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Where Is Alcatraz?
Nico Medina - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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Escape from the ordinary and break into Alcatraz, America's most famous prison!The island of Alcatraz has always been a place that's fascinated visitors, from the Native American tribes who believed it was home to evil spirits to the Spanish explorers who discovered the island. In modern... |
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Where Is the Amazon?
Sarah Fabiny - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback
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Without risking life or limb, readers can explore the wonders and beauty of the Amazon in this Where Is...? title.Human beings have inhabited the banks of the Amazon River since 13,000 BC and yet they make up just a small percentage of the "population" of this geographic... |
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Where Is the Brooklyn Bridge?
Megan Stine - Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Format: Print book
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Young readers will connect with the story of this National Historic Landmark--the Brooklyn Bridge! Building the Brooklyn Bridge was no simple feat. Despite a brilliant plan from a father-son team of engineers, the process was a dangerous and grueling one. Construction workers developed... |
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Where Is the Colosseum?
Jim O'Connor - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Print book
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A marvel of engineering that proclaimed the might of the Emperor of Ancient Rome.The Emperor Titus opened the enormous Colosseum in AD 80 to host 100 days of games, and it will astound readers to learn what the ancient Romans found entertaining. Over 50,000 screaming fans watched gladiators... |
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Where Is the Empire State Building?
Janet Pascal - Grosset & Dunlap; Dgs Fol Pa edition
Format: Paperback
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New York City boasts one of the most famous skylines in the world, and the Empire State Building is undeniably the focal point of this incredible view. At 102 stories, the structure was no small feat. In fact, its construction coincided with the onset of the Great Depression, and so progress... |
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Where Is the Great Barrier Reef?
Nico Medina - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Print book
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In this Where Is? title, kids can explore the Great Barrier Reef - big enough to be seen from space but made up of billions of tiny living organisms.The Great Barrier Reef, off the coast of Australia, is the world's largest coral reef system. Stretching more than 1,400 miles, it provides... |
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Where Is the Grand Canyon?
Jim O'Connor - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Print book
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There are canyons all over the planet, and the Grand Canyon in Arizona is not the biggest. Yet because of the spectacular colors in the rock layers and fascinating formations of boulders, buttes, and mesas, it is known as one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World. Starting with a brief... |
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Where Is the Great Wall?
Patricia Brennan Demuth - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Print book
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More than two thousand years ago, with his land under constant attack from nomads, the First Emperor of China came up with a simple solution: build a wall to keep out enemies. It was a wall that kept growing and growing. But its construction came at a huge cost: it is believed that more... |
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Where Are the Great Pyramids?
Dorothy Hoobler - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback
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The Great Pyramids of Egypt--all kids over the age of five recognize them instantly. These massive tombs were built thousands of years ago, and still no one knows exactly how the ancient Egyptians did it! In this informative account, Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler tell the story of the powerful... |
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Where Is Niagara Falls?
Megan Stine - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback
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While traveling through Canada in 1678, a French priest came across the most gigantic waterfalls he'd ever seen. Stricken with both awe and fear, he began to shake, fell to his knees, and prayed. Ever since, people from all over the world have come to explore Niagara: among them the daredevils... |
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Where Is Mount Everest?
Nico Medina - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback
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As the recent deaths of sixteen Sherpas underscore, climbing Mount Everest remains a daunting challenge. Located in the Himalayas, Everest is the highest mountain in the world at a whopping 29,029 feet. In this compelling narrative, Nico Medina guides readers through the mountain's... |
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Where Is Mount Rushmore?
True Kelley - Grosset & Dunlap; DGS edition
Format: Print book
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It was world-famous sculptor Gutzon Borglum's dream to carve sixty-foot-high likenesses of four presidents on a granite cliff in South Dakota. Does that sound like a wacky idea? Many at the time thought so. Borglum faced a lot of opposition and problems at every turn; the blasting and carving... |
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Where Is the Parthenon?
Roberta Edwards - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Print book
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Discover the ruins of the Parthenon, one of the most famous and beautiful places in the world! Athens, Greece, is best known for the Parthenon, the ruins of an ancient temple completed in 438 BC to honor the goddess Athena. But what many people don't know is that it only served... |
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Where Is Stonehenge?
True Kelley - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback
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Unravel some of the riddles of Stonehenge, one of the most famous and mysterious monuments in the world!Where is Stonehenge? That's an easy question to answer. It sits on the Salisbury Plain in Southern England. But what is the meaning of these strange circles of stones? Was Stonehenge... |
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Where Is the Taj Mahal?
Dorothy Hoobler - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Print book
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Learn about the love story behind the creation of one of the most beautiful and famous buildings in the world.The Taj Mahal may look like a palace, but it's actually a tomb and a lasting testament to one of the world's great love stories. In 1612, Mogul emperor Shah Jahan married... |
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Where is the White House
Megan Stine - Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Format: Print book
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The history of the White House, first completed in 1799, reflects the history of America itself. It was the dream of George Washington to have an elegant "presidential mansion" in the capital city that was named after him. Yet he is the only president who never got to live there.... |
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