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Who was first?: discovering the Americas
Par Russell Freedman. 2007
Contends that Columbus was among the last of foreign explorers to reach the Americas and was preceded by Chinese explorers,…
Vikings, and Irish monks. Examines archaeological and DNA evidence on the origins of Native Americans that challenges the Bering Strait land bridge theory. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2007Saving daylight
Par Jim Harrison. 2006
Tenth collection of verses by poet and novelist Jim Harrison. Poems range from rants to meditations focusing on the beauty…
and mystique of the physical world, aging, war, small towns, God, life's wonders, and the nature of time. Some selections appear in both English and Spanish. 2006The remarkable life and times of Eliza Rose
Par Mary Hooper. 2006
London, 1670. Homeless fifteen-year-old Eliza is arrested for stealing food. Bailed out by bawdy-house owner Ma Gwyn, Eliza is helped…
by Ma's daughter Nell, who becomes the mistress of King Charles. Eliza's fortune improves, and she eventually finds her birth mother. For senior high and older readers. 2006My Maggie
Par Richard King. 2010
Chicago sportscaster's tribute to Maggie, his wife of thirty-two years. He recalls her fears, courage, and ultimate zest for living…
while battling childhood hearing loss, progressive blindness, melanoma, breast cancer, and the ovarian cancer that killed her at age fifty-three. 2007A family of poems: my favorite poetry for children
Par Caroline Kennedy, Jon J. Muth. 2005
Treasury of Caroline Kennedy's best-loved childhood verses about animals, seasons, adventures, and bedtime. Features familiar classics by Shakespeare, Basho, Emily…
Dickinson, Robert Frost, and Ogden Nash as well as contemporary works by Nikki Giovanni, Jack Prelutsky, Naomi Shihab Nye, and Kennedy's mother, Jacqueline Bouvier, among many. For grades 4-7. 2005Mirage: Napoleon's scientists and the unveiling of Egypt
Par Nina Burleigh. 2007
Chronicles Napoleon's conquest of Egypt and the scientific research conducted there on his behalf. Highlights one of the earliest large-scale…
interactions between Western civilians and Islam in the modern era. 2007Award-winning journalist examines the Golden Age of Piracy (1715-1725), when outlaws, defected sailors, privateers, and runaway slaves forged a republic…
in the Bahamas. Chronicles the lives of pirates Samuel "Black Sam" Bellamy, Edward "Blackbeard" Thatch, and Charles Vane. Discusses British war hero Woodes Rogers's defeat of the pirate alliance. 2007Reconciliation: Islam, democracy, and the West
Par Benazir Bhutto. 2008
Former prime minister of Pakistan recounts her 2007 return home after eight years in exile. She calls for reconciliation among…
religions and nations, boldly asserts the true nature of Islam, and offers a practical road map for bringing societies together. Bestseller. 2008Author posits that the character of the United States has been shaped by the structure and limits established by its…
borders. Discusses how boundary and property lines created by eighteenth-century surveyor Andrew Ellicott presaged the establishment of law, order, and solidarity in the evolving democracy. 2007Australia (National Geographic Countries of the World)
Par Kate Turner. 2007
Overview of the country that is Earth's smallest continent. Describes Australia's geography, plants and animals, history, government, economy, holidays, and…
culture, including that of the native Aboriginal people. Includes a glossary of common Australian words, such as "g'day." For grades 3-6. 2007Joni: an unforgettable story
Par Joni Eareckson Tada, Joe Musser. 2001
Tada, paralyzed from the neck down by a diving accident in 1967, shares her struggle--what she calls an "incredible adventure"--to…
adjust to her disability. Describes overcoming, through faith in God, her physical and emotional challenges and even becoming a skillful artist by using her mouth to guide her pen. 1976Freedom (A Kernel Book Ser.)
Par Marc Maurer. 2006
Eight individuals share their experiences with blindness. In the title memoir, Maurer reflects that "blindness must be confronted in unconventional…
ways if progress in surmounting its disadvantages is to be made." In "Mom, What Does Blind Mean?" Pauletta Feldman answers her nonsighted son's questions. 2006Ten green bottles: the true story of one family's journey from war-torn Austria to the ghettos of Shanghai
Par Vivian Jeanette Kaplan, St. Martin`s Press. 2004
Memoir of a family's 1939 escape from the Nazis and ten-year struggle to survive in China. Daughter Nini describes marrying…
her Polish friend Poldi, enduring the Japanese occupation and communist takeover, and emigrating to Canada with her own daughter, the author. Compares life to fragile green bottles. Some violence. 2002Cuba (National Geographic Countries of the World)
Par Jen Green. 2007
An overview of this Latin American island nation. Describes Cuba's geography, plants and animals, history, holidays, economy, culture, and communist…
government. Includes a glossary of common Spanish phrases. For grades 3-6. 2007Mexico (Countries of the World)
Par Beth Gruber. 2007
An overview of America's neighbor to the south. Describes Mexico's geography, climate, plants and animals, history, government, economy, and culture,…
which blends both Spanish and native traditions. Includes a glossary of common Spanish phrases. For grades 3-6. 2007Kenya (Countries of the World)
Par Bridget Giles, National Geographic Kids. 2006
Facts about this East African country where tourists come on safari to photograph lions, elephants, giraffes, and monkeys and where…
fossils of the earliest humans are found. Covers the history of this former British colony, its ecosystems, its arts, and challenges still facing the nation. For grades 3-6. 2006Liquid jade: the story of tea from east to west
Par Beatrice Hohenegger. 2006
Relates the social history of tea from its medicinal origins in China to its status as a trade commodity in…
England. Discusses the role of tea in Eastern religious experiences and cultural arts and in economic and political exchanges with the British Empire. Includes modern-day tea-trade facts. 2006Nigeria (Countries of the World)
Par Bridget Giles. 2007
An overview of this West African nation. Discusses Nigeria's geography, weather, plants and animals, history, government, economy, oil industry, and…
many diverse cultures and traditions. Includes a list of words and phrases one might hear in Nigeria. For grades 3-6. 2007Good masters! Sweet Ladies!: voices from a medieval village
Par Laura Amy Schlitz, Robert Byrd. 2007
Nineteen monologues and two dialogues about the ten- to fifteen-year-old sons and daughters of nobility and paupers living near an…
English manor in 1255. Interspersed between dramatic readings are background pieces on medieval customs and events, such as farming, falconry, the Crusades, and pilgrimages. For grades 5-8. Newbery Medal. 2007Iraq (National Geographic Countries of the World)
Par Charlie Samuels. 2007
An overview of this Middle Eastern country. Describes Iraq's geography, desert climate, plants and animals, government, economy, culture, religion, and…
history beginning in 5000 B.C.E. Discusses twenty-first-century postwar challenges and the emergence of democracy. Includes a glossary of common Arabic phrases. For grades 3-6. 2007