Children’s / Teenage general interest: History and the past

What do you see when it rains?

How can you describe clouds?

Do you know: Which team won the first NBA championship?

Bizarre creatures are floating around in our oceans-squishy, slimy, spiky-headed monsters.

Explorer Ernest Shackleton and his crew hoped to be first to cross Antarctica from sea to sea, until their ship became trapped in the ice and began to sink.

During World War II, Louis Zamperini survived a plane crash, 46 days stranded on a life raft at sea, and two years in a prisoner-of-war camp.

The Apollo 13 mission began smoothly.

In 1912, more than 2,200 people sailed aboard the maiden voyage of the Titanic.

Surfer Bethany Hamilton paddled out into the ocean for a early morning session with friends.

Aron Ralston went for a normal hike on a normal day.

Rapidly increasing sea levels are endangering coastal wildlife and contributing to major floods worldwide.

Martin Luther King Jr.

An older sister encourages her younger brother, Carlos, to watch a fascinating lightning storm.

Tara and Jay compare ways to see the wind in this charmingly illustrated story.

Five turtles enjoy a sunny day by stacking high and then toppling over in their pond.

A young boy ventures out after a snowstorm to look at the snow.

A pilot flies over, under, in, out, and through the clouds in this brightly illustrated title.

A little duckling enjoys a spring rain shower.

What happens when five little monkeys climb up a tree?

Follow a little penguin through its day on the ice.

Lucy the lizard goes looking for a meal.

A clever squirrel hunts for nuts in its woodland home.

A mother elephant describes all the activities that she and her baby do together.

As a fish swims through its ocean home, emergent readers will discover a wide variety of ocean life.

While her family hid during the Holocaust, Anne Frank recorded her personal reflections as well as the harrowing circumstances she faced in her diary.

An inspiring true story of the Holocaust Francesco Tirelli loved to eat gelato from his uncle's cart.

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Introduce readers to the concept of food chains by examining what four animals eat.

See what pulls and pushes can do through several examples of forces and motion in everyday life.

Discover patterns in nature by looking at animals with spots.

Learn about different states of matter by examining water as liquid, solid, and gas.

Mia discovers many patterns in nature, from the stripes on a salamander to the lines in a spiderweb.

Little Bear is hungry, so his mother shows him what bears eat.

Milo the dog loves playing with his owner.

What's in George's garden?

Help Emily find the perfect pumpkin in this charming illustrated story.

A boy and his grandpa make tea, demonstrating the different states of matter.

What happens in fall?

Watch spring bloom and discover where flowers grow-on trees and bushes as well as in fields and gardens.

What do you like best about summer?

What can you do in the winter?

Maya the dog likes to play at the beach, digging in the sand, running in the waves, and more.

Explore concepts of living and nonliving things during a walk in the woods, including birds, stones, stones, streams, and trees.

Sam and his dog Maya look for the colors of fall.

What can you do in the winter?

Help George discover who the egg belongs in this spring-themed book.

The World Cup is international soccer's championship tournament, and it rules the global sports stage.

Did you know that the longest-ruling monarch's reign lasted for more than 82 years?

In July of 1863, the Battle of Gettysburg raged for three days.

On a rainy spring night in 1777, sixteen-year-old Sybil Ludington and her horse raced through the woods.