Author: John B. Severance
Publisher: Clarion Books
Keywords: democracy, architect, jefferson, thomas
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 1998-09-21
List price: $18.00
ISBN-10: 0395845130
ISBN-13: 9780395845134

The words of the Declaration of Independence, so familiar to us and so important to our country, were those of Thomas Jefferson. He was a primary force behind United States independence. Without his influence, our country would be vastly different from the nation we know today. Jefferson initiated public education, established a national library, and paved the way for the abolishment of slavery. Although he was not a power-hungry or even ambitious politician, Jefferson served in many different offices, including president, in order to help his fledgling country remain on its feet. His faith an

Author: Russell Freedman
Publisher: Clarion Books
Keywords: champion, making, zaharias, didrikson, babe
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 1999-08-23
List price: $19.00
ISBN-10: 0395633672
ISBN-13: 9780395633670

When Babe Didrikson Zaharias was a child, her goal was to be the greatest athlete who ever lived. Few people come as close to their childhood goals as Babe did. She was an All-American basketball player, an Olympic gold medalist in track and field, and a championship golfer who won eighty-two amateur and professional tournaments. She also mastered tennis, played exhibition baseball, and was an accomplished diver and bowler. The Associated Press elected her Woman Athlete of the Year six times and in 1950 named her Woman Athlete of the Half Century. Babe accomplished all of this at a time when m

Author: Patricia Easton
Publisher: Clarion Books
Keywords: frog, eyed, blue, davey
Number of Pages: 112
Published: 2003-04-21
List price: $15.00
ISBN-10: 0618181857
ISBN-13: 9780618181858

Davey doesn"t believe in spells and fairy tales—until the day a strange blue-eyed frog named Amelia turns up in his pond. Amelia is really a princess, and in order to break the spell she"s under, she needs a kiss before two cycles of the moon pass. It looks as though Davey is the only boy who can help her. But he doesn"t want to kiss the frog until he"s had a chance to show her off to his friends, and the thought of kissing her at all makes him sick. In the meantime, he"ll have to take care of the bossy princess by keeping her away from his menacing little brother, Kevin. Can the princess co

Author: Hope Ryden
Publisher: Clarion Books
Keywords: horses, wild
Number of Pages: 96
Published: 1999-03-22
List price: $20.00
ISBN-10: 0395775205
ISBN-13: 9780395775202

Naturalist Hope Ryden’s stunning photographs accompany clear, conversational essays telling of her observations and experiences as she tracked the mustangs of the West. Wild horses evolved and roamed in North America until becoming extinct ten thousand years ago. Not until the early sixteenth century, when the conquistadors brought tough mounts to carry them as they explore what is now Mexico and the Southwest, did the horse reappear on American soil. Hope Ryden describes how the Plains Indians adopted the horse, which transformed their culture. But many of their horses escaped into the

Author: Gene Fehler
Publisher: Clarion Books
Keywords: beanball
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 2008-02-18
List price: $16.00
ISBN-10: 0618843485
ISBN-13: 9780618843480

It’s the last inning of a high school baseball game between arch-rivals Oak Grove and Compton. Center fielder Luke "Wizard" Wallace steps up to the plate--and is hit by a beanball, a wild pitch that shatters his skull, destroys the vision in his left eye, and changes his life forever.In this riveting novel, the events surrounding this pivotal moment are recounted through free-verse monologues by 28 different voices, including those of Luke and his Oak Grove teammates; the pitcher, Kyle Dawkins, and other Compton players; the two coaches; Luke’s family members and teachers; and Sar

Author: Ralph Fletcher
Publisher: Clarion Books
Keywords: harvest
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2003-09-22
List price: $16.00
ISBN-10: 0618164510
ISBN-13: 9780618164516

While tired farmers and their families are in bed, the harvest moon silently climbs into the sky and starts working its magic. For some, it is the nightly signal to rise and shine. It is time to hunt, to work, or to play in the shadows. For a little girl and her cat, it is an invitation to enjoy the wonders of the night and a last flood of light before the short days of winter set in. With an evocative text and radiant illustrations, this companion to Twilight Comes Twice offers a glimpse of nature"s nightlife long after bedtime.

Author: Russell Freedman
Publisher: Clarion Books
Keywords: awards, kite, golden, depression, children
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 2005-12-26
List price: $20.00
ISBN-10: 0618446303
ISBN-13: 9780618446308

As he did for frontier children in his enormously popular Children of the Wild West, Russell Freedman illuminates the lives of the American children affected by the economic and social changes of the Great Depression. Middle-class urban youth, migrant farm laborers, boxcar kids, children whose families found themselves struggling for survival . . . all Depression-era young people faced challenges like unemployed and demoralized parents, inadequate food and shelter, schools they couldn’t attend because they had to go to work, schools that simply closed their doors. Even so, life had its brigh