Found within these pages is a nifty collection of tales about ordinary people up to something extraordinary - people who dared to be different and displayed the Singapore Spirit. Meet the real time superheroes of Singapore, people who have contributed to a young nation's remarkable growth in a gigantic way. Uncover their stories and learn about the awesome legacy they have left behind. And for …
Louise Borden has explained the problem of longitude and its surprising solution in children's terms. Thanks to this fine book, John Harrison and his miraculous timekeepers will now inspire the dreams of young readers. Erik Blegvad's sensitive, warm-hearted illustrations evoke all the creativity of Harrison's workshop and the perils of life abroad ship in the eighteenth century.
The story about AAmelia earhart, the woman pilot. She was shining example freedom, opportunity and succes. Her story is truly dramatic, from triumph as the first woman to fly the Atlantic, to her mysterious and tragic disappearance over the Pacific.'
My name is Leon Walter Tillage. I was born on January 19, 1936... I remember that as a young boy Iused to look in the mirror and I would curse my color, my blackness..
In lively, full-color illustrations, this picture book chronicles the life ofa writer, scientist, inventor, and statesman.
Cesar Chavez started working in the fields when he was young. he saw how unfairly his people were treated. Cesar wanted to do something about it!
An intrepid explorer and master navigator, christoper columbus embarked on a voyage of discovery in 1492. Sailing west across the unknown atlantic ocean in search of a new trade route to the east, columbus instead landed in the americas, opening up the new world to european colonists.