Try This! : 50 Fun Experiments For the Mad Scientist In You
Kirkus Reviews 2014-06-25 Pretested by a crew of young assistants, these dozens of science demonstrations are both doable and worth doing.The experiments are grouped into seven categories such as "Bugs and Microbes," "Weird Physics" and "Things Water Does." They range from making slime ("oobleck") and "biofilm" to designing a cat IQ test and constructing skittering […]
Stubby the War Dog
Publishers Weekly 04/21/2014 American soldier J. Robert Conroy befriended a stray dog with a stumpy tail while training to fight overseas in WWI. They bonded so closely that Conroy smuggled him to Europe, where Stubby accompanied Conroy’s regiment on the Western Front, lending both his superior olfactory senses and amiable temperament to the war effort. […]
Master George's People : George Washington, His Slaves, and His Revolutionary Transformation
School Library Journal Gr 5–9—Students are often surprised that many of the Founding Fathers, including Washington, were slave owners. These men sought personal freedoms in writing the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution but acted in a seemingly hypocritical way in their own lives. Delano does an excellent job of presenting context for the prevailing […]