Enhanced with photos, an "In Their Own Words" section, web site information, activities, and sidebars, shows young readers what it was like to live during this period in American history.

Chronicle Of America: Colonial Times, 1600-1700

Children's Books

Masoff, Joy

History

Scholastic Reference

Chronicle Of America: American Revolution, 1700-1800

Read about the perilous quest to reach the summit of the tallest mountain on Earth. The Scholastic History Readers series was created especially to bring history to life for beginning readers. This book introduces readers to Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay--the first men to reach the peak of Mount Everest. Difficult climbing conditions on Everest--rough terrain, cold temperatures, and high altitude-- are explained. Various types of climbing equipment are discussed, as well. Reaction to the conquest of Everest came from all around the world. Hillary and Norgay both used their fame to improve conditions for the people of Nepal.

Scholastic History Readers: Everest Reaching For The Sky (level 3)

Scholastic Paperbacks

Fire!

Everything about fighting fires--the rigs, the gear, the fires, the rescues, the past, and the future--in a dramatic, action-packed, photographic presentation. FIRE! is an informational book with a dramatic flair. It's chock full of the details, both narrative and visual, of fighting fires and rescuing people--vehicles from pumper trucks to hovercraft, protective clothing from boots to special clothing to wear when working with hazardous materials, equipment from hoses to the golf tees firefighters carry in their helmets to plug leaks in gas tanks and storage drums. It's all here in living color, the generalists, both professional and volunteer, and the specialists--smoke jumpers and hot shots (forest firefighters), arson investigators, emergency

Literature & Fiction

Presents the work done by fire fighters, including the equipment they use, the fires they fight, the rescues and investigations they perform, and the history and future of fire fighting

Fire (Scholastic Reference)

scholastic

Aimed at upper elementary schoolers and brimming with photographs, a dramatic, comprehensive look at fighting fires traces its history, describes the vehicles, equipment, and clothing used, and profiles the heroic efforts of many different types of firefighters.

Fire! (Scholastic Reference)

A behind-the-scenes look at medical rescue teams discusses all aspects of emergency medicine, including the medical personnel, vehicles, and equipment needed to successfully help the patient. By the author of Fire!

Emergency!

Growing Up & Facts of Life

Oh, Yuck!: The Encyclopedia of Everything Nasty

Education & Reference

Demco Media

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. A compendium of history's weirdest facts, from diapers through the ages and the history of dentistry to hoaxes and the true Dracula.

Oh, Yikes! History's Grossest Moments (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)

Turtleback

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Describes different kinds of snowboarding (free riding, in the pipe, jibbing, backcountry) and the techniques, equipment, and terminology involved.

Snowboard! (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)

Sports & Outdoors

Winter Sports

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