lexile: 630
  • ATOS: 3.8
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2004

Flying Against the Wind: A Story about Beryl Markham

From the Series Creative Minds Biographies

Born in England and raised in the bush of East Africa, Beryl Markham was an extraordinary child--and lived an extraordinary life. She learned how to train racehorses from her father and… Read More →

  • Lexile: 980
  • ATOS: 5.9
  • Dewey: 629.13'092
  • Copyright: 1998

Free Running

From the Series On the Radar: Sports

With its acrobatic thrills and "no limits" attitude, free running is creating a sports revolution in our towns and cities. Make sure it's on your radar! Inside you'll find these features:… Read More →

  • Lexile: 960
  • ATOS: 5.4
  • Dewey: 613.7'172
  • Copyright: 2012

Freestyle BMX

From the Series On the Radar: Sports

The high-adrenaline thrill of freestyle BMX is creating a stir on the extreme sports scene. Make sure it's on your radar! Inside you'll find these features: Real-Life Story Biking pro Mitch Read More →

  • Lexile: 960
  • ATOS: 5.3
  • Dewey: 796.6'2
  • Copyright: 2012

Frontier Surgeons: A Story about the Mayo Brothers

From the Series Creative Minds Biographies

In the 1870s, surgery was a crude affair performed on the patient's kitchen table. In the frontier town of Rochester, Minnesota, Dr. W. W. Mayo brought his young sons, Will and Charlie, to… Read More →

  • Lexile: 860
  • ATOS: 5.9
  • Dewey: 610'.92'273
  • Copyright: 1989
Cover: Healing Warrior: A Story about Sister Elizabeth Kenny
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Healing Warrior: A Story about Sister Elizabeth Kenny

From the Series Creative Minds Biographies

In 1942, polio epidemics raged out of control, and medical treatments were largely unsuccessful in fighting the disease. When Elizabeth Kenny, a self-taught nurse, boldly declared she had… Read More →

  • Lexile: 830
  • Dewey: 362.1'96835'0092
  • Copyright: 1989

Her Piano Sang: A Story about Clara Schumann

From the Series Creative Minds Biographies

At the age of nine, Clara Wieck gave her first public performance as a concert pianist. She played beautifully. When the concert was over, she felt as if she were dancing on a cloud. As she… Read More →

  • Lexile: 1020
  • ATOS: 6.7
  • Dewey: 786.2'092
  • Copyright: 1997

Hoopskirts, Union Blues, and Confederate Grays: Civil War Fashions from 1861 to 1865

From the Series Dressing a Nation: The History of U.S. Fashion

What would you have worn if you lived during the Civil War era? It depends on who you were! For example, upper-class women wore tight corsets, bustles, and wide hoop skirts to fancy balls.… Read More →

  • Dewey: 355.1'40973
  • Copyright: 2012

Ice Dancing

From the Series On the Radar: Dance

The glamour and glitz of ice dancing is spicing up arenas and rinks all over the world. Make sure it's on your radar! Inside you'll find these features: Blog Spot Read about a week in the… Read More →

  • Lexile: 970
  • ATOS: 5.9
  • Dewey: 796.91'2
  • Copyright: 2012