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Casey at the Bat
This is the famous baseball poem told in scrapbook form with illustrations and "news clippings".
| Author: Bing, Christopher |
HSE Descriptors:
language arts - reading
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Cheap Raw Material: How Our Youngest Workers Are Exploited and Abused
This book is a chronological nonfiction account of children as laborers. Child labor in the U.S. is the focus, but historical background (e.g., Rome, England) is also provided. This history is chronicled through quotations from primary sources, stories
| Author: Meltzer, Milton |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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Home Run
The main text is a simply written, poetic account of one of Babe Ruth's at bats. The vintage-style baseball cards on each page provide additional information about Ruth. The illustrations are reminiscent of Norman Rockwell.
| Author: Burleigh, Robert |
HSE Descriptors:
| math
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If America Were a Village
Smith uses the a village of 100 people to represent the 306 millions living in the US today. Facts and illustrations create a snapshot of who we are and what we do. This book helps to define America's diversity by shrinking it to a village of 100 people
| Author: Smith, Davei J |
HSE Descriptors:
math | social studies | language arts - writing
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If the World Were a Village
The author takes the phrase "global village" literally, describing a hypothetical village of 100 people using world-wide statistics on nationality, languages, ages, religions, wealth, environmental conditions and so forth. End pages promote "world minded
| Author: Smith, David J. |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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Lifetime: The Amazing Numbers in Animal Lives
Simple facts about animals paired with counting. The end of the book has in-depth descriptions of featured animals and math challenges.
| Author: Schaefer, Lola M. |
HSE Descriptors:
math | language arts - reading | science
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Money Sense for Kids
A simple, interesting book about money with something new for everyone that presents history and information about bills and coins and how to make money grow by earning, saving, and investing. Included are chapters on math and math games, and how-to info
| Author: Harman, Hollis Page |
HSE Descriptors:
math
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Six Days in October
This is a detailed summary if the events surrounding the Stock Market crash of 1929. Side bars explain some common financial/ investment concepts. Archival photographs, newspaper articles, and cartoons illustrate the material.
| Author: Blumenthal, Karen |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies | math
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