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The Snake Scientist
by Sy MontgomeryDiscusses the work of Bob Mason and his efforts to study and protect snakes, particularly red-sided garter snakes. For children.
World History: Patterns of Interaction
by Phillip C. Naylor Dahia Ibo Shabaka Roger B. Beck Linda Black Larry S. KriegerWhile historical events are unique, they often are driven by similar, repeated forces. In telling the history of our world, this book pays special attention to eight significant and recurring themes. These themes are presented to show that from America, to Africa, to Asia, people are more alike than they realize. Throughout history humans have confronted similar obstacles, have struggled to achieve similar goals, and continually have striven to better themselves and the world around them.
Old Elm Speaks: Tree Poems
by Kristine O'Connell GeorgeThis tree across the stream is a trickier bridge than it might seem... The author of The Great From Race and Other Poems has created a collection of short poems that celebrate trees and the amazing variety of ways they touch our lives. Deceptively simple verses reveal what trees think about and what they say to one another, as well as how they look and all the things they do for us. Humor and an unerring ear for the sounds of language make these poems an irresistible read-aloud; the luminous oil paintings evoke a country setting and the children who enjoy it through the year.
Passport to Mathematics, Book 2
by Ron Larson Laurie Boswell Timothy D. Kanold Lee StiffThis book is preparing students for success in mathematics in the middle grades and beyond. In this course students will study important middle grade mathematics concepts and see how they are related and also find a gradual approach to understanding the underlying principles of algebra and geometry.
Kids on Strike!
by Susan Campbell BartolettiDescribes the conditions and treatment that drove working children to strike, from the mill workers' strike in 1834 and the coal strikes at the turn of the century to the children who marched with Mother Jones in 1903.
The Americans: Reconstruction Through the 20th Century
by Gerald A. Danzer J. Jorge Klor de Alva Larry S. Krieger Louis E. Wilson Nancy WolochYou live in a nation founded on dreams of freedom, opportunity, and progress. The most enduring of these visions is the American dream--the belief held by most Americans that if they work hard and play by the rules, then they and their children will be better off.
Throw Your Tooth On The Roof: Tooth Traditions From Around The World
by Selby B. Beeler<P>What do you do when you lose a tooth? Do you put it under your pillow and wait for the tooth fairy? Not if you live in Botswana! In Botswana, children throw their teeth onto the roof. In Afghanistan they drop their teeth down mouse holes, and in Egypt they fling their teeth at the sun! Travel around the world and discover the surprising things children do when they lose a tooth. <P>Selby B. Beeler spent years collecting traditions from every corner of the globe for this whimsical book, and illustrator G. Brian Karas adds to the fun, filling every page with humorous detail. He perfectly captures the excitement and pride that children experience when a tooth falls out. <P>This title has been selected as a Common Core Text Exemplar (Grades 2-3, Informational Texts)
Build Our Nation: Workbook for Reading and Review
by Houghton Mifflin Company StaffLearn about important words in the history and geography of the United States.
The Canterbury Tales: Selected Works and Related Readings
by Geoffrey Chaucer Nevill CoghillLiterature Connections series
Literature Connections: The Canterbury Tales Sourcebook
by Mcdougal Littell12th Grade Literature Sourcebook
Hottest, Coldest, Highest, Deepest
by Steve JenkinsClimb the tallest mountain, dive into the deepest lake, and navigate the longest river in Steve Jenkins' stunning new book that explores the wonders of the natural world. With his striking cut paper collages, Jenkins majestically captures the grand sense of scale, perspective and awe that only mother earth can inspire.
A Young Patriot: The American Revolution as Experienced by One Boy
by Jim MurphyIn the summer of 1776, Joseph Plumb Martin was a fifteen-year-old Connecticut farm boy who considered himself "as warm a patriot as the best of them." He enlisted that July and stayed in the revolutionary army until hostilities ended in 1783. Martin fought under Washington, Lafayette, and Steuben. He took part in major battles in New York, Monmouth, and Yorktown. He wintered at Valley Forge and then at Morristown, considered even more severe. He wrote of his war years in a memoir that brings the American Revolution alive with telling details, drama, and a country boy's humor. Jim Murphy lets Joseph Plumb Martin speak for himself throughout the text, weaving in historical back fround details wherever necessary, giving voice to a teenager who was an eyewitness to the fight that set America free from the British Empire.
