Kathleen Krull
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Lexile measure
1050L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"You might know that Columbus discovered America, Lewis and Clark headed west with Sacajawea, and Sally Ride blasted into space. But what do you really know about these bold explorers? What were they like as kids? What pets or bad habits did they have? And what drove their passion to explore unknown parts of the world? With juicy tidbits about everything from favorite foods to first loves, Lives of the Explorers reveals these fascinating adventurers...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1993
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
1010L
Physical Desc
96 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
It's no secret that Beethoven went deaf, that Mozart had constant money problems, and that Gilbert and Sullivan wrote musicals. But what were these people-and other famous musicians-really like? What did they eat? What did they wear? How did they spend their time? And-possibly most interesting of all-what did their neighbors think?
Discover the fascinating and often humorous stories of twenty famous musicians-people of all shapes, sizes, temperaments,...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2018]
Lexile measure
830L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations, portraits ; 29 cm
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
The wordsmith Lewis Carroll is famed for the freewheeling world of Wonderland in his beloved classics Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. In this gloriously illustrated picture book, Carroll's childlike love of life is showcased alongside his brilliance at creating and adapting playful words and phrases.
7) Isaac Newton
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2006
Lexile measure
1000L
Physical Desc
126 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Isaac Newton was not only briiliant, but secretive, vindictive and obsessive. Here is a portrait of the man, contradictions and all, than places him against the backdrop of seventeenth-century England, a time of plague, the Great Fire of London, and two revolutions.
Author
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
860L
Language
English
Description
An introduction to the second female Supreme Court justice describes how she faced discrimination because of her gender throughout her education and working life, and how her fight for equality changed the way the law dealt with women's rights.
Author
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
AD 950L
Physical Desc
43 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Introduces the life of renowned children's author and illustrator Ted Geisel, popularly known as Dr. Seuss, focusing on his childhood and youth in Springfield, Massachusetts.
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
960L
Physical Desc
35 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the life of Jim Henson, describing how he pushed the boundaries of entertainment and brought the art of puppets to a new level with the creation of his Muppets.
12) M is for music
Author
Pub. Date
2003
Lexile measure
AD 590L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
An alphabet book introducing musical terms, from allegro to zarzuela.
Author
Pub. Date
1996
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
AD 850L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
A biography of the African-American woman who overcame crippling polio as a child to become the first woman to win three gold medals in track in a single Olympics.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xxviii, 260 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Award-winning author Kathleen Krull takes an in-depth historical look at immigration in America--with remarkable stories of some of the immigrants who helped build this country. With its rich historical text, fascinating sidebars about many immigrants throughout time, an extensive source list and timeline, as well as captivating photos, American Immigration will become a go-to resource for every child, teacher, and librarian discussing the complex...