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"This book is simply wonderful...Deborah Heiligman really brings the spirit and history of this holiday to life."JellyMom Book ReviewDeborah Heiligman is the award-winning author of 15 children's books. She specializes in simplifying complex subjects for young people, particularly in the areas of science and social stu...
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The past holds many secrets. We don't know whether the Chinese beat Columbus to America or why the pharaohs built the pyramids of Egypt. How much truth is there to the whole King Arthur legend? Did the Greeks really build the legendary Trojan horse? Why did the Hindenburg explode? The thoroughly engrossing, heavily ill...
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"Learn the difference between myth and reality in this well-documented book about the Mayflower journey....Clear, crisp color photos bring the adventure to life." WonderKornerPlimoth Plantation and the National Geographic Society come together to tell the true story behind the legendary voyage of the Mayflower. A metic...
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Grade 4 Up - Following a foreword by former President Jimmy Carter, a map of the United States featuring major population centers, and one spread on Washington, DC, this visually appealing book is organized by regions: the Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, Southwest, and West, with a map of each region and a short history...
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Grade 3-5-A colorful history showing how the game has evolved over the years. The book consists of a hodgepodge of trivia and questions (with answers in the back), only slightly organized around chapters such as "Playing the Game" and "Cheering the Game." The section on "Heroes of the Game" does not go into any persona...
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Kindergarten-Grade 4-Another welcome entry from the duo that collaborated on Zoo in the Sky (1998) and Kingdom of the Sun (2001, both National Geographic). The stories come from the Greek and Roman pantheon of gods, goddesses, monsters, and myths, from Cassiopeia to Andromeda, and Perseus to Pegasus. The 10 tales are c...
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Grade 4-8A companion volume to the National Geographic film of the same title, this book presents the basics of these phenomena with a focus on the work of four scientists who study them: Richard Herd, Marie Edmonds, Ross Stein, and Joshua Wurman. Grace describes how volcanoes develop and the efforts to predict their b...
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Jesse McDermott is a graduate of Boston College and Boston University School of Law. He lives in Brookline, Massachusetts.; Title: Voices from Colonial America: Rhode Island 1636-1776 (National Geographic Voices from ColonialAmerica)
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NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC is one of the world’s leading nonfiction publishers, proudly supporting the work of scientists, explorers, photographers, and authors, as well as publishing a diverse list of books that celebrate the world and all that is in it. National Geographic Books creates and distributes print and digit...
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Cheryl Harness lives near Independence, MO. She has a knack for making history fun for kids. Visit Cheryl's Web site: cherylharness.com; Title: The Revolutionary John Adams
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Grade 4-8Some children will already be familiar with the work of this Egyptian archaeologist from TV documentaries about his excavations along the Nile. Hawass is passionate about this work and effectively relates his enthusiasm for it in this first-person account that has the same immediacy as the televised specials. ...
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Susan E. Goodman has written more than 30 childrens books, including The First Step: How One Girl Put Segregation on Trial, On This Spot: An Expedition Back through Time, and ALA Notable All in Just One Cookie. She lives with her family in Boston, Massachusetts. To learn more, visit susangoodmanbooks.com.; Title: Pilgr...
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With one to two spreads per species, the volumes reflect the authorartist's meticulous research in both text and detailed illustrations. Ages 6-12. (Apr.) Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.; Title: Watching Water Birds (Watching Wildlife With Jim Arnosky)
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1) THE WHOLE NATURAL WORLD is in the pages of these incredible pocket references - topics range from animals to weather to wildflowers. 2) ONLY FIELD GUIDES NOW SOLD IN THE TRADE MARKET FOR AGES 6-10. National Geographic Pocket Guides are younger and more user-friendly than Audubon's or Peterson's. 3) REVIEWED BY EDUCA...
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Robin Bernard is the author of the National Geographic childrens books Insects and A Tree for All Seasons.; Title: A Tree for All Seasons (Rise and Shine)
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NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC is one of the worlds leading nonfiction publishers, proudly supporting the work of scientists, explorers, photographers, and authors, as well as publishing a diverse list of books that celebrate the world and all that is in it. National Geographic Books creates and distributes print and digital work...
