Books with author Carole Marsh

The Black Heritage series has updated content and a new look. Our Black Heritage Coloring Book has 24-page reproducible pages, evokes emotion and actually teaches a child something. Coloring is fun, but learning while coloring is priceless.Our Black Heritage Coloring Book can and will go anywhere kids go! Kids learn interesting facts about African American heroes from the past to the present while using their own creativity to color a wide variety of beautiful educational (and fun!) pictures! Students will be proud of their results and “new found” smarts! Not only will the kids have fun coloring the pictures, but will learn about the people, places, and historical events. This 24-page reproducible book evokes emotion and actually teaches a child something.Each includes a description of the of what the kids will be coloring. Some of the pages the kids will be coloring include: Book T. WashingtonBlack U.S. Leaders Colin Powell and Condoleezza RiceThe Underground RailroadMartin Luther King, Jr. NAACP and the Springarn Medal AwardThurgood MarshallTuskegee AirmanEmancipation ProclamationAnd more!

Christina, Grant, Mimi, and Papa travel to Wyoming's Devils Tower and climb into a "Powering" mystery involving Native Americans, dinosaur fossils, precocious prairie dogs, fascinating footprints, Unidentified Flying Objects, and... gulp... aliens??? One pouncing prairie dog! One ropeless rock climber! One angry chief! One close encounters! And hundreds of reasons to run! LOOK what's inside this mystery - people, places, history and more!PLACES: Devils Tower, Wyoming: Wyoming Dinosaur Center, Thermopolis ? Devils Tower • Prairie Dog Town • Circle of Sacred Smoke • Devils Tower Trading Post. PEOPLE: Theodore Roosevelt • Col. Richard Dodge • George Hopkins, Daredevil • Junkyu Mato, sculptor. NATURE AND SCIENCE: Dinosaurs: Allosaurus • Tyrannosaurus Rex • Archaeoptryx • trackway • Fossils. Wyoming: Geography • Weather • Animal Life: deer, bears, Prairie dogs and bats • Plant Life: Lichen • Dinosaur fossils. UFO - Unidentified Flying Objects. HISTORY AND CULTURE: Devils Tower: Other names: Mato Tipila - Bears lodge • Facts: Height and geology • History • 1st National Monument • Sacred site for over 20 Indian tribes • The Lakota Tribe and The Sioux Nation: Teepee's • Prayer cloths • Indian Legend about Devils Tower - Bear Legend and Gold Legend. Like all of Carole Marsh Mysteries, this mystery incorporates history, geography, culture and cliffhanger chapters that will keep kids begging for more! This mystery includes SAT words, educational facts, fun and humor, built-in book club and activities.Below is the Reading Levels Guide for this book:Grade Levels: 3-6Accelerated Reader Reading Level: 4.3Accelerated Reader Points: 2Accelerated Reader Quiz Number: 140438Lexile Measure: 660Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading Level: QDevelopmental Assessment Level: 40 Get your FREE Resources!1. Download the Carole Marsh Mysteries Real Kids! Real Places! Correlations to Common Core/State Standards .2. Download the Where Have You Been map .3. Utilize the Real Kids! Real Places! Common Core State Standards Teacher Resource for classroom discussion questions and activities for ELA grades 2-6. This can be used for all 50 mysteries .4. Download additional activities including Fact or Fiction, Fascinating Facts, Book Club Discussions and Book Club Activities .5. Want a sneak peak? Read the first three chapters .

I’m Reading About Hawaii is a 48-page colorful book that helps students learn what makes Hawaii unique. I’m Reading about Hawaii helps early readers learn fun and interesting facts about Hawaii. The colorful illustrations, bold, vibrant art, kid-friendly text and photographs help bring the state to life. I’m Reading About Hawaii topics include:Native HawaiiansExplorersHistoryStatehoodFlagCapitalSealNicknameGeography PresidentPeopleBirdFlowerTreeInsectBeachesMountainsRain ForestsLandmarkAgricultureSportsClaim to FameGlossaryAnd More!

One Candy Stripe Lighthouse. Two Gators Aígalivanting. Four Fairly Frightened Friends. Six Dancing Dolphins. Twelve Salty dogs Aíbarking. The Mystery at Hilton Head Island tells the story of Mimi, the mystery book writing grandmother, and four of her grandchildren as they boat over to Hilton Head Island, and discover a mystery connected to the Sea Pines lighthouse. As always, the kids are eager to keep their grandmother busy writing so that they can go and solve the mystery on their own. A helpful Island Packet reporter works just fine in this tale. As usual, things are not quite what they seem, there are twists and turns, red herrings, lots of clues, and a convoluted chase or two before the kids actually discover Harbour Town Lighthouse which might be hauntedÖ end up in the middle of a Plaid AttackÖ befriend a Marsh TackyÖ and go on a scavenger hunt of clues to solve a mystery by the light of the full moon!Like all of Carole Marsh Mysteries, The Mystery on Hilton Head Island incorporates history, geography, culture and cliffhanger chapters that will keep kids begging for more! This mystery includes SAT words, educational facts, fun and humor, built-in book club and activities.The Mystery at Hilton Head Island will also have Lexile Levels, Accelerated Reading Level, Points and Quizzes, Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading Level and Developmental Assessment Reading Level.

