History - Kids

In Girls' Lacrosse: A Guide for Players and Fans, young readers can check out one of the world's fastest-growing sports. They will find easy-to-read explanations of girls' lacrosse history, basic rules and strategies, and how they can suit up and get on the field....

Boys' Lacrosse: A Guide for Players and Fans gives young readers a glimpse into one of the world's fastest-growing sports. Readers will find easy-to-read explanations of lacrosse's beginnings, basic rules and strategies, and how they can suit up and get on the field. This...

The influenza epidemic in 1918 killed more people than World War I. Read this book to learn more about the history of this infectious disease.Author: Barbara KrasnerISBN-10: 1543555004ISBN-13: 9781543555004Publisher: Capstone PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/2019Pages: 32Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.52lbsSize: 9.10h x 7.20w x 0.30dAccelerated Reader:Reading Level: 5.3Point...

Did you know the early Islamic word bred scientists and scholars who made significant contributions to the field of science and technology? This book will introduce some of the most important names of the time. Read this book to open your mind into a...

There's a secret to mastering history. You have to understand how timelines work. You can do this by understanding the chronology of events, and how one led to the other. This domino effect has shaped histories and made people either heroes or villains. Make...

Labor unions are groups of organized individuals that aim to protect and further their rights and interests. Before there were labor unions, there were issues of slavery, unsanitary working conditions and a high number of work-related illnesses and even deaths. So where did the...

Explore some of history's biggest failures in medicine--from bloodletting to early remedies--and how some of those failures eventually led to success. Author: Barbara KrasnerISBN-10: 1541589300ISBN-13: 9781541589308Publisher: Lerner Publications (Tm)Language: EnglishPublished: 01/01/2020Pages: 32Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.40lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.80w x 0.30dAccelerated Reader:Reading Level: 5.2Point Value: 0.5Interest...

Without inventors, we wouldn't have cars, airplanes, or light bulbs. Inventors build devices that make our lives better. But not all inventions succeed. In fact, the history of inventions is filled with missteps and blunders. Learn about the biggest goofs--from flying cars to Smell-O-Vision....

From candle-lit cottages to electricity-filled houses, this carefully leveled text compares and contrasts homes of the past to homes of the present. Colorful photographs engage young readers, while age-appropriate critical thinking questions and a photo glossary help develop nonfiction-reading skills.Author: Kerry DinmontISBN-10: 1541503341ISBN-13: 9781541503342Publisher:...

How do the toys and games children played with in the past compare to the toys of the present? This carefully leveled text compares and contrasts using colorful photographs, age-appropriate critical thinking questions, and a photo glossary that help build nonfiction-learning skills and vocabulary.Author:...

I Wish I Knew That is full of interesting stuff that parents and grandparents used to learn at school that every child ought to know today. From classic books children should read, a quick grammar guide, an introduction to foreign languages, who that Pythagoras...

A book about the life of Harriet Tubman. Around 1820, I am born into slavery in the state of Maryland with the name of Araminta Ross. My nickname is Minty. Maybe my name will change later. I am now 5 years old. My slave...

This hugely entertaining activity book provides hours of fun for kids, whether they're on a long trip or stuck inside on a rainy day. Follow the doomed ship Titanic, from its creation to its tragic end. Come on board, look at the plans, fill...

Genius' is an over-used, but rarely-accurate, description applied to remarkable figures. In the case of Richard Trevithick, however, its use is not only apt, but could even be regarded as something of an understatement. Philip Hosken's 'Genius' offers a perfect introduction to the great...

"Crawling Leads To Walking, But To Walk One Must Stand" Medgar Evers: "He Taught His Kids To Crawl So We Could Stand" looks at moments in time - our history, racial past, even our current state of politics. It's a riveting story, told in...

Constitution Day is observed on September 17, as the day in 1787 that delegates to the Constitutional Convention signed the document in Philadelphia, my hometown, granting American citizens the outline for a new nation unlike any other in history. But neither you nor I...

