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With Open Hands: A Story about Biddy Mason

From the Series Creative Minds Biographies

Born a slave in Georgia in 1818, Bridget "Biddy" Mason learned to survive in a harsh world. Taken from her parents as a young child, Biddy grew up to be self-reliant and hard working. When… Read More →

  • ATOS: 5.7
  • Dewey: 973'.0496073'0092
  • Copyright: 1999

A Family Haggadah I, 2nd Edition

With just the right blend of text and commentary, the popular A Family Haggadah, with new full-color art, is the haggadah of choice for families with young children to use at their Passover… Read More →

  • Dewey: 296.4'5371
  • Copyright: 2011

Alien Envoy

From the Series Alien Agent

Alien Agent Zack Gaither has spent his whole life on planet Earth. His assignment: to protect humans from the knowledge of life on other planets. Finally, the time is right, and Zack has the… Read More →

  • Lexile: 730
  • ATOS: 5.0
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2011

Ancient Agricultural Technology: From Sickles to Plows

From the Series Technology in Ancient Cultures

Did you know . . . • Ancient Romans invented a machine to harvest grain? • Farmers in ancient China destroyed the pests that harmed crops by bringing in their natural predators? • The… Read More →

  • Dewey: 630.93
  • Copyright: 2011

Ancient Communication Technology: From Hieroglyphics to Scrolls

From the Series Technology in Ancient Cultures

Did you know that people first used road signs more than 2,000 years ago? Did you know that Ancient Rome had its own postal service? Did you know that Egyptian writers used flakes of… Read More →

  • Dewey: 302.2'2209
  • Copyright: 2011

Ancient Computing Technology: From Abacuses to Water Clocks

From the Series Technology in Ancient Cultures

Did you know . . . • Ancient cultures measured time accurately with water clocks? • An engineer in the first century B.C. designed an odometer to calculate distance traveled? • People… Read More →

  • Dewey: 510.28'4
  • Copyright: 2011
Cover: Ancient Construction Technology: From Pyramids to Fortresses
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Ancient Construction Technology: From Pyramids to Fortresses

From the Series Technology in Ancient Cultures

Did you know . . . • The ancient Maya built magnificent pyramid-temples? • Ancient Chinese builders created central home heating systems? • One ancient Greek monument was taller than a… Read More →

  • Dewey: 690.093
  • Copyright: 2011
Cover: Ancient Machine Technology: From Wheels to Forges
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Ancient Machine Technology: From Wheels to Forges

From the Series Technology in Ancient Cultures

Did you know . . . • Ancient people used bows to drill holes and start fires? • The ancient Chinese built a machine to detect earthquakes? •The ancient Romans operated a factory for milling… Read More →

  • Dewey: 621.8093
  • Copyright: 2011
Cover: Ancient Medical Technology: From Herbs to Scalpels
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Ancient Medical Technology: From Herbs to Scalpels

From the Series Technology in Ancient Cultures

Did you know . . . • Doctors in ancient Peru performed brain surgery? • Ancient Greek doctors ran medical schools? • The ancient Indians knew how to protect people from smallpox? Medical… Read More →

  • Dewey: 610.938
  • Copyright: 2011
Cover: Ancient Transportation Technology: From Oars to Elephants
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Ancient Transportation Technology: From Oars to Elephants

From the Series Technology in Ancient Cultures

Did you know . . . • People first used skis more than 8,000 years ago? • The first wheels were used in pottery—not for transportation? • Traffic jams often clogged the streets of ancient… Read More →

  • Dewey: 629.04093
  • Copyright: 2011

Ancient Warfare Technology: From Javelins to Chariots

From the Series Technology in Ancient Cultures

Did you know . . . • The Scythians used guerrilla warfare more than 2,500 years ago? • The Chinese general Sun-tzu wrote the first military manual in the fourth century B.C.? • Some ancient… Read More →

  • Dewey: 355.0209'01
  • Copyright: 2011
Cover: Benito Runs
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Benito Runs

From the Series Surviving Southside

Running away is the only option. Benito's father, Xavier, had been in Iraq for more than a year. When he returns, Benito's family life is not the same. Xavier suffers from… Read More →

  • Lexile: 530
  • ATOS: 3.8
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2011

Black Widows: Deadly Biters

From the Series Arachnid World

Beware of the venomous spider with the large red spot—it is a black widow! In this book you will learn how black widows are similar to and different from other arachnids. Close-up photographs Read More →

