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The man who walked between the towers
By Mordicai Gerstein. 2007
In 1974, as the World Trade Center was being completed, a young French aerialist, Phillippe Petit, strung a tightrope between…
the towers and had an adventure a quarter of a mile in the sky. For grades K-3Will Rogers: an American legend
By Mike Wimmer, Frank Keating, Francis Anthony Keating. 2002
I am George Lucas (I Am #7)
By Grace Norwich. 2013
I always had big dreams as a child. I created the world of Indiana Jones and Star Wars, two of…
the most profitable movie franchises in history. I am George Lucas. For grades 3-6Jeannette Rankin, 1880-1973: bright star in the big sky (Falcon Ser.)
By Mary Barmeyer O'Brien. 1995
This book chronicles the life of Jeannette Rankin: The first woman ever elected to the U.S. Congress and the only…
woman who voted to give all United States women the right to vote. She was a leading advocate for both woman's suffrage and world peace. For junior and senior highWangari Maathai: the woman who planted millions of trees
By Aurélia Fronty, Franck Prévot. 2015
Wangari Maathai received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004 for her efforts to lead women in a nonviolent struggle to…
bring peace and democracy to Africa through its reforestation. Her organization planted over thirty million trees in thirty years. For grades K-3Engineering the city: how infrastructure works : projects and principles for beginners
By Matthys Levy, Richard Panchyk. 2000
How does a city obtain water, gas, and electricity? Where do these services come from? How are they transported? The…
answer is infrastructure, or the inner, and sometimes invisible, workings of the city. Roads, railroads, bridges, telephone wires, and power lines are visible elements of the infrastructure; sewers, plumbing pipes, wires, tunnels, cables, and sometimes rails are usually buried underground or hidden behind walls. Experiments, games, and construction diagrams show how these structures are built, how they work, and how they affect the environment of the city and the land outside it. For grades 4-7Denied, detained, deported: stories from the dark side of American immigration
By Ann Bausum. 2009
Examines cases in which American immigration policy was overridden by prejudice, racism, and fear. Discusses U.S. refusal to accept Jewish…
refugees from Nazi Germany, relocation of Japanese Americans to detention centers, and deportation of a naturalized American for her political beliefs after a thirty-year residency. For grades 6-9. 2009After Gandhi: one hundred years of nonviolent resistance
By Anne Sibley O'Brien, Perry Edmond O'Brien. 2009
Traces the life and legacy of Indian lawyer Mohandas Gandhi (1869-1948), who developed the political practice of active nonviolent resistance…
to injustice. Provides accounts of fifteen individuals representing diverse causes around the globe who lived the Gandhian ideals of self-sacrifice and overcoming hate with love. For grades 6-9. 2009Mr. Lincoln's high-tech war: how the North used the telegraph, railroads, surveillance balloons, ironclads, high-powered weapons, and more to win the Civil War
By Roger Allen, Thomas Allen, Thomas B Allen. 2009
Discusses President Lincoln's role as commander in chief during the Civil War. Describes his advocacy of controlling railroad and telegraph…
lines, conducting aerial surveillance, producing advanced weaponry, building ironclad ships, and blockading the South's ports. For grades 6-9. 2009Russia and the former Soviet republics (Modern World Cultures Ser.)
By Charles F. Gritzner, Thomas R. McCray. 2010
Examines the culture, politics, vast geography, history, and peoples of the Russian Federation and other states that were once part…
of the Soviet Union. Highlights attempts at economic reform after decades of communist rule. For junior and senior high readers. 2006Tree shaker: the story of Nelson Mandela (New York Times book)
By Bill Keller. 2008
Biography of Nelson Mandela, the idealistic leader who transformed politics in South Africa after he was elected president in 1994.…
Discusses Mandela's confrontations with apartheid as well as his strategy of nonviolence, twenty-seven years in prison, and historic presidency. Includes relevant full-text New York Times articles. For grades 6-9. 2008See how they run: campaign dreams, election schemes, and the race to the White House
By Susan E. Goodman, Elwood Smith. 2008
Explains the process for electing the president of the United States. Discusses the electoral college system of voting, the role…
of political parties, candidates' campaigns and debates, and the reasons all citizens should vote. Presents historical facts about former presidents and past elections. For grades 4-7. 2008The many rides of Paul Revere
By James Cross Giblin, James Giblin. 2007
Biography of the Massachusetts patriot Paul Revere (1735-1818). Discusses his French immigrant background and marriages, apprenticeship and career as a…
silversmith, and triumphs and defeats while serving in the militia during the colonies' war for independence from the British. Contains Longfellow's poem "Paul Revere's Ride." For grades 4-7. 2007Barack Obama: working to make a difference (Gateway Biography Ser.)
By Marlene Targ Brill. 2006
Biography of U.S. senator from Illinois, from his childhood to his announcement to run for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination.…
Chronicles his school years and his early career promoting civil rights. Describes his experiences as the child of a white mother and an African father. For grades 5-8. 2006Great Medieval projects you can build yourself: You Can Build Yourself (Build It Yourself)
By Shawn Braley, Kris Bordessa. 2008
Discussion of Medieval European society, customs, and codes of conduct accompanies corresponding activities using readily available materials. Includes instructions for…
making typical foods and a jester hat, shield, plaster-of-paris helmet, reliquary box, and clay-pot bell, among other items. For grades 4-7. 2008A velvet revolution: Václav Havel and the fall of communism (World leaders)
By John Duberstein. 2006
Biography of Czechoslovakian playwright and human-rights activist Václav Havel (b. 1936). Chronicles his middle-class childhood under Nazi rule, participation in…
his country's communist-resistance movement beginning in the 1960s, and 1989 election as the first president of the Czechoslovak Federal (formerly "Socialist") Republic. For junior and senior high readers. 2006Escape!: the story of the great Houdini
By Sid Fleischman. 2006
A biography of the American magician and escape artist Harry Houdini (1874-1926). Discusses the increasingly dangerous stunts he attempted, without…
revealing their underlying secrets. Traces Houdini's career path and describes his interest in spiritualism, his courage, and his determination to succeed. For grades 5-8. 2006The founders: the thirty-nine stories behind the U.S. Constitution
By Dennis Brindell Fradin, Dennis B Fradin, Michael McCurdy. 2005
Biographical sketches of the thirty-nine men who wrote and signed the Constitution in Philadelphia in 1787. Biographies are arranged by…
the twelve states represented. Includes the full text of the Constitution. Companion to The Signers: The Fifty-six Stories behind the Declaration of Independence (RC 56435). For grades 5-8. 2005The world's greatest elephant
By Ted Lewin, Ralph Helfer. 2006
Recounts the lifelong friendship between Bram and Modoc, a boy and an elephant, who were born the same hour in…
a German circus. Discusses how they grew up together, survived a shipwreck, worked in a teak forest, became successful in America, and were separated and reunited. For grades 2-4. 2006Downloading copyrighted stuff from the Internet: stealing or fair use? (Issues in focus today)
By Sherri Mabry Gordon. 2005
Explains how peer-to-peer file sharing works and presents arguments for and against it, including definitions of actions that are legal…
under current copyright law. Discusses the rise and fall of Napster, which made downloading music easy, and speculates on future developments. For junior and senior high readers. 2005