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Tsunamis and Other Natural Disasters A NONFICTION COMPANION TO MAGIC TREE HOUSE #28: HIGH TIDE IN HAWAII (#6671) By MARY POPE OSBORNE and NATALIE POPE BOYCE Illustrated by SAL MURDOCCA.

The #1 bestselling chapter book series of all time celebrates 25 years with new covers and a new, easy-to-use numbering system!

When Jack and Annie got back from their adventure in Magic Tree House #28: High Tide in Hawaii, they had lots of questions. What causes tsunamis? Who studies earthquakes? How do volcanoes form? What should people do if an avalanche hits? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Jack and Annie track the facts.

Filled with up-to-date information, photos, illustrations, and fun tidbits from Jack and Annie, the Magic Tree House Fact Trackers are the perfect way for kids to find out more about the topics they discovered in their favorite Magic Tree House adventures.

Paperback |  Published by Random House Books for Young Readers Feb 27, 2007 | 128 Pages | 5-3/16 x 7-5/8 | 7-10 years |

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Simply told by Prof. Anderson with glorious illustrations by artists of ancient Greece.

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When were the first trains built and how did they work? Who organizes how trains move along the track? How do some trains go uphill? In this book, you'll find the answers and lots more fascinating facts about trains.

Series: Beginners

How many eyes do spiders have? What do fire fighters wear? What kind of truck can transport the space shuttle? Find the answers to these questions and lots more in these exciting books for children who are learning to read on their own.

Age 6 years and up                        Publisher: Usborne

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Illus. in full color. Here is the gripping story of Hillary and Norgay’s perilous ascent of Mount Everest as they battled snow and ice slides, whipping winds, and the grim knowledge that 19 others had died in the same attempt.Learn More

Titanic A NONFICTION COMPANION TO MAGIC TREE HOUSE #17: TONIGHT ON THE TITANIC ( #6891)By MARY POPE OSBORNE and WILL OSBORNE Illustrated by SAL MURDOCCA

Track the facts with Jack and Annie! When Jack and Annie got back from their adventure in Magic Tree House #17: Tonight on the Titanic, they had lots of questions. How many people were aboard the Titanic? Why weren’t there enough lifeboats for all the passengers? How did this “unsinkable” ship sink? What lessons can we learn from the tragedy? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Jack and Annie track the facts.

Filled with up-to-date information, photos, illustrations, and fun tidbits from Jack and Annie, the Magic Tree House Fact Trackers are the perfect way for kids to find out more about the topics they discovered in their favorite Magic Tree House adventures. And teachers can use Fact Trackers alongside their Magic Tree House fiction companions to meet common core text pairing needs.

Paperback | Published by Random House Books for Young Readers Aug 27, 2002 | 144 Pages | 5-3/16 x 7-5/8 | 7-10 years

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Read the incredible true story of the "unsinkable" ship that sank. Level 3 is for children able to read on their own. The stories are exciting and captivating in order to develop the child's own desire to read. More text and more complex sentence structure are presented, with information spreads to help develop the reader's general knowledge. The choice of subject widens to match the broadening of children's experiences and interests. Whether your child is learning how to read or wants to practice and improve his or her reading skills,DK Readers have the right story for developmentally appropriate reading at home. This innovative range of graded readers combines a highly visual approach with stories that children will want to read. Easy-to-read stories for beginning readers with word repetition progress to stories with rich vocabulary and more challenging sentence structure. There's a DK Reader for every child! Learn More

Discover the history of the world thanks to this detailed book with lots of timelines to help children understand the chronology of world history. Each time period is laid out with each culture side-by-side so you can see what all was happening at different places at the same time in history.

Ages 8+

Publisher: Usborne

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Timeline Suggested Placement Guide. Works beautifully with History Through the Ages Timeline Notebook (Item #3217). With over 1,260 images in the HISTORY Through the Ages Historical Timeline Figures collection, this guide will help with previewing how many images will fill a page in the future, allowing children to determine where to align the figures, as well as where to include their own annotations and additions! Having the child involved in looking up the location of figures helps in developing necessary research skills. Although this guide has the figures specifically placed, there is not just one set way! Children are encouraged to place the images where they see fit. This guide will help by giving a glimpse of what's to come, aiding your child in the decision making process!

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These timeline category stickers may be used with or without timeline figures. Their purpose is to categorize entries on your timeline and to make the intricate nature of historical events simpler for students to view and grasp. Produced by Knowledge Quest. (If you purchase any of their wall timelines, over 125 Timeline Category Stickers are included with your purchase. Should you desire more, this set is identical but doubled. It includes nearly 300 stickers in total) Learn More

HISTORY Through the Ages: Time Travelers American History Studies: The Industrial Revolution Through the Great Depression.

