Barnum's Bones

Barnum's Bones
Author: Tracey Fern
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2012-05-22
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1466816287

Barnum Brown's (1873-1963) parents named him after the circus icon P.T. Barnum, hoping that he would do something extraordinary--and he did! As a paleonotologist for the American Museum of Natural History, he discovered the first documented skeleton of the Tyrannosaurus Rex, as well as most of the other dinosaurs on display there today. An appealing and fun picture book biography, with zany and stunning illustrations by Boris Kulikov, BARNUM'S BONES captures the spirit of this remarkable man. Barnum's Bones is one The Washington Post's Best Kids Books of 2012.

I, Galileo

I, Galileo
Author: Bonnie Christensen
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 41
Release: 2012-06-12
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0307974405

Acclaimed author-illustrator Bonnie Christensen adopts the voice of Galileo and lets him tell his own tale in this outstanding picture book biography. The first person narration gives this book a friendly, personal feel that makes Galileo's remarkable achievements and ideas completely accessible to young readers. And Christensen's artwork glows with the light of the stars he studied. Galileo's contributions were so numerous—the telescope! the microscope!—and his ideas so world-changing—the sun-centric solar system!—that Albert Einstein called him "the father of modern science." But in his own time he was branded a heretic and imprisoned in his home. He was a man who insisted on his right to pursue the truth, no matter what the cost—making his life as interesting and instructive as his ideas.

Buffalo Music

Buffalo Music
Author: Tracey E. Fern
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2008
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780618723416

Beautifully told by Tracey Fern and warmly illustrated by Caldecott Honor winner Lauren Castillo, this is the story of one woman's quest to save the buffalo that once roamed the West. Based on the work of Mary Ann Goodnight, a pioneer credited with forming one of the first captive buffalo herds in the late 1800s and saving them from extinction.

Brother Francis and the Friendly Beasts

Brother Francis and the Friendly Beasts
Author: Margaret Hodges
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1991
Genre: Christian saints
ISBN: 9780684191737

A young man rejects his wealthy background to lead a life of poverty and good works, always befriending animals.

Pippo the Fool

Pippo the Fool
Author: Tracey E Fern
Publisher: Charlesbridge
Total Pages: 47
Release: 2011-02-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1607341301

In fifteenth-century Florence, Italy, a contest is held to design a magnificent dome for the town's cathedral, but when Pippo the Fool claims he will win the contest, everyone laughs at him. Based on a true story.

Reading the World with Picture Books

Reading the World with Picture Books
Author: Nancy J. Polette
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 364
Release: 2010-07-21
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1598845888

This valuable reference guide provides suggestions of picture books set in more than 70 countries in each continent of the world, along with standards-based activities. Reading the World with Picture Books presents an exhaustive collection of booktalk options with picture books that are set in the major countries of each continent. Hundreds of children's books with an international flavor are organized by continent and then by country, and suggested activities accompany the titles, encouraging students to interpret information related to historical or geographic concepts and use problem-solving skills. Activities range from those appropriate for beginners to experienced researchers/writers. All call for high-level thinking and most provide opportunities to respond in creative ways. In addition, all of the activities are keyed to selected national standards in language arts and social studies. The picture books suggested are not only excellent choices to capture a booktalk audience's attention and educate young readers about world culture, but also to demonstrate how human beings have adapted to the various environments of the world.

Mozart, His Character, His Work

Mozart, His Character, His Work
Author: Alfred Einstein
Publisher: Galaxy Books
Total Pages: 514
Release: 1962
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0195007328

Written by one of the world's outstanding music historians and critics, the late Alfred Einstein, this classic study of Mozart's character and works brings to light many new facts about his relationship with his family, his susceptibility to ambitious women, and his associations with musicalcontemporaries, as well as offering a penetrating analysis of his operas, piano music, chamber music, and symphonies.

Dare the Wind

Dare the Wind
Author: Tracey Fern
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 46
Release: 2014-02-18
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0374316996

Ellen Prentiss's papa said she was born with saltwater in her veins, so he gave her sailing lessons and taught her how to navigate. As soon as she met a man who loved sailing like she did, she married him. When her husband was given command of a clipper ship custom-made to travel quickly, she knew that they would need every bit of its speed for their maiden voyage: out of New York City, down around the tip of Cape Horn, and into San Francisco, where the Gold Rush was well under way. In a time when few women even accompanied their husbands onboard, Ellen Prentiss navigated their ship to set the world record for speed along that route. A Margaret Ferguson Book

Home Learning Year by Year, Revised and Updated

Home Learning Year by Year, Revised and Updated
Author: Rebecca Rupp
Publisher: Crown
Total Pages: 578
Release: 2020-01-21
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0525576975

A comprehensive guide to designing homeschool curriculum, from one of the country’s foremost homeschooling experts—now revised and updated! Homeschooling can be a tremendous gift to your children—a personalized educational experience tailored to each kid’s interests, abilities, and learning styles. But what to teach, and when, and how? Especially for first-time homeschoolers, the prospect of tackling an annual curriculum can be daunting. In Home Learning Year by Year, Rebecca Rupp presents comprehensive plans from preschool through high school, covering integral subjects for each grade, with lists of topics commonly presented at each level, recommended resource and reading lists, and suggestions for creative alternative options and approaches. Included, along with all the educational basics, are techniques and resources for teaching everything from philosophy to engineering, as well as suggestions for dealing with such sensitive topics as sex education. Now revised throughout with all-new updates featuring the most effective and up-to-date methods and reading guides to homeschool your child at all ages, Home Learning Year by Year continues to be the definitive book for the homeschooling parent.

Works

Works
Author: Ouida
Publisher:
Total Pages: 742
Release: 1892
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