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Provides an introduction to the life and work of Darwin. This book offers a description of Darwin's family life, privileged childhood, and education. It describes his five-year voyage on the Beagle, during which he collected specimens to send back to England. It places his ideas in context with those of other philosophical and scientific thinkers.

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A biography that incorporates Duke Ellington's talents into engaging activities for children. Enlisting the musician's gifts as a pianist, composer, and band leader, it presents an interdisciplinary that approach shows how to create a ragtime rhythm, make a washtub bass, write song lyrics, dance the Lindy Hop, and design an album cover.

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Introduces Franklin Delano Roosevelt's (FDR) enduring legacy upon the history, culture, politics, and economics of the United States. This activity book teaches kids how FDR, a member of one of the founding families of the New World, led the nation through the darkest days of the Great Depression and World War II as 32nd US President.

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An interactive biography of the life of former slave and abolitionist Frederick Douglass.

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The first black graduate from Iowa Agricultural College, Carver took a job at the Tuskegee Institute, where he taught farmers how to nourish the soil, conserve waste and feed their families, and developed products from the sweet potato, peanut, and other crops. Includes a timeline, resources for further research, and 21 hands-on activities. Photos.

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Introduces George Washington as the leader to whom citizens turned again and again - to lead them through eight long years of war, to guide them as they wrote a new Constitution, and to act as the new nation's first executive leader. This book shows how people began transforming George Washington from a man into a myth.

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Tracing the saga of Native American and pioneer men, women, and children, this guide covers the colonial beginnings of the westward expansion to the last of the homesteaders in the late 20th century. It is suitable for children of ages 9 to 12 years.

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Featuring 21 hands-on projects that explore the scientific concepts Isaac Newton developed, this guide paints a portrait of the brilliant and complex man. It provides young readers with a hands-on understanding of astronomy, physics, and mathematics.

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Tells of the life Jane Austen and provides resources and activities to give readers insight into Austen's world.

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Presents a biography of this prolific artist and inventor through projects in cartography, animal art, bird observation, and mask making.

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An account of the Lewis and Clark expedition sent by President Jefferson to explore the land acquired in the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. Includes related activities.

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Bringing to life an era when rivers, lakes, and oceans were the nation's highways and lighthouses served as traffic signals and maps, this reference provides children with a history of lighthouses and firsthand stories of the challenges faced by lighthouse keepers.

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Explores Mark Twain as a multi-talented man of his times, from his childhood in the rough-and-tumble West of Missouri to his many careers - steamboat pilot, printer, miner, inventor, world traveller, businessman, lecturer, newspaper reporter, and most important, author - and how these experiences influenced his writing.

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This artful volume invites children to delight in the art of the impressionists and teaches about the way they lived, the museums their works are displayed, and Web sites readers can further explore. Full-color illustrations.

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Teaches young readers what they need to know about the nation's highest court. Organized around keystones of the Constitution - including free speech, freedom of religion, civil rights, criminal justice, and property rights - this book juxtaposes historical cases with similar cases.

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Contains stories of 16 great explorers who journeyed to the Arctic and Antarctic regions, two exquisite and unique ice wildernesses. This work recounts the exciting North Pole adventures of Erik the Red in 982 and the elusive searches for the Northwest Passage and Farthest North of Henry Hudson, Fridtjof Nansen, Fredrick Cook, and Robert Peary.