Promised Land, Crusader State: The American Encounter With The World Since 1776
by Walter A. McdougallEntertaining, fast-paced, and learned, it exposes the myths that obscure the real meaning of such concepts as American Exceptionalism, Isolationism, Manifest Destiny, Wilsonianism, and Containment. Taking up the torch of George Kennan, McDougall proposes nothing less than to cleanse the vocabulary of our sterile post-Cold War debate on America's role in the world. Looking back over two centuries, he draws a striking contrast between America as a Promised Land, a vision that inspired the "Old Testament" of our diplomatic wisdom through the nineteenth century, and the contrary vision of America as a Crusader State, which inspired the "New Testament" of our foreign policy beginning at the time of the Spanish-American War and reaching its fulfillment in Vietnam.
One Bite Won't Kill You
by Ann HodgmanAnn Hodgman comes to the rescue of parents everywhere with more than 200 kid-friendly recipes the whole family can agree on. One Bite Won't Kill You is packed with easy weeknight suppers, worth-the-effort special dinners, holiday and birthday treats, and tips for feeding every kid, from toddlers to teens. This book is guaranteed to make feeding kids way easier . . . and a lot more fun.
A Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf
by John Muir William Frederic BadeTaken from Muir's earliest journals, this book records his walk in 1867 from Indiana across Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, Georgia and Florida to the Gulf Coast. In his distinct and wonderful style, Muir shows us the wilderness, as well as the towns and people, of the South immediately after the Civil War. Foreword by Peter Jenkins.
Worlds of Childhood: The Art and Craft of Writing for Children
by Maurice Sendak Rosemary Wells Jill Krementz Jean Fritz Jack Prelutsky Katherine PatersonSix prominent children's authors, including Maurice Sendak, Rosemary Wells, and Jack Prelutsky, agree that to enter the worlds that children inhabit, you must possess the magic word: honesty.
Major Problems in the Era of the American Revolution, 1760-1791: Documents and Essays (Second Edition)
by Richard D. BrownThis text delves into the many facets of the colonial uprising and its aftermath, concluding with the ratification of the Bill of Rights.
The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler
by James Cross GiblinThere are no memorials to Adolf Hitler in Germany, the country he ruled with an iron hand from 1933 to 1945. Nor do visitors flock to his grave, for no one knows where his remains are buried--or if they were buried at all. Perhaps his ashes, like his skull, remain locked away in an archive in Russia. Or perhaps they were scattered to the winds years ago at some unknown location in eastern Europe.<P><P> Winner of the Sibert Medal
Sources of Twentieth-Century Global History
by James H. OverfieldThe author reveals to students that historical scholarship is not just about memorizing facts and someone else's conclusions but is an intellectual process of drawing inferences and discovering patterns from clues.
A Peterson Field Guide To Eastern Trees: Eastern United States And Canada, Including The Midwest (Peterson Field Guides #Volume 11)
by George A. Petrides Janet WehrFind what you're looking for with Peterson Field Guides—their field-tested visual identification system is designed to help you differentiate thousands of unique species accurately every time. This field guide features detailed descriptions of 455 species of trees native to eastern North America, including the Midwest and the South. The 48 color plates, 11 black-and-white plates, and 26 text drawings show distinctive details needed for identification. Color photographs and 266 color range maps accompany the species descriptions.
Flicker Flash
by Joan Bransfield GrahamA collection of poems celebrating light in its various forms, from candles and lamps to lightning and fireflies.
A Field Guide to Wildflowers: Northeastern and North-Central North America
by Margaret Mckenny Roger Tory PetersonFind what you're looking for with Peterson Field Guides--their field-tested visual identification system is designed to help you differentiate thousands of unique species accurately every time. Grouped by color and by plant characteristics, 1,293 species in 84 families are described and illustrated. Included here are all the flowers you're most likely to encounter in the eastern and north-central U. S. , westward to the Dakotas and southward to North Carolina and Arkansas, as well as the adjacent parts of Canada.