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You Are the First Kid on Mars

by O'Brien, Patrick Karl

As we look back to the beginnings of the space race, 2009 is also the year for looking forward to humankind’s next step toward the stars. In the spirit of bo...

Fantastic Flights

One Hundred Years of Flying on the Edge

by O'Brien, Patrick Karl

Describes seventeen twentieth-century historic flights and their pilots, from the Wright brothers to those of the space shuttles.

A Cold Snap!

Frosty Poems

by Baird, Audrey B. & O'Brien, Patrick Karl

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Mammoth

by O'Brien, Patrick Karl

Describes what is known of this prehistoric ancestor of the elephant, based on the preserved remains of mammoth bodies.

The great ships

by O'Brien, Patrick Karl

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The Great Ships

by O'Brien, Patrick Karl

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Megatooth

by O'Brien, Patrick Karl

Picture book. A fascinating journey into the world of the Megalodon, a giant shark who reigned supreme in the underwater realm, shows how scientists used its e...

The Travels of Marco Polo

by Bandon, Alex & O'Brien, Patrick Karl

A biography of the Italian traveler who became the first European to cross Asia completely and document his experiences. 8 yrs+

The Hindenburg

by O'Brien, Patrick Karl

Describes the development and early flights of airships and the disastrous crash of the Hindenburg at an airfield in New Jersey in 1937.

Steam, smoke, and steel

back in time with trains

by O'Brien, Patrick Karl

A boy traces the development of railroad engines from coal to steam to diesel as he recounts his family's experience of driving trains over the years.