Books with author Elizabeth J. Scholl

This title in the Animals ATTACK! series explores wild, captive and wolf hybrid attacks, both in North America and around the world. Though it has been said that no healthy wild wolf has ever killed a human being in North America, readers will learn why wolf attacks are on the rise in the United States and Canada.. The book investigates wolf attacks throughout history and in modern times, in such places as Europe and India.

It seemed that whenever David Archuleta opened his mouth, he d be singing. Friends and family teased him about it, but they were always impressed with his voice. When David was sixteen years old, they convinced him to leave his summer job in a local park to fly to San Diego, California, and audition for American Idol. Although he d always wanted to make a career in music, he never dreamed he would make it to the Top Ten, let alone be voted the runner-up for Season 7. For David, who was an average teenager from Murray, Utah, being an American Idol contestant was just the start of a series of amazing firsts. His music and performing career has taken off with a hit single and CD, national and international solo tours, and television appearances on hit shows such as iCarly and Hannah Montana. Find out how this sensitive young man followed his passion to achieve his dream of stardom.

Did you know the wheel was invented in Mesopotamia? Thousands of years ago in the area of Asia called The Fertile Crescent, people who had been nomadic hunters and gatherers settled in Mesopotomia and began to create some of the first civilizations. Before long, Mesopotamian farming villages grew into the world s first cities, where large buildings were built, beautiful art was created, and the first system of writing was developed, leading to the earliest literature known. Mesopotamians even had modern things that are hard to imagine people having thousands of years ago. They cooked gourmet meals using all kinds of ingredients and cooking techniques. They even had toilets that flushed! Step back into the world of the Sumerians, the Assyrians, and the Babylonians, and learn how many of their inventions and discoveries are still used by people all over the world today.

Would you like to grow delicious vegetables, fragrant herbs, or colorful flowers without using chemicals that can harm the environment? If so, organic gardening is for you. In easy steps, this book will help you choose the right types of plants for the soil and sunlight you have in your garden, enrich your soil with natural products like compost, and prevent pests in ways that are not harmful to wildlife. It will even show you how to build your own worm composter. Organic Gardening for Kids guides you through the process of creating a special place that will not only provide you and your family with organic food and ornamental flowers, but also attract butterflies, birds, and other local wildlife.

In many countries, Independence Day celebrates a nation s birth. People in the United States celebrate Independence Day on the Fourth of July. People all across America enjoy parades, picnics, and colorful fireworks displays. Take a trip around the world and learn what people in other places do to observe Independence Day. Listening to music, dancing, playing games, dressing in patriotic colors, and eating delicious foods are just a few of the things people do in honor of their country s special day. En muchos paises, el Dia de la Independencia celebra el nacimiento de la nacion. En Estados Unidos se celebra el Dia de la Independencia el 4 de julio. Personas en todo Estados Unidos disfrutan de desfiles, comidas campestres y despliegues de coloridos fuegos artificiales. Viaja alrededor del mundo y aprende lo que hace la gente de otros paises para celebrar el Dia de la Independencia. Escuchar musica, bailar, organizar juegos, vestirse con colores patrioticos y comer comidas deliciosas, son solo algunas de las cosas que la gente hace para honrar ese dia en cada pais.

This title in the Bugs series features some of the great athletes and musicians of the insect world. The book explores how grasshoppers can jump twenty times the length of their bodies, how they produce their songs, the many places they live, their life cycle, and what grasshoppers eat. Included in the grasshopper family are katydids, and locusts that gather in swarms of billions, eating everything in sight.

Nearly 4,000 years ago, in the tropical rain forest of Central America, the Mayan culture began to emerge. From small farming villages, the Mayan civilization grew into vast urban metropolises. Without the use of the wheel or metal tools and with no work animals, the Mayas constructed five-story buildings, ornate temples, and 200-foot-tall pyramids out of stone. The Mayas had complex calendars, were expert astronomers and mathematicians, and played the world s first team sport. Enter the world of the Mayas and discover how this advanced civilization developed into cities with populations reaching nearly 100,000, and then how it mysteriously disappeared. Find out how the Mayas built their homes, raised their children, made food and clothing and worshiped their gods. Learn how they healed the sick, and how they played their ball games to the death.

When the students in Ms. Harrington s class got to school, they thought it would be just a regular school day. When they started to learn about New York City, it got a little more interesting, but when Ms. Harrington told them they were going on a class trip to New York, they couldn t believe it! Before their trip, the class explored New York City s history; learned about city habitats, from forests to beaches; discovered what New Yorkers do in their spare time; and found out about all the different foods people eat in the various neighborhoods of the city s five boroughs. The students visit to New York City was more exciting than they had imagined. Ms. Harrington took them to the Statue of Liberty, a Broadway play, famous museums, the Empire State Building, and more. It was the best class trip ever!

The author and illustrator, of What if...ZOMBIES Were Nice, is releasing each book as a chapter ultimately building toward a grand finale. The books are written for the youth using adolescent grunge language and humor. Short politics and actual science experiments are the nucleus within the pages of each book.Chocolate and Oranges is the first chapter of What ifZOMBIES Were Nice. In this chapter you will find that The Great Panic Po of 2020 was something no one was ever prepared for. Zombies that didn't turn into a big black puddle of goop were taken to a secret location, by the military, where the trials of modification took place. Many years passed, and the secret decision for 'reintegration' occurred. The first zombie family released, into living society was placed in Texas, where a freaky friendship developed between a zombie boy and two bored eccentric children. As the trio's bond gets stronger, they make simple discoveries about themselves and learn more about The Great Panic Po of 2020. Stink, rot, and science string them together as they manage to find a formula that might keep their friend from falling apart!