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The pig was Dick King-Smith’s favourite farm animal!
It's true what they say: pigs are beautiful! Curious young minds will love learning about their habits in this picture book which combines story with information.
Bright Cameron has always been taught that freedom is a person's most precious right.
After all, Papa came to America as a poor indentured worker from Scotland and he toiled for years until his friend Marcus, a slave, helped him to freedom. But for Bright, slavery has always been something she has only heard about. One night, when Papa falls ill, Bright discovers how dear freedom truly is--and what price it exacts from those who must struggle for it.
Why were those pesky Americans causing so much trouble?
All King George III ever wanted was for everyone to be as conscientious as he was about obeying the rules! After all, he followed the rules for being a good king, so why were those pesky Americans causing so much trouble?
"All up!"
Traces the history and folklore of the chimney-sweeping profession from the fifteenth century to the present day, emphasizing the plight of the often abused climbing boys of past centuries.
Did he really "Discover" America?
A biography of the fifteenth-century Italian seaman and navigator who unknowingly discovered a new continent while looking for a western route to India.
Say, "Cheese!"
Follows the life and career of the man who revolutionized photography by developing a camera simple enough for anyone to use.
1, 2, 3...
Traces history of the population census and describes how and why information about the number and characteristics of the people living in the United States is gathered every ten years.
Who?
A biography of the second Secretary-General of the United Nations who died in a plane crash on a peace mission to the Congo in 1961.
Dangerous Adventure!
A brief biography of Charles A. Lindbergh emphasizing his historic solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
Bishop of Peace
Profiles the life of the South African bishop who has worked energetically and courageously to improve the lot of black people in South Africa.
Get your ice cold lemonade here!
Using a lemonade stand as an example, introduces some basic terminology of economics.
Legend of the West
Biography of the nineteenth-century hunter, trapper, Indian chief, trader, gold seeker, innkeeper, and rancher who discovered a pass in the Sierra Nevadas which bears his name.
Maria Montessori
Maria transformed the classroom from a strict and regimented places into places where children were thought of as people who wanted to learn and could do so at their own pace. Read how she created classrooms that encouraged children to learn and compelled adults to understand and respect the mind of a child.
She Never Looked back
This is the story of a woman who was fascinated by how people lived. She left her entire life and traveled to the Samoan Islands of the South Pacific. Many people thought this was much too dangerous for a young woman but she persevered.
A First Book of Jewish Holidays
Learn about 8 Jewish holidays!
It's So Nice to Have a Wolf Around the House
Cuthbert looked like a wolf but an old man liked his smile and hired him to help around the house. Everything was going well until a newspaper headline threatened to change everything!
Frog Went A-Courtin
The story of the wedding celebration of Frog and Mouse. This book is the written version of a famous ballad that has been sung all over Europe and North America.
The Library
Elizabeth Brown has a collection of books so big that all the shelves are collapsing and her front door has disappeared. What in the world will she do?
No Time for Me
Jimmy is an eight year old boy with a problem--his busy parents. Jimmy hides the way he is feeling for a long time but eventually he can't keep his feelings inside anymore. When he shares his feelings the entire family learns to make time for each other.
The look again... and again, and again, and again book.
First you see one thing, then you see another, and another and another in this colorful book of optical illusions.
Passover
Passover has been celebrated for more than 3,000 years. Succinct and informative, this beautiful book illuminates the spirit and meaning of Passover.
Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur
This beautiful book illuminates these two holidays, so sacred to every Jew. Simple, graceful words and pictures tell what they mean and how they are celebrated.
The World is Round
Learn about the earth and many cultures around the world.
Reading, Writing, Chattering Chimps
Did you know that Chimpanzee's can learn human language? Learn how some very patient scientists have taught Lana, Sarah, Washoe, Bruno and Booee- who are chimpanzees- how to communicate using sign language, plastic symbols and computer language.
Sea Swan
On the night of her 75th birthday Elzibah decides that she wants to learn something new. She wants to learn how to swim. She buys an emerald green and starts swimming lessons. Soon wonderful things begin to unfold for her.
Political Campaigning
Roy Hoopes describes how a campaign is set up, how financing and laws governing it have changed, who the important components are both within campaign headquarters and on the road, and the role of the media in its changing and growing influence on campaigns and voters.
