As a boy, Sandy was always fiddling with odds and ends, making objects for friends. When he got older he started creating wire sculptures. Sandy made a lion. Next came a lion cage. Before he knew it, he had an entire circus and was traveling between Paris and New York performing ...
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A group of children enjoys the frights and fun of a Halloween party and trick-or-treating in this rhyming alphabet book.
"An inspiring nonfiction picture book about Rosalind Franklin, the groundbreaking chemist who helped discover the structure of DNA, by the award-winning, bestselling author of Who Says Women Can't Be Doctors? and Elizabeth Leads the Way"-- Provided by publisher.
Josie, Nicolette, and Aviva all get mixed up with a senior boy who can talk them into doing almost anything he wants. In a blur of high school hormones and personal doubt, each girl struggles with how much to give up and what ultimately to keep for herself.
The story of thirteen women whose passage to space was blocked by prejudice, jealousy, and a note scrawled by one of the most powerful men in Washington, but who in the end became an inspiration for future young women keen to be astronauts.
Describes how snowboards are manufactured and provides a history of the sport of snowboarding.
"Known as "The Enchantress of Numbers" by many inventors and mathematicians of the 19th century, Ada Lovelace is recognized today as history's first computer programmer. Her work was an inspiration to such famous minds as Charles Babbage and Alan Turing. This is her story"-- Prov...
"A nonfiction picture book history of Monopoly, one of the world's most famous games" -- Provided by publisher.
An introduction to one of America's most famous pilots, who mysteriously disappeared in 1937 while flying over the Pacific Ocean.
Examines the role of African-Americans in the military through the history of the Triple Nickles, America's first black paratroopers, who fought against attacks perpetrated on the American West by the Japanese during World War II.
"Adults wage war, while children are unwitting victims, pulled into a maelstrom of fear and hate without any choice. This is a story about two groups of teenagers on opposite sides of the world, forever connected by an act of war. It is a story about the adults some of those teen...
This book describes the discovery of Mars, the images of the planet gathered by the Mariner program and by the Viking program, and the plans for future missions to Mars all the way to the year 2016.
Examines the role of African-Americans in the military through the history of the Triple Nickles, America's first black paratroopers, who fought against attacks perpetrated on the American West by the Japanese during World War II.
Illustrations and short rhymes for each letter of the alphabet introduce customs of Passover as a family shares their Seder and recalls the history of the rites.
They became America's first black paratroopers. Why was their story never told? Sibert Medalist Tanya Lee Stone reveals the history of the Triple Nickles during World War II. World War II is raging, and thousands of American soldiers are fighting overseas against the injustices b...
"Readers learn about Mattel Toys and the background behind Barbie's concept and development, how it was a solution for girls who wanted to imagine adult roles rather than just play mother, and details about inventor Ruth Handler."--Amazon.com.