Rebecca Robertson's Library
Byrns L. Darden Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9780545630856 | What if You Had Animal Hair? | Sandra Markle | Discusses the ways that different animals use their hair to survive, including the polar bear, reindeer, and porcupine. | Scholastic Paperbacks |
| 9780545484381 | What if You Had Animal Teeth? | Sandra Markle | Describes the characteristics of different animals' teeth, including beavers, camels, Bengal tigers, and narwhals. | Scholastic Reference |
| 9781338271393 | What if You Had T. Rex Teeth? | Sandra Markle | "From a velociraptor's sharp sickle-tipped toes to a T. rex's giant curved teeth, and from the body armor of an ankylosaurus to the long neck of a brachiosaurus, discover what it would be like if you had one of these wild dinosaur parts"--Publisher marketing. | What If You Had |
| 9781524786090 | What Is the Constitution? | Patricia Demuth | ||
| 9780448486925 | What Is the Declaration of Independence? | Michael C. Harris | Step back in time to the birth of America and meet the real-life rebels who made this country free! On a hot summer day near Philadelphia in 1776, Thomas Jefferson sat at his desk and wrote furiously until early the next morning. He was drafting the Declaration of Independence, a document that would sever this country's ties with Britain and announce a new nation--The United States of America. Colonists were willing to risk their lives for freedom, and the Declaration of Independence made that official. Discover the true story of one of the most radical and uplifting documents in history and follow the action that fueled the Revolutionary War. | Penguin |
| 9780448486956 | What Is the Super Bowl? | Dina Anastasio, Who HQ | Introduces facts about the Super Bowl, including the history of the game, famous players throughout its history, and the spectacle of the Super Bowl Halftime Show. | Penguin |
| 9780448484068 | What Is the World Series? | Gail Herman, Who HQ | "Strike - you're out " "He's safe " "Homerun " Every October, millions of baseball fans around the country anxiously wait to see which team wins baseball's biggest championship. But the original games of the 1900s hardly look like they do today. Take a look back over one hundred years and discover the history of baseball's greatest series. With triumphs, heartbreak, and superstitious curses, this action-packed book brings America's Pastime to life. | Penguin |
| 9780448462868 | What Was the Battle of Gettysburg? | Jim O'Connor, Who HQ | "Four score and seven years ago..." begins Abraham Lincoln's beautiful speech commemorating the three-day battle that turned the tide of the Civil War. The South had been winning up to this point. So how did Union troops stop General Robert E. Lee's invasion of the North? With black-and-illustrations throughout and sixteen pages of photos, this turning point in history is brought vividly to life. | Penguin |
| 9780448483580 | Where Is the Great Wall? | Patricia Brennan Demuth, Who HQ | More than two thousand years ago, with his land under constant attack from nomads, the First Emperor of China came up with a simple solution: build a wall to keep out enemies. It was a wall that kept growing and growing. But its construction came at a huge cost: it is believed that more than a million Chinese died building it, earning the wall its nickname--the longest cemetery on earth. Through the story of the wall, Patricia Brennan Demuth is able to tell the story of China itself, the rise and fall of dynasties, the greatness of its culture, and its present-day status as a Communist world power. | National Geographic Books |
| 9780448465852 | Who Is Bill Gates? | Patricia Demuth | A Who Was…? series biography that examines the life of a world-changing philanthropist and genius, whose passion for technology led him to revolutionize personal computers through a once-tiny company called Microsoft. Simultaneous. | Penguin |
| 9780448483214 | Who Is Wayne Gretzky? | Gail Herman, Who HQ | After breaking or tying more than sixty records in hockey, it's no wonder that Wayne Gretzky is known as "The Great One." Born in Brantford, Ontario, on January 26, 1961, in a nation obsessed with the sport, he threw himself into the game practically from the time he first laced up a pair of skates. When he retired from the NHL in 1999, he had led several teams to Stanley Cup victories, competed in the Olympics, and changed the way hockey was played forever. Known for his love for family and as a truly decent human being, Wayne Gretzky is revealed as more than a sports legend in this easy-to-read biography. | Penguin |
| 9780448478906 | Who Was Abigail Adams? | Grosset | ||
| 9780448424958 | Who Was Ben Franklin? | Dennis B. Fradin | A biography of the eighteenth-century printer, publisher, inventor, scientist, and statesman who played an influential role in the early history of the United States. | Penguin Workshop |
| 9780448479385 | Who Was Frida Kahlo? | Sarah Fabiny, Who HQ | You can always recognize a painting by Kahlo because she is in nearly all--with her black braided hair and colorful Mexican outfits. A brave woman who was an invalid most of her life, she transformed herself into a living work of art. As famous for her self-portraits and haunting imagery as she was for her marriage to another famous artist, Diego Rivera, this strong and courageous painter was inspired by the ancient culture and history of her beloved homeland, Mexico. Her paintings continue to inform and inspire popular culture around the world. | Penguin |
| 9780448455570 | Who Was Jackie Robinson? | Gail Herman, Who HQ | As a kid, Jackie Robinson loved sports. And why not? He was a natural at football, basketball, and, of course, baseball. But beyond athletic skill, it was his strength of character that secured his place in sports history. In 1947 Jackie joined the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking the long-time color barrier in major league baseball. It was tough being first- not only did "fans" send hate mail but some of his own teammates refused to accept him. Here is an inspiring sports biography, with black-and-white illustrations throughout. | National Geographic Books |
| 9780448483078 | Who Was Jesse Owens? | James Buckley, Jr., Who HQ | At the 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics, track and field star Jesse Owens ran himself straight into international glory by winning four gold medals. But the life of Jesse Owens is much more than a sports story. Born in rural Alabama under the oppressive Jim Crow laws, Owens's family suffered many hardships. As a boy he worked several jobs like delivering groceries and working in a shoe repair shop to make ends meet. But Owens defied the odds to become a sensational student athlete, eventually running track for Ohio State. He was chosen to compete in the Summer Olympics in Nazi Germany where Adolf Hitler was promoting the idea of “Aryan superiority.” Owens’s winning streak at the games humiliated Hitler and crushed the myth of racial supremacy once and for all. | Penguin |
| 9780448467061 | Who Was Laura Ingalls Wilder? | Patricia Brennan Demuth, Who HQ | Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House books, based on her own childhood and later life, are still beloved classics almost a century after she began writing them. Now young readers will see just how similar Laura's true-life story was to her books. Born in 1867 in the "Big Woods" in Wisconsin, Laura experienced both the hardship and the adventure of living on the frontier. Her life and times are captured in engaging text and 80 black-and-white illustrations. | Penguin |
| 9780448479552 | Who Was Muhammad Ali? | James Buckley, Jr., Who HQ | Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr. won the world heavyweight championship at the age of 22, the same year he joined the Nation of Islam and changed his name to Muhammad Ali. He would go on to become the first and only three-time (in succession) World Heavyweight Champion. Nicknamed “The Greatest,” Ali was as well known for his unique boxing style, consisting of the Ali Shuffle and the rope-a-dope, as he was for the catchphrase “float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.” He was an uncompromising athlete who brought beauty and grace to a very rough sport and became one of the world’s most famous cultural icons. Read Who Was Muhammad Ali? and discover “The Greatest.” | Penguin |
| 9780448488387 | Who Was Steve Irwin? | Dina Anastasio, Who HQ | Describes the life and career of Steve Irwin, famously known as the Crocodile Hunter, from his childhood and early love of animals to his rise in popularity as a film and television star and naturalist. | Penguin |
| 9780545070744 | Why Is the White House White? | Peter Roop, Connie Roop |