The Industrial Revolution through the Great Depression contains 25 lessons that can spread across 5-10 weeks, covering several eras and witnessing changes in American history as it reached a modern age. Topics include: The Transcontinental Railroad, The Indian Wars, The Gilded Age, Innovations & Inventors, Immigration, Growth of the Nation, People of Interest, The progressive Era, WWI, The Roaring 20s, The Stock Market Crash, The Dust Bowl, and much more! Activities include: Creative Writing, Civil War Recipes, Factfile Cards, File Folder Game, Notebook Timeline, Penmanship Pages, Notebooking Activities, Experiments, Three-dimensional Projects such as making a Suspension Bridge, A Wright Brothers "Flyer" a Flip Book, and a Turn of the Centuries Game. Also includes authentic crafts such as Paper Tole, a Penny Rug, a Yo-Yo Quilt, and WWI Silk Postcards. 12 Lap Book Projects and a final "Depression-Era Dinner"to bring the unit to a close. Also included are teacher helps, resource lists, teacher keys, and a guide-at-a-glance. Photos and drawings help illustrate the directions for completing over 50 activities. Format: CD (Mac & PC Compatible)Suggested Grades 3-8.

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HISTORY Through the Ages Time Travelers American History Study: The American Revolution.

"The American Revolution," contains 25 lessons that can spread across 5-10 weeks, covering the politics and conflicts that launched a new nation, such as: Colonial beginnings, the French & Indian War, problems leading up to the revolution, Continental Congress, General Washington, women of the war, several specific battles, many important figures who stood for the cause of liberty, and much more! * Creative Writing * Colonial Recipes * Factfile Cards * File Folder Game * Science Experiments * Notebook Timeline * Penmanship Pages * Notebooking Activities * Three-dimensional Projects such as Painting Miniature Soldiers, Making a Haversack, Dioramas, and so much more! * Authentic Crafts such as Candle Dipping and Creating an authentic "Floorcloth" Table Mat! * 11 Lap BookTM Projects, including pop-ups, layered books, etc. * And a final "Tribute to the Revolution" to bring the unit to a close!

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Time Travelers History Study - "New World Explorers" CD contains 25 lessons that can spread across 5-10 weeks, covering: Reasons for Exploration, A Sailor's Life, Ships, Navigation, 23 Explorer Profiles, Pirates, and more! Activities include: Creative Writing, Factfile Cards, Science Experiments, Penmanship Pages, European Recipes, File Folder Games, Notebook timeline, Notebooking Activities, Three-dimensional Projects such as an Incan Artifact, Ship's Log, Pueblo Diorama, 10 Lap Book Projects, including mapping, pop-ups, etc. and a final "Exploration Celebration" to bring the unit to a close, all on one CD! Full color gallery of pictures are also included on the CD to aid in visualizing the final result of the projects and activities.

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His Life and Times with 21 Activities

By Brandon Marie Miller

Drawing heavily from the original letters and papers of Thomas Jefferson and his contemporaries, this resource chronicles the world of the Founding Father who wrote the Declaration of Independence. From his early critiques of the colonial policies of Great Britain and King George III to his governmental roles as the first secretary of state, the minister to France, and the third president of the United States, Jefferson’s groundbreaking achievements are described in historical context. The contradictions in Jefferson’s character—most notably the fact that he owned 600 slaves in his lifetime despite penning the immortal phrase "all men are created equal"—are also explored, giving kids a full picture of this skilled politician. Creative activities that invite children to experience Jefferson's colonial America include designing a Palladian window, building a simple microscope, painting a “buffalo robe,” and dancing a reel.

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By Caryn Jenner

Perfect for advanced young readers, this book tells the exciting history of the legendary Thomas Edison. Budding historians will revel in this story of the greatest inventor of the modern age. Imagine where we’d be without his brilliant creations!

From the first light bulb to moving pictures, Edison proved himself to be one of the most important men in US history. 

Includes gorgeous, full-color photography and a complete glossary of terms.

Stunning photographs combine with lively illustrations and engaging, age-appropriate stories in DK Readers, a multilevel reading program guaranteed to capture children’s interest while developing their reading skills and general knowledge.

