Author: Jessica Gunderson
Publisher: Capstone Press
Keywords: biographies, graphic, west, journey, sacagawea
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2007-01-01
List price: $7.95
ISBN-10: 0736896635
ISBN-13: 9780736896634

In graphic novel format, tells the story of Sacagawea, the teenage Shoshone mother who traveled with the Lewis and Clark expedition as an interpreter.

Author: Jeremy Roberts
Publisher: Saddleback Educational
Keywords: holocaust, biographies, minister, nonfiction, propaganda, goebbels, joseph, nazi
Number of Pages: 112
Published: 2000-09-01
List price: $10.95
ISBN-10: 1562544543
ISBN-13: 9781562544546

Paul Joseph Goebbels- ""Herr Doktor Goebbels,"" as he preferred to be called. It is 1943, and the worldis deep in the midst of a horrible war, the worst war ever known. Goebbels is lying. The ""radical measures"" have already begun. Today, we call those measures the Holocaust. As one of the most powerful members of the Nazi Party, Herr Doktor Goebbels helped send millions to their deaths.

Author: Toby Axelrod
Publisher: Saddleback Educational
Keywords: holocaust, biographies, rose, nonfiction, resisters, scholl, hans, sophie, german
Number of Pages: 112
Published: 2000-09-01
List price: $10.95
ISBN-10: 1562544519
ISBN-13: 9781562544515

A true story of how several students and their teachers believed that the war started by Hitler was wrong and that the racist dictatorship had to be toppled. Gradually, they came together as a small and secret opposition group. They decided to act in order to realize their goals. Eventually, many of them paid with their lives.

Author: Philip Steele
Publisher: National Geographic Children’s Books
Keywords: biographies, history, world, science, geographic, course, national, woman, marie, curie, changed
Number of Pages: 64
Published: 2008-05-13
List price: $6.95
ISBN-10: 1426302495
ISBN-13: 9781426302497

"This short book is written in a clear, readable style, detailing the events of Marie’s life that will be of interest to teen readers... It will be an excellent and accessible resource for libraries. Readers will find the prose engaging and Marie’s story interesting and inspiring." —VOYA

Author: Philip Steele
Publisher: National Geographic Children’s Books
Keywords: world, biographies, history, national, geographic, inquisition, genius, galileo, faced
Number of Pages: 64
Published: 2008-09-09
List price: $6.95
ISBN-10: 1426302959
ISBN-13: 9781426302954

Galileo made the first effective use of the refracting telescope to discover important new facts about astronomy. His observations led him to support Copernicus’s claim that Earth and the other planets circled the sun. This conflicted with the teachings of the Catholic Church, and brought Galileo before the judges of the Inquisition. He spent his final years under house arrest.Galileo’s genius lay in the way he approached scientific problems. He reduced problems to simple terms on the basis of experience and common-sense logic. Then he analyzed and resolved the problems according t

Author: Ann Kramer
Publisher: National Geographic Children’s Books
Keywords: world, biographies, history, national, geographic, battle, aquitaine, eleanor, queen, rode
Number of Pages: 64
Published: 2006-09-12
List price: $17.95
ISBN-10: 0792258959
ISBN-13: 9780792258957

In medieval times, Eleanor of Aquitaine broke the mold for women. This remarkable woman lived life on her own terms, ultimately becoming queen of France and England. We first encounter the infant Eleanor, born into the ruling family of the Duchy of Aquitaine, in 1122. She grows into a lively and intelligent young girl, and quickly learns the arts of diplomacy and power brokering. Eleanor marries the young Prince Louis, and becomes Queen of France while still a teenager. She accompanies her husband’s ill-fated Second Crusade to win back the Holy Land, but returns demanding a divorce, a b

Author: Flora Geyer
Publisher: National Geographic Children’s Books
Keywords: world, biographies, history, national, geographic, people, warrior, saladin, defended
Number of Pages: 64
Published: 2006-07-11
List price: $17.95
ISBN-10: 0792255356
ISBN-13: 9780792255352

Our children’s understanding of the Muslim world has never been as important as it is today. As events in the Middle East affect world politics, and the Muslim community grows in the United States, knowledge of Islamic tradition and history are now crucial. Flora Geyer’s informative, accessible book tells the story of the Crusades from a Muslim point of view. The narrative follows Saladin from his birth into a prominent Kurdish family in Tikrit, Mesopotamia, in 1138. His formative military career leads to Saladin’s appointment as vizier of Egypt at 31. After revitalizing t