People of the Breaking Day
We are Wampanoags, People of the Breaking Day. Nippa'uus the Sun, in his journey through the sky warns us first as he rises over the rim of the sea. At his birth each new morning we say, "Thank you, Nippa'uus, for returning to us with your warmth and light and beauty."
John Muir
Biography of an explorer, naturalist, writer, founder of the Sierra Club, and early proponent of wilderness preservation who was influential in establishing our national park system.
John Muir: Friend of Nature
Story of John Muir, an explorer, naturalist, writer, founder of the Sierra Club, and early proponent of wilderness preservation who was influential in establishing our national park system.
People Who Have Helped the World: Louis Pasteur
The story of the scientist who found the cause of infectious disease and invented pasteurization.
The Story of Golda Meir
Golda grew up terrified by Cossack attacks on the Jewish ghetto. Learn about her work to create a nation where all Jews would be able to live in safety and freedom.
The Last Princess
This is the bittersweet story of the princess who faced a time of heartbreaking change with courage and dignity.
Malcolm X
This story of the life of Malcolm X tell show he changed from being a confused and unhappy young man--a criminal--to being a world-famous, respected, and forceful leader of his people.
Creative Scientist
This book tells of the early life of Mr. Faraday, his life as a bookbinder and then as a scientist and of the impact Faraday has had on the scientific community.
Marie Curie
Learn about the scientist who discovered radium- the element that often helps to cure cancer. Curie's determination and hard work won her a place among the most important scientists who have ever lived.
The Polish scientish who discovered radium and its lifesaving properties
Curie's story is not just one of brilliant scientific achievement. It is also the very human story of her passionate conviction that the individual person can help humanity. It is the story of a struggle of a woman denied access to education.
English Empress: Queen Victoria
From a lonely, penniless princess to ruler of one-fourth of the world's population-- this is the compelling biography of the English queen whose reign made history, and whose royal romance touched the hearts of people everywhere.
Peter the Great
Peter the Great, crowned tsar of Russia at the age of ten, believed that whatever he wanted he should have-- and the sooner the better. All his life Peter would want fantastic things, and he wanted to bring his beloved country into the modern world. (2 copies).
"How can you buy the sky? How can you own the rain and the wind?"
So begin the moving words attributed to a great American Indian chief--Chief Seattle--over 100 years ago. They are words that eloquently capture the central belief of Native Americans: that this earth and every creature on it is sacred.
What better way to introduce the concept of percentages than with delicious Twizzlers candy?
As he's done with fractions, addition, and counting, author and educator Jerry Pallotta teaches percentages in the fun and relaxed way that has become his trademark.
Have you ever wanted to make a million dollars?
Marvelosissimo the Mathematical Magician is ready, willing, and able to explain the nuts and bolts -- as well as the mystery and wonder -- of earning money, investing it, accruing dividends and interest, and watching savings grow. Hey, you never know!
The life of a man who moved a nation
Patrick Henry wasn't particularly well spoken. As a lawyer, he mumbled through some of his early cases. But when the issue was freedom, Patrick Henry was transformed into a natural orator.
Celebrates the courage that makes one young woman a heroine in Japan
The star of her school’s running team, Sadako is lively and athletic…until the dizzy spells start. Then she must face the hardest race of her life—the race against time. Based on a true story.
A brilliant military strategist
In a picture-book biography acclaimed for both its accuracy and beauty, Diane Stanley and Peter Vennema describe how Shaka rose from humble beginnings to lead a mighty people nearly two centuries ago. It is an unforgettable story."Stanley presents the life story of Shaka, a Zulu military genius who became king of his people in the eighteenth century....The illustrations are full-color paintings that convey a quiet intensity in their portrayal of Shaka and his people."--
She wanted to read
A great black educator: born in 1875, Mary Jane McLeod grew up on a cotton plantation in South Carolina. Nobody in her family cold read or write. But Mary was to lead the way. At eleven, she walked five miles to attend school for the first time. As Mary McLeod, and then as Mary McLeod Bethune, she dedicated her life to helping other black children gain an education. Her first school was started in an empty shack with only $1.50. But by her will, intelligence, and courage, this distinguished woman rose to become a world-acclaimed college president and civic leader.
Recounts the life of the Canadian doctor who discovered the means of keeping the once fatal disease of diabetes under control.