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Where is the sahara desert? (Where Is?)
Par Sarah Fabiny. 2023
Ten-story-high sand dunes, eye-tricking mirages, unlucky explorers – it’s all here and more in this newest Where Is? audiobook. From…
the #1 New York Times Best-Selling Who Was? series comes Where Is?, a series that tells the stories of world-famous landmarks and natural wonders! Imagine over three million square miles of sand dunes that are as tall as a ten-story building. That place is real — it's the Sahara Desert! Vast, yes! And home to fascinating creatures such as ostriches and fennec foxes as well as amazing plant life. The shallow roots of the mesquite tree can grow almost 200 feet across to absorb water. Listeners will also learn about the famous trade routes of the past with caravans of up to 10,000 camels, European explorers to the region (some very unlucky ones), and native populations like the Berber and Tuareg, the faces of the men are blue from the dye in the veils they always wearCode name Valkyrie: Count von Stauffenberg and the plot to kill Hitler
Par James D Forman, James Forman. 1973
More than 150 authors and educators contribute to this compendium of information. Brief articles cover topics from "abortion" to "Ziegfeld,…
Florenz." Contributors discuss politics, history, science, the arts, society, and individuals. Subjects such as poverty, homelessness, drugs, racism, immigration, and the Olympics are also treated. For grades 6-9 and older readersDeath Valley
Par George Laycock. 1976
As I saw it: women who lived the American adventure
Par Cheryl G. Hoople. 1978
Excerpts from diaries, letters, and journals provide glimpses into the lives of American women from 1600 to 1900. Includes the…
exploits of a Union spy, an early frontier doctor, a woman who joined the California Gold Rush, and the captain of a Mississippi River showboat. For grades 6-9 and older readersBlood and germs: the Civil War battle against wounds and disease (Medical Fiascoes)
Par Gail Jarrow. 2020
Explores the science and gruesome history of US Civil War medicine, using actual medical cases and first-person accounts by soldiers,…
doctors, and nurses. Jarrow reveals battlefield rescues, surgical techniques, treatments, and patient care, celebrating the men and women of both the North and South who volunteered to save lives. For grades 5-8. 2020Places of protest (Travel to... (Rourke Educational Media))
Par Jen Breach. 2022
"Readers travel to places where people have used their power to demand change. By exploring locations in the U.S. and…
around the world, readers will use the page to stand in locations where people have put their lives and bodies on the line for a cause." -- Provided by publisherSweet corn and sushi: the story of Iowa and Yamanashi
Par Lori Erickson, Will Thomson, Yasuo Ohdera, Shinji Yoda. 2004
In 1959 the prefecture of Yamanashi, Japan, was devastated by two typhoons. Richard Thomas, an Iowan who served in the…
U. S. military in Japan after World War II, helped organize an "Iowa Hog Lift" that sent 35 pigs to Yamanashi. That act led to America's first sister-state relationship with Japan. For kindergarten-grade 3. 2004. NOTE: the print edition included a translation of the story into Japanese. For grades K-3Young Martin Luther King, Jr: "I have a dream" (Troll first-start biography)
Par Joanne Mattern, Allan Eitzen. 1992
Mammoths on the move
Par Lisa Wheeler, Kurt Cyrus. 2006
Join a pack of woolly mammoths as they trek south for the winter, braving fierce storms, deadly predators, and raging…
rivers while making their slow journey across the gorgeous unspoiled lands of this continent until finally they reach their goal. The author draws readers into the mystery of prehistory and of one of the most awesome beasts to ever walk the earth. For grades K-3Women of the American Revolution
Par Sara McIntosh Wooten. 2007
The Statue of Liberty (Heinemann first library)
Par Tristan Boyer Binns. 2001
The Liberty Bell (Symbols of freedom)
Par Tristan Boyer Binns. 2001
Christopher Columbus (Let's read biography)
Par Houghton Mifflin Company Staff. 1997
The bald eagle (Symbols of freedom)
Par Tristan Boyer Binns. 2001
The Lincoln Memorial (Heinemann first library)
Par Tristan Boyer Binns. 2001
George Washington's teeth
Par Brock Cole, Deborah Chandra, Madeleine Comora. 2003
Farewell to Manzanar: and related readings (Literature connections)
Par Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston. 1998
Chief Seattle, great statesman (Garrard Indian book)
Par Elizabeth Rider Montgomery. 1966
How I became a pirate
Par David Shannon, Melinda Long. 2003