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Bridges: from my side to yours
Par Jan E. Adkins, Jan Adkins. 2002
A look at bridges throughout history, from simple arrangements of stepping stones to famous landmarks such as London Bridge and…
marvels of engineering such as New York's Brooklyn Bridge. For grades 5-8. 2002Bad stuff in the news: a guide to handling the headlines
Par Marc Gellman, Thomas Harman. 2002
A rabbi and a priest discuss media coverage of terrorism, child abuse, natural disasters, violence in sports, and hate crimes--and…
why these bad things happen. They offer advice on how to deal with fears and how to change the world for the better. For grades 5-8. 2002The NAACP (African-American achievers)
Par Darren Rhym. 2002
An overview of the oldest African American civil rights group in the U.S.--the National Association for the Advancement of Colored…
People (NAACP). Describes its development, goals, and accomplishments since its establishment in 1909. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2002When objects talk: solving a crime with science (Discovery! Ser.Discovery!)
Par Terry M. Phillips, Mark P Friedlander, Mark P. Friedlander. 2001
Using a fictionalized murder case, the authors describe the role of forensic sciences during a police investigation. Explains the criminal…
justice system and the use of DNA, fingerprinting, ballistics, autopsies, and other scientific clues from the crime scene that can lead to a culprit. For grades 6-9. 2001The painter of modern life and other essays (Arts & letters)
Par Charles Baudelaire, Thom Mayne. 1995
A selection of the nineteenth-century French poet's critical essays, including pieces on Baudelaire's favorite artistic heroes: Eugène Delacroix, Edgar Allan…
Poe, Richard Wagner, and Constantin Guys. Contains an introduction by the English translator, Jonathan Mayne. 1964. 1964The space between our footsteps: poems and paintings from the Middle East
Par Naomi Shihab Nye. 1998
Anthology of more than one hundred twentieth-century poems from twenty countries, some written in English and many translated into free…
verse. Subjects include affection for children and family, patriotic feelings, and grief over exile. Contains brief biographical notes on the contributors. For junior and senior high readers. 1998Cool stuff: things to make and do (Crafty Girl)
Par Jennifer Traig, Julianne Balmain. 2001
A straightforward how-to manual of projects that can be accomplished in less than one day. Presents simple ways to decorate…
household objects or personalize belongings. Provides lists of materials needed with step-by-step directions for completing the product. For grades 4-7. 2001Career ideas for kids who like music and dance (Career Ideas for Kids Ser.Career Ideas for Kids)
Par Diane Lindsey Reeves, Gayle Bryan, Nancy Bond. 2001
Advice on pursuing careers in the arts for kids who want to concentrate on their creative bent. Includes profiles of…
a choir director, costume designer, dance instructor, sound engineer, disc jockey, and other similar occupations. For grades 5-8. 2001Lives of the artists: masterpieces, messes (and what the neighbors thought) (Lives of . . .)
Par Kathleen Krull, Kathryn Hewitt. 1995
Portraits of twenty artists, providing information about their childhood years and the works that made them famous. Includes Michelangelo Buonarroti,…
Rembrandt van Rijn, Mary Cassatt, Henri Matisse, Georgia O'Keeffe, and Andy Warhol. For grades 3-6Balancing act: the authorized biography of Angela Lansbury
Par Martin Gottfried, Angela Lansbury. 1999
Gottfried describes how he talked with the actress, her family, and her colleagues, and learned of her belief in the…
importance of maintaining a balance between personal life and career. Looks at the actress's offstage accomplishments and her success in the movies, on Broadway, and on televisionThe beginner's guide to art
Par Brigitte Govignon. 1998
Designed to help the reader understand and appreciate art. Covers developments in architecture, sculpture, and painting from 30,000 B.C. to…
1995. Includes brief biographies of major figures in the evolution of Western forms of expression. For junior and senior high and older readersMary Tyler Moore: The Award-Winning Actress Who Has Diabetes (Great Achievers Ser.Great Achievers)
Par Margaret L Finn. 1997
Describes the personal life and career of the actress best known for her sitcom roles in The Dick Van Dyke…
Show and The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Discusses Moore's 1964 diabetes diagnosis, her battle with alcoholism, and her endurance of tragic family deaths. For grades 5-8 and older readersVincent van Gogh: artist (Great Achievers Ser.Great Achievers)
Par Peter Tyson. 1996
A biography of the Dutch painter born in 1853. Covers his childhood and early career choices before deciding to be…
an artist at age twenty-seven. Includes information on his psychological problems and bouts of melancholia. Describes van Gogh's affinity for southern France, where he produced many paintings and where he committed suicide at age thirty-seven. For junior and senior high readersChuck Close, up close
Par Jan Greenberg, Sandra Jordan, Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff. 1998
This biography of the portrait artist tells about his undiagnosed childhood problems with dyslexia and learning disabilities, when art was…
the only subject he enjoyed. He was a famous painter in the 1960s, but was paralyzed from the neck down in 1988. The doctors said his career was over, but Close is painting again. For grades 4-7Fingerprints and talking bones: how real-life crimes are solved
Par Charlotte Foltz Jones, David G. Klein. 1997
Discusses the use of forensic science and technology for crime-solving. Recounts cases in which analyses of fibers, glass fragments, bullets,…
and human skeletons led to arrests and convictions. Describes a variety of high-tech police tools. For grades 5-8Dear Mister Rogers: does it ever rain in your neighborhood? : letters to Mister Rogers
Par Fred Rogers. 1996
Rogers, of the popular children's program Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood, presents letters he has received from children and adults through the…
years. Rogers discusses world issues, feelings and fears, family relationships, and deathSeven years in Tibet: Official Agents' Handbook
Par Heinrich Harrer, Dawn Margolis. 1996
Harrer recalls how in 1943 he escaped from a British internment camp in India and, after an arduous journey, arrived…
on foot in Lhasa, the holy capital of Tibet. He was granted refuge and later became a tutor to the Dalai Lama. In late 1950, the Chinese invasion of Tibet forced Harrer to leave Lhasa, which had become his spiritual home. BestsellerCathedral: the story of its construction
Par David Macaulay. 1973
Diego Rivera: Mexican Painter (Hispanics of Achievement Ser.Hispanics of Achievement)
Par James D Cockcroft, James D. Crockcroft. 1991
Diego Rivera, born in Guanajuato, Mexico, in 1886, is best known for his murals that depict the plight of the…
"have nots"--peasants and laborers. A member of the Parisian cafe scene during the 1920s, Rivera led a personal life as stormy and controversial as his art. Rivera died in 1957. He is considered by many to be one of the greatest artistic geniuses of the twentieth century. For grades 5-8 and older readersAs I am: an autobiography
Par Martin Gardner, Patricia Neal. 1988
At twenty-one the self-confident, determined, Southern-bred actress starred in a Broadway hit, won a Tony, and became "the toast of…
New York." In this account written "to reclaim the past that was stolen," Neal writes candidly about her numerous love affairs, both transient and profound, such as a liaison with Gary Cooper and her long marriage to writer Roald Dahl. She tells of the deaths of two of her five children and of her massive stroke at age thirty-nine. Some strong language