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.
Describes the social changes in the United States during the 1920s, including the popularization of jazz music, the rise of women in sports, and the Harlem Renaissance.
Describes the different tools used at construction sites, from small jackhammers to large tunnel borers, and tells how they are helpful in different ways.
A biography of the German princess who became the absolute ruler of the Russian empire and won for herself the reputation of being a great enlightened monarch.
Describes what life was like for women in the late 1800s in the United States, how the women's suffrage movement was started, and the struggle to gain the right to vote, finally granted in 1920.
Describes what happened after the attack on Pearl Harbor, why Japanese Americans were forced to leave their homes and move into faraway camps, and what happened to their businesses and belongings when
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
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.
Uses the examples of fighter jets to discuss matter and its properties, including states, atoms and their components, elements, molecules, and compounds.
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
"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."