In the immediate aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, President George W. Bush, proclaimed Friday September 14, 2001, as a National Day of Prayer and Remembrance for the Victims of the Terrorist Attacks on September 11, 2001. Americans united behind the Star Spangled Banner by...

We celebrate the Fourth of July every year with family and friends and lots of festivities, but what is so important about that day?Author: Soraya Diase CoffeltISBN-10: 1683503279ISBN-13: 9781683503279Publisher: Morgan James KidsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/02/2017Pages: 36Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.21lbsSize: 8.00h x 8.00w x 0.10d

Fascinated by the Titanic? Take a dive into the world of the greatest maritime disaster of the twentieth century. Using the twenty-six letters of the alphabet, this is a child-friendly format to acquire knowledge of the great ship and her journey to America in...

Sobek in the Gods and Goddesses of the Ancient World series explores the fascinating drama, love stories, and destruction in the myths surrounding the ancient Egyptian god of food and water. Book includes history, myths, and a family tree. Written with a high interest...

Hapi in the Gods and Goddesses of the Ancient World series explores the fascinating drama, love stories, and destruction in the myths surrounding the ancient Egyptian god of the Nile river. Book includes history, myths, and a family tree. Written with a high interest...

Anubis in the Gods and Goddesses of the Ancient World series explores the fascinating drama, love stories, and destruction in the myths surrounding the ancient Egyptian god of the dead. Book includes history, myths, and a family tree. Written with a high interest level...

Horus in the Gods and Goddesses of the Ancient World series explores the fascinating drama, love stories, and destruction in the myths surrounding the ancient Egyptian god of royal power. Book includes history, myths, and a family tree. Written with a high interest level...

This title focuses on the history of Golf and gives information related to its origins, fun facts, and superstars like Tiger Woods. This hi-lo title is complete with epic and colorful photographs, simple text, glossary, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and...

This title focuses on the history of Basketball and gives information related to its origins, fun facts, and superstars like LeBron James. This hi-lo title is complete with epic and colorful photographs, simple text, glossary, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and...

The New Day has become WWE's longest reigning tag team champions. Discover the journeys of Big E, Xavier Woods, and Kofi Kingston. What started as a disaster became one of the most fun teams in all of professional wrestling. The simple text is joined...

A.J. Styles has wrestled all over the world for over 20 years. Discover the journey that led Styles from the beginning to ultimately holding the WWE Championship, professional wrestling's top prize. The easy to read text is joined with beautiful and colorful photographs showing...

Students will love learning about the New York Mets in this high-interest title Text covers the team's history, memorable wins, star players, and important coaches. Features include table of contents, fun facts, team stats, timeline, glossary, and index. Aligned to Common Core standards and...

In this engaging biography, readers will learn about the inventor of Mr. Potato Head, George Lerner. Follow the story of Lerner as he takes Mr. Potato Head from its start as a cereal-box prize to a kit of pieces that kids stuck into real...

In this engaging biography, readers will learn about the developer of the Monopoly board game, Charles B. Darrow. Follow the story of Darrow as he develops Monopoly from its roots as a tool to demonstrate the benefits of single tax through its evolution to...

Readers will learn about the early years of Michelle Obama, her impressive careers, and her years in the White House as the First Lady of the United States. This title is complete with simple text, a timeline, and great photographs of Obama from childhood...

Readers will learn about the early years of Hillary Clinton and how she got her start in politics. They will also learn about her political career and her two attempts at the presidency. This title is complete with simple text, a timeline, and great...

