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Christelow, Eileen. VOTE! Grades 1-4

Chandra, Deborah and Madeleine Comora.
GEORGE WASHINGTON'S TEETH. Grades 1-3

Fradin, Dennis Brindell. THE SIGNERS: THE FIFTY-SIX STORIES BEHIND THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. Grades 4-9

Fleming, Candace. BEN FRANKLIN'S ALMANAC: BEING A TRUE ACCOUNT OF THE GOOD GENTLEMAN'S LIFE. Grades 4-up

Rockwell, Anne. THEY CALLED HER MOLLY PITCHER. Grades 4-8

Dahl, Michael. BRING US WATER, MOLLY PITCHER: A FUN SONG ABOUT THE BATTLE OF MONMOUTH. Grades K-4

Freedman, Russell. IN DEFENSE OF LIBERTY: THE STORY OF AMERICA'S BILL OF RIGHTS. Grades 5-8

Williams, Jean. THE U.S CONSTITUTION (We the People).
Grades 4-6

Melmed, Laura Krauss.
CAPITAL! WASHINGTON D.C. FROM A TO Z. Grades 1-4

Curlee, Lynn. CAPITAL. Grades 3-6

Freedman, Russell. THE VOICE THAT CHALLENGED A NATION: MARIAN ANDERSON AND THE STRUGGLE FOR EQUAL RIGHTS. Grades 4-up

Dell, Pamela. THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Grades 1-3

Murphy, Jim. INSIDE THE ALAMO. Grades 4-8

Tanaka, Shelley. A DAY THAT CHANGED AMERICA: THE ALAMO: SURROUNDED AND OUTNUMBERED, THEY CHOOSE TO MAKE A DEFIANT LAST STAND. Grades 4-8

Wadsworth, Ginger. WORDS WEST: VOICES OF YOUNG PIONEERS. Grades 4-up

Holzer, Harold. THE PRESIDENT IS SHOT!: THE ASSASSINATION OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN. Grades 5-up

Doak, Robin S. JAMES A. GARFIELD. Grades 4-6

Kraft, Betsy Harvey. THEODORE ROOSEVELT: CHAMPION OF THE AMERICAN SPIRIT. Grades 5-8

Wallner, Alexandra. GRANDMA MOSES. Grades 1-3

Marrin, Albert. DR. JENNER AND THE SPECKLED MONSTER: THE SEARCH FOR THE SMALLPOX VACCINE. Grades 4-8

Lauber, Patricia. WHAT YOU NEVER KNEW ABOUT TUBS, TOILETS, AND SHOWERS (Around the House History). Gr. 2-4

Colman, Penny. TOILETS, BATHTUBS, SINKS AND SEWERS: A HISTORY OF THE BATHROOM.

MacDonald, Fiona. A MEDIEVAL CASTLE.

Goodman, Susan E. THE TRUTH ABOUT POOP. Grades 2-5

Settel, Joanne, Ph.D. EXPLODING ANTS: AMAZING FACTS ABOUT HOW ANIMALS ADAPT. Grades 4-6

Fredericks, Anthony D. CANNIBAL ANIMALS: ANIMALS THAT EAT THEIR OWN KIND. Grades 3-5

MacDonald, Fiona. YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO BE AN AZTEC SACRIFICE! GRUESOME THINGS YOU'D RATHER NOT KNOW. Grades 4-8

Conrad, David. BURPS, BOOGERS, AND BAD BREATH. Grades 1-4

Masoff, Joy. OH, YUCK! THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF EVERYTHING NASTY. Grades 4-9

Bagert, Brod (Poems by). GIANT CHILDREN. Grades 1-5

Jackson, Donna M. THE BUG SCIENTISTS. Grades 3-6

Montgomery, Sy. THE TARANTULA SCIENTIST. Grades 4-9

Bonner, Hannah. WHEN BUGS WERE BIG, PLANTS WERE STRANGE, AND TETRAPODS STALKED THE EARTH: A CARTOON PREHISTORY OF LIFE BEFORE THE DINOSAURS. Grades 2-5

Capuzzo, Michael. CLOSE TO SHORE: THE TERRIFYING SHARK ATTACKS OF 1916. Grades 5-8

Hawass, Zahi. CURSE OF THE PHARAOHS: MY ADVENTURES WITH THE MUMMIES. Grades 4-up

Filer, Joyce. THE MYSTERY OF THE EGYPTIAN MUMMY.Grades 4-8

Wilcox, Charlotte. BOG MUMMIES: PRESERVED IN PEAT.
Grades 3-4

Prior, Natalie Jane. THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PRESERVED PEOPLE: PICKLED, FROZEN AND MUMMIFIED CORPSES FROM AROUND THE WORLD. Grades 4-8

McKissack, Patricia C.& Fredrick L. DAYS OF JUBILEE: THE END OF SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES. Grades 4-up

Hansen, Joyce, and Gary McGowan. FREEDOM ROADS: SEARCHING FOR THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD. Grades 4-8

