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Pub. Date

c1996

Language

English

Description

A basic introduction to the concept of fractions.

2) A picture book of Rosa Parks

Author

Series

Language

English

Description

A biography of the Alabama black woman whose refusal to give up her seat on a bus helped establish the civil rights movement.

3) Fun with Roman numerals

Author

Pub. Date

c2008

Language

English

4) Triangles

Author

Pub. Date

[2014]

Language

English

Description

Introduces triangles, discussing the different types of triangles and the concept of triangle size measured in degrees.

5) A picture book of Patrick Henry

Author

Series

Pub. Date

c1995

Language

English

6) A picture book of Anne Frank

Author

Series

Pub. Date

c1993

Language

English

Description

Traces the life of the young Jewish girl whose diary chronicles the years she and her family hid from the Nazis in an Amsterdam attic.

7) Squares, rectangles, and other quadrilaterals

Author

Pub. Date

[2018]

Language

English

Description

A picture geometry book that introduces children to quadrilaterals, including parallelograms and trapezoids, using hands-on activities and simple explanations. --

8) Money madness

Author

Pub. Date

c2009

Language

English

Description

This beginning guide to economics will have readers thinking about the purpose, and not just the value, of money. From bartering, early forms of currency, credit cards, and digital payment, here is a clear and thorough introduction to money.

9) Things that float and things that don't

Author

Pub. Date

[2013]

Language

English

10) A picture book of Lewis and Clark

Author

Series

Pub. Date

2003

Language

English

Description

An introduction to the lives of Lewis and Clark and to the exploratory expedition they led from St. Louis to the Pacific Ocean in the early nineteenth century.

11) The ups and downs of gravity

Author

Pub. Date

[2020]

Language

English

Description

"Two kids explore the ups and downs of gravity in this introduction to physical science"--

12) The story of Passover

Author

Pub. Date

[2014]

Language

English

Description

Tells the story of the enslavement of the Children of Israel by the pharaoh, the coming of Moses, the ten plagues that struck Egypt, and the delivery of the Children of Israel from slavery.

13) Lou Gehrig: the luckiest man

Author

Language

English

Description

Traces the life of the Yankees' star ballplayer, focusing on his character and his struggle with the terminal disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

14) Telling time

Author

Pub. Date

[2019]

Language

English

Description

"This picture book offers explanations of how to tell time, the difference between digital and analog time and AM and PM"--

15) Simple machines: wheels, levers, and pulleys

Author

Pub. Date

[2015]

Language

English

Description

Kids use simple machines every day without realizing it. Teeth are wedges and so are knives, forks, and thumbtacks. Many toys such as slides, which are inclined planes, and seesaws, which are levers, are also simple machines. Two appealing kids and their comical cat introduce levers, wheels, pulleys, inclined planes, and more, and explain how they work. This lively introduction to physics will get kids excited about how simple machines simplify our...

16) Fractions, decimals, and percents

Author

Pub. Date

Language

English

Description

Fractions, decimals, and percents are everywhere! Just take a stroll around a county fair. There are fractions at the pie-eating contest, decimals in the arcade, and percent signs in the prize booth. Each time you see a fraction, decimal, or percent, you can easily convert it into its equivalent. This entertaining picture book is sure to earn 100% from math students and teachers.

17) A picture book of Christopher Columbus

Author

Series

Pub. Date

c1991

Language

English

Description

A brief account of the life and accomplishments of Christopher Columbus.

18) A picture book of Davy Crockett

Author

Series

Pub. Date

c1996

Language

English

19) A picture book of Benjamin Franklin

Author

Series

Pub. Date

c1990

Language

English

Description

Surveys the life of Benjamin Franklin, highlighting his work as an inventor and statesman.

20) Place value

Author

Pub. Date

[2016]

Language

English

Description