To the untrained eye, Photo 51 was simply a grainy black and white image of dark marks scattered in a rough cross shape. But to the eye of a trained scientist, it was a clear portrait of a DNA fiber taken with X-rays. And to young scientists James Watson and Francis Crick, it confirmed their guess of deoxyribonucleic acid s structure. In 1953 the pair was racing toward solving the mystery of DNA s structure before other scientists could beat them to it. They and others believed that finding the...
My People (Coretta Scott King Award - Illustrator Winner Title(s))
by Langston Hughes
Write It Down (Super Smart Information Strategies) (Information Explorer: Super Smart Information Strategies)
by Julie Green
Describes how Nisg̲a'a artist Norman Tait designs and carves a totem pole, trains his relatives to carve, and participates in the pole raising ceremonies.
Dorothea Lange chose to work as a photographer during a time when family was supposed to come first for a woman. Like so many women, she had a husband and children to take care of
The Comeback Kids -- Book 9 -- The Barbary Macaques of Gibraltar
by Penelope Dyan
Face to Face with Grizzlies (National Geographic Readers) (Face to Face)
by Joel Sartore
National Geographic Face to Face Readers is a high-interest series of books for confident, independent readers that have been adapted to a Key Stage 2 audience by education experts. The books pair magnificent National Geographic photographs with lively first-person text and fascinating facts about the natural world. Join nature photographer Joel Sartore as he journeys into the world of the fearsome and fierce Grizzly Bear. Written in an engaging and fun to read format, the captivating...
The Existence of Sasquatch and Yeti (Unsolved Mysteries (Abdo))
by Carol Hand
Vibrant and bold, up close and personal, the Pop-Up Creatures series presents photos of wild animals in their natural habitats, as captured by Frans Lanting, National Geographic photographer extraordinaire. Clever clues and zoomed-in photos hint at whom is hiding beneath the pop-up pages and ask "Who Am I?" With each page turn, a bright, colorful photograph pops up for a 3-D animal experience. The "Creature Features" section includes names, habitats, diets, sizes, and extra fun facts about eac...
Sharing Photos Online (Create and Share: Thinking Digitally)
by Amber Lovett
Vibrant and bold, up close and personal, the Pop-Up Creatures series presents photos of wild animals in their natural habitats, as captured by Frans Lanting, National Geographic photographer extraordinaire. Clever clues and zoomed-in photos hint at whom is hiding beneath the pop-up pages and ask "Who Am I?" With each page turn, a bright, colorful photograph pops up for a 3-D animal experience. The "Creature Features" section includes names, habitats, diets, sizes, and extra fun facts about eac...