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Language ‏ : ‎ English

Paperback ‏ : ‎ 160 pages 

Reading age ‏ : ‎ 9 - 12 years

Grade level ‏ : ‎ 4 - 7 

Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 11 x 0.4 x 8.5 inches

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His Life and Times, 21 Activities

By Kerrie Logan Hollihan

Hands-on activities and insightful historical information reveal the fascinating life of Theodore Roosevelt, America’s 26th president, who was also well known as a writer, a ranchman, a politician, a solider, an explorer, and a family man. Combining a rich biography, including information about his childhood, with relevant and engaging projects, this book offers a glimpse at Roosevelt’s work and times—how a sickly, undersized boy grew into a physically fit, energetic, and courageous man; how his wealth did not shield him from human tragedy; how as a leader of a young, vigorous nation, he steered a middle course between big business and working-class needs; and how his love of nature led him to protect millions of acres for posterity. Readers will create a Native American toy, explore the effects of erosion, go on a modern big-game hunt with a camera, and make felted teddy bears. The text includes a time line, online resources, and a reading list for further study—making this the ultimate reference on a great American president.

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In Genevieve Foster's inimitable style, she brings to life the dawn of the 19th century with all its wonderful advancements in transportation, communication, and technology. This is the age of Napoleon, Jefferson, Toussaint, Livingston, Robert Fulton, Richard Trevithick, Beethoven, Lewis and Clark, Sacajawea, Dolley Madison and much more. Foster's use of "horizontal history", weaves these stories together by delightful retellings and whimsical illustrations. 98 pgs Learn More

Marrin relates the gripping story of how the Yanks "came over" to aid the European Allies and turn the tide in the first Great War. How the United States mobilized industry, trained doughboy soldiers, and promoted the war at home makes for fascinating reading in one of the few books on this topic for young adults. The human cost of the war is poignantly related in tales of the action at Chateau Thierry and Belleau Woods, in the air with the daring men of the Army Air Corps, and with the Lost Battalion at the Battle of Meuse-Argonne. From the sinking of the Lusitania to Armistice Day, Marrin tells the heartrending and inspiring story of the "war to end all wars." Illustrated with maps and photographs. 249 pgs Learn More

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Nearly 300 speeches offer provocative themes, historic parallels, and memorable quotations: Socrates, Julius Caesar, St. Francis, Martin Luther, Napoleon, Victor Hugo, Mohandas K. Gandhi, Winston Churchill, Fulton J. Sheen, Barbara Jordan, Malcolm X, Ronald Reagan, Nelson Mandela, Earl of Spencer, and many others. Includes 8 selections from the Common Core State Standards Initiative. Learn More

Continuing her unique approach to "horizontal history", Genevieve Foster explores the wide world of William Penn from the 1660's to the early 1700's - a world reaching across the courtyards of the Sun King in France to the Great Wall of China and beyond to Colonial America. Penn's contemporaries included such colorful figures as Louis XIV, Peter the Great, Edmund Halley, Sir Issac Newton, Shah Jahan ( who built the Taj Mahal), and the great explorers Marquette, Jolliet, and La Salle. His life also spans a fascinating age of world exploration and discovery. Penn's Quaker beliefs under girded his relationships with the Pennsylvanian native tribes and established the longest standing peace treaty between American Indians and European settlers. Wonderful maps and illustrations by the author complement the text. 196 pgs Learn More

By Genevieve Foster. This is the story of a wonderful, changing, reawakening world—the world of the Renaissance and Reformation. Measured by the lifetime of Columbus and his sons, this book spans the years from 1451-1539. With Columbus as the central figure of this narrative, readers will also learn the fascinating stories of Prince Henry the Navigator, Ivan III of Russia, Gutenberg, Queen Isabella, Leonardo da Vinci, Mohammed II, the African ruler Nomi Mansa, Martin Luther, Erasmus, Albrecht Dürer, Copernicus, Michaelangelo and many others. Told in Foster's engaging and winsome style enhanced by her helpful chronologies and timelines, readers will learn of the religious, cultural and scientific changes that ushered in a new frontier of exploration and discovery. 406 pgs. Grades 7th & up. Published by Beautiful Feet Books. Paperback. Learn More

Spanning the years from 1580-1631 the life of the adventurous John Smith gives a picture of the world just before and during the colonization of America. When Smith was a boy, Shakespeare was on his way to London to become an actor, the Spanish Armada had failed to conquer England, Mary Queen of Scots had lost her head, and Akbar the young prince of India sought to rule his people wisely. Galileo was perfecting his telescope and seeing things never before seen by the human eye, while Pocahontas romped the forests of Virginia and saved a young Englishman's life. A little band of Pilgrims seeking to escape religious persecution in England fled to Holland and a little Dutch boy named Rembrandt began to paint. These are just a few of the intriguing personalities, events, discoveries, and advances that made up the world of Captain John Smith and are now made alive to the reader in Foster's masterful way. 406 pgs Learn More