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Catherine Howell, a former National Geographic staff member, has written extensively on nature and natural history. She explored the relationships between people and plants in Flora Mirabilis: How Plants Have Shaped World Knowledge, Health, Wealth, and Beauty, and covered the importance of birds in culture in the Bird ...
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Grade 3-5Schanzer introduces a man whose life experiences went far beyond Colonial America. At age 16, he volunteered to go to the Netherlands and fight Catholic Spain. He traveled around Europe making stops in France, Scotland, Italy, Austria, Hungary, Transylvania, and Greece. He sailed on a pirate ship, was stranded...
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Grade 3-6--Bonner takes a lighthearted approach to a fascinating topic. The Carboniferous and Permian periods spanned 100 million years or so just before the better-known Mesozoic Era. The author describes many of the unusual plant and animal species from those times in a lively, conversational style. Cartoon illustrat...
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Kate Connell is a childrens book author who has written several books for National Geographic, including Hoping for Rain: The Dust Bowl Adventures of Patty and Earl Buckler, Servant to Abigail Adams: The Early American Adventures of Hannah Cooper, and Yankee Blue or Rebel Gray?: A Family Divided by the Civil War.; Titl...
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This superb book will fascinate young explorers, whether or not they are reading yet. The smooth , well-paced text is accessible enough to engage a young listener and simple enough for an early reader. Your scientists will find out that insects are unique among the animals of the world because they alone have six legs....
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Grade 58Harness combines a breezy tone with exhaustively researched texts to produce not only exemplary life stories, but also snapshots of the periods. As the author makes amply clear, Standish was a hotheaded but effective secretary of defense for the struggling Plymouth Colony. His willingness to make a show of forc...
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Grade 4-6Arranged in six chapters with one-page subtopics, this book presents a brief but thorough discussion of the railroad as it relates to the history, environment, and social conditions in the United States. Halpern covers the need for improved transportation, the planning and funding of the railroad, the oppositi...
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Grade 3-6-Hemon, 12, is certain that his father is lost in the Pharaoh's newly completed pyramid. He asks for readers' help in getting into it and finding his parent, whom he thinks is in the main burial chamber. To get there, readers must go through a series of mazes. Along the way, Hemon gives a sort of guided tour o...
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Monica Halpern is a childrens book writer who has penned several National Geographic Science Chapters. She is also the author of Railroad Fever: Building the Transcontinental Railroad, 18301870 (which received a starred review in School Library Journal) and Moving North: African Americans and the Great Migration, 19151...
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Paul Goble (19332017) was an English author and illustrator of more than 30 childrens books. Inspired by Plains Indian culture, he was best known for writing stories about Native Americans, including The Legend of the White Buffalo Woman, The Return of the Buffaloes, and the Caldecott Medalwinning The Girl Who Loved Wi...
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In Hiawatha and Megissogwon an excerpt from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's The Song of Hiawatha (1853) illustrator Jeffrey Thompson's combination of scratchboard and computer-generated illustrations appeals to a modern sensibility while preserving the historical flavor. Joseph Bruchac puts Longfellow's poem in the contex...
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Preschool-Grade 2. Gorgeous full-page illustrations and minimal text give global perspective to the idea that water is basic to all human life. Photos depict people collecting, transporting, and drinking the liquid while the poetic text reminds readers that "Everyone/Everywhere" enjoys "A nice, cool drink of water." Th...
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Graham White has been creating commercial artwork since 1978. In 2000, he joined Firecrest, where he is a researcher and a creative writer. In his spare time White plays drums, practices calligraphy, enjoys photography, and records music. A husband and father of two sons, he has lived in the countryside of England all ...
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow(18071882) was the most famous American poet of his time. Best known for long narrative works and the classic Paul Reveres Ride, he was a modern languages professor at Bowdoin College and Harvard College, as well as the first American to translate Dante Alighieris Divine Comedy.; Title: The Mi...
