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Ox, House, Stick

The History of Our Alphabet

by Robb, Don

Bold collage illustrations and clear prose trace the origins of our familiar letters. From the proto-Sinaitic peoples, through the Phoenicians, Greeks and Roma...

Raleigh's Page

by Armstrong, Alan

In the late 16th century, fifteen-year-old Andrew leaves school in England and must prove himself as a page to Sir Walter Raleigh before embarking for Virginia...

Eggs

by Spinelli, Jerry

Mourning the loss of his mother, nine-year-old David forms an unlikely friendship with independent, quirky thirteen-year-old Primrose, as the two help each oth...

Outside and Inside Woolly Mammoths

by Markle, Sandra

Describes the anatomy of life of the woolly mammoths as well as why they became extinct.

Quest for the Tree Kangaroo

An Expedition to the Cloud Forest of New Guinea

by Montgomery, Sy

Follow a group of explorers and scientists as they travel to Papua New Guinea to find a type of kangaroo that lives in trees.

A Drowned Maiden's Hair

A Melodrama

by Schlitz, Laura Amy

At the Barbary Asylum for Female Orphans, eleven-year-old Maud is adopted by three spinster sisters moonlighting as mediums who take her home and reveal to her...

What If You Met a Knight?

by Adkins, Jan

Forget jousts and quests and dragons—a real knight had real work to do, lots of mouths to feed, and trouble could ride over the hill at any moment. Castles w...

Water Street

by Giff, Patricia Reilly

In the shadow of the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, eighth-graders and new neighbors Bird Mallon and Thomas Neary make some decisions about what they wan...

Gossamer

by Lowry, Lois

While learning to bestow dreams, a young dream giver tries to save an eight-year-old boy from the effects of both his abusive past and the nightmares inflicted...

Up Before Daybreak

Cotton and People in America

by Hopkinson, Deborah

Read about the importance of cotton in America's history and learn about the lives of people who picked it and worked with it.