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Did dinosaurs live in your backyard?: Questions and Answers About Dinosaurs (Scholastic Question and Answer)
By Melvin Berger, Gilda Berger, Alan Male. 1998
Why do volcanoes blow their tops?: questions and answers about volcanoes and earthquakes (Scholastic Question & Answer)
By Melvin Berger, Gilda Berger, Higgins Bond. 1999
The code book: how to make it, break it, hack it, crack it
By Simon Singh. 2002
Discusses the evolution of codes and their impact on history. Explains the growing importance of encryption--the process of encoding messages--in…
the expanding use of the Internet and satellite communications. A condensed version of The Code Book (DB 49955) for adults. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2001As he progresses from living-room Scrabble player to expert, the author examines the subculture of people devoted to championship tournament…
play. Discusses the game's history, its international variants, and its controversial elements. Some strong language. 2001The kids' winter handbook (Family Fun)
By Heather Collins, Jane Drake, Ann Love. 2001
Outdoor and indoor activities to celebrate winter. Covers weather forecasting, snow sports, crafts projects (most call for inexpensive, easy-to-find materials),…
games, fireside stories, and recipes. Parental involvement is encouraged. For grades 3-6. 2001Ha! ha! ha!: 1,000+ jokes, riddles, facts, and more
By Lyn Thomas, Dianne Eastman. 2001
A collection of humorous bits and pieces arranged by theme--the brain, computers, animals, sea creatures, and knock-knock jokes, among others.…
Interesting facts about humor and the subjects of the jokes are also included. For grades 3-6. 2001Hoyle's rules of games: descriptions of indoor games of skill and chance, with advice on skillful play : based on the foundations laid down by Edmond Hoyle, 1672-1769
By Albert H. Morehead, Geoffrey Mott-Smith, Philip D. Morehead. 2001
Revised and updated guide to rules, strategies, and odds for more than two hundred fifty games. Card games include bridge,…
cribbage, pinochle, poker, and solitaire--and their variations. Also contains instructions for backgammon, dominoes, Scrabble, children's games, and some computer games. 2001The sorcerer's companion: a guide to the magical world of Harry Potter
By Allan Zola Kronzek, Elizabeth Kronzek. 2001
Guide to everything magical in the first four Harry Potter books. Presents the folklore, mythology, and history behind objects, spells,…
and creatures in Harry's world. Discusses arithmancy--one of Hermione's favorite subjects--the hippogriff, the invisibility cloak, runes, and the unicorn, among other items. For grades 4-7. 2001The president's lady: a novel about Rachel and Andrew Jackson
By Irving Stone. 1996
Rachel Donelson Robards first meets lawyer Andrew Jackson when she is separated from her abusive husband, Lewis. After they fall…
in love they travel to the Spanish territories to obtain her divorce in order to marry. When war hero Jackson later ventures into politics, his wife's scandalous past creates a crisis. 1951Account of the corruption in the state of Louisiana, where legalized gambling led to the conviction of four-time governor Edwin…
Edwards in 2000. Recalls the tumultuous political, social, and economic history of the state. 2001. 2001The ultimate balloon book: 46 projects to blow up, bend & twist
By Shar Levine, Michael Ouchi, Jeff Connery, Jackie Aher, Mo Moussa. 2000
This how-to guide offers practical advice on supplies needed, techniques, and safety tips. Provides step-by-step instructions for creating a full…
range of designs from beginner to advanced levels. Projects include balloon animals, hats, airplanes, plants, bracelets, decorations, and games. For grades 5-8 and older readers. 2001Winning chess: tactics & strategies
By Ted Nottingham, Al Lawrence, Bob Wade. 1999
Presents tactics and techniques for playing this ancient board game. Discusses openings, middlegame and endgame strategies, forks, pins, skewers, and…
examples from the games of world champions. For grades 5-8 and older readers. 1999Do you remember the color blue?: and other questions kids ask about blindness
By Sally Hobart Alexander. 2000
A writer who went blind at age twenty-six answers questions that children have frequently asked during her visits to schools.…
She discusses reading, working with her guide dog, meeting her husband, and parenting her two children, as well as her reactions to being blind. For grades 4-7. 2000The puzzlemaster presents 200 mind-bending challenges: from NPR (Other)
By Will Shortz. 1996
Audio puzzles from National Public Radio's Weekend Edition Sunday. Includes word games that take some thought. For example "change one…
letter in each word to name a color" and "every answer in this puzzle is a word or name that ends in the letters que."The story of chess
By Horacio Cardo. 1998
Long ago a man named Sissa devises a game in tribute to a war. Beginning with the squares on the…
board and the king as the key figure, Sissa explains the basic movements of each chess piece and the overall strategy of the game. For grades 3-6 and older readers. 1998Penn & Teller's how to play in traffic
By Penn Jillette. 1997
Mulholland's book of magic
By John Mulholland. 2001
Explains how to perform dozens of simple magic tricks developed by the author. Suggests pleasing an audience by using psychology,…
props, and trained assistants. Includes tricks specifically for entertaining children. 1963Do bees sneeze?: and other questions kids ask about insects
By James K Wangberg, James K. Wangberg, Ellen Parker. 1997
An entomologist answers 210 questions about insects asked by school children. The queries cover topics such as abundance and existence,…
body parts and functions, homes and habitats, food for insects and insects as food, and health and safety. Sections on supervised projects are included. For grades 4-7Present tense (The Great Game Ser. #Round 2)
By Dave Duncan. 1996
In this sequel to Past Imperative (DB 45619), Edward Exeter lands in a trench during the battle of Third Ypres.…
Assumed a spy, Exeter is rescued by a schoolmate. But Exeter is still wanted dead by forces from Nextdoor, the parallel universe he had been trapped in for the previous three years. Soon Exeter realizes he must return Nextdoor to fight Zath, evil god of deathNavajo code talkers
By Nathan Aaseng. 1992
During World War II, nearly 4,000 Navajo Indians answered the call to serve in the U.S. military, despite the legacy…
of Native American genocide. Perhaps their most important contribution to the war effort was the development and use of a special code by a select corps of marines known as the code talkers. The unbreakable communications code was based on the Navajo language, and proved invaluable in the Pacific theater. For grades 6-9 and older readers