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1) So said Ben
Author
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
31 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Profiles Benjamin Franklin who was an inventor, scientist, printer, and statesman.
Author
Pub. Date
2000
Physical Desc
39 unnumbered pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 23 x 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Describes the events of the 1914 Shackleton Antarctic expedition when, after being trapped in a frozen sea for nine months, the expedition ship, the Endurance, was finally crushed and Shackleton and his men made the very long and perilous journey across ice and stormy seas to reach inhabited land.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1995
Lexile measure
NC 1420L
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
The Gettysburg Address, delivered by Lincoln on November 19, 1863 in the aftermath of a narrow, bloody Union victory at the Battle of Gettysburg, is considered one of the greatest speeches in American history.
Author
Pub. Date
1985
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xii, 209 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Probing the depths of science and faith, scientist Chet Raymo investigates the mysteries of human spirituality and meaning contained in astronomy. Ranging through the stars and the myths humans have told about them for millennia, Raymo delves into "a pilgrimage in quest of the soul of the night."
Chet Raymo's elegant essays link the mysterious phenomena of the night sky with the human mind and spirit, as he ranges through the realms of mythology,...
6) Iron horses
Author
Pub. Date
1999
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color lll. ; 21 x 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Illustrations and simple rhyming text depict the race to construct transcontinental railroads during the second half of the 19th century.
16) Johnny Tremain
Author
Series
Lexile measure
840L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fourteen-year-old Johnny Tremain, an apprentice silversmith with a bright future ahead of him, injures his hand in a tragic accident, forcing him to look for other work. In his new job as a horse-boy, riding for the patriotic newspaper, The Boston Observer, and as a messenger for the Sons of Liberty, he encounters John Hancock, Samuel Adams, and Dr. Joseph Warren. Soon Johnny is involved in the pivotal events shaping the American Revolution from the...
17) Lucy's Christmas
Author
Pub. Date
1994
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
40 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 26 cm
Language
English
Author
Pub. Date
2002
Lexile measure
1070L
Physical Desc
164 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Profiles each of the fifty-six men who signed the Declaration of Independence, giving historical information about the colonies they represented. Includes the text of the Declaration and its history.
19) Lucy's summer
Author
Pub. Date
1995
Physical Desc
40 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 26 cm
Language
English
Description
For Lucy Wells, who lives on a farm in New Hampshire, the summer of 1910 is filled with helping her mother can fruits and vegetables, enjoying the Fourth of July celebration, and other activities.