The Sadako Sasaki story and her struggle with the A-bomb disease.Author: Deb Sheffer, Brenda Wright, Walter EnloeISBN-10: 1463621361ISBN-13: 9781463621360Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/17/2011Pages: 68Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.23lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.14d

Author: Shahkeh Yaylaian SetianISBN-10: 1462884237ISBN-13: 9781462884230Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/06/2011Pages: 242Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.79lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.55dReview Citation(s): BlueInk Review 12/16/2011

The Horse Indians is the story of the history of the Wind River Wyoning Eastern Shoshoni Indians that left that region in 1500 and traveled into northern Texas and New Mexico. They subsequently came to be called the comanche Indians and the "LOrds of...

Author: Fawn Carl, Lanita LovercheckISBN-10: 1450004423ISBN-13: 9781450004428Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/08/2010Pages: 44Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.28lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.11d

The Story of Mankind offers a marvelous tour of history. Beginning with ancient myths, it takes us through the aftermath of World War I. In its pages we meet scoundrels and ruffians and poets; we engage with Pericles, Mohammed and Metternich, Confucius and Savonarola...

Aim for the high score and become an expert on the history of video games with this fact-tastic nonfiction Level 3 Ready-to-Read, part of a series about the history of fun stuff! This Level 3 reader is part of an exciting nonfiction series about...

Get the complete story of the Yankees, from Babe Ruth to Derek Jeter--with twenty-seven World Championships in between--in this "enormous home run" (Kirkus Reviews) of a middle grade adaptation of Pinstripe Empire, a celebrated keepsake for every baseball fan full of black and white...

It's the 1800s, and you are a child from a poor family. You have to go to work to keep from starving. Will you: Work as a pauper apprentice in an English factory? Emigrate from Ireland in order to work in the New England...

From the bluff overlooking the Ohio River Valley in Madison, Indiana, Madison State Hospital celebrated its 100th Anniversary on August 23, 2010. The collaboration of the hospital's Executive Cabinet and select departmental leaders have created this rich account of the first 100 years. Explore...

Engages readers with incredible stories of people who made daring escapes from war-torn East Germany. From the early 1960s to the late 1980s, thousands of people fled the communist regime in East Germany to the freedom of West Germany. Additional features include a Fast...

Engages readers with incredible stories of people who made daring escapes from Alcatraz. This notorious island prison was home to hundreds of inmates, dozens of whom risked their lives to escape captivity. Additional features include a Fast Facts spread, informative infographics, critical-thinking questions, a...

Read Taking a Trip to learn how travel has changed over time Photographs and clear text compare and contrast modern and historical travel methods in a child-friendly format, making this a great tool for discussing how life has changed over the years.Author: Rebecca RissmanISBN-10:...

"This book about the exciting and inspiring true story of Apollo 8, the first crewed spaceship to break free of Earth's orbit and reach the moon, tells the story of these three brave men, the frantic rush to get their rocket ready, and the...

Find out how inventions such as the lightbulb and the automobile have changed the way we live by reading Then and Now.Author: Mary LindeenISBN-10: 1429679727ISBN-13: 9781429679725Publisher: Capstone PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/01/2011Pages: 16Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.25lbsSize: 6.90h x 5.80w x 0.40dAccelerated Reader:Reading Level: 2.7Point Value: 0.5Interest Level:...

Mighty monarchs, powerful presidents, legendary leaders ... discover more than 100 true stories of magnificent men who changed the world. They're kings wielding scepters and sitting on thrones, they're revolutionaries on the front lines of change, they're presidents and prime ministers leading their nations,...

Grab your knife and fork and get ready to dig in to human history through the lens of food and the struggle to acquire it with award-winning celebrity food editor and author Tanya Steel. This book includes 30 kid-tested and approved recipes inside Did...

Kids will be swept across world history as they learn the hilarious, fascinating, and complete story of man's best friend, from the first domesticated dogs, to the massive mastiffs that came over with Christopher Columbus on his voyage to the New World, to the...

Do you think spies are stupendous? Ninjas are neat? Mysteries are more than meet the private eye? Then you'll love That's Sneaky, the most surprising and suspenseful information that we're legally permitted to print. Jam-packed into this top secret title is the most classified...