  • Lexile: 830
  • ATOS: 5.4
  • Dewey: 595.4'4
  • Copyright: 2011
Cover: Click!: A Story about George Eastman
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Click!: A Story about George Eastman

From the Series Creative Minds Biographies

When George Eastman decided to make photography his hobby, "simple" was hardly the word to describe the pastime. He had to lug 50 pounds of camera equipment around with him, including the… Read More →

  • Lexile: 770
  • ATOS: 5.1
  • Dewey: 338.7'6177
  • Copyright: 1986

Count Your Way through India

From the Series Count Your Way

Imagine floating a candle down the Ganges River in the five-day-long Hindu festival of lights. Learn the story of the Taj Mahal and its four minarets. As children count their way one-to-ten… Read More →

  • ATOS: 6.2
  • Dewey: 954
  • Copyright: 1989
Cover: Count Your Way through Japan
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Count Your Way through Japan

From the Series Count Your Way

For the numbers one to ten, the Japanese language offers two sets of numbers. In Count Your Way through Japan, Jim Haskins uses the set based on Chinese numbers to count such aspects of… Read More →

  • ATOS: 5.6
  • Dewey: 952
  • Copyright: 1987

Did President Grant Really Get a Ticket for Speeding in a Horse-Drawn Carriage?: And Other Questions about U.S. Presidents

From the Series Is That a Fact?

George Washington chopped down his father’s cherry tree. Millard Fillmore installed the first bathtub in the White House. Harry Truman was the first president to “pardon” a Thanksgiving Day… Read More →

  • Lexile: 740
  • ATOS: 4.9
  • Dewey: 973.09'9
  • Copyright: 2011

Harvestmen: Secret Operatives

From the Series Arachnid World

Follow the stealthy creatures with long, spindly legs—they are harvestmen! In this book, you will learn how harvestmen are similar to and different from other arachnids. Close-up photographs… Read More →

  • Lexile: 830
  • ATOS: 5.2
  • Dewey: 595.4'3
  • Copyright: 2011

How Did Slaves Find a Route to Freedom?: And Other Questions about the Underground Railroad

From the Series Six Questions of American History

In the early 1800s, many black slaves in the southern states began to risk their lives to gain freedom in the North. They escaped from plantations with no money to buy food and no maps to… Read More →

  • Lexile: 800
  • ATOS: 5.5
  • Dewey: 973.7'115
  • Copyright: 2011

Is the Bermuda Triangle Really a Dangerous Place?: And Other Questions about the Ocean

From the Series Is That a Fact?

Sharks can smell blood in ocean water from more than a mile away. The moon controls the tides. A mass of plastic as large as Texas is floating in the Pacific Ocean. You may have heard these… Read More →

  • Lexile: 840
  • ATOS: 5.3
  • Dewey: 551.46
  • Copyright: 2011

Mr. Blue Jeans: A Story about Levi Strauss

From the Series Creative Minds Biographies

In 1847 an eighteen-year-old immigrant arrived in New York. He had little in his pockets and no knowledge of English. However, by 1874, people throughout the United States knew him as the man Read More →

  • Lexile: 960
  • ATOS: 6.2
  • Dewey: 338.7'687'092
  • Copyright: 1990

Oh, The Places He Went: A Story about Dr. Seuss

From the Series Creative Minds Biographies

Dr. Seuss is known as the creator of some of the most beloved children's books of all time. Journey to the fantastic world he created in this appealing story about the author/illustrator… Read More →

  • Lexile: 900
  • ATOS: 5.8
  • Dewey: 813'.52
  • Copyright: 1994
Cover: Oil Spill!: Disaster in the Gulf of Mexico
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Oil Spill!: Disaster in the Gulf of Mexico

The oil spill was the largest in U.S. history. In April 2010, the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded and sank. Oil gushed into the Gulf of Mexico from a deep ocean well. For months, the… Read More →

  • Lexile: 780
  • ATOS: 5.3
  • Dewey: 363.738'20916364
  • Copyright: 2011

Orb Weavers: Hungry Spinners

From the Series Arachnid World

Be alert for a fancy spider web stretched across a path—it's the trap of a hungry orb weaver! In this book, you will learn how orb weavers are similar to and different from other arachnids.… Read More →

  • Lexile: 830
  • ATOS: 5.2
  • Dewey: 595.4'4
  • Copyright: 2011