The Life of Sacagawea (Sequence Change Maker Biographies)
by Gillia M Olson
Shortly before his sixteenth birthday, Kit Carson leaves his home in Missouri, heads out for Santa Fe, and begins a series of adventures as a legendary mountain man.
Beyond Europe (History of the World (Zak Books))
by Neil Morris and John Malam
"A detailed overview of the history of non-European parts of the world from 500 to 1500, including Africa, China, Japan, Korea, Southeast Asia, and India"--Provided by publisher.
Fighting Diseases (Collins Big Cat)
Collins Big Cat supports every primary child on their reading journey from phonics to fluency. Top authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that children love to read. Book banded for guided and independent reading, there are reading notes in the back, comprehensive teaching and assessment support and ebooks available. In 2019, a new disease called Covid-19 struck the world. However, diseases are not new. They have been infecting humankind for thousands of ye...
Robert de La Salle (Great Explorers) (Great Explorers (Chelsea House))
by Samuel Willard Crompton
La Salle is one of the best-known but least-understood explorers of human history. Celebrated for following the Mississippi to its mouth in present-day Louisiana, he was also berated for failing to relocate that same area when he came by sea. Justly known as the greatest of the canoe-carrying and paddle-wielding Frenchmen of his time, he was a failure when it came to colonization and conquest. There was greatness within him, including a powerful will to succeed, but there was also sheer stubborn...
Que Fue La Expedicion de Lewis y Clark? (Quien Fue? / Who Was?)
by Judith St. George
Presenta un relato de la expedición de dos años y medio que proporcionó un vasto conocimiento del Occidente, geográficamente y científicamente. Presents an account of the two-and-a-half-year expedition that yielded vast knowledge of the West, geographically and scientifically.
50 Things to See on the Moon (Beginner's Guide to Space)
by John A Read
Discusses the life and travels of the eighteenth-century British navigator and explorer known for his adventurous voyages and maps of the Pacific.
The Perils of the Santa Fe Trail (Landmarks in U.S. History)
by Jean K Williams
Grt Journeys Series Set (Great Journeys)
Each spread focuses on one destination, and the intricate artwork gives readers a visual flavour of the place, with masses to look at and discover the more you look. There are links from one place to the next - historical, geographical, natural history or just simple proximity - for example, there is an ancient Egyptian obelisk in NY's central park, with two sister obelisks in Paris and London. Find the one in the Central Park using Google[trademark] Earth co-ordinates and it gives you the clue...
Enjoy this journey through the fascinating history of trains in this picture-packed celebration of the story of trains and how they have transformed our world. Discover how George Stephenson's dream of a steam-powered railway changed the world. Look inside a locomotive to understand how the piston turns the wheels. Learn how the railroads helped to shape the history of America. Read how the electric and diesel power provided more speed and efficiency, and take a glimpse into the future to see ho...
Where Do You Think You're Going, Christopher Columbus?
by Jean Fritz
Discusses the voyages of Christopher Columbus who determined to beat everyone in the race to the Indies.
Explore With Francisco Pizarro (Travel with the Great Explorers) (Travel With Great Explorers)
by Lisa Dalrymple
This informative book follows the travels of the Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro in Peru. Presented in an entertaining tabloid style, topics include: what led Pizarro to head into the Andes, first encounters with the Inca, the Inca capital at Cusco, Pizarro's desire for gold, and the overthrow of the Inca Empire.
The Biography of Bananas reveals the murky past and uncertain future of the tasty banana. Almost unknown in North America before the 1870s, bananas quickly became a popular fruit with a rough history. Colorful photographs and maps help explain who grows your bananas, how they are harvested, and why the banana may soon become extinct.
Join the Pilgrims on their perilous journey across the ocean, as they start a new life in North America. This stunning book marks the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower's voyage, with edge-to-edge illustrated scenes, interspersed with detailed maps, inventories and cutaways, along with engaging, narrative text to make this a history book to treasure and pour over time and again. Learn about the perilous journey, the crew and passengers, the cargo on board and what happened when they finally dr...
Everyone has heard the names Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, but what about Michael Collins--the third brave Apollo 11 astronaut who didn't get to walk on the moon? Many of the most relevant figures in scientific history have remained in the shadows, but not any longer! From Alan Katz's new Awesome Achievers series, Awesome Achievers in Science gives kids a look behind the scenes at 12 lesser-known scientists whose contributions are personally relevant to their lives today. Each figure is given...
From the world wars to the French revolution, the emergence of the Internet to the decoding of the genome, Roshen Dalal traces the progress of human civilization across the centuries. Find answers to how the slave trade came about and how industrialization happened. Follow the rise and fall of great empires such as the Ottomans and the Mughals, the breakdown of communism in China and the destruction and rejuvenation of Japan post nuclear attacks. Discover how new countries shap...
When one thinks of the explorers of space, one often considers the astronauts who piloted their craft to the Moon in the 1960s and other astronauts and cosmonauts who followed to staff the space shuttles and space stations. However, the exploration of space did not begin in the 20th century, nor was it always conducted from spaceships. Exploring Space offers extensive coverage of human exploration into space - from ancient theory and Renaissance observations to 19th-century fantasy to 20th-centu...
La Historia Oculta (Hidden History) (Historia Oculta (Hidden History))
Discover the world through the eyes of the greatest explorers in history. Find out how the world was first circumnavigated by a slave and how travellers overcame the challenge of not having enough to eat and drink whilst travelling through unknown territory. Experience the excitement of seeing a new land for the first time, tasting new fruits and discovering new animals. From Marco Polo and Magellan to Shackleton and Armstrong, Great Voyages takes the reader on the most exhilarating and heroic j...