Author: Wendy Watso
Publisher: Sandpiper
Keywords: july, fourth, hooray
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2000-04-17
List price: $5.95
ISBN-10: 0618040366
ISBN-13: 9780618040360

Author and illustrator Wendy Watson celebrates Independence Day in America with this cheerful book for preschoolers and early readers. Tracking a family through their summer holiday, Watson begins, "Crack! Pop! Snap! Wake up, everybody--today is the Fourth of July. It’s America’s birthday!" The next pages proclaim, "Everything is red, white, and blue, even breakfast," and the lively illustration’s accompanying verse reads, "Strawberry, blueberry, cream of tartum, tell me the initials of your sweetheartum!" Young children will enjoy the silly, often quirky traditional poems an

Authors:James Cross Giblin,  Ursula Arndt,
Publisher: Sandpiper
Keywords: july, symbols, fourth, story, picnics, flags, fireworks
Number of Pages: 96
Published: 2001-04-23
List price: $7.95
ISBN-10: 061809654X
ISBN-13: 9780618096541

James Cross Giblin does an excellent job of bringing the history of America’s Independence Day to life. Woven into his vivid descriptions of events surrounding the Declaration of Independence (down to the annoying flies and mosquitoes in Philadelphia’s State House) are amusing anecdotes--how the 1890s "Society for the Suppression of Unnecessary Noise" tried to outlaw Fourth of July firecrackers; what a Yankee Doodle really is; that Uncle Sam was a real person; and how Benjamin Franklin wanted America’s national bird to be ... a turkey. Fireworks, Picnics, and Flags concludes

Authors:Russell Freedman,  Lewis Hine,
Publisher: Sandpiper
Keywords: child, labor, crusade, hine, work, lewis, kids
Number of Pages: 112
Published: 1998-03-23
List price: $9.95
ISBN-10: 0395797268
ISBN-13: 9780395797266

Photobiography of early twentieth-century photographer and schoolteacher Lewis Hine, using his own work as illustrations. Hines’s photographs of children at work were so devastating that they convinced the American people that Congress must pass child labor laws.

Author: Andrea Warre
Publisher: Sandpiper
Keywords: true, story, one, rider, train, orphan
Number of Pages: 80
Published: 1998-09-28
List price: $9.95
ISBN-10: 0395913624
ISBN-13: 9780395913628

Between 1854 and 1930, more than 200,000 orphaned or abandoned children were sent west on orphan trains to find new homes. Some were adopted by loving families; others were not as fortunate. In recent years, some of the riders have begun to share their stories. Andrea Warren alternates chapters about the history of the orphan trains with the story of Lee Nailling, who in 1926 rode an orphan train to Texas.

Authors:Donna M. Jackson,  Bob Rozinski, Wendy Shattil
Publisher: Sandpiper
Keywords: crimes, nature, fight, scientists, detectives, forensic, wildlife
Number of Pages: 48
Published: 2002-03-25
List price: $6.95
ISBN-10: 0618196838
ISBN-13: 9780618196838

Slaughtering elephants for their ivory; shooting bears for their gall bladders; capturing sea turtles for soup. In the name of vanity, fashion, and greed, man stalks and kills wild animals -- and gets away with it, even when it is clearly against the law. But now scientists have a way to catch and convict poachers. In a laboratory in Ashland, Oregon, they analyze clues to link suspects to crimes. In words and pictures, this book tells a poignant story and reveals how science can indeed save the day.

Author: Barbara Greenwood
Publisher: Sandpiper
Keywords: pioneer, family, life, daily, sampler
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 1998-03-30
List price: $15.00
ISBN-10: 0395883938
ISBN-13: 9780395883938

In an unusual blend of fiction and nonfiction, A Pioneer Sampler chronicles one year in the lives of the Robinson family. Illustrated historical notes enlarge on the social history and describe activities related to the stories, from churning butter to predicting the weather. Young readers are invited to try their hand at these tasks to experience a bit of pioneer life.

Authors:Rhonda Gowler Greene,  James Kaczma,
Publisher: Sandpiper
Keywords: begins, shape, bends, line
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2001-09-24
List price: $6.95
ISBN-10: 0618152415
ISBN-13: 9780618152414

A line is thin. A line is narrowâ??curved like a worm, straight as an arrow. Squares, circles, triangles, and many more shapes abound in this lively book. With jaunty, rhyming text, young readers are invited to find different shapes on each busy, vibrant page. Once you start looking, you won"t be able to stop! The perfect book for little ones beginning to distinguish shapes.