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Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Warm up with the enticing history of hot chocolate in this fact-tastic nonfiction Level 3 Ready-to-Read, part of a series about the history of fun stuff! Did you know that for thousands of years, chocolate was a beverage and not a solid candy? Or that soldiers in the Revolutionary War received a monthly ration of chocolate for drinking? Learn all about the history of America's favorite wintertime treat in this fun, fact-filled Level 3 Ready-to-Read!...
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
An introduction to the history of comics, graphic novels, and manga cites the roles of cave drawings, Benjamin Franklin's newspaper cartoons, and other influences.--
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Did you know that advancements in robotics could soon make super-powered suits a reality? Or that some people have a rare gene that gives them superstrong bones? Hold onto your cape, you're about to become an expert on the high-flying science behind super powers!"--
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Introduces the life and achievements of the surfer who won international fame in four Olympics and used his surfboard to save eight people from a capsized boat in California.
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
47 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes some of the creative and subversive tactics the United States used to win the Revolutionary War, including sending secret messages, using invisible ink, and devloping ciphers.
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
47 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Meet Katherine Johnson, a brilliant mathematician who worked at NASA in the early 1950s until retiring in 1986. Katherine's unparalleled calculations (done by hand) helped plan the trajectories for NASA's Mercury and Apollo missions (including the Apollo 11 moon landing). She is said to be one of the greatest American minds of all time.
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Did you know that comets are sometimes called "hairy stars?" Or that if you saw a sunset on the moon, the sun would look white because the moon doesn't have an atmosphere? You'll learn this and much more as you become an expert on the objects in the sky"--Publisher.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
47 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Discover the secret tactics Americans used to win World War II in this fact-tastic, nonfiction Level 3 Ready-to-Read, part of a new series about the secrets of American History! Secrets of American History is an action-packed nonfiction Level 3 Ready-to-Read series that lets beginning readers in on a little secret: history is full of surprises! Want to know what invisible ink has to do with the American Revolution? Or why shark repellant and inflatable...
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
47 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Do you know about the adventures of Eugene Bullard, the first African-American fighter pilot, who fought in World War I? Did you know that, in the same war, America used a kind of camouflage called Dazzle Painting that made ships look like Easter eggs? Or that Americans Indians sent secret messages as code talkers in the Choctaw Telephone Squad? Find out in this book of amazing true stories!
12) Roberta Gibb
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
47 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Introduces the life and achievements of the first woman to run the Boston Marathon in 1966.
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
47 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
You can make a difference, no matter how old you are! These kids are helping to save honeybees, teaching people the importance of clean air and water, raising money to help endangered birds, and writing petitions to raise awareness of climate change. You should meet these kids who are saving the planet!
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