Search Results


You are viewing:
Add 1 each from this page1 each from this pageAdd 1 each from all results1 each from all results
132 total titles found  Page 1 of 7 View page of 7  Go2 3  
Simply add a title by clicking the .
* Your Discounted Price
050030
All in a drop : how Antony van Leeuwenhoek discovered an invisible world by Alexander, Lori 

BTSB Prebound(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2019)


Publication Date: 08/06/2019

BTSB #: 050030 Available

Dewey: 579.092/BAges: 7-10   
AR: 5.8 MG RC: 5.7 3-5 Lexile: 890 F&P: X

Subjects: Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van,|d1632-1723 Microbiologists - Netherlands - Biography Biologists - Netherlands - Biography Microscopes - History Microbiology - History


Summary: This chapter book biography shows how a self-taught scientist was the first to observe the microbial life in and around us.


6.50 *

+-
This title has a jacket 
340412
Alphamaniacs : builders of 26 wonders of the word by Fleischman, Paul 

BTSB Prebound(Candlewick Studio, 2020)


Publication Date: 04/14/2020

BTSB #: 340412 Available

Dewey: 400/CAges: 12-16   
Lexile: 890

Subjects: Plays on words Biography Language and culture


Summary: Twenty-six extraordinary individuals for whom love of language is an adventurous endeavor, inspiring them to invent unique wordplay.


6.50 *

+-
This title has a jacket 
806598
Amazing travels of Ibn Battuta by Sharaf al-Din, Fatimah 

BTSB Prebound(Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press, 2014)


Publication Date: 11/17/2014

BTSB #: 806598 Available

Dewey: 900/BAges: 7-10   
Lexile: 960

Subjects: Batuta, Ibn,|d1304-1377 Travelers - Islamic Empire


Summary: The true story of a fourteenth-century traveler, whose journeys through the Islamic world and beyond were extraordinary for his time.


6.50 *

+-
This title has a jacket 
622239
Angela's Christmas by McCourt, Frank 

BTSB Prebound(Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2019)


Publication Date: 09/17/2019

BTSB #: 622239 Available

Dewey: 394.2663/BAges: 4-8   
Lexile: 670

Subjects: McCourt, Angela - Childhood and youth Christmas Family life - Ireland Limerick (Ireland : County) Ireland


Summary: At Christmastime, six-year-old Angela takes the baby Jesus from the cold church manger to her warm house in Limerick, Ireland. Based on a childhood story told by the author's mother.


6.50 *

+-
This title has a jacket 
949671
Baseball's leading lady : Effa Manley and the rise and fall of the Negro Leagues by Williams, Andrea 

BTSB Prebound(Roaring Brook Press, 2021)


Publication Date: 01/05/2021

BTSB #: 949671 Available

Dewey: 796.357/BAges: 10-14   
AR: 8.8 MG Lexile: 1300

Subjects: Manley, Effa,|d1897-1981 Newark Eagles (Baseball team) Negro leagues - History Baseball - United States - History Baseball team owners - United States - Biography Women baseball team owners - United States - Biography African American women - Biography


Summary: The true story of Effa Manley, the first and only woman in the National Baseball Hall of Fame and the black female co-owner of the Newark Eagles in the Negro leagues.


6.50 *

+-
This title has a jacket 
639816
Beatrix Potter, scientist by Metcalf, Lindsay H. 

BTSB Prebound(Whitman, 2020)


Publication Date: 09/01/2020

BTSB #: 639816 Available

Dewey: 823/BAges: 4-8   
Lexile: 800 AD

Subjects: Potter, Beatrix,|d1866-1943 - Childhood and youth English authors|y20th century - Biography Artists - Great Britain - Biography Women - Biography


Summary: Everyone knows Beatrix Potter as the creator of the Peter Rabbit stories. But before that, she was a girl of science. As a child, Beatrix collected nature specimens; as a young adult, she was an amateur mycologist presenting her research on mushrooms and other fungi to England's foremost experts. Like many women of her time, she remained unacknowledged by the scientific community, but her keen eye for observation led her to an acclaimed career as an artist and storyteller.


6.50 *

764272
Ben of all trades : the most inventive boyhood of Benjamin Franklin by Rosen, Michael J. 

BTSB Prebound(Candlewick Press, 2020)


Publication Date: 03/17/2020

BTSB #: 764272 Available

Dewey: 973/BAges: 6-9   
F&P: S

Subjects: Franklin, Benjamin,|d1706-1790 - Childhood and youth


Summary: A biography reveals how Benjamin Franklin's boyhood shaped his amazingly multifaceted life.