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This splendid, exciting, beautifully illustrated account of the Age of Exploration relates events so dramatic that they would have been dismissed as implausible fiction if they hadn't actually happened. Don't think of this as just' a book for kids: children's parents will find it equally gripping and informative. Jared...
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Gr. 3^-5, younger for reading aloud. Harness' picture-book biography covers the early part of Roosevelt's life, beginning with his sickly childhood and concluding with his being sworn in as president of the U.S., the youngest person to hold that office. The lavish watercolors convey almost as much information as the te...
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Grade 4-7-Lemurs have been the subject of several recent books. What makes this one different is the author's dual expertise as researcher in primate behavior and as a wildlife artist. In a format resembling a sketch diary, Powzyk relates her experiences studying the inhabitants of the Madagascan rain forest detailing ...
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PreSchool-Grade 4-Vivid, full-color photographs and brief text introduce 12 fish that occupy the waters around coral reefs. On each double-page spread, a framed block of text names the featured animal, provides a whimsical introductory statement (e.g., "Graceful, gentle creatures, rays glide/Through the sea like giant ...
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Gr 4 Up-In this effective narrative built from first-person oral histories, striking photographs are combined with excellent maps, resulting in a sophisticated design. The arresting visuals are the foil for powerful tales of warfare, destruction, and patriotism. A noteworthy foreword is followed by accounts of American...
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Kindergarten-Grade 3. In rich, detailed illustrations, flora and fauna are depicted in various habitats "Before" and then again "After" a period of time has passed. For example, a coral reef displays many species of creatures?fish, starfish, sea urchins, a giant clam. Turn the page and a few moments have passed during ...
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Grade 4-6-A former NASA Mission Controller turns real-estate agent, of sorts, in this engaging look at the Moon's history, resources, and potential as a site for future colonization. After hitching a vicarious ride aboard Apollo 8, Dyson delves into the Moon's origins, explains which resources future settlers will find...
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"We were given two ears so that we may hear both sides of every story," notes Bruchac at the start of this detailed, sobering account of the Navajo people's forced relocationon footfrom their homelands in what is now Arizona to the Bosque Redondo Reservation in the New Mexico Territory between 1863 and 1865. Writing in...
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Marine biologist Earle (Sea Change) makes a compelling argument that the ocean, rather than space, is the next frontier waiting to be explored in this personable photoessay. In the opening chapter, Earle tells how her curiosity about what lives in the sea was first sparked and describes her delight at early underwater ...
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A girl visits her beekeeping grandfather in The Beeman by Laurie Krebs, illus. by Melissa Iwai. The text-modeled after "The House That Jack Built"-introduces beekeeping equipment and hive hierarchy, and explains the harvesting of honey ("Here are the house bees/ with swift-moving wings/ that dry up the nectar/ a worker...
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Grade 3-6This slim, approachable update to the 1999 edition groups the states into five regions and prefaces each one with a six-page overview of the area, its general features, notable cultural landmarks, and includes many full-color photographs. Maps of the individual states follow, along with a brief summary and fac...
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Fish (National Geographic Nature Library); Title: Fish (National Geographic Nature Library)
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Grade 5-8?Jack Landon, 12, and his younger sister, Ashley, accompany their veterinarian mother and photographer father to Yellowstone Park. Mrs. Landon has been called in to investigate an incident in which a hunting dog was purportedly chased onto park land and killed by a pack of wolves. The family dynamics are compl...
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Plying the same visually jam-packed format she used to great advantage in How We Crossed the West: The Adventures of Lewis and Clark, Schanzer here turns from the lucid narrative provided by Lewis's diary to a more atmospheric account of the California Gold Rush. She begins with the January 1848 discovery of gold at Su...
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Tom L. Matthews is the author of the National Geographic book Light Shining Through the Mist: A Photobiography of Dian Fossey. He is a graduate of Brooklyn College, New York.; Title: Always Inventing: A Photobiography of Alexander Graham Bell (Photobiographies)
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Grade 5-8While it may be missed by most readers, the foreword written by former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright is a fine introduction to this title. The three chapters discuss the war in Europe and in the Pacific, and on the U.S. home front. The majority of the text is composed of short autobiographical articles...
