 | The Adventures of Little Billy Barber: Billy's First Flight Lesson
Publication Date: July 6, 2010Billy Barber was destined to become a world-class pilot. He was only 11 when he made his first solo flight. In his mid-20s, Captain William A. Barber became one of the youngest commercial airline captains in the United States. He was a flying renaissance man who performed aerobatic stunts for 25 years. "Billy's First Flight Lesson" is based on Billy's experiences as he embarked upon his remarkable career. ...
 |  | And Then What Happened, Paul Revere?
Release Date: October 22, 1973Describes some of the well-known as well as the lesser-known details of Paul Revere's life and exciting ride. ...
|  | DAVY CROCKETT (A Yearling Biography)
Release Date: October 1, 1993 ...
|  | Sing a Song of Tuna Fish
Release Date: January 11, 2005| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up Esmé tells us about the night she and her mother became "egg vigilantes" against an illegally parked car; her freewheeling first school, where kids sat on sofas instead of at desks and could choose disco dancing instead of math; her dangerous neighborhood, which her father made seem friendly and wondrous; the Passover dinner when she stole a matzoh right out from under a rabbi; the awe-inspiring, life-threatening Chicago snowstorms; and lessons about love from tea-reading gypsies and Popeye cartoons.In stories t...
|  | Sonia Sotomayor: Jueza de la Corte Suprema / Supreme Court Judge (Spanish Edition)
Publication Date: September 2010| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up A free-verse biography of America’s first Hispanic Supreme Court justice. ...
|  | Super Cowboy Rides
Publication Date: October 21, 2011Meet six-year-old Tommy Johnson, Super Cowboy and Super Story-teller. When Tommy explains why a boy needs a dog for a pet instead of a cat, he wins everyone over with his down-to-earth and humorous view of the world. But once Tommy starts school, things get complicated. He gets put in the lowest reading group and told to stay in the back of the classroom. He is picked on by teachers and mocked by classmates. When tragedy strikes, Tommy must carry a burden beyond what any first-grader should have to face. In the process of dealing with his grief, Tommy learns...
|  | Rocks in His Head
Release Date: May 8, 2001| Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: K and up Some people collect stamps. Other people collect coins. Carol Otis Hurst's father collected rocks. Nobody ever thought his obsession would amount to anything. They said, "You've got rocks in your head" and "There's no money in rocks." But year after year he kept on collecting, trading, displaying, and labeling his rocks. The Depression forced the family to sell their gas station and their house, but his interest in rocks never wavered. And in the end the science museum he had visited so often realized that a person with r...
|  | Ernie & The Big Newz
Publication Date: September 17, 2007 ...
|  | Bad Guys: True Stories of Legendary Gunslingers, Sidewinders, Fourflushers, Drygulchers, Bushwhackers, Freebooters, and Downright Bad Guys and Gals of the Wild West
Release Date: October 13, 1998| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up Legendary gunfighters come to life in this vivid look at eight of the most ornery guys and gals of the wild West. Here are the true stories of Wild Bill Hickock, Calamity Jane, Billy the Kid, Jesse James, Belle Starr, Doc Holliday, Black Bart, and Joaquin Murietta--often a far cry from the glamorous tales they told about themselves to the newspapers. Andrew Glass separates fact from fiction, and gives readers an overview of the rough and tumble days following the Civil War that produced these unlikely heroes. There's...
|  | Hero on Horseback: The Story of Casimir Pulaski
Release Date: September 30, 1997| Grade Level: K and up Casimir Pulaski was a Polish patriot who came to America to help the colonists win the American Revolution. Gen. George Washington put him in charge of developing cavalry units and teaching his fighting techniques to the soldiers, strategies that helped defeat the British. ( ...
|  | The Gawgon and The Boy
Release Date: May 7, 2001| Age Level: 10 and up | Grade Level: 5 and up In Depression-era Philadelphia, when eleven-year-old David is too ill to attend school, he is tutored by the unique and adventurous Aunt Annie, whose teaching combines with his imagination to greatly enrich his life. ...
|  | Lew Wallace: Boy Writer (Young Patriots series)
Publication Date: April 1, 2001| Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up...
|  | Daniel Boone's Echo
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|  | Abraham Lincoln/George Washington: Young Presidents -- The Great Emancipator/Our First Leader
Publication Date: January 1, 2003 ...
|  | Cassie After Antietam
Publication Date: January 15, 2004| Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up The Battle of Antietam has turned the Hagerstown, Maryland, area into a vast hospital. There are crops to be saved, freed slaves to be educated, babies to be born, and sad songs to be sung. But will Mama Mary survive her latest pregnancy? Will sister Fannie ever see her beloved Frank again? And what does the future hold for Cassie?In Cassie After Antietam, Myrtle Long Haldeman picks up the story where she left off in Cassie: The Girl With the Hero's Heart. With careful historical research the author fills in the ...
|  | Maya Lin (Contemporary Biographies)
Publication Date: January 1997 ...
|  | The Destiny of Linus Hoppe
Release Date: December 12, 2006| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up Linus Hoppe has always lived in Realm One, an ideal world. Now, at 14, he must be tested by the Great Processor to determine where he deserves to live from here on. If he achieves a high score, nothing in his life will change. But if he scores too low, he’ll be relegated to an inferior realm, possibly far from his family and friends. There’s really nothing for Linus to worry about—unless, of course, he chooses to alter his destiny.From the Hardcover edition. ...
|  | What's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin?
Release Date: July 2, 1976A brief biography of the eighteenth-century printer, inventor, and statesman who played an influential role in the early history of the United States. ...
|  | Women of Hope: African-Americans Who Made a Difference
Publication Date: November 1998| Age Level: 8 and up Features photographs and biographies of thirteen African-American women, including Maya Angelou, Ruby Dee, and Alice Walker. ...
|  | Steven Spielberg: Master Storyteller (Newsmakers Biographies Series)
Publication Date: January 1997 ...
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