Spending Spree : the History of American Shopping
Children's Literature – Debra Lampert-Rudman Did you know that the author of The Wizard of Oz, L. Frank Baum, was a Chicago window decorator and founder of the National Association of Window Trimmers? And, did you know that the first chain store in the United States was a grocery store? In 1859 the Great Atlantic […]
Meltdown! : the Nuclear Disaster In Japan and Our Energy Future
This book was received as part of a grant from the Children's Literacy Foundation (clif).
Che Guevara : You Win or You Die
This book was received as part of a grant from the Children's Literacy Foundation (clif).
Hey, Charleston! : the True Story of the Jenkins Orphanage Band
Children's Literature – Sylvia Firth In 1891, seeking to meet a great need, Reverend Daniel Joseph Jenkins established an orphanage in Charleston, S.C. Needing to provide for the hundreds of children in his care, Jenkins asked residents of the town to donate old musical instruments. After teachers were located to teach the children how to […]
Zombie Makers : True Stories of Nature's Undead
The Washington Post …creepy and fascinating…Johnson's book is the stuff of nightmares as well as scientific progress. —Abby McGanney Nolan
American Boy
From The Critics: Starting with In a Dark Time (1980) and with highlights like Montana 1948, Watson has penned some of the best contemporary fiction about small-town America, and his new novel does not disappoint. Teenage narrator Matthew Garth begins his story in 1962, in Willow Falls, MN, where he is enjoying a sumptuous Thanksgiving […]
The Case of the Vanishing Golden Frogs : a Scientific Mystery
Children's Literature: There are species that have disappeared such as the dodo and the stellar seal, but some of these were hunted to extinction and did not disappear due to natural causes. The case of the Panamanian Golden Frog is a different story. While in the end contact with humans is suspected as the cause […]
Journey Into the Deep : Discovering New Ocean Creatures
Children's Literature Readers opening this remarkable book for the first time will quickly realize that it is an adventure for the eyes. Pages are mostly black, illuminated by wondrous creatures that seem to light up from within (in some cases, they actually do). This book, with an introduction by the renowned scientist Sylvia Earle, takes […]
Before They Were Famous : How Seven Artists Got Their Start
When famous artists were kids, did they paint like artists? Or did they paint like kids? Find out for yourself in the pages of this book by art lover Bob Raczka. You ll see some of the first works ever done by seven well-known artists. You ll also learn plenty of fascinating facts about the […]
I Curse the River of Time
Library Journal At 37, Arvid Jansen sees his world falling apart. His divorce is imminent, the Cold War is over, and the life choices he made to burnish his credibility with the Communist Party now seem sadly irrelevant. Eschewing the college education his parents toiled so hard to provide him, Arvid chose shift work in […]