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Eight books recount the adventures of famous pirates and identify the truths behind the legends. Includes Anne Bonny, Black Bart…
(Bartholomew Roberts), Blackbeard (Edward Teach), François l'Olonnais, Long Ben (Henry Every), Sir Francis Drake, Sir Henry Morgan, and William Kidd. For grades 3-6. 2016By Allan Zullo. 2016
The stories of ten real-life survivors of the Titanic disaster in 1912. Includes an account from seventeen-year-old Jack Thayer, who…
managed to survive after he leaped into the icy waters. For grades 3-6. 2012By Sue Bradford Edwards. 2015
Overview of the history and accomplishments of Mayan civilization, including their feats of mathematics and the construction of massive stone…
cities. Provides details of their carvings, religion, culture, warfare, and the eventual collapse of their thriving civilization. For grades 6-9. 2015By Roseanne Greenfield Thong, Carles Ballesteros. 2015
Overview of Día de los Muertos, also known as the Day of the Dead, a festive Mexican holiday for celebrating…
the lives of departed family and friends on November 1st and 2nd. Includes glossary of Spanish terms. For grades K-3 and older readers. 2015By Patricia Brennan Demuth, Jerry Hoare, Who Hq, Who Hq. 2015
Six books highlighting facts and history about important places in the world. Includes Where Are the Great Pyramids?, Where Is…
Mount Rushmore?, Where Is Niagara Falls?, Where Is the Empire State Building?, Where Is the Grand Canyon?, and Where Is the Great Wall? For grades 3-6. 2015Short biography of Pedro Martínez, the baseball pitcher who helped get the Boston Red Sox to a World Series championship.…
Named to the All-Star team eight times, Pedro grew up in Manoguayabo in the Dominican Republic and played with his talented older brother, Ramón. For grades 2-4. 2015By Kim Rosen, Marilee Peters. 2015
Discusses the physical characteristics and sociocultural importance of ten rivers that flow through our world, highlighting the Amazon, Awash, Ganges,…
Mississippi, Nile, Rhine, Thames, Tigris and Euphrates, Yangtze, and Zambezi rivers. For grades 4-7 and older readers. 2015By Karen Latchana Kenney. 2015
Overview of the history and accomplishments of Aztec civilization, including its military power and feats of engineering. Provides details on…
the civilization's development, daily life, culture, art, technology, warfare, social organization, and more. For grades 6-9. 2015By Molly Aloian. 2013
Ten books, written between 2012 and 2013, featuring different countries and their cultures, holidays, festivals, rituals, and more. Includes separate…
titles about the cultural traditions of Australia, Brazil, China, Egypt, Greece, India, Japan, Mexico, Russia, and Thailand. For grades 3-6. 2013By Marty Appel, Martin Appel. 2015
By Jason Chin. 2012
Biography of a Galápagos island--from birth, through adolescence, to adulthood and beyond. Discusses how the island is a home to…
plants and animals that exist nowhere else on Earth. For grades 3-6. 2012By Sy Montgomery, Nic Bishop. 2014
Describes the cheetah's essential role in the ecosystem and the ways in which Namibia's Cheetah Conservation Fund is promoting cohabitation…
between cheetahs and farmers. Includes advocacy advice, resources, and more. For grades 6-9. 2014By Susan L. Roth, Cindy Trumbore. 2013
This combined history of the Puerto Rican parrot and the island of Puerto Rico highlights efforts to protect and manage…
the endangered bird. Includes an afterword and a timeline of important dates. Sibert Award. For grades 3-6 and older readers. 2013By Martin W. Sandler. 2012
Recounts the 1897 rescue of approximately three hundred men who were stranded in Arctic waters when their eight whaling ships…
were trapped in ice. Describes the fifteen-hundred-mile journey of three men from the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service--predecessor to the U.S. Coast Guard--who transported life-saving provisions. For grades 5-8. 2012By Amy Córdova, Amy Cordova, Gene Gollogly. 2010
Retelling of the sixteenth-century tale of the Virgin Mary's request to Juan Diego, a poor villager in old Mexico, to…
build a church in her honor. Recounts the miracle of roses in December and the appearance of Mary's image on Juan Diego's shirt. For grades K-3 and older readers. 2011By Charles Samuel. 2012
Chronicles the rise of Javier "Chicharito" Hernández, international soccer superstar. Discusses his original dismissal for being too diminutive physically and…
covers his meteoric rise in the sport as a part of the Mexican national team in the 2010 World Cup and as a forward for Manchester United. Spanish language. 2012By Cheryl Harness, Julia Cummins, Julie Cummins. 2012
Profiles ten female explorers born before 1900. One explorer, Louise Arner Boyd (1887-1972), was an heiress who planned, led, and…
financed seven expeditions to the Arctic. Another, Nellie Cashman (1850-1925), drove a dogsled over 750 miles of ice and snow at age seventy. For grades 4-7. 2012By Glenn Stout. 2012
Profiles four professional baseball players: pitcher Mordecai Brown, who lost a finger in a farming accident; third baseman Ron Santo,…
who dealt with diabetes throughout his career; pitcher Jim Abbott, who was born without his right hand; and outfielder Curtis Pride, who was born deaf. For grades 3-6. 2012By Charles F. Gritzner. 2006
Emphasizes the culture of Latin America while discussing the geography, history, economics, and politics of these countries south of the…
United States border. Highlights the similarities and differences between North and Latin America in such areas as colonization and the rate of modernization. For junior and senior high readers. 2006By Freshta Tori Jan. 2022
As a girl and as part of an ethnic minority in Afghanistan, Freshta Tori Jan was persecuted relentlessly. Her family…
faced kidnappings and daily murder attempts on the bus, on the way to school, in the workplace, and beyond. Freshta's school was shut down by the Taliban, and many of her friends were murdered and shot. Her journey through poverty, terrorism, and other forms of injustice has enabled her to be a voice for those unable to share their stories and those unable to receive the opportunities she has sought. She believes in empowering youth in order to bring about change and to be the leaders of today and tomorrow. With a voice that is both accessible and engaging, Freshta brings forward a captivating first-person account of strength, resilience, and determination, delivering compelling narrative nonfiction by young people, for young people