When Christina, Grant and their two friends join their mystery-writing Mimi (and Papa!) on a trip to the "Mile-High City" of Denver, Colorado, they soon find themselves: • Sleeping in a mysterious, haunted palace of a hotel! Deciphering mountains of clues to solve a mystery! • Reading tattered old books to help solve the clues! • Traveling through tricky tunnels to get to a scary ski slope! • Meeting an amazing woman who once sailed on the Titanic! But can the kids have fun, stay warm and solve a mystery all at the same time? Strap on your skis and come along and see! LOOK what’s in this mystery - people, places, history, and more! Denver winter weather • Rocky Mountain history, facts, and folklore • Mining history and folklore • Old West Santa Fe style buildings and architecture • America the Beautiful song lyrics and author bio • Rocky Mountain Railroads and Old West transportation facts • Anasazi Indian history, lifestyle, and facts • Learning how to ski • Brown Palace Hotel • LoDo (Lower Downtown) • Garden of the Gods • Pikes Peak • Cliff Place at Mesa Verde National Park • Eisenhower Tunnel.Each mystery includes SAT words, educational facts, fun and humor, Built-In Book Club and activities. Each Carole Marsh Mystery also has an Accelerated Reader quiz, a Lexile Level, and a Fountas & Pinnell

Four funny friends travel to Disney World for the vacation of a lifetime! They have a lot of fun, until... A pirate kidnaps one! Ghosts grab the second! A mouse house swallows the third one! And the fourth is left to find them all! Solving this magical mystery will take a little good luck and loads of creativity! Do you have it in you to "Think like Walt" and help save the read kid characters before the fireworks?!LOOK what's in this mystery - people, places, history, and more! Walt Disney -Farm - Innovation and ingenuity - Hardships to success - Mickey Mouse during the depression - Disney Studios • History of Disneyland and the 30,000 acres of land surrounding it • Slave Folklore and history of Brer Rabbit • History of Liberty Bell - Declaration of Independence - George Washington - Liberty Tree • Grover Cleveland • Abraham Lincoln • Jimmy Carter • Bill Clinton • Democrats/Republicans • Cultural differences and similarities of the seven continents • Disney World General information and history of the design and architecture • Main Street, U.S.A • Pirates of the Caribbean Ride • Splash Mountain • The Hall of Presidents • The Haunted Mansion • It's a Small World Ride • The Mad Tea Party Ride • Mickey's Toontown Fair • ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter • Cinderella's Castle. Like all of Carole Marsh Mysteries, this mystery incorporates history, geography, culture and cliffhanger chapters that will keep kids begging for more! This mystery includes SAT words, educational facts, fun and humor, built-in book club and activities.Below is the Reading Levels Guide for this book:Grade Levels: 3-6Accelerated Reader Reading Level: 4.4Accelerated Reader Points: 3Accelerated Reader Quiz Number: 74556Lexile Measure: 730Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading Level: QDevelopmental Assessment Level: 40 Get your FREE Resources!1. Download the Carole Marsh Mysteries Real Kids! Real Places! Correlations to Common Core/State Standards .2. Download the Where Have You Been map .3. Utilize the Real Kids! Real Places! Common Core State Standards Teacher Resource for classroom discussion questions and activities for ELA grades 2-6. This can be used for all 50 mysteries .4. Download additional activities including Fact or Fiction, Fascinating Facts, Book Club Discussions and Book Club Activities . 5. Want a sneak peak? Read the first three chapters .

Mimi tells Christina and Grant a mystery story set in Death Valley, one of the most desolate places on Earth! There's Aunt Erin, a creepy castle in the middle of nowhere, a ghost (or not?), temperatures hotter than a Fourth of July firecracker, and more! LOOK what's inside this mystery - people, places, history and more! PLACES: Death Valley, CA: Badwater Crater. PEOPLE: Juliet Brier and her sons: Columbus, John, and Kirk • Walter E. Scott or "Death Valley Scotty" • Albert M. Johnson. HISTORY: The California Gold Rush • The Valley of Burning Silence • Sand Walking Company • Survival tips in Death valley: what to bring, what to do in an emergency.Like all of Carole Marsh Mysteries, this mystery incorporates history, geography, culture and cliffhanger chapters that will keep kids begging for more! This mystery includes SAT words, educational facts, fun and humor, built-in book club and activities.Below is the Reading Levels Guide for this book:Grade Levels: 3-6Accelerated Reader Reading Level: 5.3Accelerated Reader Points: 2Accelerated Reader Quiz Number: 140437Lexile Measure: 780Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading Level: QDevelopmental Assessment Level: 40 Get your FREE Resources!1. Download the Carole Marsh Mysteries Real Kids! Real Places! Correlations to Common Core/State Standards .2. Download the Where Have You Been map .3. Utilize the Real Kids! Real Places! Common Core State Standards Teacher Resource for classroom discussion questions and activities for ELA grades 2-6. This can be used for all 50 mysteries .4. Download additional activities including Fact or Fiction, Fascinating Facts, Book Club Discussions and Book Club Activities .5. Want a sneak peak? Read the first three chapters .

This 24-page reproducible book is educational, creative fun for all ages! Color your way through the interesting Native American history through the U.S. with pictures including great basin Indians, plateau Indians, and artic Indians and many more. Kids will use their creativity and learn while coloring the Native American heritage including Sacagawea, pottery and baskets, housing, and hunting to name a few!

Every four years Americans elect a new Chief Executive. Our choice of the 2016 President will affect the future of the United States and the world for the rest of the 21st century. This kid-friendly book shares interesting facts about our newest President, Donald Trump. It includes information about his childhood, educational background and career, his spouse, and children. The book also includes info on the Vice President, Mike Pence, and the duties of a V.P. The America s 45th President has interesting information about the: White House and its history; 13 posts that comprise the president's cabinet and what each oversees; Secret Service protection for the president, vice president and their families; Role of the commander-in-chief; And much more! Have fun with the facts, trivia, puzzles and more.