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

Have fun learning language!

What is a palindrome?

What is an adverb?

What's a contraction?

Have fun with language!

Have fun with language!

Adjectives are words like hairy, scary, cool, and ordinary.

Foot, feet.

Adverbs tell us when and how.

What is an interjection?

What is a conjunction?

What are comparatives and superlatives?

What is a noun?

Keep learning with this follow up to A Mink, a Fink, a Skating Rink!

When facing down a bully, a trip to the dentist, or your mom's prune oatmeal, there's only one thing you can do-smile a lot!

It's Halloween, and although sharing might be okay the rest of the year, on this day Harriet's determined not to share her treats with her little brother, Walt.

Taking over a rowdy gym class right before winter vacation is not something James Naismith wants to do at all.

What happened when a former enslaved man took beat-up old instruments and gave them to a bunch of orphans?

YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults FinalistOne of the Best Books of the Year: Chicago Public Library, School Library Journal, Science Books & FilmsBright white teeth.

On July 28, 1996, two young men stumbled upon human bones in the shallow water along the shore of the Columbia River near Kennewick, Washington.

A look into the life of America's first president and the efforts to recreate what he may have actually looked like at different points of that life.

Kids study US history, but do they know what life long ago was really like?

In 1941 in occupied Paris, brothers Maurice and Joseph play a last game of marbles before running home to their father's barbershop.

Match your wits against a band of pirates on the high seas and try to defeat them-or join them!

April Sinclair just wants what any normal thirteen-year-old would want: to disown her parents and obnoxious little sisters; to escape to summer camp ASAP with her two best friends, Billy and Brynn; and to make a good impression on Matt Parker, the hot new boy next door.

Taking a rare look beyond the myths and legends surrounding Sacagawea's life, this extraordinary illustrated history recounts the known facts about a remarkable woman and her contribution to one of America's greatest journeys of exploration.

In this exciting mystery, thirteen-year-old Nick and his faithful dog, Wags, are mixed up in a scheme even more exciting, and dangerous, than they have ever been in before.

A Batchelder Award Honor BookWhen Zeina was born, the civil war in Lebanon had been going on for six years, so it's just a normal part of life for her and her parents and little brother.

In 1946, as part of the Cold War arms race, the US military launched a program to test nuclear bombs in the Marshall Islands of the Pacific Ocean.

Turns traditional grammar lessons on end!

Plastic: it's used to make everything from drink bottles and bags to toys and toothbrushes.

Water is water, puddle, pond, sea.

Earthquakes.

Imagine a peaceful voyage at sea, with puffy clouds overhead and the gentle rise and fall of the waves.

Would you eat a giant spider?

Do you have what it takes to survive in some of the world's coldest places?

Wild animals are often cute.

Most people don't have to worry about being buried alive or falling into a sinkhole.

Do you use a calendar?

Have you ever wanted to play the flute?

How often do you write or read?

Have you ever watched the Olympic Games?

Have you ever heard of hieroglyphics?

Have you ever worn silk?

Have you ever wished you could use technology to improve people's lives?

Do you spend hours tinkering with projects?

Ziggy loves coming up with new inventions.

Jack's parents have been chased out of Tokyo, gone broke in Greece, and hosted Nairobi's least successful safari.

Some simple math: one + one + one = one too many!

Pouring juice, freezing it, and adding craft sticks are all part of making popsicles.