The autobiographical story of Billy Mills, an Oglala Lakota orphan who achieved his dream of winning a gold medal as a runner in the 1964 Olympics despite racism, poverty, and debilitating health challenges.
Profiling 36 Jewish luminaries of all races, ethnicities, genders, nationalities and identities across many centuries, this celebration of the diversity of the Jewish diaspora is an accessible primer about important Jewish issues and history, quotes and more.
Once you start digging, color turns out to be a lot of things--it's messy, stinky, and even a little bit dangerous. You may already know that it's art, but it's science, too! What Is Color? will take readers all over the world, introducing them to talented, brilliant, creative people from scientists to famous artists and everyone in between as we take the color wheel for a spin.
Picture a detective. What comes to mind? A fast-talking private eye, interrogating a suspect? Or Sherlock Holmes, in his deerstalker hat, discovering clues to catch a killer? Now imagine that the suspect isn't a person but a microscopic menace--a deadlyvirus or bacteria making people sick. What kind of detective does it take to nab a biological assassin, invisible to the naked eye?
A nonfiction middle grade book about parasites.
A nonfiction middle grade book about parasites.
This illuminating nonfiction picture book explores the tiny habitats that emerge from bison poo piles.
This nonfiction book introduces middle-grade readers to owls in North America. It discusses owl habitat, biology and threats to survival, and how scientists, conservationists and young people are working to protect owls everywhere. Includes photos throughout.
Rock tells his sensational, sometimes harrowing, sometimes hilarious, geological tale to a group of eager students.
Traces the process of defining--and redefining--the dinosaur called Iguanodon.