Tag Archives: History

What Dogs Want for Christmas (Holiday Series)

Rating: (2 reviews)
Author: Kandy Radzinski
Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press

Product Description
Proving that cats dont have the last word when it comes to making Christmas lists, author and artist Kandy Radzinski returns this holiday season with the canine companion book to last years favorite, What Cats Want for Christmas.
Using witty poems and winsome illustrations, What Dogs Want [...]

Irene Jennie and the Christmas Masquerade: The Johnkankus

Author: Irene Smalls
Publisher:

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Anticipating the wonderful Johnkankus parade on Christmas day, a young slave girl, Irene Jennie, is saddened that she cannot share the festivities with her parents, who have been loaned to another plantation master.

Battling in the Pacific: Soldiering in World War II (Soldiers on the Battlefront)

Author: Susan Provost Beller
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books (CT)

Saint Nicholas: The Real Story of the Christmas Legend

Rating: (14 reviews)
Author: Julie Stiegemeyer
Publisher: Concordia Publishing House

Product Description
Many parents and teachers struggle with how to approach the Saint Nicholas/Santa Claus dilemma. Many deal with this by telling children that the legends surrounding Santa Claus are based on a real, hi

You Wouldn’t Want to Live in a Wild West Town! (You Wouldn’t Want to…)

Rating: (1 reviews)
Author: Peter Hicks
Publisher: Children’s Press(CT)

Product Description
Looks through the eyes of the fictional marshal of an imaginary town called Dustville to show what life was like on the Great Plains just after the Civil War.

A Christmas Carol

Rating: (11 reviews)
Author: Charles Dickens
Publisher: Prestwick House Inc.

Product Description
This Prestwick House Literary Touchstone Edition includes a glossary and reader’s notes to help the reader fully appreciate the beauty and humor of Dickens’s work.
In his “Ghostly little book,” Charles Dickens invents the modern concept of Christmas Spirit and offers one of the world’s most adapted [...]

The Man Who Invented Christmas: How Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol Rescued His Career and Revived Our Holiday Spirits

Rating: (18 reviews)
Author: Les Standiford
Publisher: Crown

Product Description
As uplifting as the tale of Scrooge itself, this is the story of how one writer and one book revived the signal holiday of the Western world.
Just before Christmas in 1843, a debt-ridden and dispirited Charles Dickens wrote a small book he hoped would keep his creditors at [...]

A Christmas Dinner

Rating: (8 reviews)
Author: Charles Dickens
Publisher: Red Rock Press

Product Description
Charles Dickens penned this sketch in December, 1835 as his conception of an ideal Yuletide gathering. Dickens, who may have invented the modern notion of Christmas, had lively ideas about what a family Christmas should be—down to how preparations should be shared, what dainties might be [...]

Magic Tree House Research Guide #22: Rags and Riches: Kids in the Time of Charles Dickens: A Nonfiction Companion to A Ghost Tale for Christmas Time (A Stepping Stone Book(TM))

Author: Mary Pope Osborne
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers

Product Description
If you liked A Ghost Tale for Christmas Time, you’ll love finding out the facts behind the fiction in the next fascinating nonfiction companion to the bestselling Magic Tree House series.
How did Charles Dickens get the idea to write A Christmas Carol? What was life [...]

Mama Had to Work on Christmas

Rating: (1 reviews)
Author: Carolyn Marsden
Publisher: Viking Juvenile

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Gloria always spends Christmas with Papi, Mama, and Nana. But this Christmas, Papi is away picking oranges and Mama has to work at the hotel where she is a maid. Gloria is miserable when Mama makes her go with her-until they get to the hotel with its [...]

A Pinata in a Pine Tree: A Latino Twelve Days of Christmas

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Author: Pat Mora
Publisher: Clarion Books

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An award-winning author and a rising star artist have put a festive Latino twist on “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” populating it with piñatas in place of partridges, plus burritos bailando (dancing donkeys), lunitas cantando (singing moons), and much more, all displayed in the most vivid colors [...]

Large Print Word Search Book

Rating: (5 reviews)
Author: School Specialty Publishing
Publisher: American Education Publishing

Product Description
The Large Print Word Search collection is the perfect series for building vocabulary skills while having fun at the same time. Filled with interesting and engaging word lists, each puzzle promises to stretch your mind. Plus, the large, bold type makes each puzzle easy to [...]

