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

What a discovery!

Describes Ben Franklin's interest in and experiments with electricity, what he learned about electricity, and his famous experiment with lightning.

From 1565 to 1920, waves of European and Asian immigrants reached American shores and spiced up the country's diet.

In April 1607, twelve-year-old Sam Collier and a group of Englishmen landed in North America.

Quickly and quietly, Robert Smalls headed the ship out of the Charleston Harbor.

June 19th, 1865, began as another hot day in Texas.

How are manatees different from human moms?

Whether it's raining, snowing, hot, or cold--it's a beautiful day!

How is a book made?

Where does rain come from?

A teacher and principal, a lawyer, an entertainer, a diplomat, and a writer, James Weldon Johnson spent his entire life working to help African Americans gain the rights and respect they deserved.

What is matter and where can it be found?

Why do some things heat up quickly while others don't?

Where does electricity come from?

Tim and Jim like to play ball with their dog, Slim.

Who wants new pants?

These girls are not alike.

This is Dr.

Nan had a plan and one tin can.

Hooray!

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

“Dino” Don Lessem brings readers face-to-face with various dinosaur species, detailing their habitats, way of life and how they became extinct.

"Dino" Don Lessem brings readers face-to-face with various dinosaur species, detailing their habitats, way of life and how they became extinct.

“Dino” Don Lessem brings readers face-to-face with various dinosaur species, detailing their habitats, way of life and how they became extinct.

“Dino” Don Lessem brings readers face-to-face with various dinosaur species, detailing their habitats, way of life and how they became extinct.

“Dino” Don Lessem brings readers face-to-face with various dinosaur species, detailing their habitats, way of life and how they became extinct.

“Dino” Don Lessem brings readers face-to-face with various dinosaur species, detailing their habitats, way of life and how they became extinct.

Mallory McDonald is turning nine!

The year was 1569 and the place was Stratford-on-Avon.

For the first twenty-eight years of her life.

Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet had a sharp mind and a great determination to make a difference in the world.

Every morning and afternoon, kids get on the school bus.

Custodians are very important members of the school.

Did you know that both electricity and light move in waves, like water does?

Witness the Civil Rights Movement through the eyes of two children.

For young readers, an illustrated true story about the women workers of World War II.

From the author and the illustrator of A is for Appalachia!

From the author and the illustrator of A is for Appalachia!

The inspiring read-to-me eBook about four-year-old Sarah Roberts, the first African American girl to try to integrate a white school, and how her experience in 1847 set greater change in motion.

The inspiring story of four-year-old Sarah Roberts, the first African American girl to try to integrate a white school, and how her experience in 1847 set greater change in motion.

Betty, an American teenager in living in Britain, is determined to contribute to the cause when the Germans begin bombing London in World War II.

Suburban and cosmopolitan, youthful and elderly, formal and experimentalO these binaries twist like threads which meet in this anthology, and interweave on the loom of prosody, forming rich and varied textures, Few can craft poems with the skill of these two artisans from Zimbabwe.

Marseilles, FranceAugust, 1940 The Gestapo's blacklist was thousands of names longHow many people could he get out before Hitler sealed the frontiers?

This kind and cheerful priest worked with wayward boys and gave them a sense of purpose and hope.

Elizabeth Ann Seton: Mother for Many tells the story of Elizabeth Ann Seton, the first US native-born citizen to be canonized, who established the first Catholic school and had seven children of her own.

Desde los lagos hasta las nubes, hasta la lluvia que cae de nuevo a la Tierra, descubra cómo el agua cambia a través de diversos procesos para formar el ciclo del agua.

The twenty simple-and-creative craft projects in this book are based on some of the better-known inhabitants of the deep.

The day Rena had been waiting for had finally arrived.

There wasn't anything that George Washington Carver couldn't grow.