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Quick view With Their Eyes: September 11th: The View from the High School at Ground Zero by Annie Thoms Thought-provoking, sometimes funny, always moving, these monologues of the thoughts of the students at Stuyvesant High School in Manhattan from September 11th, 2001, describe a day that shook their school to its foundation. View Details
Quick view Three Roads to the Alamo: The Lives and Fortunes of David Crockett, James Bowie, and William Barret Travis by William C Davis 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... View Details
Quick view Our Kind of People: Inside America's Black Upper Class by Lawrence Otis Graham Author and TV commentator Lawrence Otis Graham, one of the nation's most prominent spokesmen on race and class, spent six years interviewing the wealthiest black families in America. He includes historical photos of a people that made their first... View Details
Quick view Discovery of the Americas by Betsy Maestro Every October Americans celebrate the discovery of their hemisphere by Christopher Columbus. But the navigator from Genoa was not the first to find his way to these shores. From the Stone Age through the 16th century, America was "discovered" again and... View Details
Quick view Eight Hands Round: A Patchwork Alphabet by Ann Whitford Paul Why do quilts look like they do? What do their designs mean? Ann Whitford presents an alphabet of quilting patterns and their possible origins. Complemented by Jeanette Winter's bold and warm illustrations, this book is a creative look at a meaningful... View Details
Quick view Babe & Me: A Baseball Card Adventure by Dan Gutman Joe Stoshack's at it again, this time going back in time through baseball cards to see if Babe Ruth really predicted his legendary home run in the 1932 World Series. This third book in Dan Gutman's Baseball Card Adventure series will score high with... View Details
Quick view Founding Mothers: Remembering the Ladies by Cokie Roberts Brief portraits of women from the period of the Revolution and early United States. View Details
Quick view Abe Lincoln Remembers by Ann Turner Now in paperback, just in time for President's Day, comes the award-winning, evocative picture book. On a cool spring evening in 1865, Abe Lincoln reflects on his life, his law studies, and the war that tore his country apart. Full color. View Details
Quick view Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad by Ann Petry The author of Tituba of Salem Village renders a compelling portrait of Harriet Tubman, one of the pioneers of the Underground Railroad--the system of safe houses and routes that led hundreds of slaves to freedom. View Details
Quick view How Ben Franklin Stole the Lightning by Rosalyn Schanzer Inventive art and superb storytelling bring to life the story of how one of the most famous inventions ever created--the lightning rod--came to be made by the energetic, humorous, and genius Ben Franklin View Details
Quick view Reaching for the Moon by Buzz Aldrin With vibrant, historically accurate paintings by Wendell Minor, this extraordinary picture book--the first by one of the "Apollo 11" astronauts--documents the journey Aldrin made from childhood that eventually led him to achieve his dream and walk on... View Details
Quick view The Story of the Statue of Liberty by Giulio Maestro The Statue of Liberty has welcomed millions of immigrants to America since 1886. But her story really began 15 years earlier, when the French sculptor Frederic Bartholdi visited New York to plan the statue he would later present to the American people... View Details