The Man Who Invented Christmas: How Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol Rescued His Career and Revived Our Holiday Spirits

Rating: (14 reviews)
Author: Les Standiford
Publisher: Crown

Product Description
As uplifting as the tale of Scrooge itself, this is the story of how one writer and one book revived the signal holiday of the Western world.
Just before Christmas in 1843, a debt-ridden and dispirited Charles Dickens wrote a small book he hoped would keep his creditors at [...]

Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela : With Connections (MacMillan Profiles)

Rating: (136 reviews)
Author: Nelson Mandela
Publisher: Holt McDougal

Product Description
An international hero, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, and leader of South Africa’s antiapartheid movement chronicles his life, including his tribal years, his time spent in prison, and his return to lead his people. 175,000 first printing. Major ad/promo. Amazon.com Review
The famously taciturn South African president [...]

Don’t Know Much About History: Everything You Need to Know About American History but Never Learned (Don’t Know Much About…)

Rating: (161 reviews)
Author: Kenneth C. Davis
Publisher: HarperCollins

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Who really discovered America? What was “the shot heard ’round the world”? Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings: Did he or didn’t he?
From the arrival of Columbus through the bizarre election of 2000 and beyond, Davis carries readers on a rollicking ride through more than 500 years of [...]

Swing!

Rating: (8 reviews)
Author: Rufus Butler Seder
Publisher: Workman Publishing Company

Product Description
Published last fall, Gallop! introduced the amazing technology called Scanimation and took the children’s book world by storm. It became an instant bestseller—#1 on The New York Times children’s list.
Now Swing! does for kids what Gallop! does for animals—a boy rides a bike, a girl [...]

The Official SAT Question of the Day 2009 Calendar

Rating: (1 reviews)
Author: The College Board
Publisher: College Board

Product Description
The College Board–maker of the SAT (R)–provides the only pager-per-day calendar with Official SAT practice questions.  Every day, students can practice with a question just like the ones on the SAT and PSAT/NMSQT (R).  The calendar features 365 questions (one per page); critical reading, writing, and [...]

America’s Hidden History: Untold Tales of the First Pilgrims, Fighting Women, and Forgotten Founders Who Shaped a Nation

Rating: (21 reviews)
Author: Kenneth C. Davis
Publisher: Collins

Product Description
Kenneth C. Davis, author of the phenomenal New York Times bestseller Don’t Know Much About History, presents a collection of extraordinary stories, each detailing an overlooked episode that shaped the nation’s destiny and character. Davis’s dramatic narratives set the record straight, busting myths and bringing to light [...]

Teeth Are Not for Biting (Board Book) (Best Behavior Series)

Rating: (28 reviews)
Author: Elizabeth Verdick
Publisher: Free Spirit Publishing

Book Description
TEETH ARE NOT FOR BITING Board Book by Elizabeth Verdick, illustrated by Marieka Heinlen. “Crunch crunch crunch. Teeth are strong and sharp. Crunch crunch crunch. Teeth can help you chew. But teeth are not for biting. Ouch! Biting hurts.” Sooner or later, almost all young children [...]

Encyclopedia of World History

Rating: (20 reviews)
Author: Jane Bingham
Publisher: Usborne Books

Harry, A History: The True Story of a Boy Wizard, His Fans, and Life Inside the Harry Potter Phenomenon

Author: Melissa Anelli
Publisher: Pocket

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Product Description:
***Featuring a Foreward by J.K. Rowling***
The Harry Potter Books Were Just the Beginning of the Story. . .
During the brief span of just one decade, hundreds of millions of perfectly ordinary people made history: they became the only ones who would remember what it was like when the Harry Potter saga [...]

“What’s Happening to Me?” A guide to puberty

Rating: (30 reviews)
Author: Peter Mayle
Publisher: Lyle Stuart

Story of the World, Volume 1: Ancient Times Audiobook CD: From the Earliest Nomads to the Late Roman Empire, Revised Edition (7 CDs)

Rating: (13 reviews)
Author: Susan Wise Bauer
Publisher: Peace Hill Press

Product Description
The Story of the World CD audiobook is a collaboration between Jim Weiss, whose voice is “liquid gold” (CNN TV), and Susan Wise Bauer, whose writing has been described as “timeless and intelligent” (Publishers Weekly). These spirited readings of the first volume in Bauer’s history [...]

Algebra 2

Rating: (21 reviews)
Author: Ron Larson, Laurie Boswell, Lee Stiff, Timothy D. Kanold
Publisher: McDougal Littell

Lavinia

Rating: (14 reviews)
Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
Publisher: Harcourt

Product Description
in The Aeneid, Vergil’s hero fights to claim the king’s daughter, Lavinia, with whom he is destined to found an empire. Lavinia herself never speaks a word in the poem. Now, Ursula K. Le Guin gives Lavinia a voice in a novel that takes us to [...]