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Grade 3-5Outstanding color photographs capture the natural beauty of spider webs in this unique volume. A preface discusses a few major characteristics shared by all spiders and some special characteristics of web builders, followed by profiles of nine different species. Each one is introduced on a page of large-print ...
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Starred Review. Grade 5-10 - Except for stars such as saber-toothed tigers and woolly mammoths, prehistoric mammals get short shrift when compared to dinosaurs, pterosaurs, and toothy marine reptiles. Therefore it is refreshing to see a colorful compendium of these neglected beasts, ranging in size from the rather insi...
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Christopher Sloan is Senior Editor for Art at National Geographic magazine, where he guides the work of artists on projects ranging from dinosaurs to the frontiers of space. He is also the magazine's specialist for paleobiology. Sloan is the author of several children's books.; Title: How Dinosaurs Took Flight: The Fos...
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"The folks at National Geographic have created another winning series for young readers."Social Studies for KidsFrom the Trade Paperback edition.Thomas Ratliff lives in Plainville, CT. John James lives in the United Kingdom.; Title: How to Be a Revolutionary War Soldier
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Did you know the country of Indonesia is made up of more than 3,000 islands? Or that the world's largest water lilies, in the Amazon River, are big enough to hold a child? Young explorers will be riveted by this big, glorious atlas for children. Chock full of photographs, facts, and maps, it's a terrific introduction t...
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Paul Goble (19332017) was an English author and illustrator of more than 30 childrens books. Inspired by Plains Indian culture, he was best known for writing stories about Native Americans, including The Legend of the White Buffalo Woman, The Return of the Buffaloes, and the Caldecott Medalwinning The Girl Who Loved Wi...
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Grade 4-6-This book presents the voices of 13 individuals in various Old Kingdom occupations, ranging from scribe to herdsman. Winters uses first-person, free-verse poems to describe the workers' duties and places in society. Her verse is rich with informative detail: "I am a washer of clothes./Brother to the crocodile...
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Grade 4-6-Gorgeous photography and a fascinating story combine to create a fitting tribute to Dian Fossey and her study of gorillas in the Virunga Mountains of Rwanda and the Congo. Frequent use of quotes from her journals and full-color photographs of the zoologist at work provide insight into her dedication to primat...
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With one to two spreads per species, the volumes reflect the authorartist's meticulous research in both text and detailed illustrations. Ages 6-12. (Apr.) Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.Jim Arnosky is the ward-winning author and illustrator of more than 50 books for children. Each reflects his love of an...
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Starred Review. Grade 58This small book contains a lot of fascinating information on the network of slaves and free blacks who advanced the Union cause during the Civil War. The narrative is framed by the story of Harriet Tubman, the ex-slave and conductor of the Underground Railroad, whose work to help others escape i...
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PreSchool-Grade 2-Earle takes children on an undersea journey to explore an amazing "underwater city." She explains the formation of coral reefs and provides information about the conditions needed for survival. In addition, the author introduces other animals that live in and near the reef and stresses the importance ...
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Grade 4 UpThis book on the games and the past participants and their performances from the beginning at Chamonix, France in 1924 to the present has spectacular photographs and clear, captivating prose. It presents a carefully researched history along with the triumphs and tragedies of the participants and can be enjoye...
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Grade 5-9 In 1848, light-skinned Ellen Craft, dressed in the clothing of a rich, white man, assumed the identity of Mr. William Johnson and, escorted by his black slave, William, traveled by railroad and boat to reach the North. With the passage of a more stringent Fugitive Slave Law in 1850, the couple, whose story wa...
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Grade 2-5An inviting introduction to the varied and unique life of this fascinating Founding Father. Beginning with Franklin's birth, Harness explores the activities that filled his days from his quest to open his own print shop to his role in the American Revolution to his personal intrigues and inventions. Her conver...
