 | Hottest, Coldest, Highest, Deepest by Steve Jenkins
Buy new: $6.95 / Used from: $2.13 GEOGRAPHY: Location and weather facts about interesting places on Earth. AR (4.9, 0.5)
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 | Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.01 HEALTH / MEDICAL SCIENCE
Learn about the Yellow Fever plague that raged for 3 months in Philadelphia, PA and killed 5,000 people.
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 | I Am Sacajawea, I Am York: Our Journey West with Lewis and Clark by Claire Rudolf Murphy
Buy new: $17.85 / Used from: $6.43 HISTORY
Probably the most accurate telling of the lives of the native American (Sacajawea) and Negro slave (York) who were essential participants in Lewis and Clark's journey West.
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 | The Ditchdigger's Daughters by Yvonne S. Thornton
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $4.69 MEDICINE / PERSEVERANCE
A poor father dreamed of seeing all six of his daughters become doctors; his wisdom & guidance gave his girls the strength to keep striving; each daughter transcended race, color, & gender to fulfill the promise of the American Dream. A must read for high school and college students and their families."
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 | Leah's Pony by Elizabeth Friedrich
Buy new: $7.88 / Used from: $4.99 HISTORY
Discover depression era penny auctions.
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 | G is for Granite: A New Hampshire Alphabet Edition 1. (Discover America State By State. Alphabet Series) by Marie Harris
Buy new: $13.46 / Used from: $1.70 GEOGRAPHY: Learn about one of our North Eastern states in the USA. AR (5.9, 1) means accelerated reader rates the reading level of this book as fifth grade, 9th month, and a length value of 1 point. To learn more about Accelerated Reader go to the renaissance learning website: renlearn.com
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 | Primary Numbers: A New Hampshire Numbers Book Edition 1. (Count Your Way Across the USA) by Marie Harris
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 | Judy Moody: Around the World in 8 1/2 Days (Book #7) by Megan McDonald
Buy new: $5.99 / Used from: $0.01 GEOGRAPHY: A humorous book for an older sibling to read to a younger one. Italy. Once the little one is in bed, the older sibling should take a world tour in Jules Verne's `1873 classic "Around the World in Eighty Days The Whole Story" (below).
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 | Around the World in Eighty Days (Whole Story) by Jules Verne
Buy new: $15.59 / Used from: $2.25 GEOGRAPHY and a CLASSIC. A grand adventure written in~1873. AR (9.6, 12) meaning Accelerated Reader rates the reading level as 9th grade the 6th month, and a length point value of 12.
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 | Virginia Apgar: Innovative Female Physician and Inventor of the Apgar Score (Women Hall of Famers in Mathematics and Science) by Melanie Ann Apel
Buy new: $31.95 / Used from: $17.87 HEALTH / MEDICAL SCIENCE This title is in the Women Hall of Famers in Mathematics and Science series. AR (7.2, 2). This book defines the Apgar Score for newborn babies and the wonderful woman who developed it, namely, Virginia Apgar.
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 | Yikes-Lice! by Donna Caffey
Buy new: $5.95 / Used from: $4.14 HEALTH / MEDICAL SCIENCE
Picture books are often great for informing us about delicate (yucky?) subjects in a factual, yet humorous manner.
"Yikes-Lice!" is open, honest, and funny. AR (4.3, 0.5)
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 | Running Out of Time by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Buy new: $5.99 / Used from: $0.01 HEALTH / MEDICAL SCIENCE
The original cover to this 1996 is probably only available at a library, but it communicates better the wonderful plot in this diphtheria suspense story. Regardless of what cover is on the book, this story is a must read for grades 5th and up. AR (4.8, 7)
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 | You Wouldn't Want to Be Sick in the 16th Century! (You Wouldn't Want to...) by Kathryn Senior
Buy new: $9.95 / Used from: $5.77 HEALTH / MEDICAL SCIENCE
When you look at the state of medicine in the 1500's, you'll appreciate modern innovations in health. AR (5.7, 0.5)
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 | Rumpelstiltskin's Daughter by Diane Stanley
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $1.15 HEALTH / MENTAL HEALTH The benefits to the giver of being kind to the poor. AR (4.3, 5)
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 | A Cloak For The Dreamer (Brainy Day Books) by Aileen Friedman
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $4.90 MENTAL HEALTH / GEOMETRY / SHAPES
The peace that comes with knowing your talent.
AR (4.8, 0.5)
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 | Yang the Youngest and his Terrible Ear by Lensey Namioka
Buy new: $5.99 / Used from: $0.01 MENTAL HEALTH
Self-esteem; discovering and relishing your talent. (AR 4.6, 3)
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 | Mama Rex & T: Homework Trouble by Rachel Vail
Buy used from: $0.01 MENTAL HEALTH
Family time.
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 | The Red Racer by Audrey Wood
Buy used from: $26.55 MENTAL HEALTH
A girl struggles with honesty after her bicycle is ridiculed by the local neighborhood kids.
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 | George Mueller (he Dared to Trust God for the Needs of Countless Orphans) by Faith Coxe Bailey
Buy new: $5.99 / Used from: $0.68 HISTORY
The true story of man who relied on prayer alone to care for the needs of hundreds of orphans.
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 | Anna of Byzantium by Tracy Barrett
Buy new: $6.50 / Used from: $0.01 HISTORY
A fictional account of the life of Anna Comnena. AR (6.4, 8)
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 | Fly High! The Story Of Bessie Coleman by Louise Borden
Buy new: $12.74 / Used from: $2.99 HISTORY / TRUE STORY
African-American woman went to France to earn her pilot's license.
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 | Through My Eyes by Ruby Bridges
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $2.95 HISTORY / TRUE STORY of the
6-year-old girl who integrated 1st grade in New Orleans, Louisiana. AR (5.9, 2) A must read.
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 | A Gift from Saint Francis: The First Creche by Joanna Cole
Buy used from: $0.01 HISTORY / TRUE STORY
Saint Francis began the tradition of having live nativity scenes.
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 | Mother Teresa: Sister to the Poor (Women of Our Time) by Patricia Reilly Giff
Buy used from: $0.01 A great BIOGRAPHY.
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 | The Cod's Tale by Mark Kurlansky
Buy new: $12.23 / Used from: $3.31 HISTORY
The importance of the Cod fish. AR (6.3, 1)
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 | Vision of Beauty: The Story of Sarah Breedlove Walker by Kathryn Lasky
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $1.63 HISTORY
The inventor of the straightening comb and other hair care products a.k.a. Madame C.J. Walker. AR (6.3, 1)
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 | America's Champion Swimmer: Gertrude Ederle by David A. Adler
Buy new: $7.00 / Used from: $3.11 HISTORY / SPORTS
Olympian Mark Phelps is one-of-a-kind.
But can he do what Gertrude Ederle did?
You'll have to read this AR (4.4, 0.5) book and decide for yourself.
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 | Orphan Train Rider: One Boy's True Story by Andrea Warren
Buy new: $9.95 / Used from: $0.01 HISTORY
This was for me, an eye-opening book which discusses the placement of over 200,000 orphaned or abandoned children in homes throughout the Midwest from 1854 to 1929 by recounting the story of one by and his brothers. AR (6.1, 2)
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 | Sixteen Years In Sixteen Seconds: The Sammy Lee Story by Paula Yoo
Buy new: $12.71 / Used from: $0.71 HISTORY / SPORTS
Another great swimming story to read now during the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
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