6.50 *

754758
Big machines : the story of Virginia Lee Burton by Rinker, Sherri Duskey 

BTSB Prebound(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017)


Publication Date: 09/05/2017

BTSB #: 754758 Available

Dewey: 813/BAges: 4-7   
AR: 3.4 LG RC: 2.7 K-2 Lexile: 640 AD

Subjects: Burton, Virginia Lee,|d1909-1968 American authors Illustrators Children's stories - Authorship Illustration of books


Summary: A biography of one of the most beloved author/illustrators in children's literature.


6.50 *

+-
This title has a jacket 
602678
Bill and Hillary Clinton : America's first couple [Making a difference. Leaders who are changing the world]by Mapua, Jeff 

BTSB Prebound(Britannica Educational, 2015)


Publication Date: 07/15/2014

BTSB #: 602678 Available

Dewey: 973.929/BAges: 10-14   


Subjects: Clinton, Bill,|d1946- Clinton, Hillary Rodham Presidents Presidents' spouses - United States United States - Politics and government


Summary: An introduction to the power couple who has generated fiercely mixed reactions since their first appearance on the political stage.


6.50 *

+-
309979
Bitter by Emezi, Akwaeke 

Paperback(Knopf, 2023)


Publication Date: 07/18/2023

BTSB #: 309979 Available

Dewey: FAges: 14-18   
Lexile: 820

Genres: Multicultural


Subjects: African Americans - Fiction Artists - Fiction Foster parents - Fiction School stories


Summary: After a childhood in foster care, Bitter is thrilled to have been chosen to attend Eucalyptus, a special school where she can focus on her painting surrounded by other creative teens. But outside, the streets are filled with protests against the deep injustices that grip the city of Lucille. Bitter's instinct is to stay safe within the walls of Eucalyptus. Pulled between old friendships, her artistic passion, and a new romance, Bitter isn't sure if she belongs in the studio or the streets.


10.65 *

+-
765046
Blue grass boy : the story of Bill Monroe, father of bluegrass music by Rosenstock, Barb 

BTSB Prebound(Calkins Creek, 2018)


Publication Date: 03/06/2018

BTSB #: 765046 Available

Dewey: 782/BAges: 6-9   
Lexile: 870

Subjects: Monroe, Bill,|d1911-1996 Bluegrass music Kentucky


Summary: Bill Monroe loved many things: playing music, his big family, and his home in the bluegrass state of Kentucky. Even though his eyes were crossed and didn't work right, Bill's ears worked hard, picking out all sorts of sounds around his treasured home: rushing streams, wailing winds, and sundown jamborees with his family.


6.50 *

+-
This title has a jacket 
924769
By and by : Charles Albert Tindley, the father of gospel music by Weatherford, Carole Boston 

BTSB Prebound(Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2020)


Publication Date: 01/14/2020

BTSB #: 924769 Available

Dewey: 287/BAges: 4-8   
AR: 3.7 LG Lexile: 580

Subjects: Tindley, Charles Albert Methodist Church - Clergy - Biography Hymn writers - United States - Biography Gospel music - History and criticism


Summary: A picture book biography about gospel composer and preacher Charles Albert Tindley.


6.50 *

+-
This title has a jacket 
406101
Cezanne's parrot by Guglielmo, Amy 

BTSB Prebound(Putnam, 2020)


Publication Date: 02/11/2020

BTSB #: 406101 Available

Dewey: 759/BAges: 4-8   
Lexile: 800 AD F&P: P

Subjects: Cezanne, Paul,|d1839-1906 Artists French painting Parrots France - History|y19th century


Summary: Paul Cezanne longs to be a great painter, but even with the advice of his friends Monet and Pissarro, no one, not even his parrot, is impressed with his work.


6.50 *

+-
This title has a jacket 
815624
Chance : escape from the Holocaust by Shulevitz, Uri 

BTSB Prebound(Farrar Straus Giroux, 2020)


Publication Date: 08/15/2020

BTSB #: 815624 Available

Dewey: 940.53/AAges: 9-14   
AR: 5.9 MG

Subjects: Shulevitz, Uri,|d1935- - Childhood and youth Jewish children in the Holocaust - Poland - Biography Holocaust, 1939-1945 - Poland - Personal narratives Poland - Ethnic relations


Summary: A picture book author's memoir of how he and his Jewish family escaped the terrors of WWII by fleeing Warsaw for the Soviet Union.


