Quest for the West: In Search of Gold

When a European family hears of the riches to be had in America, they board a ship to cross the ocean, cross the Great Plains on foot, and wind up in California where opportunity -- and a wily thief -- awaits.

Peter Kent

Hidden Under the Ground : The World Beneath Your Feet

Scholastic, Canada

A diagrammed guide to everyday things explains how they are created, why they are used, and how they are applied to the world around them.

How Things Work: Scholastic Reference (Scholastic First Encyclopedia)

CLAIRE LLEWELLYN

Arthur Phillips

Science & Math

scholastic

It's Not the End of the World

Karen Newman has decided she’ll never get married. Just look at her parents. All they do is fight. And now Karen’s dad has moved out of the house and he and her mom are talking about divorce. Her older brother has locked himself away in his room, her little sister is a mess, and she can’t bring herself to talk about any of it with her best friend. She’s never felt so alone. Yet in spite of everything Karen is sure she can set things right again if only she can get her parents together in the same room. Or will her fantasy backfire?

Children's Books

JUDY BLUME

Literature & Fiction

Tandem Library

Life in Tudor and Stuart Times (Investigating History)

History

Fiona Goodman

Europe

Prentice-Hall a Pearson Education Company

Exciting stories about famous people, outlining their lives and the important events which made them memorable. Every page features easy-to-follow text and a black-and-white line drawing to help bring these events to life. Each title gives further facts about the famous person and the times in which he or she lived, plus a comprehensive time line detailing key dates. William Caxton describes how a rich cloth merchant taught himself the new art of printing and became the first person to print a book in English.

William Caxton (Famous People, Famous Lives)

Harriet Castor

Franklin Watts Ltd

Following the journey of a family who sets off for America from Eastern Europe in 1849 to seek their fortune, this book contains detailed cross-sections showing the routes of their 6800 mile journey. The reader is also encouraged to find the golden crowns hidden on every page.

Quest for the West In Search of Gold (Information Books - History)

WAYLAND PUBLISHERS LTD

Exploring ten variations on the theme of imprisonment over the last 2000 years, this book features various prisons such as Alcatraz, a prison hulk and the Bastille. Included are historical facts and curious details about the prison and life on the inside. There are ten detailed drawings, and a variety of characters to be found - famous inmates such as the Man in the Iron Mask, the prison govenor, a cruel jailor, a kind jailor, an escaping prisoner and a prisoner who keeps pets. Peter Kent is the author of "Slice Through a City" and "Quest for the West".

Behind Bars a Panorama of Prisons

Macdonald Young Bks

The subterranean world of bomb shelters and catacombs and the explosive forces of volcanoes and earthquakes are explored in this book.

Hidden Under the Ground

This book helps you get inside the minds of scientists, engineers and programmers and unravel the workings of the modern world. It allows you discover the secrets of tunnel builders, witness the splitting of an atom, and ride into orbit. It also helps you to find out how superstructures keep from falling down, how a computer game environment is constructed, and how a speeding roller coaster stays on the tracks.

Technology (Navigators)

Kingfisher

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