Rhode Island

Rhode Island
Author: Roberta Wiener
Publisher: Capstone Classroom
Total Pages: 68
Release: 2005
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781410903112

Examines the early colonization of Rhode Island, discussing the struggles the colonists endured, their government, daily lives, and more.

Rhode Island Geography Projects - 30 Cool Activities, Crafts, Experiments & More for Kids to Do to Learn About Your State!

Rhode Island Geography Projects - 30 Cool Activities, Crafts, Experiments & More for Kids to Do to Learn About Your State!
Author: Carole Marsh
Publisher: Gallopade International
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2003-05-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 063509472X

This unique book combines state-specific facts and 30 fun-to-do hands-on projects. The Geography Projects Book includes creating a montage of the wildlife that lives in your state using cut-out pictures, recreating the path of a state river with pipe cleaners, building a state tree from fresh or dried leaves or needles from as many types of trees as possible, testing soil samples and more! Kids will have a blast and build essential knowledge skills including research, reading, writing, science and math. Great for students in K-8 grades and for displaying in the classroom, library or home.

Rhode Island, the Ocean State

Rhode Island, the Ocean State
Author: Joanne Mattern
Publisher: Gareth Stevens
Total Pages: 56
Release: 2003
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780836851595

Presents the history, geography, people, government, economy, social life and customs, and state events and attractions of Rhode Island.

Rhode Island

Rhode Island
Author: Sylvia McNair
Publisher: Children's Press(CT)
Total Pages: 150
Release: 2000
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780516210438

Describes the geography, plants, animals, history, economy, language, religions, culture, sports, arts, and people of the state of Rhode Island.

Between Land and Sea

Between Land and Sea
Author: Christopher L. Pastore
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 313
Release: 2014-10-13
Genre: History
ISBN: 0674281411

Christopher Pastore traces how Narragansett Bay’s ecology shaped the contours of European habitation, trade, and resource use, and how littoral settlers in turn, over two centuries, transformed a marshy fractal of water and earth into a clearly defined coastline, which proved less able to absorb the blows of human initiative and natural variation.

Bedrock Geology of Rhode Island

Bedrock Geology of Rhode Island
Author: Alonzo Wallace Quinn
Publisher:
Total Pages: 340
Release: 1971
Genre: Geology
ISBN:

Lithology, structure, and metamorphism of Narragansett basin sedimentary rocks of Pennsylvanian age, younger Westerly Granite, and underlying igneous and metamorphic rocks of early Paleozoic or Precambrian age.

A Key Into the Language of America

A Key Into the Language of America
Author: Roger Williams
Publisher: Applewood Books
Total Pages: 241
Release: 1997
Genre: History
ISBN: 1557094640

A discourse on the languages of Native Americans encountered by the early settlers. This early linguistic treatise gives rare insight into the early contact between Europeans and Native Americans.

Providence, the Renaissance City

Providence, the Renaissance City
Author: Francis J. Leazes
Publisher: UPNE
Total Pages: 358
Release: 2004
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781555536046

The authoritative account of one city s dramatic rebirth."

R is for Rhode Island Red

R is for Rhode Island Red
Author: Mark R. Allio
Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press
Total Pages: 42
Release: 2010-10-08
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1585366390

Our alphabet journey takes us next to the charming state of Rhode Island in R is for Rhode Island Red: A Rhode Island Alphabet. It may be our smallest state but its presence is unmistakable -- rich in history, breathtaking beauty, and famous for its neighborhoods filled with character. With every turned page readers will be treated to Rhode Island's incredible scenery and have their many questions answered about our thirteenth state. Rhode Island has how many miles of coastline? The breathtaking beauty of Block Island is one of the state's how many islands? Readers will also learn how Rhode Island native Samuel Slater started the American Industrial Revolution, and what the quahog is. Rhode Island Red is Mark R. Allio's first children's book. He lives in Barrington, Rhode Island. Award winning illustrator Mary Jane Begin has illustrated many children's books. She lives in Barrington, Rhode Island with her husband Mark Allio.