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Little Green Little Green

Growing Up in the Cultural Revolution

Author: Chun Yu

I was born in a small city near the East Sea, when the Great Cultural Revolution began.My name is Little Green, my country Zhong Guo, the Middle Kingdom.When I was ten years old, our leader had died and the revolution en ...
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The Declaration of Independence ( American Documents ) The Declaration of Independence ( American Documents )
Author: Judith Lloyd Yero

Judith Lloyd Yero's lively, interactive book takes a close look at the document that defines democracy in the United States and the events that led to the country's creation. Readers learn about the escalation of unrest ...
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The Promise The Promise

The Moving Story of a Family in the Holocaust

Author: Barbara Powers & Eva Schloss

A true story of a young Jewish girl and her brother growing up during the Second World War, caught in a world turned upside down by the Nazis. It is intended for children.
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Retroactive 1 Retroactive 1

Stage 4 World History

Author: Keese

YEARS 7 - 8 The popular Retroactive series has been fully revised, updated and expanded with new spreads, sources, artwork and technology features. New resources are also included to make this the complete and comprehens ...
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The Story of Writing The Story of Writing
Author: Carol Donoughue

This is the fascinating story of the invention of writing and how it developed over the centuries as people's lives and the need to communicate changed. The story of writing - how, where and why it was invented, the diff ...
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500 Things to Know About the Ancient World 500 Things to Know About the Ancient World
Author: Carolyn Howitt

This work is a collection of the most amazing, surprising, funny, unusual and gruesome - and short! - things that you REALLY need to know about ancient history. Relax - the experts at the British Museum have read all tho ...
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The British Museum Pocket Timeline of China The British Museum Pocket Timeline of China
Author: Jessica Harrison-Hall

This attractive 32 page book features a 12-page foldout timeline which can be detached and displayed to offer a quick visual reference to China's long and remarkable history. Both the book and timeline are richly illustr ...
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Malian's Song Malian's Song
Author: Marge Bruchac

Young Malian lives contentedly with her parents and extended family in an Abenaki village near Montreal in the mid-eighteenth century. One night, Malian's life changes abruptly. Silently, her father carries her off to th ...
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World War II for Kids World War II for Kids

A History with 21 Activities

Author: Richard Panchyk

Now more than ever, kids want to know about our country's great struggles during World War II. This book is packed with information that kids will find fascinating, from Hitler's rise to power in 1933 to the surrender of ...
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George Washington for Kids George Washington for Kids

His Life and Times with 21 Activities

Author: Brandon Marie Miller

This book is suitable for ages 9 and above. George Washington comes alive in this fascinating activity book that introduces the leader to whom citizens turned again and again - to lead them through eight long years of wa ...
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt for Kids Franklin Delano Roosevelt for Kids

His Life and Times with 21 Activities

Author: Richard Panchyk

This book is suitable for readers of ages 9-12. Franklin Delano Roosevelt's enduring legacy upon the history, culture, politics, and economics of the United States is introduced to children in this engaging activity book ...
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How the World Began How the World Began

Creation in Myths and Legends

Author: Gilly Cameron Cooper

Here, discover how different cultures believe the world was made and why they think it is the way it is. This book features over 75 fabulous fine-art illustrations of gods and heroes of myths and legends, and photographs ...
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Incredible Quests Incredible Quests

Epic Journeys in Myth and Legend

Author: Phillip Steele

Here, discover the great myths and legends of journeys and quests among different cultures, and learn how they came about and what they mean. This book includes Thor, Odysseus, Sindbad, Gilgamesh, and the Quest for the H ...
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Step Into the Inca World Step Into the Inca World
Author: Phillip Steele

This book includes 15 step-by-step projects, which enable you to recreate the past and learn through experience while having fun. The fascinating fact boxes provide extra insights and highlight links between the way Inca ...
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Civil Rights Movement for Kids Civil Rights Movement for Kids

A History with 21 Activities

Author: Mary C. Turck

This work is intended for ages 9-12. Surprisingly, kids were some of the key instigators in the Civil Rights Movement, like Barbara Johns, who held a rally in her elementary school gym that eventually led to the Brown vs ...
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Hoodwinked Hoodwinked

Deception and Resistance - Outwitting the Enemy - Stories from World War Two

Author: Stephen Shapiro & Tina Forrester

Reveals top secret tricks and tactics.

Hoodwinked plunges readers into the secret strategies and underground battles that helped turn the tides of World War II. There's the American army of inflatable tanks and d ...

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George Washington, Spymaster George Washington, Spymaster

How the Americans Outspied the British and Won the Revolutionary War

Author: Thomas B. Allen

Now in paperback--the award-winning National Geographic book that presents the untold story of the invisible war behind the American Revolution. A riveting tale of intrigue, spies, counterspies and secret agents, George ...
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Kanada Kanada
Author: Eva Wiseman

Kanada. The name meant untold riches and promise to Jutka, a young Hungarian girl who was captivated by stories of a vast, majestic country where people were able to breathe free of hatred and prejudice. Freedom was in s ...
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Red Power Red Power
Author: Troy Johnson

The 71-day occupation of the village at Wounded Knee - February 27 to May 8, 1973 - is a watershed event in the chronology of American Indian activism, because it reflects both the height of the American Indian Movement ...
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Rosie and Mrs. America Rosie and Mrs. America

Perceptions of Women in the 1930s and 1940s

Author: Catherine Gourley

Who was Rosie and who was Mrs. America? They weren?t specific individuals rather, they were symbols that defined perceptions of women during the 1930s and 1940s. The jubilance of the previous decade?the Roaring Twenties? ...
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