Flash Point imprint: 25 books
America Bowl
44 Presidents vs. 44 Super Bowls in the ultimate matchup!
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2010
Presidents and Super Bowls. They're the biggest deals we have.
Let the game begin--and may the best American institution win!
From George Washington, father of the nation, versus Super Bowl I to Barack Obama against Super Bowl XVIV, the comeback win by the Saints over the Colts in 2010:...
by Ellen Potter, Anne Mazer
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2010
LEARN HOW TO WRITE LIKE THE EXPERTS, FROM THE EXPERTS.
In Spilling Ink: A Young Writer's Handbook, you'll find practical advice in a perfect package for young aspiring writers.
After receiving letters from fans asking for writing advice,accomplished authors Anne Mazer and Ellen Potter...
Bomb
The Race to Build--and Steal--the World's Most Dangerous Weapon
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2012
In December of 1938, a chemist in a German laboratory made a shocking discovery: When placed next to radioactive material, a Uranium atom split in two. That simple discovery launched a scientific race that spanned 3 continents. In Great Britain and the United States, Soviet spies worked their way...
The Notorious Benedict Arnold
A True Story of Adventure, Heroism & Treachery
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2010
Most people know that Benedict Arnold was America's first, most notorious traitor. Few know that he was also one of its greatest war heroes. This accessible biography introduces young readers to the real Arnold: reckless, heroic, and driven. Packed with first-person accounts, astonishing battle scenes,...
How Loud Can You Burp?
More Extremely Important Questions (and Answers)
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
How loud can your average middle-grader burp? Parents, librarians, and innocent bystanders are about to find out. This follow-up to the equally alluring WHY IS SNOT GREEN? tackles more of life's burning questions, many submitted by real-life ten-year-olds Could we use animal poop to make electricity?...
King George: What Was His Problem?
Everything Your Schoolbooks Didn't Tell You About the American Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2009
KING GEORGE NEVER DID UNDERSTAND AMERICANS
"Entire books have been written about the causes of the American Revolution. This isn't one of them." What it is, instead, is utterly interesting, antedotes (John Hancock fixates on salmon), from the inside out (at the Battle of Eutaw Springs,...
by Susan Pearson
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
AN INTREPID VOYAGE. A GROUNDBREAKING THEORY. The life and work of one
of the world's most influential scientists.
Young readers of this altogether fascinating biography follow Charles Darwin not only on his journey aboard the HMS Beagle but also through the thinking that led him to his world-changing...
Digital Revolutionaries
The Men and Women Who Brought Computing to Life
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2009
In the beginning, there was the computer. And it was big. As big as a room. Sometimes as big as a house. Early computers required teams of white-coated scientists to keep them running, yet one of those giant behemoths could not match the computing power of a single microchip today. From the first...
Coral Reefs
A Journey Through an Aquatic World Full of Wonder
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2011
During an ordinary visit to the library, a girl pulls a not-so-ordinary book from the shelves. As she turns the pages in this book about coral reefs, the city around her slips away and she finds herself surrounded by the coral cities of the sea and the mysterious plants and animals that live, hunt,...
Which Way to the Wild West?
Everything Your Schoolbooks Didn't Tell You About Westward Expansion
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2010
History--with the good bits put back. Discover the drama, discoveries, dirty deeds and derring-do that won the American West.
With a storyteller's voice and attention to the details that make history real and interesting, Steve Sheinkin's Which Way to the Wild West? delivers America's greatest...
Short
Walking Tall When You're Not Tall At All
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2010
A SURVIVAL GUIDE TO GROWING UP SHORT. Part science book, part memoir—a
book for everyone concerned about looking (or feeling) different.
When veteran journalist John Schwartz took a close look at famous height studies, he made a surprising discovery: being short doesn't have to be a disadvantage!...
Ballet for Martha
Making Appalachian Spring
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2010
A picture book about the making of Martha Graham's Appalachian Spring, her most famous dance performance
Martha Graham : trailblazing choreographer
Aaron Copland : distinguished American composer
Isamu Noguchi : artist, sculptor, craftsman
Award-winning authors Jan Greenberg...
Bootleg
Murder, Moonshine, and the Lawless Years of Prohibition
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2011
It began with the best of intentions. Worried about the effects of alcohol on American families, mothers and civic leaders started a movement to outlaw drinking in public places. Over time, their protests, petitions, and activism paid off—when a Constitional Amendment banning the sale and consumption...
America Is Under Attack
September 11, 2001: The Day the Towers Fell
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2011
One of School Library Journal's Best Nonfiction Books of 2011One of Horn Book's Best Nonfiction Books of 2011
On the ten year anniversary of the September 11 tragedy, a straightforward and sensitive book for a generation of readers too young to remember that terrible day.
The events...
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