Caldecott Honor recipient Steve Jenkins shines as the author of this amusing and thorough introduction to animal homes.Turtles, birds, fish, beavers, and kangaroos are just like people--they need home
This book provides an overview of the uses of turquoise in native arts of the Southwest, beginning with the earliest people who mined and processed the stone for use in jewelry, on decorative objects,
How to navigate by the stars, attract butterflies to a garden, build the perfect bonfire, and bake one's own bread?an indispensable guide to everything people knew and loved before we went inside and
By 1300 AD, the Sky Hand people had crushed and enslaved the Albaamaha people and built their high-walled capital, Split Sky City, to dominate towns up and down the Black Warrior River. But a violent
The conclusion to the saga that began with People of the Weeping Eye finds the high-walled Split Sky City threatened by violent forces that prompt the rise of a clever new leader, Smoke Shield, who wi
Shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction, the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction, and the Rathbones Folio PrizeWinner of the South Bank Sky Arts Award for LiteratureA Washington Post “Lily Lit” B
A sweeping historical epic?combining history and?myth, the first in a trilogy that tracks the birth and growth of the Zulu empire to its ultimate clash with the British empire in 1879?1818, south east
Dekanawida has become known as “The Sky Messenger,” a prophet of immense power, and Hiawento is his Speaker. Thousands now believe in the Great Law of Peace and have joined the League. But they are st
Everyone knows that the Wright brothers were the first to fly, but few people know that they were engaged in a David and Goliath struggle with their own Federal Government. President McKinley's admin
Natural history museums contain many thousands of zoological specimens and each specimen’s tale often involves extraordinary people, daring explorations, unquenchable scientific curiosity, and strange
The story for children 10 and up of St. Catherine of Siena, the young woman who brought the Pope back to Rome from France and converted thousands of people. Impr. 65 pgs 13 Illus, PB
John James Audubon is renowned for his masterpiece of natural history and art, The Birds of America, the first nearly comprehensive survey of the continent’s birdlife. And yet few people understand, a
Have you ever invited a group of people over and needed some sort of ice breaker or something to talk about to leave out on your coffee table. This is the perfect book to be laid down and set aside on
Astronomy is loved by many people around the world, either for serious research or for fun and curiosity. The one piece of apparatus you need for this endeavor is a good telescope. Learn all about tel
Ever since early stargazers discovered that some heavenly bodies wandered among the others, people have been fascinated by the planets. Kepler calculated their orbits from naked-eye observations; Gali
Sun and his wife, the moon, lived on Earth and built a large house so that the water people could visit. But so many poured in that they were forced to move to the sky.
The waterways and streets of canal city are brimming with people as crowds gather on the eve of the Maze Egg carnival. But the legendary Maze Egg is gone, and Pierre and Carmen find themselves on the
"David Drake [is] the reason a lot of people got started reading military science fiction, because it's always a good idea to start with the best."--David WeberDaniel Leary is Cinnabar's most successf