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Roth's sumptuous, sophisticated collages fittingly chronicle this affecting tale of a Chinese-American retiree and his grandson. On his 70th birthday, Mr. Kang makes three wishes. "I want to read The New York Times every day. I want to paint poems every day. And I want a bird, a hua mei, of my own." The hua mei, a Chin...
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Grade 3-6-Ashley Landon and her brother, Jack, are out for a day of fishing in the Florida Everglades with Bridger Conley, the latest in a series of foster children taken in by their parents. The three youngsters catch more than fish when Jack decides to take some photos. His camera is stolen by a stranger in a powerbo...
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aul Barrett's National Geographic Dinosaurs, illus. by Raul Martn, catalogues more than 50 of the "terrible lizards." A "time bar" running along the outside of the page indicates the period for each particular dinosaur; a "Fact File" provides the animal's genus, classification, weight and measurements; and a graph comp...
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Gr. 6-9. In 1973, when the U.S. Navy let eight young women sign up for pilot training, they were called the first to fly U.S. military aircraft. Not so! During World War II, a group of women, later almost forgotten, flew fighters and bombers. Though not allowed in combat, they ferried planes to American airbases and te...
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"My heart beats in two places" begins this tale of an eight-year-old Korean girl who moves to America with her parents. The authors (My Freedom Trip), inspired by events in the life of their older sister, trace young Jangmi's last day at home-on the eve of monsoon season, filled with reluctant goodbyes-and her first da...
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When Andrew Wojtanik was preparing to compete in the 2004 National Geographic Bee, he tried to find a single source that would list all the facts he felt he needed to know about every country in the world in a simple outline format. When he couldnt find one, he decided to make his own book. His hard work paid off. Not ...
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PreSchool-Grade 2-This conversational, loosely organized title explores the physical needs and unique characteristics of babies. The focus is on how children develop in their first 18 months, both in size and in ability. General information, such as what infants eat and why they cry, is interspersed with less well-know...
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Steve F. Cunha is a professor of geography at Humboldt State University in Arcata, California. He is also the director of the California Geographic Alliance and the National Geographic Bee Coordinator for the state of California. He has taught middle school and high school science, community college geography, and outd...
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Ann Rossi learned English as she was growing up in the United States. "My family is Swedish, so at home we spoke Swedish, and our traditions were Swedish." Growing up in two cultures sparked her interest in the world. "As a small child I loved looking at maps to see all the different countries. I enjoyed learning about...
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Zahi Hawass, one of the foremost Egyptian archaeologists, is known throughout the world for his contributions to the understanding and preservation of Egypts heritage. Among his most important discoveries are the Tombs of the Pyramid Builders at Giza and the Valley of the Golden Mummies in the Bahariya Oasis. Recently ...
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Grade 5-7–These solid titles for report writers may even pull in a few curious browsers because of their plentiful, full-color photos and reproductions. The layouts are inviting, and the texts are clear, informative, and readable, although stiff at times. Rosen covers the beginning of the Virginia colony through ...
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Steve Tomecek is the Executive Director and founder of Science Plus, Inc. He is the author of numerous Jump Into Science books as well as several other titles, including the winner of the 1996 American Institute of Physics Excellence in Science Writing Award. He lives in Bellerose, New York.; Title: Sun: Jump Into Scie...
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Starred Review. Grade 3-7Hawass, director of excavations at the Giza pyramids and head of Egypt's archaeological council, turns his attention to a perennial topic of curiosity. Combining scholarship and personality, he nimbly offers a solid summary, some of it necessarily conjectural, of the complex and controversial 1...
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Grade 37These titles offer the beautiful photography and illustrations characteristic of the National Geographic Society, well-written texts and sidebars, and information on recent archaeological finds. The authors combine overview material on these cultures, interviews with working archaeologists, and "process" data a...
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Grade 4-7This attractive volume, originally published in 2001, has been revised and expanded to include the 2004 election. Sixteen pages of new material include sidebar spreads on the role of vice presidents, information on the Electoral College, past presidents as elder statesmen, presidential security, and the expand...