Barron’s AP United States History 2008 (Barron’s How to Prepare for the Ap United States History Advanced Placement Examination)

Author: William O. Kellogg Ed.M.
Publisher: Barron’s Educational Series

Product Description
Barron’s newly updated Advanced Placement U.S. History test preparation manual presents two full-length practice exams with answer keys and explanatory comments covering all questions. The author also provides extensive study and test-taking advice, followed by an overview of U.S. history from the Colonial era to the twenty-first [...]

The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain (Caldecott Honor Book)

Rating: (10 reviews)
Author: Peter Sis
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

Product Description
“I was born at the beginning of it all, on the Red side—the Communist side—of the Iron Curtain.” Through annotated illustrations, journals, maps, and dreamscapes, Peter Sís shows what life was like for a child who loved to draw, proudly wore the red scarf [...]

Cracking the AP World History Exam, 2008 Edition (College Test Prep)

Rating: (1 reviews)
Author: Princeton Review
Publisher: Princeton Review

Book Description
Scoring high on the AP World History Exam is very different from earning straight A’s in school. We don’t try to teach you everything there is to know about World history—only the strategies and information you’ll need to get your highest score. In Cracking the AP World [...]

Eric Carle Animal Flash Cards (Eric Carle)

Rating: (5 reviews)
Author: Eric Carle
Publisher: Chronicle Books

Book Description
These beautiful flash cards, featuring artist and author Eric Carle’s familiar animal illustrations, serve as a lovely introduction to the ABCs. Printed on thick, sturdy board, they are perfect for small hands to hold and are equally suited for hanging on the wall in a child’s room.

Cracking the AP Psychology Exam, 2008 Edition (College Test Prep)

Author: Princeton Review
Publisher: Princeton Review

Book Description
Scoring high on the AP Psychology Exam is very different from earning straight A’s in school. We don’t try to teach you everything there is to know about psychology—only the strategies and information you’ll need to get your highest score. In Cracking the AP Psychology Exam, we’ll teach you how [...]

Paper Fashions: Design Your Own Styles (Klutz)

Rating: (28 reviews)
Author: Inc. Klutz
Publisher: Klutz

Book Description
Today’s hottest look? Cute little hangers with cute little paper outfits on them. You can’t go past a gift, stationery or accessories store without seeing this stylish motif. Now, with Paper Fashions, girls finally get to craft their own couture paper clothing. It’s way cooler than buying off [...]

Pirateology Guidebook and Model Set (Ologies)

Rating: (2 reviews)
Author: William Captain Lubber, Dugald A. Steer
Publisher: Candlewick

Book Description
Avast, ye PIRATEOLOGY fans! Behold, an exclusive guide to
the goings-on aboard a pirate vessel — plus an exciting scale model of a real pirate ship.
How do pirates capture a ship? What sort of ships do they favor? Who are the rogues that make up [...]

APA: The Easy Way!

Rating: (81 reviews)
Author: Peggy M. Houghton, Timothy J. Houghton
Publisher: Baker College

Book Description
This handbook is a quick and simplified guide to the APA writing style. It was developed as a condensed version of the official APA Publication Manual and designed to be utilized as a supplement to the actual guide.
The handbook is divided into three [...]

Castle: Medieval Days and Knights (A Sabuda & Reinhart Pop-up Book)

Rating: (33 reviews)
Author: Kyle Olmon
Publisher: Orchard Books

Book Description
Over fifteen intricate pop-ups accompany Sabuda and Reinhart’s fascinating text, which guides readers through the different aspects of life in a medieval castle. Readers will learn about knighting ceremonies, battles, and feasts. The true majesty of castles is fully realized when this book is opened to reveal [...]

Indigo Dreams: Relaxation and Stress Management Bedtime Stories for Children, Improve Sleep, Manage Stress and Anxiety (Indigo Dreams)

Rating: (61 reviews)
Author: Lori Lite
Publisher: Lori Lite

Product Description
Indigo Dreams is a 60 minute CD/audio book designed to entertain your child while introducing them to relaxation and stress-management techniques. Four unique bedtime stories incorporate breathing, visualizations, muscular relaxation and affirmations. These are the same techniques recommended for adults but presented in a fun, interactive format [...]

