Books with author Elizabeth Pappas

For more than 3,000 years, Egypt was a great civilization that thrived along the banks of the Nile River. But when its cities crumbled to dust, Egypt’s culture and the secrets of its hieroglyphic writings were also lost. The Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt explains how archaeologists have pieced together their discoveries to slowly reveal the history of Egypt’s people, its pharaohs, and its golden days.

For more than 3,000 years, Egypt was a great civilization that thrived along the banks of the Nile River. But when its cities crumbled to dust, Egypt’s culture and the secrets of its hieroglyphic writings were also lost. The Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt explains how archaeologists have pieced together their discoveries to slowly reveal the history of Egypt’s people, its pharaohs, and its golden days.

Long ago, a great civilization thrived along the banks of the Nile River. Ruled by awesome god-kings caled Pharaohs, Egypt was a land of bustling cities, golden palaces, and huge stone monuments. Its people were fun-loving, its nobles elegant, and its gods the most powerful in the world. This astonishing civilization endured for more than 3,000 yeats before it gradually vanished from the face of the earth, its cities crumbling to dust. Eventually, the meanings of its writings were lost, and the story of Egypt's people, its Pharaohs and it's golden days were forgotten.Over the last two centures, archaeologists' excavations in the Nile Valley have slowly brought to light the story of this once mighty civilization. Beginning with the Rosetta Stone, author Elizabeth Payne examines the discoveries that have helped unlock the incredible secrets of Egypt's first kings.

“It begins with L and ends with D,” the old sailor warns them. “D for Death and Death for ye all.”But it is already too late. The year is 1587. Elizabeth Paine and her family are headed to the New World in search of religious freedom and prosperity. They are part of a group of nearly 120 people crossing the angry Atlantic on their way to America—their new home.But a darkness is aboard the ship, a monstrous darkness that is also in search of a new home. And new blood. Soon after their arrival in North America, an evil stowaway begins to unleash hell upon the small colony of Roanoke. Settlers start dying from a mysterious epidemic. And then the bodies start disappearing from their graves.Elizabeth Paine is just 15 years old. But she will have to grow up fast if she has any hope of surviving the looming apocalypse at her door. Will she find the strength and courage to become the first vampire hunter in America? Or is she, along with the rest of the colony, doomed to succumb under the fangs of evil?Recently discovered on a small island off the coast of North Carolina, the tattered diary of young Elizabeth Paine sheds new light on an ancient malevolence and the 400-year-old mystery of the Lost Colony of Roanoke.

This book explains everything about the science that goes into all the fun things on the playground! How does a kite fly? Why does a seesaw go up and down? These questions and more are answered with diagrams, detailed explanations, and colorful photographs. This title includes a glossary and an index as well as discussion questions to aid in reading comprehension.Grade: 3Subject: Physical ScienceGenre: Informational TextComprehension Skill/Strategy: Identify Cause and EffectDiagnostic Reading Assessment (DRA/EDL): 34/38Guided Reading Level: OLexile Level: 620LDK's iOpeners equip K-6 students with the skills and strategies they need to access and comprehend nonfiction so that they are not only learning to read but reading to learn. The combination of high-interest content and eye-popping photography of iOpeners brings science and social studies topics to life, raises student achievement in reading, and boosts standardized test scores.

"Sue, the Boo-Hoo Moo Cow" is an "udderly" ridiculous, silly, rhyming children's book about a moo cow named Sue who liked to wear one red shoe. Chaos ensues when the farmer decides that enough is enough, but finds that removing the shoe is really quite tough. Laugh out loud as the farmer flies into the lake, the cow climbs up a ladder, 101 chipmunks get skunked, and the hen house gets just a little bit flatter!In no time, kids will have the book memorized and want to read it again and again! It's great for story time, bedtime, anytime! And best of all, it blesses kids with the best medicine for a cold or a rough day--laughter!

"Sue, the Boo-Hoo Moo Cow" is an "udderly" ridiculous, silly, rhyming children's book about a moo cow named Sue who liked to wear one red shoe. Chaos ensues when the farmer decides that enough is enough, but finds that removing the shoe is really quite tough. Laugh out loud as the farmer flies into the lake, the cow climbs up a ladder, 101 chipmunks get skunked, and the hen house gets just a little bit flatter! In no time, kids will have the book memorized and want to read it again and again! It's great for story time, bedtime, anytime! And best of all, it blesses kids with the best medicine for a cold or a rough day--laughter!