Feel what it is like to participate in history as you follow in the footsteps of the young men and women who lived it. You will survive a harsh James Towne winter and battle the Redcoats in a Long Island cornfield; you will carry...
Juvenile literature
- Author:Buckley, Susan WashburnSummary:
- Author:Montgomery, Sy.Summary:
On remote Codfish Island off the southern coast of New Zealand live the last 91 kakapo parrots on earth. Originally this bird numbered in the millions before humans brought predators to the islands. Now on the isolated island refuge, a...
- Author:Wooldridge, Connie NordhielmSummary:
Follows the development of roads in the United States--and the new forms of transportation that used them--from the National Highway of 1805 through railroads and paved roads for bicycles and automobiles to the interstate system.
- Author:Buckley, Susan WashburnSummary:
Experience 20 great moments in American history, from the 1631 quest of Christian libertarian Roger Williams to the 1988 ordeal of Sudanese refugee Peter Malual.
- Author:Weatherford, Carole BostonSummary:
Jesse Owens grew up during an age when segregation laws forced him to eat at separate restaurants and stay at different hotels. But Jesse never let it slow him down while setting world records and winning a spot on the U.S. Olympic...
- Author:BOON, KevinSummary:
Introduces the European explorers who first discovered and explored New Zealand, including Abel Tasman, James Cook, Jean de Surville, Marion du Fresne and Durmont d'Urville. The author focuses on the voyages of Captain Cook,...
- Author:Krull, KathleenSummary:
Isaac Newton was not only briiliant, but secretive, vindictive and obsessive. Here is a portrait of the man, contradictions and all, than places him against the backdrop of seventeenth-century England, a time of plague, the Great Fire...
- Author:Kamma, AnneSummary:
- Author:Smith, David J.Summary:
Author has found clever devices to scale down everything from time lines (the history of Earth compressed into one year), to quantities (all the wealth in the world divided into one hundred coins), to size differences (the planets shown...
- Author:Auerbacher, IngeSummary:
The author's reminiscences about her childhood in Germany, years of which were spent in a Nazi concentration camp. Includes several of her original poems.
- Author:Bragg, GeorgiaSummary:
A look at the deaths of several famous people throughout history and the circumstances surrounding those deaths.
- Author:Bartoletti, Susan CampbellSummary:
Through interviews with surviving Hitler Youth members as well as those who resisted the movement, explores how Hitler gained the loyalty, trust, and passion of so many of Germany's young people that by the time he became Chancellor of...
- Author:Gena K GorrellSummary:
In Florence Nightingale’s day, if a person was sick – and lucky – he or she was nursed at home with caring family members tending the bedside. Hospitals were horrible places from which few emerged alive...
- Author:Stone, KateSummary:
The first half of this e-book features a line-up of sweetly illustrated and easily recognizable critters. Each one is accompanied by its sound in big, bold text that's perfect for preschoolers. The second half features every...
- Author:Hilliard, RichardSummary:
Describes the role played by the chimpanzee, Ham, in developing manned space flight in the U.S.
- Author:Siegal, ArankaSummary:
Liberated from a German concentration camp at the end of World War II but haunted by the memory of her ordeal, fifteen-year-old Piri starts a strange new life as a Jew in Sweden.
- Author:Kinew, WabSummary:
Celebrating the stories of Indigenous people throughout time, Wab Kinew has created a powerful rap song, the lyrics of which are the basis for the text in this beautiful picture book, illustrated by the acclaimed Joe Morse. Including...
- Author:Provensen, AliceSummary:
A biography of the man whose fascination with flying machines produced the Bleriot XI, which in 1909 became the first heavier-than-air machine to fly the English Channel.
- Author:Allen, Thomas B.Summary:
A biography of Revolutionary War general and first President of the United States, George Washington, focusing on his use of spies to gather intelligence that helped the colonies win the war.
- Author:Issaluk, JohnnySummary:
Traditionally Inuit played games in order to be physically and mentally prepared for freezing weather, strenuous hunts and other grueling conditions.