People And Places category: 11583 books
Cindy Bentley
Spirit of a Champion
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2013
Cindy Bentley: Spirit of a Champion celebrates the life of one of Wisconsin's most inspirational leaders and activists. Born with an intellectual disability as the result of fetal alcohol syndrome, Cindy Bentley spent much of her childhood at the Southern Wisconsin Center for the Developmentally Disabled....
Why Do Cats Like Catnip?
324 Questions and Answers to Astound and Amaze
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012
Have you ever wondered how the planets came into being? Or what causes some people to have freckles? Ever wanted to know why mosquito bites itch and swell? Over his long career as a high school science teacher, Martin M. Goldwyn kept track of the smartest, most challenging questions his students ever...
Let's Visit Barcelona!
Adventures of Bella & Harry
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2015
Join sibling Chihuahuas Bella and Harry as they travel to Barcelona with their family and spend time at Las Ramblas, La Sagrada Familia, Park Guell and other magnificent places. Along the way, local cuisine (such as tapas) is introduced to the inquisitive reader and some basic Spanish phases are introduced...
by Emily Overton
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2015
This fun filled world adventure stars a boy named Max and his dog Jack. Max and Jack live on an island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean and each day travel to a new country of the world. In each country they meet a new boy or girl and their pets, which then tell them about their country and take...
Old Hickory:Andrew Jackson and the American People
Andrew Jackson and the American People
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2004
From a childhood steeped in poverty, violence, and patriotic pride, Andrew Jackson rose to the heights of celebrity and power. The first popularly elected president, he won admiration by fighting corruption, championing the common man, shaping the power of the executive office, and preserving the...
Out of Bounds
Seven Stories of Conflict and Hope
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2010
We are the young people,
We will not be broken!
We demand freedom
And say
"Away with slavery
In our land of Africa!"
For almost fifty years apartheid forced the young people of South Africa to live apart as Blacks, Whites, Indians, and "Coloreds." This unique and dramatic...
by Corrie ten Boom, John Sherrill, Elizabeth Sherrill
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2015
The True Story of a Real-Life Hero
It's World War II. Darkness has fallen over Europe as the Nazis spread hatred, fear and war across the globe. But on a quiet city corner in the Netherlands, one woman fights against the darkness.
In her quiet watchmaking shop, she and her family risk...
A History of US: War, Terrible War
1855-1865
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2012
Recommended by the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy as an exemplary informational text. Riveting, moving, and impossible to put down, War, Terrible War takes us into the heart of the Civil War, from the battle of Manassas to the battle of Gettysburg and on to the South's...
Martin Luther King
Famous People, Great Events
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2012
Martin is a clever, happy child born in the south of the United States of America. As he grows up he becomes angry at the way black people are treated. Find out all about Martin Luther King and his "I have a dream" speech in Washington DC in 1963 with this story that is packed with all the...
The Star People
A Lakota Story
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2014
A grandmother's love is forever In this mystical story of remembrance and tradition, Sister Girl and her brother, Young Wolf, wander far from their village and face great danger, including stampeding animals and a wall of fire. The children barely save themselves, and as night approaches, they find...
The Great Peshtigo Fire
Stories and Science from America’s Deadliest Fire
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2012
On the night of October 8, 1871, a whirlwind of fire swept through northeastern Wisconsin, destroying the bustling frontier town of Peshtigo. Trees, buildings, and people burst into flames. Metal melted. Sand turned into glass. People thought the end of the world had come. When the “tornado of fire”...
by Jack Goldstein
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2013
In this amazing eBook you can find more than one hundred facts about the country of Australia. Separated into sections such as its geography, its people, its wildlife, famous Australian figures from history and many more you will find some fascinating information inside! Whether you are planning on visiting...
Heroes of the Environment
True Stories of People Who Are Helping to Protect Our Planet
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2010
This inspiring book presents the true stories of 12 people from across North America who have done great things for the environment. Heroes include a teenage girl who figured out how to remove an industrial pollutant from the Ohio River, a Mexican superstar wrestler who works to protect turtles and...
by Dawn Sprung
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2013
The Legend of the Buffalo Stone is based on the history of the Blackfoot people—specifically their dependence on the buffalo and how they hunted the great animals on foot before horses were brought to North America—and is retold with the permission and under the advisement of a First Nations scholar...