 | Lumber Camp Library
Release Date: April 30, 2002| Age Level: 7 and up | Grade Level: 2 and up To Ruby, there is nobody in the entire world more wonderful than her pa -- her log-riding lumberjack pa, who calls her "my little jewel" and comes home smelling of spruce and fir. And there's nothing Ruby would rather do than follow in her father's large bootprints, working in the lumber camp.But a lumber camp is no place for an eight-year-old girl. She belongs in school, learning how to read and write. It is there that she discovers another passion-for the world that opens up to her in books.Then, when circumstances s...
 |  | Diary of a Princess: A Tale from Marco Polos Travels
Publication Date: January 1, 2003The Khan of Persia's favorite wife has died, and Kublai Khan, emperor of all China, decrees that 17-year-old Princess Kokachin shall replace her. Excited to have been chosen, but scared of such a long journey to a foreign land, the princess feels safe knowing that her escort to Persia will be the great Venetian traveler, Marco Polo. The story is told in diary form, and Princess Kokachin's entries describe her long, dangerous sea voyage plagued by storms, disease, pirate attacks, and visions of monsters. Sheila recreate evocative illustrations re-create a fasc...
|  | Andrei and the Snow Walker (In the Same Boat)
Release Date: September 1, 2002| Grade Level: 4 and up...
|  | Rosie and the Treasure of the Three Nuns
Publication Date: January 17, 2012Rosie is a feisty, redheaded thirteen-year-old who isn't afraid to speak her mind. When her police officer grandma hooks her into going on a treasure hunt in the mountains of California to find the Treasure of the Three Nuns, she isn't thrilled. She would much rather spend her summer at home, indoors, with the company of her trusty canine companion, Mutt. ...
|  | Frank's Great Museum Adventure
Release Date: April 8, 1999| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up First came Edward the Emu. Next was Edwina the Emu, and then the mysterious case of Grandpas Teeth. Now comes one more totally hilarious book from the master of the weird and wacky: Frank is cool; he wears sunglasses. He makes every day an adventure. And he's a dog. Today Frank and his boy owner are off to the museum in search of some really old stuff. They take a trip through history, where they encounter dinosaur skeletons, woolly mammoths, primitive man, and mummies, and have some really strange experiences. So put o...
|  | Taking Flight : The Story of the Wright Brohters
Publication Date: July 1, 2000 ...
|  | Christopher Columbus: Great Explorer (A First Biography)
Publication Date: October 1991 ...
|  | Jay and Juhi's Peacock Adventure
Publication Date: August 1, 2007Jay and Juhi are young adventurers on a quest to find a magnificent bird - a peacock! Their pursuit leads them to New Dehli, India where they find freindship and discover a fascinating place with an exciting history! The read-along CD combines art, music and reading to bring this magical story to life. Listen closely, this is an adventure you won't want to miss! ...
| | Early Explorers of North America (Illustrated Living History)
Publication Date: April 1997| Age Level: 6 and up...
|  | Am I Big or Little?
Publication Date: February 1, 2002| Grade Level: P and up Can a little girl be both big and little at the same time? Of course she can! Big or little, she's the present Mommy always wanted-a big present in a little package. Cheerful text and cozy illustrations are sure to strike a familiar chord with little ones and grown-ups alike in this winning picture book, now available for the first time in paperback. ...
|  | The Klondike Cat
Publication Date: August 1, 2004| Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: K and up Noah and his pa prepare to join the thousands of gold seekers heading for the Klondike. Pa insists the journey will be too long and too hard for a cat, but Noah just can't leave his pet, Shadow, behind. When Pa discovers the stowaway, Noah promises that Shadow will earn her keep. Will the cat be the burden Pa supposes, or will she prove to be worth her weight in gold? Filled with exciting real-life history and adventure, The Klondike Cat gives readers a unique glimpse into a time when hopes were high, dreams were b...
|  | The Taj Mahal Adventure (Jay and Juhi)
Publication Date: October 10, 2008 ...
|  | The Dragon's Pearl
Release Date: July 7, 2009| Age Level: 10 and up When Niccolo Polo vanishes on an expedition to Asia and his family writes him off as dead, sixteen-year-old Marco knows that it’s up to him to rescue his father. He sets out on a dangerous journey—but it is not the adventure he bargained for. Marco comes face to face with the magical Eastern world we know from mythology and legend, complete with dragons, flying carpets, and genies. And it is here that Marco finds himself caught in a dangerous plot in the court of Kublai Khan while trying to discover the mystical secret of the fable...
|  | Richmond Rocks!
Publication Date: November 20, 2009| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up Three kids discover Richmond's past by going on a fun-filled journey through some of the many historical landmarks, with the help of their mom, and learn that Richmond, VA really does rock! ...
|  | Away to the Goldfields!
Release Date: September 23, 2004| Age Level: 10 and up | Grade Level: 5 and up Some things are more precious than goldStubborn, spirited Molly Malarky embarks on a life-altering adventure as she and her brother flee their miserable New Hampshire farm on the trail of their widower father, who abandoned them during the first months of the California gold rush. Traveling from Boston, to Panama, across the isthmus, and up the Pacific coast, they find that no part of the journey is easy. Cheats and scalawags abound, the distances are enormous, and unhealthy conditions are inescapable. And for a y...
|  | Sacajawea: The Story of Bird Woman and the Lewis and Clark Expedition
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|  | Shen and the Treasure Fleet
Publication Date: August 17, 2007| Age Level: 11 and up | Grade Level: 6 and up To save his family, one boy will defy the power of two armies in 15th-century China.Shen and his sister Chang are on the run. It's 1403, and the city of Nanjing is under siege. Their mother has been imprisoned, and their father, an Imperial Bodyguard, is presumed dead. Hoping to avoid detection for their connection to the former regime, Shen and Chang take refuge in a traveling acrobat troupe.Meanwhile, the new emperor has commanded the construction of an armada to explore the world the -- treasure fleet. But a v...
|  | Olla-Piska: Tales of David Douglas
Publication Date: April 30, 2006| Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up "He was a quiet man, and he was a great one for writing." That's how young Sandy Ross first describes the great botanist and explorer David Douglas in this engaging new historical novel. Grounded in meticulous research about Douglas and his travels through the Pacific Northwest in 1824-25, "Olla Piska" provides an account of Douglas and a description of what life was like for many different people in the region in the years after the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Douglas's student, Sandy, who has run away from home t...
|  | Cayman Gold: LOST TREASURE OF DEVILS GROTTO (Harbor Lights 2000)
Publication Date: March 1, 2002| Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up...
|  | The Very First Thanksgiving: Pioneers on the Rio Grande
Publication Date: March 1, 1991| Age Level: 7 and up | Grade Level: 2 and up Twenty-three years before the Mayflower arrived in New England, a thanksgiving feast was held near present-day El Paso by the members of the Onate expedition.Ages 7-12 ...
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