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9-11 Artists Respond: Volume One
Over 100 graphic artists draw their reactions to the 9-ll attack on the World Trade Center. There are as many styles and points-of-view as artists. Although graphic in nature, some texts would be difficult for beginning readers due to size and type face
| Author: No author cited |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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Ancient Cliff Dwellers of Mesa Verde, The
The Anasazi, "the ancient ones" in Navajo, had a unique and well developed culture. Around 1300, they simply vanished. Today, their home (Mesa Verde) is a national park. This carefully researched text recreates the Anasazi's way of life and explores th
| Author: Arnold, Caroline |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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Anno's Journey
Anno arrives by small boat, bargains for a horse, and begins a journey across Europe that crosses countries and merges past with present. The reader sees quiet villages, working farms, towering castles, and bustling cities. This world is populated with
Brooklyn Bridge, The
This award winner tells the history of an unusual American family, the history of an important U.S. bridge, and the story of how that bridge was crafted and designed. It ends with a list of statistics and an index.
| Author: Mann, Elizabeth |
HSE Descriptors:
science | math
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Castle
This engaging informational book tells the story of the step-by-step planning and construction of a (fictitious) castle in England in the last part of the 13th century. Eventually the castle is attacked by Welsh soldiers, but it withstands the siege. Th
| Author: Macaulay, David |
HSE Descriptors:
science
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Cathedral
This fascinating nonfiction book describes the construction of an imaginary castle in medieval France. The illustrations are black and white and very detailed. The book ends with a glossary.
| Author: Macaulay, David |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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City by Numbers
This is a wordless book containing photographs of numerals in the context of shapes and objects found in a city.
| Author: Johnson, Stephen T. |
HSE Descriptors:
math
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Empire State Building
Archival photographs, diagrams, and illustrations accompany this account of the building of the Empire State Building in New York City during the Great Depression. The fact page, glossary, and map expand the book's use in the classroom.
| Author: Mann, Elizabeth |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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Houses and Homes
A fascinating photographic collection of houses in different world cultures. The photos show how colorful diverse homes and people are. There is very little text, but the index at the end identifies the location of each home.
Metropolis
This book provides a detailed look at 10 cities, from 11th century Jerusalem to 20th century New York City. Readers will learn about culture, architecture, and everyday life over the centuries as well as historical information about the cities themselves.
| Author: Lorenz, Albert |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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Michelangelo
Diane Stanley has added to her work another stunningly visual biography filled with details of the painter, sculptor, and poet Michelangelo Buonarroti. The beautiful illustrations refer to famous works and people of the times. The book includes a useful
| Author: Stanley, Diane |
HSE Descriptors:
language arts - reading | social studies
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Mosque
Once again David Macaulay describes and illustrates the construction of a traditional structure, this time a fictional mosque (but similar to the Blue Mosque in Istanbul). An introduction, a map, and a glossary aid the reader in following the text.
| Author: Macaulay, David |
HSE Descriptors:
language arts - reading
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Pantheon, The
Although few records survive to describe the construction of the Pantheon in Rome in A.D. 128, the author uses modern technology and scientific problem solving to carefully explain and illustrate the construction feat.
| Author: Dutemple, Lesley |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies | science
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Pyramid
Black and white illustrations accompany this nonfiction account, a process of building an Egyptian pyramid. Some teachers may want to use this as a reference; some students may love poring over the details. The book ends with a glossary.
| Author: Macaulay, David |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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Construction/Engineering > Building > bridges
Those Building Men
The author pays tribute to an older generation of construction workers who built the first railroads, canals, bridges, and skyscrapers in American. The simple prose uses beautiful language to describe work.
| Author: Johnson, Angela |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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Construction/Engineering > Building > construction
Amazing Impossible Erie Canal, The
After an introduction detailing the need to transport goods back and forth to the settlers in the expanding west, the author takes the reader on the inaugural ride in 1825 that opened the Erie Canal. Illustrations and a time line provide additional infor
| Author: Harness, Cheryl |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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Castle Diary: The Journal of Tobias Burgess, Page
Tobias, an 11-year-old boy, goes to serve as a page for a year in his uncle's castle in 13th Century England. Notes for the Reader contains additional historical information.
| Author: Platt, Richard |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies | language arts - writing
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Empire State Building
Archival photographs, diagrams, and illustrations accompany this account of the building of the Empire State Building in New York City during the Great Depression. The fact page, glossary, and map expand the book's use in the classroom.
| Author: Mann, Elizabeth |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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Full Steam Ahead: The Race to Build a Transcontinental Railroad
The Pacific Railroad Act of 1862 granted a company in California the right to lay railroad tracks east and another to lay tracks west beginning at the Mississippi River. Payment for the work, in land and money, was based on the number of miles covered. T
| Author: Blumberg, Rhoda |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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Houses
An illustrated history of the construction of houses presents interesting information about the evolution of family dwellings.
