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You and an illness in your family (Family matters (New York, N.Y.))
By Tabitha Wainwright. 2001
Offers practical advice for young people with a seriously ill family member. Uses real-life scenarios to discuss options for coping…
with tough situations--including death--and for communicating with others. For grades 5-8. 2001In the beginning: creation stories from around the world
By Virginia Hamilton, Barry Moser. 1988
Twenty-five myths from around the globe describe the creation of the world. Includes "First Man, First Woman" from the Bible,…
"Bursting from the Hen's Egg" from China, and "An Endless Sea of Mud" from Africa. For junior and senior high readers. 1988Biography of Canadian doctor Frederick Banting (1891-1941), whose medical research led to the use of insulin as a treatment for…
diabetes. Relates how Banting received the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1923 and shared the award money with his closest research associate. For grades 4-7. 2002Cooking up fun for kids with diabetes
By Tami A. Ross, Patti Bazel Geil, Patricia Bazel Geil, Patricia Geil, Tami Ross. 2003
Discusses healthy eating and nutrition for children with type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Includes kitchen safety tips and advice…
for grownup helpers. Provides recipes for main dishes, snacks, and desserts. Published by the American Diabetes Association. For grades 4-7 and older readers. 2003The Bedouin of the Middle East (First Peoples Ser.)
By Elizabeth Losleben. 2003
Describes the Arab nomads who have lived for centuries in desert regions of many Middle Eastern and North African countries.…
Discusses the plants and wildlife of their desert home, their history and culture, and their social customs and traditions. For grades 3-6. 2003Facing the lion: growing up Maasai on the African savanna
By Joseph Lekuton, Joseph Lemasolai-Lekuton. 2003
Virginia teacher recounts his childhood as a nomadic tribe member in northern Kenya. Describes running from lions, tending cattle, being…
circumcised at thirteen to become a "warrior," attending boarding school, searching for his wandering village during vacations, and leaving home to study in the United States. For junior and senior high readers. 2003The Kurds (Creation of the Modern Middle East Ser.)
By Heather Lehr Wagner. 2003
A discussion about the Kurdish people, including their history and contemporary status in the Middle East. Describes their political, economic,…
and social standing as a distinct ethnic group in Iraq, Iran, and Turkey. For junior and senior high readers. 2003Rabies (Diseases and People Ser.Diseases & People)
By Alvin Silverstein, Robert Silverstein, Virginia B. Silverstein. 1994
Describes the treatment and prevention of rabies, as well as the history of the disease and the discovery of a…
vaccine by Louis Pasteur. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 1994The lobster chronicles: life on a very small island
By Linda Greenlaw. 2002
Author of The Hungry Ocean (RC 48530) relates her return to the family's island home in Maine to become a…
lobsterman. Describes the events and people involved in a typical season of lobstering. Interweaves lobster lore with anecdotes, while reexamining her career and lifestyle choices. Some strong language. Bestseller. 2002Spare parts: from peg legs to gene splices (Single Titles Ser. #up)
By Wendy B Murphy, Wendy B. Murphy. 2001
Historical overview of replacing damaged or missing parts of the human body with artificial limbs, computer-engineered prosthetics, and organ transplants.…
Includes some bizarre past experiments and discusses ethical and social dilemmas arising from genetic engineering. For grades 6-9. 2001Shinto (World Religions Ser.World Religions)
By Paula R. Hartz, Paula Hartz. 1997
Discusses the history of the Shinto religion in Japan, describing its origins, basic beliefs, rituals, festivals, and its place in…
Japanese society. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 1997. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 1997Ice bound: a doctor's incredible battle for survival at the South Pole
By Jerri Nielsen, Maryanne Vollers. 2001
Former emergency room doctor records her ordeal with breast cancer during an eleven-month stay in Antarctica. Describes the dilemma she…
faced as the only medical officer for the forty-one members of the research team. Recalls the camaraderie that developed amid the extreme conditions of the 1999 polar winter. Bestseller. 2001Osceola: memories of a sharecropper's daughter
By Osceola Mays, Alan Govenar, Shane W. Evans. 2000
A woman in her nineties recounts experiences from her East Texas childhood in the early twentieth century. She recalls her…
fear of white people, her grandmother's stories about slavery, and how her family celebrated Juneteenth--the day the slaves in Texas were told about their freedom. For grades 3-6. 2000Under the royal palms: a childhood in Cuba
By Alma Flor Ada. 1998
In this companion to Where the Flame Trees Bloom (DB 42823) the author continues the story of her childhood in…
a small town in Cuba. She reminisces about her uncles, a pilot and a doctor, and about the death of her beloved ballet teacher. For grades 3-6. 1998Alexander Fleming: discoverer of penicillin (A book report biography)
By Ted Gottfried. 1997
Describes Fleming's early years in Scotland, his schooling in England, and his work with the British Army Medical Services. Then…
discusses his discovery of penicillin and his difficulties in getting others to believe in his breakthrough. Includes a glossary of medical terms and a chronology. For grades 6-9Touching and feeling (Senses and Sensors Ser.Senses and Sensors)
By Alvin Silverstein, Nicholas Heweston, Laura Silverstein Nunn. 2002
Explains how the sense of touch and feeling functions, and how it helps us learn about our surroundings. Examines the…
importance of touch to humans, plants, and animals, describing the sensations of pressure, pain, and temperature. Includes technological developments to provide feeling to artificial limbs. For grades 5-8. 2002Bad boy: a memoir
By Walter Dean Myers. 2001
Award-winning author and poet reminisces about his difficult childhood in Harlem as an African American youth in the 1940s and…
1950s. Discusses his love of reading, his feelings for his adoptive parents, and his reasons for not finishing high school. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2001Where's your head?: psychology for teenagers (Psychology for Teenagers Ser. #Vol. 2)
By Dale Bick Carlson, Dale B. Carlson, Hannah Carlson, Carol Nicklaus. 1998
The authors discuss what psychology is and how young people can use it to understand their own adolescence. Discusses the…
major theories of psychology and their founders, mental illness, different forms of therapy, and how to cope with growing up. Revised edition of book originally published in 1977. For junior and senior high readersThe dying president: Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1944-1945
By Robert H Ferrell, Robert H. Ferrell. 1998
An account of Franklin Roosevelt's performance as president during the last year of his life. Avers that he concealed serious…
health problems that impaired his ability to concentrate for long periods and led to some unfortunate policy decisions toward the end of World War IIMary Tyler Moore: The Award-Winning Actress Who Has Diabetes (Great Achievers Ser.Great Achievers)
By 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 readers