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If You Lived in Colonial Times
If You Lived in Colonial Times
by Ann Mcgovern
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A look at the various customs and dress of the Colonial age.... (read more)

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The Bravest Dog Ever: The True Story of Balto (Step Into Reading: A Step 3 Book)
The Bravest Dog Ever: The True Story of Balto (Step Into Reading: A Step 3 Book)
by Natalie Standiford
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Helen Keller: Courage in the Dark (Step Into Reading: A Step 4 Book)
Helen Keller: Courage in the Dark (Step Into Reading: A Step 4 Book)
by Keller And Hurwitz
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When a childhood illness leaves her blind and deaf, Helen Keller's life seems hopeless indeed. But her indomitable will and the help of a devoted teacher empower Helen to triumph over incredible adversity. This amazing true story is finally brought to... (read more)

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If You Traveled West in a Covered Wagon
If You Traveled West in a Covered Wagon
by Ellen Levine
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A provocative question-and-answer format teaches young readers a multitude of facts about a small slice of American history--life on the Oregon Trail in the 1840s. Illustrations.... (read more)

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Teammates
Teammates
by Peter Golenbock
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Golenbock describes the racial prejudice experienced by Jackie Robinson when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers and became the first black player in Major League baseball and depicts the acceptance and support he received from his white teammate Pee Wee... (read more)

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Fight for Freedom: The American Revolutionary War
Fight for Freedom: The American Revolutionary War
by Benson Bobrick
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Renowned historian Benson Bobrick has written a moving chronicle of the American Revolution for young readers. From the first stirrings of unrest under British rule at the Boston Tea Party, to the treachery of Benedict Arnold at West Point, to George... (read more)

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If You Sailed on the Mayflower in 1620
If You Sailed on the Mayflower in 1620
by Ann Mcgovern
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This popular book in the If You series answers a variety of questions about Pilgrim life--both on the ship and on shore--helping readers understand what it was like to have lived at that time. Four-color illustrations.... (read more)

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Magic School Bus Chapter Books #15: Voyage to the Volcano
Magic School Bus Chapter Books #15: Voyage to the Volcano
by Judith Baue Stamper
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When Ms Frizzle teaches about volcanoes, she takes the class all the way to Hawaii, where they wade through lava and see a real volcano blow its top.... (read more)

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Pompeii--Buried Alive! (Step Into Reading: A Step 4 Book)
Pompeii--Buried Alive! (Step Into Reading: A Step 4 Book)
by Edith Kunhardt
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Illus. in full color. "The drama of natural disasters provides prime material to entice young independent readers. In this volume, the account of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius describes village life 2,000 years ago, the eruption itself and its aftermath,... (read more)

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The Daring Book for Girls
The Daring Book for Girls
by Andrea J. Buchanan and Miriam Peskowitz
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These volumes, The Dangerous Book for Boys and The Daring Book for Girls, are utterly brimming with tips, tools, maps, pictograms, glossaries, advice, game rules, blueprints... you name it! They're fantastic guidebooks for kids. And, truth be told, I... (read more)

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Magic School Bus Chapter Books #01: The Truth about Bats
Magic School Bus Chapter Books #01: The Truth about Bats
by Magic School Bus
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These books combine fun stories with neat facts, humor, illustrations-and they all feature the fabulous Ms. Fizzle!... (read more)

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The Microscope Book
The Microscope Book
by Shar Levine
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"An excellent introduction . . . including the different types, a physical description of its parts, how to focus, and keeping a journal for projects . . . . Needed materials are readily available . . . Numerous simple experiments are laid out . . . The... (read more)

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I Heard the Owl Call My Name
I Heard the Owl Call My Name
by Margaret Craven
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A place of salmon runs, ancient totems, and a    lesson a young vicar must learn.... Amid    the grandeur of the remote Pacific Northwest stands    Kingcome, a village so ancient that, according to    Kwakiutl myth,... (read more)

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Scholastic's the Magic School Bus Gets Eaten: A Book about Food Chains
Scholastic's the Magic School Bus Gets Eaten: A Book about Food Chains
by Joanna Cole
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A forgotten homework assignment, a soggy shoe, and a tuna fish sandwich set the scene for another zany Magic School Bus adventure, as Arnold and Keesha travel to the depths of the ocean and end up in the belly of a tuna. Their excursion teaches them... (read more)

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Magic School Bus Chapter Books #16: Butterfly Battle
Magic School Bus Chapter Books #16: Butterfly Battle
by Magic School Bus
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Ms. Frizzle takes her students on a butterfly field trip and accidentally turns them all into butterflies. But being a butterfly is not all fun and games when the students must battle wind, birds, and even people. Illustrations.... (read more)

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The Scholastic Dictionary of Idioms
The Scholastic Dictionary of Idioms
by Scholastic
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This guide to idioms provides the student with an opportunity to bring color to their speech every day. Included are idioms from Native American and African American speech as well as the Bible, Aesop, and Shakespeare.... (read more)

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The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq
The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq
by Jeanette Winter
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In war-stricken Iraq where civilians--especially women--have little power, a librarian in Basra struggles to save her community's priceless collection of books.... (read more)

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Come Back, Salmon: How a Group of Dedicated Kids Adopted Pigeon Creek and Brought It Back to Life
Come Back, Salmon: How a Group of Dedicated Kids Adopted Pigeon Creek and Brought It Back to Life
by Molly Cone
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Describes the efforts of the Jackson Elementary School in Everett, Washington, to clean up a nearby stream, stock it with salmon, and preserve it as an unpolluted place where the salmon could return to spawn.... (read more)

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Story of the World Volume 4 History for The
Story of the World Volume 4 History for The
by Susan Wise Bauer
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Where was the Crystal Palace? Who was the Sick Man of Europe? And how did cow fat start a revolution? Now more than ever, other countries and customs affect our everyday lives'"and our children need to learn about the people who live all around the world.... (read more)

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Magic School Bus Chapter Books #04: Space Explorers
Magic School Bus Chapter Books #04: Space Explorers
by Magic School Bus
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The Magic School Bus blasts off on a tour of the solar system, and the kids discover how other planets differ from Earth.... (read more)

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