Cracking the AP European History Exam, 2008 Edition (College Test Prep)

Author: Princeton Review
Publisher: Princeton Review

Book Description
Scoring high on the AP European History Exam is very different from earning straight A’s in school. We don’t try to teach you everything there is to know about European history—only the strategies and information you’ll need to get your highest score. In Cracking the AP European History Exam, we’ll [...]

Cracking the AP U.S. History Exam, 2008 Edition (College Test Prep)

Author: Princeton Review
Publisher: Princeton Review

Book Description
Scoring high on the AP U.S. History Exam is very different from earning straight A’s in school. We don’t try to teach you everything there is to know about American history—only the strategies and information you’ll need to get your highest score. In Cracking the AP U.S. History Exam, we’ll [...]

Annotated Christmas Carol

Rating: (3 reviews)
Author: Charles Dickens
Publisher: Random House Value Publishing

The Body Project: An Intimate History of American Girls

Rating: (44 reviews)
Author: Joan Jacobs Brumberg
Publisher: Vintage

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Adolescent girls today face the issues girls have always faced: “Who am I?” and “Who do I want to be?” Unfortunately their answers, now more than ever before, revolve around the body rather than the mind, heart, or soul. “The body is at the heart of the crisis [...]

The Story of Martin Luther King Jr.

Rating: (2 reviews)
Author: Johnny Ray Moore
Publisher: Ideals Publications

Book Description
This little boardbook uses only approximately 200 words to tell about the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. and to explain, in simple terms, how he ended segegation in America

The 12 Days of Christmas: The Story Behind a Favorite Christmas Song (Traditions of Faith from around the World)

Rating: (2 reviews)
Author: Helen Haidle
Publisher: Zonderkidz

The Art Book for Children, Book Two (Art Book for Children)

Rating: (8 reviews)
Author: Editors of Phaidon Press
Publisher: Phaidon Press Inc.

Product Description
Why are none of the students in Raphael’s school paying attention? Who made a doodle into a masterpiece? How do you paint speed? Can collecting things be art? What kind of sculpture is supposed to disappear? Can you trust a painting? How would you [...]

Saint Francis Celebrates Christmas

Author: Mary Caswell Walsh
Publisher: Loyola Press

A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley

Author: Isreal Horovitz, Charles Dickens, Israel Horovitz
Publisher: Dramatist’s Play Service

The Kingfisher History Encyclopedia

Rating: (25 reviews)
Author:
Publisher: Kingfisher

Book Description
This authoritative reference book brings world history to life, from early humans to the current war on terror. Along the way, it reveals riveting facts on the founding of the great Roman Empire, the revolution that changed France forever, the war between the North and South that unified America, the [...]

Manga: The Complete Guide

Rating: (2 reviews)
Author: Jason Thompson
Publisher: Del Rey

Book Description
• Reviews of more than 900 manga series
• Ratings from 0 to 4 stars
• Guidelines for age-appropriateness
• Number of series volumes
• Background info on series and artists
THE ONE-STOP RESOURCE FOR CHOOSING BETWEEN THE BEST AND THE REST!
Whether you’re new to the world of manga-style graphic novels or [...]

AP United States History (REA) – The Best Test Prep for the AP Exam: 7th Edition (Test Preps)

Rating: (9 reviews)
Author: J. A. McDuffie, G. W. Piggrem, Steven E. Woodworth
Publisher: Research & Education Association

Book Description

REA … Real review, Real practice, Real results.
Get the college credits you deserve.
AP UNITED STATES HISTORY 7th Edition
Completely aligned with today’s AP exam
Are you prepared to excel on the AP exam?
* Set up a study schedule by following [...]

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: A Commemorative Pop-up

Rating: (113 reviews)
Author: L. Frank Baum
Publisher: Little Simon
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To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the publication of L. Frank Baum’s The Wizard of Oz, master paper engineer Robert Sabuda has created a pop-up version of Dorothy’s adventures in Oz that fans will find hard to resist. Modeling his depictions of Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Tin [...]

Titanic

Author: Martin Jenkins
Publisher: Candlewick

Book Description
Unfold a spectacular 3-D model of the TITANIC — and read about her fateful rise and fall — in a gorgeous gift set including several novelty features.
On April 14, 1912, the largest and finest ocean liner of the age struck an iceberg and sank to the icy depths. Now you can [...]

Castle: Medieval Days and Knights (A Sabuda & Reinhart Pop-up Book)

Rating: (29 reviews)
Author: Kyle Olmon
Publisher: Orchard Books