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epub |eng | 2020-12-15 | Author:Ann Magee [Magee, Ann]

A Note from the Author On September 11, 2001, I was preparing my three-year-old for her first day of preschool. Images of the towers falling flooded the TV screen before ...
( Category: 2000s December 5,2022 )
pdf | | 2011-03-12 | Author:Dan Abnett

( Category: Civil War Era December 3,2022 )
epub |eng | 2002-12-15 | Author:Barbara Gowan & Katherine Larson

Q “Puk–kwaw–cah” sings the Gambel’s Quail (Callipepla gambelii) from its perch on the mesquite tree branch. The plump bird with the black, curved plume on its chestnut–colored head nests on ...
( Category: State & Local December 3,2022 )
epub |eng | 2016-03-10 | Author:Unknown

Twelve H arriet,’ said Peg Leg Joe. ‘You want me to tell you about Harriet.’ ‘You promised,’ insisted Tommy. Peg Leg Joe took another roasted corncob and swiftly ground it ...
( Category: 1900s November 30,2022 )
epub |eng | | Author:Denise Brennan-Nelson

Answer: Mackinac Bridge Riddle 7 This reptile has a painted shell; slow on land, swims water well. Answer: Painted Turtle Riddle 8 Five are “Great,” but that’s not all—thousands more ...
( Category: State & Local November 30,2022 )
epub |eng | 2002-10-14 | Author:James Lincoln Collier

The counterculture believed in love, the free expression of emotion, and unconventional clothes and hairstyles. However, their ideals often proved unrealistic: This 1968 love-in held in Los Angeles ended with ...
( Category: 1900s October 24,2022 )
epub |eng | 2014-10-14 | Author:Stephen Feinstein [Feinstein, Stephen]

Image Credit: Dorling Kindersley RF/Thinkstock This artist’s illustration of Babylon shows what the city might have looked like during the reign of Nebuchadnezzar. Hammurabi proved to be a wise statesman. ...
( Category: History October 24,2022 )
epub |eng | 2014-08-25 | Author:Lori Haskins Houran [Houran, Lori Haskins]

( Category: 1900s October 22,2022 )
epub |eng | 2012-10-15 | Author:Katy S. Duffield

Central Pacific officials knew they had to do something. With so few workers, they would get little accomplished, and that meant little money would be made. Charles Crocker, one of ...
( Category: State & Local October 10,2022 )
epub |eng | | Author:Irene Harris

Once at the homestead, oxen were used to clear and plow acres of land. The pioneers had few resources in their new land, so they didn’t waste anything. They used ...
( Category: 1800s October 10,2022 )
epub |eng | | Author:Carol Parenzan Smalley

Dugout canoes have been made for centuries by many Native American peoples. Gene Ellis painted a scene showing Lewis and Clark and their corps as they visited with the Cathlapotle ...
( Category: History October 10,2022 )
epub |eng | | Author:Gretchen Woelfle

Their petition was turned down; they still owed their taxes. The Cuffe brothers tried another tactic. They sent another petition to the county court claiming their rights as Wampanoag Indians, ...
( Category: Colonial & Revolutionary October 10,2022 )
epub |eng | | Author:Marylou Morano Kjelle

The first two of three voyages Jacques Cartier made to the Americas from France were in 1534 and 1535. He explored lands that are now present-day Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, ...
( Category: Exploration & Discovery October 10,2022 )
epub |eng | 2019-10-15 | Author:Don Lago

In the 1880s, prospectors combed the Grand Canyon for mineral wealth, but few prospectors made any profit. In the 1880s, prospectors began combing the canyon for minerals. In 1889, railroad ...
( Category: State & Local October 10,2022 )