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Kung Fu and Tai Chi
Ann Heinrichs
eBook (The Child's World, Inc., Jan. 1, 2014)Have you ever seen an action-packed kung fu movie? Have you seen people moving their bodies in the calm motions of tai chi in a park on a Saturday morning? You might not think these two practices have much in common, but they do. They are both styles of the ancient Chinese martial arts of wushu. Discover the sports in which the 'hard and strong will fall, and the soft and weak will overcome.'
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West Virginia
Ann Louise Heinrichs
Library Binding (Compass Point Books, Sept. 1, 2003)Describes the history, geography, government, economics, and people of West Virginia.
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Gerardus Mercator: Father of Modern Mapmaking
Ann Louise Heinrichs
Library Binding (Compass Point Books, Sept. 1, 2007)Sixteenth-century geographer Gerardus Mercator was born in 1512 in Rupelmonde, Flanders. He lived during a time of religious strife and for a time was imprisoned for heresy. Mercator began his career as a maker of mathematical instruments, but he won lasting renown with his world map of 1569, which introduced a new way of showing the spherical earth on a flat sheet of paper. This method, called the Mercator projection, is still used today. His 1585 book, titled Atlas, was the first to use that word to describe a collection of maps.
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Thomas Jefferson
Ann Louise Heinrichs
Library Binding (Compass Point Books, Jan. 1, 2002)Discusses the personal life and political career of Thomas Jefferson, the author of the Declaration of Independence, who became the third president of the United States.
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Voices of World War I: Stories from the Trenches
Ann Louise Heinrichs
Paperback (Capstone Press, Aug. 1, 2010)Can you imagine shooting down 26 German planes? Or how about organizing an all-female battalion? These were everyday events for people during World War I. Experience their triumphs and defeats first-hand as you read about an American fighter pilot, a Russian peasant, a German submarine commander, and more.
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William Jefferson Clinton
Ann Louise Heinrichs
Library Binding (Compass Point Books, Jan. 1, 2002)A biography discussing the personal life, education, and political career of the forty-second President of the United States, Bill Clinton.
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The Underground Railroad
Ann Louise Heinrichs
Library Binding (Compass Point Books, Jan. 1, 2001)Describes the Underground railroad, which was a secret network of people who operated in the dark of the night, helping African-Americans escape from slavery in the southern United States.
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Ponce de León: Juan Ponce de León Searches for the Fountain of Youth
Ann Louise Heinrichs
Library Binding (Compass Point Books, Jan. 1, 2002)A biography of the Spanish explorer who first came to the New World with Columbus, went on to become governor of Puerto Rico, and later came to Florida looking for the Fountain of Youth.
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Oceans
Ann Heinrichs
eBook (Cherry Lake Publishing, Jan. 12, 2014)This book uses math and science to help students learn about oceans. Math challenge questions provide students with the opportunity to apply math skills as they learn about the characteristics of oceans.
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The Emancipation Proclamation
Ann Louise Heinrichs
Library Binding (Compass Point Books, Jan. 1, 2002)Looks at the political and moral issues that caused President Abraham Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation, the 1863 document that freed many slaves, and at the immediate and long-term consequences of his action.
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The Dust Bowl
Ann Louise Heinrichs
Library Binding (Compass Point Books, Jan. 1, 2005)Describes how dry, dusty winds and a terrible drought affected farmers and ranchers in the Great Plains for nearly 10 years in the 1930's, labeling the region as the Dust Bowl.
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Samuel Adams: Father of the Revolution
Ann Heinrichs
language (The Child's World, Inc., Jan. 1, 2014)Samuel Adams is known as the Father of the American Revolution. Young readers will gain insight and knowledge into the buildup to revolution in America and the important role that Samuel Adams played in it and in what came after, the start of a new nation.
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