In December 1859, Abraham Lincoln wrote a brief history of his kife for a newspaper article. The next year, Loncoln would be elected to serve as president of a politically divided United Strates. His strong leadership would change American history.
This new version of the Caldecott-winning classic by illustrator David Small and author Judith St. George is updated with current facts and new illustrations to include our forty-second president, George W. Bush. There are now three Georges in the catalog of presidential names, a Bush alongside the presidential family tree, and a new face on the endpaper portraiture. Hilariously illustrated by…
Miyax rebel againts a home situation she finds in tolerable. She runs away toward San Francisco, toward her pen pal, who calls her Julie. But soon Miyax is lost in the Alaskan wilderness, without food, without even a compass.
American are fascinated by the weather--especially the kind of whether we are sunbathers or storm-chasers, commuters or vacationers, the weather outside affects each of us every day. This funny and captivating book is filled with unforgettabe stories from over the centuries of hurricanes, droughts storms, blizzards, dust bowls, and other extremes of weather that have afflicted different regions…
This fictional account of the dismantling and removal of the Empire State Building describes the structure of a skycraper and explains how such an edifice would be demolished.'
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Otto wants to be able to swing in the jungle like his monkey friends. But he keeps crashing. Then Otto comes up with an idea that will have everyone swinging!
Die-cut grooves invite smal fingers to follow soider's journey home to his twinkly web. he goes across the garden, into the house and throuh various rooms. it's not easy, and spider finds himself doing all sorts of things from sliding down the kitchen si