$6.95
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Batter Up Baseball
by Bobbie Kalman and Hadley Dyer
Batter up Baseball is a great introduction to this exciting sport. Kids will be thrilled to learn about the game and some of its best players. Clear text and colorful images explain
- the rules of the game
- the roles of players at all positions
- the layout of the field
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$6.95
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Huddle Up Football
by Bobbie Kalman and John Crossingham
Young readers will get a full-color tour of one of North America's most popular sports and its greatest stars in Huddle up Football. Concise text explains rules of the game plus
- a full list of the game's positions
- diagrams showing the field and player formations
- popular professional players
- touchdowns, field goals, and much more
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$6.95
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Slam Dunk Basketball
by Bobbie Kalman and John Crossingham
Even young kids can step onto the hardwood for a stripped-down lesson about one of North America's biggest sports. This exciting book includes
- diagrams of the court
- overviews of dribbling, shooting, and dunks
- a list of top superstars
- a detailed look at all five positions
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$7.95
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In The Barn
by Bobbie Kalman
On a busy settler farm, the barn was the center of activity. This fascinating book explores everything from birthing to harvest for winter storage. Aimed at children aged six to 14, it offers a vivid account of what life was like in the community.
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$4.95
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Crawdads, Doodlebugs & Creasy Greens: Songs, Stories & Lore Celebrating the Natural World
by Doug Elliott
Discover how to catch crawdads, puree paw paws, gobble green briers, noodle catfish, tickle trout, twist a critter out of its hole, and predict weather with a persimmon seed. Learn how to great a doodlebug and which rabbit's foot is actually the lucky one. This book is packed with two dozen songs, over 90 original illustrations and colorful lore about things that crawl, slither, wiggle, and grow.
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$7.95
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Fort Life
by Bobbie Kalman & David Schimpky
In Europe, it is common to see walled cities and huge castles that were once important fortifications. Fortifications are defenses, such as banked-up earth, rough logs, or thick stone, that make something strong. The first Europeans to settle in North America brought the tradition of building fortifications with them.
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$6.95
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Rivers & Lakes
by Neil Morris
Part of the earth's never-ending water cycle, Rivers and Lakes covers all aspects of these bodies of water from their formation to how we use them. Preservation is emphasized.
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$7.95
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The Gristmill
by Bobbie Kalman
Early pioneers would travel from far and wide to visit the gristmill for the essential service of having their grain ground. Communities often developed in areas where gristmills had been built. In The Gristmill young readers will find out how the miller produced flour, the staple of life, as well as learn the answers to these questions:
-- How does wheat become bread?
-- Where was the gristmill located and why was it so crucial?
-- What jobs did the miller do?
-- What was the source of power that turned the grinding stones?
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$8.95
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Tornado Alert
by Wendy Scavuzzo
A breathtaking journey into the center of unpredictable and violent twisters includes such features as how supercell thunderstorms form and how they spawn tornadoes, where tornadoes most often occur, how to stay safe during a tornado, and more.
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Amazing Electricity
by Sally Hewitt
This book introduces children to the concepts of energy, static electricity, and circuits. Exciting photographs help show the ways in which we use electricity, how it is created both naturally (even by certain animals!) and in power plants, and how using less electricity created by oil, gas, and coal helps reduce pollution.
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$8.95
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Inventing the Electric Light
by Lisa Mullins
Inventing the Electric Light tells the story of how early scientists experimented with the newly discovered energy called electricity to create light. Young readers will be fascinated to learn what light sources people used before electricity was discovered, and how the electric light bulb changed the world.
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$5.95
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World War I 1914-1918
by Carole Marsh
World War I was the beginning of "Modern Warfare." The Great War's new weaponry: poison gas, machine guns, tanks, airplanes, and even submarines forever changed the way battles were fought. Who would ever think that a single bullet from an assassin's gun could start a war that would be fought on a larger scale than ever before? Probably no one--but that's what happened In this book, kids will see for themselves the events leading up to the first "World War"--and will hunker down in the trenches of eastern Europe with the troops of many nations as they fight "the war to end all wars."
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$5.95
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The Fight for Equality: The U.S. Civil Rights Movement
by Carole Marsh
This book provides a wealth of information that teachers and parents will enjoy along with fascinating facts and fun activities for kids. From the ratification of the 13th Amendment to elimination of segregation, kids will be witnesses to history through activities, time lines, trivia, and lots more.
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$7.95
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Great African Americans in History
by Carlotta Hacker
Profiles thirteen African Americans who have excelled in various fields, including medicine, science, civil rights, and exploration. Includes George Washington Carver, Matthew Henson, Bessie Coleman and more!
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$5.95
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The Great Depression and the New Deal: "Brother Can You Spare a Dime?"
by Carole Marsh
This book provides a wealth of information that teachers and parents will enjoy along with fascinating facts and fun activities for kids.
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$8.95
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The Biography of Corn
by Michelle L. Nielsen
Maize, or corn, was the staple food of many early cultures in South America, Mesoamerica, and the Caribbean. The Biography of Corn will teach young readers how the farming of corn spread to the rest of the world and how corn may be one answer to today's problem of fossil fuel consumption. Topics include
- What is commodity?
- where corn originated
- the different varieties of corn
- early and present-day methods of growing corn
- the many products made from corn
- how corn is currently being used to create cleaner fuel
- the impact of growing corn on the environment
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$8.95
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Sieur de la Salle: New World Adventurer
by John Zronik
Sieur de La Salle traveled to from France to North America. His travels took him down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico, the Great Lakes area, and the southern United States, where he claimed the land around the Mississippi River Valley, naming it Louisiana after the French king.
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