A food editor befriends a chicken in his Queens backyard. A ten- year-old child prodigy learns quantum physics. A thief in Rome steals 1,000 euros-from the bottom of an outdoor fountain. These are the stories that make us smile, wonder, and think. They are real-life stories about real-life people, all of which have appeared on the pages of The New York Times. A perfect primer on humanity, Tales from the Times will introduce young readers to people and places that captivate the mind. There are ce...
Community Economics (Set) (Community Economics)
by Meg Gaertner and Marne Ventura
Post-Cold War America: 1992-Present (American history by era)
The New York Times (New York Times)
by Mitchel Levitas and Staff Of The New York Times
Terrorism in the 21st Century: Causes and Effects (Terrorism in the 21st Century: Causes and Effects)
Covid-19 Vaccines and Treatments (Fighting Covid-19)
by Carla Mooney
America in Today's World 1969-2004 (Primary Source History of the United States)
by George E Stanley
* “A hundred years from now, when people want to know what we told our children about 9/11, Kalman's book should be among the first answers.”—Booklist, starred review * “Intelligently conveys those unfathomable events in a way that a picture book audience can comprehend. . . . With this inspiring book, Kalman sensitively handles a difficult subject in an age-appropriate manner.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review * “Fireboat does many things. It sets forth an adventure, helps commemorate an...
Highlighting key figures in the African American fight for equality, this book symbolically takes readers through a people's history, from George Washington Carver to Jackie Robinson and from Rosa Parks to Barack Obama.
The award-winning Wilborn Hampton recounts one horrifying day in history through the eyes of several people who experienced it firsthand. A blind man and his dog struggling to escape from the burning North Tower, a company of firefighters risking their lives to help with the evacuation, an ordinary citizen turned rescue worker sifting through debris after the towers collapsed - each of these individuals endured a personal nightmare, and each carries a separate memory. In SEPTEMBER 11, 2001: ATTA...
Helping Hands (United We Stand (Paperback))
by Marylou Morano Kjelle
Modern Perspectives (Set) (Perspectives Library: Modern Perspectives)
Discusses the main concerns of the protest movements of the 1960s, and how those have evolved since; what's changed for the better, what might be worse, and where do we go from here.
Celebrate Sonia Sotomayor’s most motivational and powerful moments, with quotes from the Supreme Court Justice and vibrant illustrations by Alison Olivier (Moon; BabyLit series.) Be encouraging. Be brilliant. Be you. Each book ends with a mirror! Look for the companion volumes, Be Bold, Baby: Oprah; Be Bold, Baby: Michelle Obama; and Be Bold, Baby: J. K. Rowling.