Crowe, Chris. GETTING AWAY WITH MURDER: THE TRUE STORY OF THE EMMETT TILL CASE. Grades 5-8

Krull, Kathleen. HARVESTING HOPE: THE STORY OF CESAR CHAVEZ. Grades 1-4

Yolen, Jane, and Heidi Elisabet Yolen Stemple. ROANOKE THE LOST COLONY: AN UNSOLVED MYSTERY FROM HISTORY. Grades 3-5

Kent, Zachary. THE MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF ROANOKE COLONY IN AMERICAN HISTORY (In American History).
Grades 4-up

Levine, Karen. HANA'S SUITCASE: A TRUE STORY. Grades 4-8

Adler, David A. A HERO AND THE HOLOCAUST: THE STORY OF JANUSZ KORCZAK AND HIS CHILDREN. Grades 1-4

Tanaka, Shelley. D-DAY: THEY FOUGHT TO FREE EUROPE FROM HITLER'S TYRANNY: A DAY THAT CHANGED AMERICA.
Grades 4-8

Drez, Ronald. J. REMEMBER D-DAY: THE PLAN, THE INVASION, SURVIVOR STORIES. Grades 4-9

Krull, Kathleen. THE BOY ON FAIRFIELD STREET: HOW TED GEISEL GREW UP TO BECOME DR. SEUSS. Grades 1-4

Stockland, Patricia. Recess, Rhyme, and Reason: A Collection of Poems about School. Grades 2-4

Dahl, Michael. TEACHER SAYS (Read-It! Jokes Books) Grades 1&2

Shields, Carol Diggory. ALMOST LATE TO SCHOOL AND MORE SCHOOL POEMS. Grades 2-5

Dakos, Kalli. PUT YOUR EYES UP HERE AND OTHER SCHOOL POEMS. Grades 3-5

Stevenson, James. CORN CHOWDER. Grades 3-6

Stevenson, James. CORN-FED: POEMS. Grades 3-6

Wolf, Alan. THE BLOOD-HUNGRY SPLEEN AND OTHER POEMS ABOUT OUR PARTS. Gr. 4-7

Swain, Ruth. HOW SWEET IT IS (AND WAS): THE HISTORY OF CANDY. Grades3-6

Krull, Kathleen. THE NIGHT THE MARTIANS LANDED: JUST THE FACTS (PLUS THE RUMORS) ABOUT INVADERS FROM MARS. Grades 2-4

Skurzynski, Gloria. ARE WE ALONE? SCIENTISTS SEARCH FOR LIFE IN SPACE. Grades 4-8

Solway, Andrew. WHAT'S LIVING IN YOUR BEDROOM? (Hidden Life). Grades 3-6

Lewis, J. Patrick. SCIENTRICKERY: RIDDLES IN SCIENCE.
Grades 1-4

Lauber, Patricia. THE TRUE-OR-FALSE BOOK OF DOGS.
Grades 1-4

Florian, Douglas. Bow Wow Meow Meow: It's Rhyming Cats and Dogs. Grades K-4.

Bredeson, Carmen. AFTER THE LAST DOG DIED: THE TRUE-LIFE, HAIR-RAISING ADVENTURE OF DOUGLAS MAWSON AND HIS 1911-1914 ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION. Grades 4-8

Salkeld, Audrey. CLIMBING EVEREST: TALES OF TRIUMPH AND TRAGEDY ON THE WORLD'S HIGHEST MOUNTAIN. Grades 4-8

Florian, Douglas. LIZARDS, FROGS, AND POLLIWOGS. Grades 2-5

Nguyen, Duy. DINOSAUR ORIGAMI. Grades 4-up

Lauber, Patricia. WHO CAME FIRST? NEW CLUES TO PREHISTORIC AMERICANS. Grades 4-6.

Brown, Don. MACK MADE MOVIES. Grades 1-4

Smith, Charles R., Jr. HOOP KINGS. Grades 3-up

Macy, Sue. SWIFTER, HIGHER, STRONGER: A PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY OF THE SUMMER OLYMPICS. Grades 4-up

Curlee, Lynn. THE PARTHENON. Grades 4-7

Schwartz, David M. MILLIONS TO MEASURE. Grades 1-3

Prelutsky, Jack. TYRANNOSAURUS WAS A BEAST...

Tyrannosaurus Mary had a Little Lamb
Brachiosaurus On Top of Old Smokey
Leptoterygius The Streets of Laredo
Stegosaurus When Johnny Comes Marching Home
Deinonychus Grandfather's Clock
Ankylosaurus 99 Bottles of Beer
Diplodocus Pop Goes the Weasel
Coelophysis Yankee Doodle
Triceratops Solomon Levi or The Battle Hymn of the Republic
Corythosaurus Skip to my Lou
Allosaurus Row, Row, Row your Boat
Iguanadon O Tannenbaum
Quetzalcoatlus The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze
Seismosaurus Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star

Katz, Alan. I’M STILL HERE IN THE BATHTUB: BRAND-NEW SILLY DILLY SONGS. All ages.

Lessac, Francine. CAMP GRANADA: SING-ALONG CAMP SONGS. Grades K-6

11/02/04