6.50 *

+-
This title has a jacket 
305503
Charles Darwin and the mystery of mysteries by Eldredge, Niles 

BTSB Prebound(Roaring Brook Press, 2010)


Publication Date: 05/15/2010

BTSB #: 305503 Available

Dewey: 576/BAges: 9-14   
AR: 8.3 MG F&P: Z

Subjects: Darwin, Charles,|d1809-1882


Summary: An accessible account of the life of Charles Darwin, author of "The Origin of the Species."


6.50 *

+-
This title has a jacket 
326338
Charlotte Bronte before Jane Eyre by Fawkes, Glynnis 

BTSB Prebound(Disney/Hyperion, 2019)


Publication Date: 09/24/2019

BTSB #: 326338 Available

Dewey: 823/BAges: 10-14   


Subjects: Bronte, Charlotte,|d1816-1855 - Childhood and youth English women novelists|y19th century - Biography English novelists|y19th century - Biography Biographical comic books, strips, etc


Summary: A graphic novel biography of Charlotte Bronte, following her and her siblings from childhood to the publication of Jane Eyre.


6.50 *

+-
759442
Child of the dream : a memoir of 1963 by Robinson, Sharon 

BTSB Prebound(Scholastic Press, 2019)


Publication Date: 09/15/2019

BTSB #: 759442 Available

Dewey: 973.9209/BAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.9 MG

Subjects: Robinson, Sharon,|d1950- - Childhood and youth Robinson, Jackie,|d1919-1972 - Family African American girls - Connecticut - Stamford - Biography Bildungsromans - Connecticut - Stamford African Americans - Civil rights - History|y20th century Stamford (Conn.) - Race relations - History|y20th century


Summary: In January of 1963, Sharon Robinson turned thirteen the night before George Wallace declared on national television 'segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever' in his inauguration for governor of Alabama. That was the start of a year that would become one of the most pivotal years in the history of America. As the daughter of Jackie Robinson, Sharon had incredible access to some of the most important events of the era.


6.50 *

+-
This title has a jacket 
042745
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt by Adler, David A. 

BTSB Prebound(Holiday House, 2014)


Publication Date: 03/15/2014

BTSB #: 042745 Available

Dewey: 973.911/BAges: 10-14   
AR: 6.8 MG RC: 7.5 6-8 Lexile: 960

Subjects: Roosevelt, Theodore,|d1858-1919 Presidents


Summary: Some called him the cowboy president, but Theodore Roosevelt increased the country's stature internationally, built the Panama Canal, and won the Nobel Peace Prize. A tireless crusader for causes he held dear, he was known as the "trust buster" for breaking up monopolies and was one of the most significant conservation activists of his time.


6.50 *

246005
Cyrus Field's big dream : the daring effort to lay the first transatlantic telegraph cable by Cowan, Mary Morton 

BTSB Prebound(Calkins Creek, 2018)


Publication Date: 09/11/2018

BTSB #: 246005 Available

Dewey: 384.1/BAges: 10-14   
AR: 7.2 MG RC: 8.3 6-8 Lexile: 980 F&P: Y

Subjects: Field, Cyrus W.|q(Cyrus West),|d1819-1892 Telegraph United States - History|y19th century


Summary: Explores the extraordinary achievement of Cyrus Field and one of the greatest engineering feats of the 19th century: laying a transatlantic telegraph cable to create instant communication between two continents.


6.50 *

+-
This title has a jacket 
115434
E. E. Cummings [Voices in poetry (Creative Education, Inc. (Mankato, Minn.))]by Berry, S. L. 

BTSB Prebound(Creative Education, 2015)


Publication Date: 08/24/2014

BTSB #: 115434 Available

Dewey: 811/BAges: 10-14   
AR: 7.8 MG Lexile: 1130

Subjects: Cummings, E. E.|q(Edward Estlin),|d1894-1962 American poets


Summary: An exploration of the life and work of 20th-century American writer E. E. Cummings, whose poetry is known for its combination of innovative, artistic style and traditional rhyme and meter.


6.50 *

+-
* Your Discounted Price

132 total titles foundBack to Top  Page 1 of 7 View page of 7  Go2 3  
Add 1 each from this page1 each from this pageAdd 1 each from all results1 each from all results

You are viewing:
Loading...