Robert Fulton Invents the Steamboat is aligned to the Common Core State Standards for English/Language Arts, addressing Literacy.RI.3.4 and Literacy.L.3.2c. Readers learn about the life of Robert Fulton, the inventor of the steamboat, in this book with full-page illustrations and narrative nonfiction text. This book should be paired with Robert Fulton: American Inventor" (9781477726495) from the InfoMax Common Core Readers Program to provide the alternative point of view on the same topic.
The sport of lacrosse has existed in different forms for centuries. Today, it's a popular sport for both young men and young women to play. Through accessible, empowering text, girls are encouraged to try this sport and experience the fun of lacrosse for themselves. Fascinating information about the history and rules of women's lacrosse is presented through clear main text, fun fact boxes, and an eye-catching graphic organizer. Exciting photographs keep readers entertained as they learn. Readers also discover the stories of successful female lacrosse players, providing them with strong role mo.
Air marshals are heroes in the skies, and readers will enjoy learning what it takes to join the ranks of those who’ve chosen this career. Detailed text informs readers of the duties, skills, and training required of air marshals. Additional fact boxes and a graphic organizer enhance readers’ knowledge of this exciting career path. This volume includes full-color photographs of air marshals hard at work protecting people on airplanes and on the ground. Examples of the heroism of real air marshals show readers what this important career is all about.
Who was the Zodiac Killer who terrorized residents of California during the 1960s and 1970s? The answer is still unknown. Readers take an in-depth look at the investigation that continues to fascinate Americans, discovering the details of the crimes and the search for the person who committed them. Additional information is presented through engaging sidebars and eye-catching fact boxes. Historical and contemporary photographs, including primary source images, help readers place themselves in the middle of one of the most famous unsolved mysteries in American history.
The sun is the closest star to Earth. Not only does it give us warmth and light, its light becomes food for plants, helping them grow. Readers discover this and other fun facts about the center of our solar system through accessible text. What does the sun look like up close? Readers find out with the help of diagrams and full-color photographs in this engaging volume, which enhances current science curriculum requirements.
Police officers are brave community helpers. Young readers explore the basics of a police officer’s job through simple, clear text that supports common curriculum topics. Readers also discover vibrant photographs of these helpful men and women on the job. These photographs closely relate to the corresponding text to help early learners strengthen their reading comprehension skills. Readers can also use the helpful picture glossary to understand unfamiliar terms and build their vocabulary. This exciting career is sure to interest many young readers!
Meet Nora and Angus McDonald who, in 1900, leave their beloved homeland, Scotland, to settle in Vermont. Beginning with a completely rundown property, their hard work, faith and desire create a productive farm. They name the farm Belltrees after Nora's family home in Scotland. Rejoice with them as their family grows. Experience the hardships of their adopted land. Feel their pain when tragedies befall them. Enjoy the warmth of their relationships with new friends in a new world. Recoil at the suffering inflicted by a jealous and vindictive cousin. Relish in their triumph over life's obstacles as they create a legacy for their children.
Why do some people choose not to eat meat? Is it wrong to eat an animal that was once alive? These questions are complex and challenge young people's critical-thinking skills, and they form the backbone of this inside look at the debates surrounding vegetarianism, veganism, and eating meat. As readers explore this topic through engaging main text, accessible fact boxes, a detailed graphic organizer, and colorful photographs, they're introduced to different points of view and the facts used to support these differing viewpoints. This teaches young readers the importance of understanding differing perspectives and using facts to inform an opinion.
Located on the Chattahoochee River in southwestern Georgia, Chattahoochee County was carved out of present day counties of Muscogee, Marion, Stewart, Talbot, and Webster Counties, Georgia and on the west across the Chattahoochee River by Russell County, Alabama. The family historian / genealogist will find this book to be a gold mine of information for this and surrounding counties. There are many lists given: road overseers for 1845, road commissioners for 1848 & 1913, Representatives of the State Legislature 1854, Senators 1861, and lists of county officials such as Sheriffs, tax collectors, surveyors, coroners, justices of the peace, and many other types of county officials. There are also lists of marriages from 1854-1889, seven rosters of troops that were organized and recruited from Chattahoochee County, and even the 1st Tax Digest for 1857 is given. The author even includes some church records of which there are church rolls & memberships from various churches covering the time period 1837-1870 and even tombstone inscriptions from the County Line Church. There are also abstracts from the Court of Ordinary from 1854-1865, along with abstracts of the Wills from the county covering 1853-1883. Another interesting aspect of this book are the land transfers that occurred in both Muscogee and Chattahoochee counties that start in 1833 and go well into the 1860's. The major bulk of this book (230 pages) is devoted to family genealogies / biographical sketches of its early residents.
In 2008 these three a-musing poets appeared together in the women's poetry anthology, Not A Muse. But in this new anthology, they take turns being Thalia, muse of comedy, Clio, muse of history and Polyhymnia, muse of sacred poetry. They know each other and appear to have inspired each other-all three write about spirituality and silent reflection. For Kate Marshall Flaherty "the quietest time" is "empty yet full." In the early morning, she stares "at everything / in the absence of light." Deborah Panko's poems hover over the world while celebrating epiphany and longing, like her "Hummingbird," the "Native Indian symbol for healing." In a sestina moving as a prayer, Donna Langevin gives "alibis to angels." Real life is depicted with wit and insight. Deborah manages to blend reflection with compassion and irony in "Faith Bought in a Crystal Shop in Toronto, Canada, at the End of the 20th Century," and "With vision clear and strong as a clap of thunder," she portrays a visceral and elemental spirituality-"a faith that could make sense of it all." In "National Geographic Photograph," Kate describes the raw horror of the image of a starving woman, her "skeleton draped / in a dark sari of skin." Donna's "Hot Chocolate Rag" celebrates a tune "composed / in a New York coffee shop / in the middle of a snowstorm / 100 years ago" and how it "steams from the keyboard" of her "ragster son." You will enter this anthology with an "Oooo" of wonder and hang, like Kate Marshall Flaherty, "suspended like a halo" over the spiritual pieces. Deborah Panko's "History Lesson" will fill you with visceral regret as you read about how the narrator has shut desire in a book. And the final section will snow down on you with grace as Donna Langevin reflects on the multiple shapes of love and snow. - Kate Rogers, Co-editor, Not A Muse: the inner lives of women; Haven Books.
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