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If you think caves are just dark, underground holes, you're in for a big surprise. An IMAX "RM" theatre film crew and two experienced cavers -- Nancy Aulenbach, an expert in cave rescue and in descending into tight places, and Hazel Barton, a microbiologist whose specialty is studying life-forms in extreme environments...
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PreS-Gr. 2. Like Kerley's A Cool Drink of Water (2002), this nonfiction picture book features exceptionally fine color photos of people around the world accompanied by brief phrases of text. Read sequentially, the words form a rhythmic poem about parents and children spending time together. But the richest use of the b...
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Starred Review. Grade 5-8While the myriad photographs are fascinating, the bigger draw here is the wonderfully simple explanations of some of Einstein's theories. For example, in clarifying the physicist's quantum theory of light, Delano says, "Simply put, Einstein showed that photons in the light beam knock the electr...
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Grade 1-3-Sprightly illustrations featuring a mole sporting a cheerful wardrobe of play clothes brighten a straightforward text about the formation and importance of soil. Brief chapters explain what it's made of, what lives in it, and its layers and uses. The art is similar in style to that in Ellen J. Prager's Sand (...
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Carole Marsh: Native of Atlanta, Georgia Professional writer and photographer Founder and CEO of Gallopade International, Inc. Founder and Owner of Marsh Media, a public relations anD corporate communications firm Creator of more than 15,000 products, primarily fiction and non-fiction supplementary educational material...
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Carole Marsh:; Title: My First Book About Virginia! (Virginia Experience)
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Carole Marsh:; Title: The Nifty North Carolina Coloring Book! (North Carolina Experience)
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Carole Marsh:; Title: My First Book About Michigan (Michigan Experience)
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Carole Marsh:; Title: The Colorful Colorado Coloring Book! (Colorado Experience)
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Carole Marsh: Native of Atlanta, Georgia Professional writer and photographer Founder and CEO of Gallopade International, Inc. Founder and Owner of Marsh Media, a public relations anD corporate communications firm Creator of more than 15,000 products, primarily fiction and non-fiction supplementary educational material...
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Carole Marsh:; Title: The Fabulous Florida Coloring Book! (Florida Experience)
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Carole Marsh: Native of Atlanta, Georgia Professional writer and photographer Founder and CEO of Gallopade International, Inc. Founder and Owner of Marsh Media, a public relations anD corporate communications firm Creator of more than 15,000 products, primarily fiction and non-fiction supplementary educational material...
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Carole Marsh:; Title: The Coolest California Coloring Book! (California Experience)
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Carole Marsh:; Title: My First Book About Oklahoma! (Oklahoma Experience)
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Carole Marsh:; Title: My First Book About Texas! (Texas Experience)
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Carole Marsh:; Title: My First Book About Arkansas (Arkansas Experience)
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Carole Marsh:; Title: The Incredible Iowa Coloring Book (The Iowa Experience)
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Carole Marsh: Native of Atlanta, Georgia Professional writer and photographer Founder and CEO of Gallopade International, Inc. Founder and Owner of Marsh Media, a public relations anD corporate communications firm Creator of more than 15,000 products, primarily fiction and non-fiction supplementary educational material...
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Carole Marsh:; Title: My First Book About Wisconsin! (Wisconsin Experience)
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Carole Marsh: Native of Atlanta, Georgia Professional writer and photographer Founder and CEO of Gallopade International, Inc. Founder and Owner of Marsh Media, a public relations anD corporate communications firm Creator of more than 15,000 products, primarily fiction and non-fiction supplementary educational material...
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Carole Marsh:; Title: The Wonderful Washington Coloring Book! (Washington Experience)
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Carole Marsh:; Title: The Lovely Louisiana Coloring Book! (Louisiana Experience)
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Carole Marsh:; Title: My First Book About South Carolina! (South Carolina Experience)
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Carole Marsh:; Title: The Marvelous Maryland Book (The Maryland Experience)
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Carole Marsh:; Title: The Incredible Idaho Coloring Book (The Idaho Experience)
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