Presents a history of the famous United States Highway 66 and the shops, sights, and attractions that drew many travellers to it in the twentieth century.
Recounts the life and accomplishments of the pioneering photographer whose work left a pictorial record of the people and events of his times, most notably the Civil War, and explores the events of th
Looks at the history of the early assimilation of the Cherokee into the newly formed United States, and their later forced relocation along the Trail of Tears.
Describes what life is like for the Tuareg of the Sahara, including their dwellings, occupations, diet, clothes, education, recreation, traditions, and celebrations.
Presents facts about life on the Caribbean Island of Guadeloupe, as well as general information about the climate, geography, and people of the Caribbean.
Describes the culture and society of the Aboriginal Australians, including their dwellings, occupations, diet, clothes, education, religion, recreational activities, traditions, and celebrations.
In this book readers will learn how the Maasai people--who live in the grasslands in eastern Africa--survive harsh, dry conditions as well as about their customs and ceremonies, and how the women make
Describes what life is like for the Inuit of the Arctic, including their dwellings, education, language, transportation, beliefs, recreation, customs, and history.
Presents facts and information about life along the Ganges River in India and Bangladesh, discussing such topics as daily life, temples and homes, clothing and decoration, and cultural events and acti
Describes the culture and society of the Aboriginal Australians, including their dwellings, occupations, diet, clothes, education, religion, recreational activities, traditions, and celebrations.
In this book readers will learn how the Maasai people--who live in the grasslands in eastern Africa--survive harsh, dry conditions as well as about their customs and ceremonies, and how the women make
Presents information about Robert Ballard, the discoverer of the Titanic; Columbus; Pizarro; James Cook; Richard Byrd; and mountaineer Dan Mazur; and suggests questions for discussion.
Presents a tour of the early Arab world, discussing facts about climate, landscape, religion, social classes, transportation, clothing, food, customs, culture, hygiene, medicine, and language.
"This title discusses topics such as what archeologists discovered about the Indus Valley, how the Indus people lived, as well as the aspects of Indus trading."
Presents a tour of the early Arab world, discussing facts about climate, landscape, religion, social classes, transportation, clothing, food, customs, culture, hygiene, medicine, and language.
Uses the examples of fighter jets to discuss matter and its properties, including states, atoms and their components, elements, molecules, and compounds.
Explains why some animals migrate, describes how monarch migration was first studied, and discusses how these butterflies make the long journey and what they do when they reach their wintering grounds
Describes the events surrounding the discovery of gold in California, the huge migration it brought to the area, and the lifestyles of miners and mining towns.
Examines the three states of matter--solid, liquid, and gas--and discusses how matter can change its state, mixtures, and substances such as tar whose exact nature is hard to define.
Introduces igneous rocks, discussing their characteristics; types; the rock cycle; how they are formed, classified, identified, and used; and landforms that are composed of them.
Introduces sedimentary rocks, discussing their characteristics; types; the rock cycle; how and where they are formed; how they are classified, identified, and used; and landforms that are composed of
Provides a definition of crystals and describes the six basic categories of crystalline shapes, along with a discussion of how crystals grow, how they break up, and their many everyday uses.
Introduces sedimentary rocks, discussing their characteristics; types; the rock cycle; how and where they are formed; how they are classified, identified, and used; and landforms that are composed of
Introduces metamorphic rocks, discussing their characteristics; types; the rock cycle; how they are formed, classified, identified, and used; and landforms that are composed of them.
Introduces fossils, discussing their characteristics, types, where they are found, how they are formed, fossil fuel, what clues they give about the animals they came from, and what paleontologists do
"What's it like to fight in a joust? Can a woman become a knight? Using the nonfiction genre 'explanation,' this title explores the life of a knight from weapons to armor to castle life."
How do mountains grow underwater? Why does the "Ring of Fire" feature so many volcanoes? Why might the island of Surtsey soon disappear? This series explores the causes and effects that shape our worl
This title covers the following: Where Can We Find Fossils?; How Are Fossils Formed?; Common Fossils; Fossil Plants and Fossil Fuels; Clues Left Behind; Become a Paleontologist.
Discusses when, where, and why the pyramids were built; their positioning; how they were constructed; what was in them; mummies; and what archeologists have learned from them.
Explains why people make up fake stories and examines fake stories throughout history, including the Loch Ness Monster, the Piltdown Man, and the existence of spaghetti trees.
