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Margaret Bourke-White

From the Series On My Own Biography

As a young girl, Margaret Bourke-White dreamed of having great adventures—the kind only a brave and fearless woman would have. As she grew up, she found that the camera was her ticket to… Read More →

  • Lexile: 600
  • ATOS: 4.3
  • Dewey: 770'.92
  • Copyright: 1997

Danger at the Breaker

From the Series On My Own History

Eight-year-old Andrew is starting his first day of work in a coal mine. With bloody knuckles and an aching back, Andrew quickly learns that life in the mines is dirty, dark, and difficult.… Read More →

  • Lexile: 530
  • ATOS: 3.1
  • Copyright: 1992

Benjamin Banneker

From the Series History Maker Biographies

True or False? Benjamin Banneker used a telescope and mathematics to predict a solar eclipse. True! In 1789, Banneker calculated when the moon would pass between the earth and sun. And he did Read More →

  • Lexile: 640
  • ATOS: 4.2
  • Dewey: 520.92
  • Copyright: 2008

Farmland Innovator: A Story about Cyrus McCormick

From the Series Creative Minds Biographies

Cyrus McCormick patented and manufactured the reaper, an important 19th century invention that dramatically improved the efficiency of wheat farming. While McCormick did not invent the reaper Read More →

  • ATOS: 5.2
  • Dewey: 681'.7631092
  • Copyright: 2007

La Bandera de Estrellas Centelleantes (The Star-Spangled Banner): el himno nacional

From the Series Yo solo: Historia (On My Own History)

It was September 14, 1814, and America and Great Britain were at war. Frances Scott Key watched from the deck of a British ship, where he was being held captive, as cannons exploded around… Read More →

  • ATOS: 4.7
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2006

The Star-Spangled Banner

From the Series On My Own History

It was September 14, 1814, and America and Great Britain were at war. Francis Scott Key watched from the deck of a British ship, where he was being held captive, as cannons exploded around… Read More →

  • ATOS: 3.8
  • Dewey: 929.9'2'0973
  • Copyright: 2005
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Clouds of Terror

From the Series On My Own History

Helga and Erik could not believe their eyes. There were grasshoppers everywhere, and they were eating the crops! In the 1870s, when grasshoppers destroyed farms in Minnesota and other… Read More →

  • Lexile: 620
  • ATOS: 3.1
  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 1994