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Mars Evacuees
Sophia McDougall · HarperCollins
Pages: 404
Format: Hardcover
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From bestselling UK author Sophia McDougall comes one fresh and funny adventure-filled tween debut about a group of kids evacuated to Mars! Perfect for fans of Artemis Fowl, this laugh-out-loud series is packed with nonstop fun.When Earth comes under attack by aliens, hilarious heroine... |
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NFL Today: Houston Texans
Nate Frisch · Creative Education
Pages: 48
Format: Paperback
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No professional sports league in America can match the popularity of the National Football League, and no books can match the drama and excitement of NFL Today! This hit series has been fully revised and updated to encapsulate the origins, stars, and unforgettable moments of all 32 NFL teams,... |
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Home Run
Tim Green · HarperCollins
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
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Perfect for fans of Mike Lupica's sports books and Dan Gutman's Baseball Card Adventures, New York Times bestselling author and former NFL player Tim Green gives readers a thrilling new addition to his bestselling Baseball Great series.Josh's life has just fallen apart. His father... |
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Exposing Hidden Worlds: How Jacob Riis' Photos Became Tools for Social Reform
MICHAEL BURGAN · Compass Point Books
Pages: 64
Format: Library Binding
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President Theodore Roosevelt called Jacob Riis "the best American I ever knew." The pioneering photojournalist -- an immigrant from Denmark -- drew attention to the poverty and evils of slum life in the late 1800s. Riis won national acclaim when his photos illustrated his bestselling... |
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A Boy Called Christmas
Matt Haig · Alfred A. Knopf
Pages: 240
Format: Print book
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Before there was Santa Claus, there was a young boy who believed in the impossible. . . . Lemony Snicket meets Elf in this warmhearted Christmas caper. Eleven-year-old Nikolas - nicknamed "Christmas" - has received only one toy in his life: a doll carved out of a turnip. But he's... |
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Paper circuits
Pamela Williams · Cherry Lake Publishing
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"Learn how to create your own electrical circuits from paper with these fun activities."-- |
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A Place to Land
Barry Wittenstein · Neal Porter Books
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover
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Much has been written about Martin Luther King, Jr. and the 1963 March on Washington. But there's little on his legendary speech and how he came to write it. Find out more in this gripping book with illustrations by Caldecott Medalist Jerry Pinkney.Martin Luther King, Jr. was once asked... |
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The Winter Olympics
Nick Hunter · Heinemann Educational Books
Pages: 32
Format: Library Binding
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The Winter Olympics are a thrilling festival of sports, bringing together skiers, skaters, and sliders from around the world. Held every four years, they turn snow and ice into an amazing sports arena. But how did they get their start, and how are they organized? Who have been the star... |
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Probes to the planets.
Steve Parker · Smart Apple Media
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover
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Every planet in our solar system and some of the moons and other space objects have been visited by at least one probe and in the future, more probes and craft will visit these worlds in our endeavour to learn about space and the possibility of extraterrestrial life. Some probes, such at the Verena... |
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School of the Dead
Avi · HarperCollins
Pages: 276
Format: Hardcover
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In this spine-tingling story from Newbery Medal winner Avi, a boy must solve the mystery of the ghost haunting him.For most of Tony Gilbert's life, he has thought of his uncle as "Weird Uncle Charlie." That is, until Uncle Charlie moves in with Tony and his family. Uncle Charlie... |
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A Firefighter's Tools
Devon McKinney · PowerKids Press
Format: Print book : Juvenile audience : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Did someone call a firefighter? Readers will love reading about this high-interest career through the scope of the tools firefighters use. Theyll learn about the special clothing firefighters wear to keep themselves safe, as well as the tools that help them get into buildings and put out fires.... |
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Space Technology: Landers, Space Tourism, and More
John Wood · Gareth Stevens Pub
Pages: 32
Format: Library Binding
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Someday, families might fly aboard spacecraft to reach their vacation destination. That day might be sooner than many think with companies like Space X hard at work on kinds of spaceflight that could lead to space tourism. This book explores the deep reaches of space alongside the latest... |
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20 Fun Facts About Benjamin Franklin
Theresa Morlock · Gareth Stevens Pub
Pages: 32
Format: Library Binding
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Benjamin Franklin was one of Americas most inventive Founding Fathers. He wrote books, tinkered with machines, and created entire new professions with his work. This book is full of fun facts and tantalizing trivia about his inventions, his ideas, and how he became one of the most influential... |
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The Wolf's Boy
Susan Williams Beckhorn · Disney Hyperion
Pages: 240
Format: Print book
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An outcast boy and a young wolf against an Ice Age winter . . . Kai burns to become a hunter and to earn a rightful place among his people. But that can never be. He was born with a club foot. It is forbidden for him to use or even touch a hunter's sacred weapons.Shunned by the other boys,... |
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Journey to a Promised Land
Allison Lassieur · Jolly Fish Press
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback
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Hattie Jacobs has a secret dream: to go to school to become a teacher. But her parents were formerly enslaved and are struggling to survive in Nashville, Tennessee, after Reconstruction. When the Jacobs family joins the Great Exodus of 1879 to Kansas, their journey in search of a better... |
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