Lady Liberty: A Biography
Poetic format shares the stories of the people involved in the building of the Statue of Liberty. It also shares the reactions and contributions of everyday people seeing her rise in NY Harbor. Beautiful illustrations that add to the stories of the peopl
| Author: Rappaport, Doreen |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies | literature and arts
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Lady Liberty: A Biography
Poetic format shares the stories of the people involved in the building of the Statue of Liberty. It also shares the reactions and contributions of everyday people seeing her rise in NY Harbor. Beautiful illustrations that add to the stories of the peopl
| Author: Rappaport, Doreen |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies | literature and arts
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Mosque
Once again David Macaulay describes and illustrates the construction of a traditional structure, this time a fictional mosque (but similar to the Blue Mosque in Istanbul). An introduction, a map, and a glossary aid the reader in following the text.
| Author: Macaulay, David |
HSE Descriptors:
language arts - reading
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Pantheon, The
Although few records survive to describe the construction of the Pantheon in Rome in A.D. 128, the author uses modern technology and scientific problem solving to carefully explain and illustrate the construction feat.
| Author: Dutemple, Lesley |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies | science
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Secrets of the Sphinx
Beautiful illustrations and extensive supplementary material accompany this well-researched history of the Egyptian Sphinx from prehistory to the present.
| Author: Giblin, James Cross |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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Those Building Men
The author pays tribute to an older generation of construction workers who built the first railroads, canals, bridges, and skyscrapers in American. The simple prose uses beautiful language to describe work.
| Author: Johnson, Angela |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Construction/Engineering > Building > engineering
Cathedral
This fascinating nonfiction book describes the construction of an imaginary castle in medieval France. The illustrations are black and white and very detailed. The book ends with a glossary.
| Author: Macaulay, David |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Empire State Building
Archival photographs, diagrams, and illustrations accompany this account of the building of the Empire State Building in New York City during the Great Depression. The fact page, glossary, and map expand the book's use in the classroom.
| Author: Mann, Elizabeth |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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Man Who Walked Between the Towers, The
The book celebrates in pictures and text Philippe Petit's highwire walk between the Trade Center Towers on Aug. 7, 1974.
| Author: Gerstein, Mordicai |
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My Brothers' Flying Machine
This biography of Wilber and Orville Wright is told by their younger sister.
| Author: Yolen, Jane |
HSE Descriptors:
science
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Construction/Engineering > Building > Erie Canal
Amazing Impossible Erie Canal, The
After an introduction detailing the need to transport goods back and forth to the settlers in the expanding west, the author takes the reader on the inaugural ride in 1825 that opened the Erie Canal. Illustrations and a time line provide additional infor
| Author: Harness, Cheryl |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Those Building Men
The author pays tribute to an older generation of construction workers who built the first railroads, canals, bridges, and skyscrapers in American. The simple prose uses beautiful language to describe work.
| Author: Johnson, Angela |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Construction/Engineering > Building > machines
Castle
This engaging informational book tells the story of the step-by-step planning and construction of a (fictitious) castle in England in the last part of the 13th century. Eventually the castle is attacked by Welsh soldiers, but it withstands the siege. Th
| Author: Macaulay, David |
HSE Descriptors:
science
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Cranes, Dump Trucks, Bulldozers and Other Building Machines
Aspects of simple machines (levers, ramp, pulleys, wheel and axle, and screw) are applied to modern machines used in construction. The illustrations in this reference book include boxes called "Focus On..." and "Test It Out" that include useful extension
| Author: Jennings, Terry |
HSE Descriptors:
science
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First to Fly
This biography of the Wright Brothers is accompanied by archival photographs (as well as illustrations). Text boxes describe related events. Glossary, timeline, bibliography, and list of related WWW sites are included.
| Author: Busby, Peter |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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Harvest Year
This book offers a month-by-month presentation of the regional harvesting of food in the U.S.A. with photographs, maps, and simple clear text.
Haystack
The uses of the old-fashioned haystack are brought back to life throughout the seasons.
Homemakers, The
The author presents American colonial history through descriptions of making candles, soap, cider, and brooms. Detailed black and white woodcuts illustrate these processes. The author includes a helpful index.
| Author: Fisher, Leonard Everett |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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Invention of Hugo Cabret, The
Part fiction, part graphic novel, this winner of the 2008 Caldecott Medal tells the story of an orphaned boy who maintains and repairs clocks in a Paris train station and discovers the history of an automaton and its maker. When he meets a mysterious toy
| Author: Selznick, Brian |
HSE Descriptors:
science | social studies
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Leonardo daVinci
This fascinating biography of Leonardo daVinci emphasizes his scientific curiosity and observation of the natural world that he recorded in his illustrated notebooks. The author has included very helpful resources: location of the notebooks today; books
| Author: Krull, Kathleen |
HSE Descriptors:
science
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Longitude Prize, The
This history documents the competition between "ocean clocks" and "lunars" to win the 20,000 pound prize (about $12 million today) from the British Parliament for a replicable and simple way to determine longitude at sea. The story follows John Harrison,
| Author: Dash, Joan |
HSE Descriptors:
math | science
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On the Go
A simple text and photographs from around the world tell how people move and carry things from place to place.
Sea Clocks
The true story of Englishman John Harrison's life-long struggle to win the Longitude Prize is told in a free-verse format. An author's note and a facts page contribute further information.
| Author: Borden, Louise |
HSE Descriptors:
science
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Those Building Men
The author pays tribute to an older generation of construction workers who built the first railroads, canals, bridges, and skyscrapers in American. The simple prose uses beautiful language to describe work.
| Author: Johnson, Angela |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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To Fly
In short 2-3 page chapers with delightful watercolor illustrations, the narrative traces the Wright bothers' step-by-step evolution as aviation engineers. The author provides a timeline, a bibliography, notes, and an index.
| Author: Old, Wendie |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies | science
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Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane, The
Original photographs by the Wright brothers complement their story. This is a long, detailed book that also chronicles some of others' work that preceded the Wright brothers' efforts. End notes tell about the photographs, provide a bibliography for furt
| Author: Freedman, Russell |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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