Category: nonfiction

Illusionist, escape artist, movie star, aviator, and spy--Harry Houdini was all these and an international celebrity and the world's most famous magician. This fascinating biography looks at all the facets of Houdini's amazing life and includes 21 magic tricks and illusions for a hands-on learning experience. Children will be inspired by this Jewish immigrant who grew up in poverty and, through perseverance and hard work, went on to become one of the most popular and successful entertainers of all time. Houdini was an artist who created his acts carefully, practicing them for years in some cas...
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What Do Authors Do?

By: "Christelow, Eileen"

Price: $3.50

Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers:

Seller ID: 9780395866214

ISBN: 0395866219

Binding: Oversize Paperback

Condition: GOOD

Southwest Indians Coloring Book (Dover History Coloring Book)

By: "Copeland, Peter F., Books, Coloring"

Price: $2.00

Publisher: Dover Publications:

Seller ID: 9780486279640

ISBN: 0486279642

Binding: staplebound

Condition: GOOD

Forty detailed, carefully researched illustrations depict Native Americans from the 1840s to 1980s: Pima basket maker, Navajo medicine man and braves, Hopi pottery makers, Acoma woman baking bread, Pueblo flute player, modern Yuma woman and child, tribal drum makers of the Taos pueblo, Zuni turquoise driller, and more. Descriptive captions included.
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"Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s American Heroes: Robert Smalls, the Boat Thief"

By: "F., ROBERT, JR."

Price: $8.50

Publisher: Hyperion Book CH:

Seller ID: 9781423108023

ISBN: 1423108027

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: very good

On a moonlit night in the spring of 1862, six slaves stole one of the Confederacy's most crucial gunships from its wharf in the South Carolina port of Charleston, and delivered it to the Federal Navy. This audacious and intricately coordinated escape, masterminded by a 24-year-old sailor named Robert Smalls, astonished the world and exploded the Confederate claim that Southern slaves did not crave freedom or have the ability to take decisive action. Robert Smalls's heroic career had only begun. A brilliant sailor and strategist, he was quickly promoted to the rank of captain in the Federal...
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Universe

By: "Farndon, John"

Price: $4.00

Publisher: Dempsey Parr:

Seller ID: 9781840844085

ISBN: 1840844086

Binding: Oversize Hardcover

Condition: GOOD

The Ancient Greeks (Spotlights)

By: "Freeman, Charles"

Price: $6.00

Publisher: "Oxford University Press, USA":

Seller ID: 9780195212389

ISBN: 019521238X

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: GOOD

From Homer's Iliad to a farmer's hard life in the hilly farmlands near Athens, here's an introduction to daily life in Greece 2,500 years ago. Young readers will learn about early democracy, city-states, warfare, religion, and the history of the region. But they will also read about a chariot race, see a cutaway of a typical home, join the bride and groom at a wedding feast, and attend a play at a theater built into a hillside. With color illustrations on every page, this concise and fact-filled introduction to ancient Greece will please even the most reluctant of readers.
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Rough and Ready Loggers

By: "Gintzler, A. S."

Price: $12.95

Publisher: John Muir Pubns:

Seller ID: 9781562611644

ISBN: 156261164X

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: GOOD

Mexico (First Reports: Countries)

By: "Gray, Shirley W."

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Compass Point Books:

Seller ID: 9780756500313

ISBN: 0756500311

Binding: Mass Market Paperback

Condition: GOOD

These comprehensive books take students on a journey through the diversity of our world. Topics range from interesting animals to cultural and natural world studies. Readers will find plenty of information for report writing on classroom studies. Each book includes a Want to Know More? section for locating additional information, and an At a Glance section with important dates and related information.Each book in this series takes a look at the geography, culture, and history of a country. Interesting places and cultures particular to the country are explained in a way that will attract the...
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The Ultimate Paper Plane Book: 25 Paper Plane Designs

By: "Jackson, Paul"

Price: $3.00

Publisher: Flying Frog Publishing:

Seller ID: 9781577551683

ISBN: 1577551680

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: GOOD

Universe (DK Eyewitness Books)

By: "Kerrod, Robin"

Price: $8.50

Publisher: DK CHILDREN:

Seller ID: 9780756650308

ISBN: 0756650305

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: very good

The most trusted nonfiction series on the market, "Eyewitness Books" provide an in-depth, comprehensive look at their subjects with a unique integration of words and pictures. "Eyewitness Universe" is DK's classic look at black holes, galaxies, and other amazing features of the universe, now reissued with a CD and wall chart.
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Subtraction Action

By: "Leedy, Loreen"

Price: $3.00

Publisher: Scholastic Inc:

Seller ID: 9780439300377

ISBN: 0439300371

Binding: Oversize Glossy Paperback

Condition: GOOD

Supergiants: The Biggest Dinosaurs

By: "Lessem, Don"

Price: $4.00

Publisher: Scholastic:

Seller ID: 9780590115360

ISBN: 0590115367

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: GOOD

Astronomy (DK Eyewitness Books)

By: "Lippincott, Kristen"

Price: $8.50

Publisher: DK Children:

Seller ID: 9780756637675

ISBN: 0756637678

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: very good

Why Should I Listen? (Why Should I? Books)

By: "Llewellyn, Claire"

Price: $2.00

Publisher: Barron's Educational Series:

Seller ID: 9780764132193

ISBN: 0764132199

Binding: staplebound

Condition: GOOD

When children are caught up by the excitement of the moment, they sometimes forget to listen--and the result might be an accident or an avoidable mistake. This book helps them understand the importance of listening to parents and teachers. Titles in the enlightening and entertaining "Why Should I? " series of picture storybooks answer questions that younger boys and girls are likely to ask about a wide range of topics. Part of every child's development consists of asking questions about themselves, their friends and neighbors, and their surroundings. "Why Should I? " books help them discover g...
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Castle

By: "Macaulay, David"

Price: $5.00

Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers:

Seller ID: 9780395329207

ISBN: 0395329205

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: very good

Investigating the Supernatural (Forensic Files)

By: "Mason, Paul"

Price: $4.50

Publisher: Heinemann/Raintree:

Seller ID: 9781403454720

ISBN: 1403454728

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: GOOD

Each book explores the lives of fascinating animals in danger of extinction, as well as those who have been saved, and offers solutions for protecting the animals' environment, and how the reader can get involved. Features include world maps of habitat areas, population statistics, food webs that show the relationship between the animal and other organisms, and case studies of conservation efforts.
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