Judith Bloom Fradin
2) Volcanoes
Author
Pub. Date
2007.
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
Sacagawea was only sixteen when she made one of the most remarkable journeys in American history, traveling 4500 miles by foot, canoe, and horse-all while carrying a baby on her back! Without her, the Lewis and Clark expedition might have failed. Through this engaging book, kids will understand the reasons that today, 200 years later, she is still remembered and immortalized on a golden dollar coin.
Author
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
96 pages : illustrations, map ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Ellen and William Craft were two of the few slaves to ever escape from the Deep South. Their first escape took them to Philadelphia, then on to Boston pursued by slave hunters, and finally 5000 miles across the ocean to England, where they were able to settle peacefully.
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Documents the efforts of an Ohio community to secure the freedom of escaped slave John Price, examining various aspects of Price's escape from Kentucky, the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, and the heroic showdown.
8) Tsunamis
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
The words and photographs of people who have witnessed tsunamis, along with the science, history, and protection efforts surrounding this watery disaster.
9) Hurricanes
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2007.
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Step into the eye of the storm. Follow the action, from the first news reports of a hurricane called Katrina gathering out at sea, to eyewitness accounts of those who survive the epic devastation she finally wreaks along the Gulf Coast. Then look back at the history of these catastrophic storms and examine the science of hurricanes. How do they form? Why do they rage through the same regions? Which were the deadliest hurricanes in history? And how...
Author
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
xii, 178 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Born in a small town in rural Arkansas, Daisy Bates was a journalist and activist who became one of the foremost civil rights leaders in America. In 1957 she mentored the nine black students who were integrated into Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.