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Wish
By Barbara O'Connor
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pudgyjeon55 starsThe dreamy sunset cover, soft and inviting, spoke to me when I was just a fourth grader with my mom's money at the school's book fair. I read it, and of course, loved it. Now, many years later, on summer break, the same book had that air that invited you to read it. And even from a more matured p...
National Geographic Kids Almanac 2027 (NGK Almanac)
By National Geographic Kids
This New York Times bestselling, kid-favorite, parent-approved almanac is National Geographic in a book! Kids who want to know it all need the National Geographic Kids Almanac! The latest edition of this internationally best-selling almanac is brand-new and updated for 2027, featuring: interviews from the field with real National Geographic Explorersthe latest images from the James Webb Space Telescopean all-new chapter on art and creativityfascinating discoveries about animalsexpertly curatedRead book review
I Survived The Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 (I Survived Graphic Novel)
By Lauren Tarshis
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deafgirlhistory5 starsGeorge and Phoebe Calder along with their aunt, Daisy Key during 1912 on legendary Titanic. George's mother, before her death several years before his story started here said that George had a map behind his eyes, because he can find his way back to his comfortable room with his younger sister an...
No Promises in the Wind
By Irene Hunt
Read book review- deafgirlhistory5 starsJosh Grondowski, a normal fifteen years old boy who has the major potential and dreams relating to music, especially when its comes to piano. But the hardship, poverty, hunger, and families now scattering all across America as the 1930s Great Depression strikes. Major banks went out of the busine...
Romeo and Juliet
By William Shakespeare
Read book review- pudgyjeon3 starsTwo star-crossed lovers, divided by last name, united in love. There's no clear bad or good, right or wrong side in this play, just a couple trying their hardest to make it work. And, of course in cruel irony, they become the poster children for premature death. And, in between it all is a deep w...
Wish
By Barbara O'Connor
Read book review- pudgyjeon5 starsThe dreamy sunset cover, soft and inviting, spoke to me when I was just a fourth grader with my mom's money at the school's book fair. I read it, and of course, loved it. Now, many years later, on summer break, the same book had that air that invited you to read it. And even from a more matured p...
National Geographic Kids Almanac 2027 (NGK Almanac)
By National Geographic Kids
This New York Times bestselling, kid-favorite, parent-approved almanac is National Geographic in a book! Kids who want to know it all need the National Geographic Kids Almanac! The latest edition of this internationally best-selling almanac is brand-new and updated for 2027, featuring: interviews from the field with real National Geographic Explorersthe latest images from the James Webb Space Telescopean all-new chapter on art and creativityfascinating discoveries about animalsexpertly curatedRead book review
What Were the Salem Witch Trials? (What Was?)
By Joan Holub
Something wicked was brewing in the small town of Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. It started when t...
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What Is the Super Bowl? (What Was?)
By Dina Anastasio
With over 110 million viewers every year, the Super Bowl is one of the most watched television ev...
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What Was Hurricane Katrina?
By Robin Koontz
On August 25th, 2005, one of the deadliest and most destructive hurricanes in history hit the Gul...
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What Was D-Day?
By Patricia Brennan Demuth
In the early morning hours of June 6, 1944, an armada of 7,000 ships carrying 160,000 Allied troo...
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What Was Pearl Harbor?
By Patricia Brennan Demuth
A terrifying attack! On December 7, 1941, Japanese war planes appeared out of nowhere to bomb the...
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What Was the Boston Tea Party?
By Kathleen Krull
"No Taxation without Representation!" The Boston Tea Party stands as an iconic event of the Ameri...
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What Was the Gold Rush?
By Joan Holub
In 1848, gold was discovered in California, attracting over 300,000 people from all over the worl...
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What Was the Battle of Gettysburg?
By Jim O'Connor
"Four score and seven years ago..." begins Abraham Lincoln's beautiful speech commemorating the t...
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What Was the March on Washington?
By Kathleen Krull
On August 28, 1963, more than 200,000 people gathered in Washington, DC, to demand equal rights f...
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