Books with author David Evelyn Stewart

Spot the object. Find the match. Look and learn! Toddlers from age two and up will have fun learning simple concepts from these bright and bold photos and simple questions. Every toddler needs to know the names of everyday objects—and Spot and Match Words turns learning into a fun game, as children search for pairs within each colorful photo. Starting with parts of their body, moving around the house, and eventually across town, this book introduces toddlers to basic words for the familiar things they see.

In 1868 Congress impeached President Andrew Johnson of Tennessee, the man who had succeeded the murdered Lincoln, bringing the nation to the brink of a second civil war. Enraged to see the freed slaves abandoned to brutal violence at the hands of their former owners, distraught that former rebels threatened to regain control of Southern state governments, and disgusted by Johnson's brawling political style, congressional Republicans seized on a legal technicality as the basis for impeachment -- whether Johnson had the legal right to fire his own secretary of war, Edwin Stanton. The fiery but mortally ill Congressman Thaddeus Stevens of Pennsylvania led the impeachment drive, abetted behind the scenes by the military hero and president-in-waiting, General Ulysses S. Grant. The Senate trial featured the most brilliant lawyers of the day, along with some of the least scrupulous, while leading political fixers maneuvered in dark corners to save Johnson's presidency with political deals, promises of patronage jobs, and even cash bribes. Johnson escaped conviction by a single vote. David Stewart, the author of the highly acclaimed The Summer of 1787, the bestselling account of the writing of the Constitution, challenges the traditional version of this pivotal moment in American history. Rather than seeing Johnson as Abraham Lincoln's political heir, Stewart explains how the Tennessean squandered Lincoln's political legacy of equality and fairness and helped force the freed slaves into a brutal form of agricultural peonage across the South. When the clash between Congress and president threatened to tear the nation apart, the impeachment process substituted legal combat for violent confrontation. Both sides struggled to inject meaning into the baffling requirement that a president be removed only for "high crimes and misdemeanors," while employing devious courtroom gambits, backstairs spies, and soaring rhetoric. When the dust finally settled, the impeachment process had allowed passions to cool sufficiently for the nation to survive the bitter crisis. With the dramatic expansion of the powers of the presidency, and after two presidential impeachment crises in the last forty years, the lessons of the first presidential impeachment are more urgent than ever.

This striking and stylish book features bold black-and-white images of beloved pets, like dogs, cats, turtles, bunnies, and birds. Each picture is especially designed to fascinate youngest babies from birth to one year, and hold their attention. Talking with and listening to your child as you share this book helps establish essential language skills—and a fabulous sparkly shape on the last page will delight infants!

No young reader will be able to put down the books in the Top 10 Worst series, which count down the worst of the worst—from the nastiest pirates to the creepiest mummies to the spookiest mysteries. Each book explores the historical facts and science behind high-interest subjects that even the most reluctant readers will want to read all about. Clear, concise text is accompanied by humorous, full-color illustrations by artist David Antram, making this series a must-have for any collection.

"What's the Big Idea?" explores the story of inventions through the ages and explains how ideas and technology from different countries and times are built on and developed - that inventions don't just 'happen'. Stunningly illustrated throughout, and with a clear text, it covers many important inventions, from the first stone axe to genetic engineering and the internet - not forgetting the 2,400,000 years in between! The lives of famous and not-so-famous inventors are described. Men and women from different cultural backgrounds, whose major contributions have been overlooked in the past, are included. A time line of events puts inventions in their historical context, showing how wars and trade push ideas forward. The book features a clear, concise text, full-colour illustrations and humorous drawings, which will engage even reluctant readers. A complete glossary and index make this title ideal for home and school. "What's the Big Idea?" covers several of the periods studied under Key Stage 2 of the History curriculum, including the major ancient civilisations, the Tudors, the Victorians and modern Britain. It is an ideal text for shared and guided reading for Key Stage 2 pupils within the framework of the National Literacy Strategy. It helps achieve the goals of the Scottish Standard Curriculum 5-14, promoting 'positive attitudes to learning', 'knowledge, understanding and appreciation of the world' and 'skills in literacy'.

Spot the object. Find the match. Look and learn! Toddlers from age two and up will have fun learning simple concepts from these bright and bold photos and simple questions. One rabbit, two teddy bears, three cows . . . how many balloons? Spot and Match Numbers is a fun introduction to number skills for the very young. Each page is alive with colorful photographs of familiar objects from the home, garden, stores, or street. Children can count the objects, match the groups, and search for particular objects in every picture.