Books with author Sheila Keena

Women keep making history - and this updated edition includes the latest on women history-makers and record-breakers.Women keep making history: in politics, media, sports, and the arts. This updated classic in the Scholastic Encyclopedia line is now available in paperback for the first time. This is a comprehensive, chronological look at women's great contributions to our national culture from Abigail Adams to Christie Todd Whitman. More than 250 biographies are arranged in six chronological chapters from the 1500s to today. New biographical entries and photos of key figures like Madeline Albright, Ellen Ochoa, Marion Jones and Amy Tan join updated entires for movers and shakers from Hillary Clinton to Oprah Winfrey.

Scholastic Reference adds another sure-to-be-evergreen title to its list with the Scholastic Book of Outstanding Americans, a title that profiles more than 450 men and women who shaped U.S. history.From Pocahontas to Rosa Parks, Ben Franklin to Bill Gates, Babe Ruth to Dr. Seuss, this collection of mini-biographies describes the lives and accomplishments of the Americans that kids need to know about for school and want to know about for fun.Each of the nearly 500 entries includes a photo, birth and death dates, and a description of what made that person famous--or infamous! There are two entries per page as well as 34 full-page extended entries. A quotation from one of the outstanding Americans runs across each spread.

Hamiltons return in a Christmas vacation they'll never forget. While some may try, no one ruins a Hamilton family Christmas. From Romantic Suspense BEST-SELLING and AWARD-WINNING Author - What happens when a family comes together for Christmas but upon arrival their vacation takes a deadly turn? In Sheila Kell's novel of intrigue and the love of one family, three generations of Hamiltons work to solve a mystery that impacts one of their own. A HAMILTON CHRISTMAS is the final stand-alone novel in the HIS series. This novel steps out of the romantic suspense mold of the series and revolves around a family vacation where relaxation is tossed in the snow. re is NO new love interest in this novel. A year has passed since the Hamiltons celebrated a holiday as one family. Blake Hamilton--the family patriarch--invited his growing family to a remote Colorado lodge for more reasons than enjoying Christmas. He should've known that with his sons and daughter, trouble would find them. The important news he has to share takes a back seat when one problem after another hits them. At ten years old, Reagan Hamilton knows she'll lead HIS when she's old enough. In the meantime, she trains with her uncles because she wants to show everyone she will be a good agent. When she arrives at the lodge, a man catches her attention so she decides she has a mystery to solve that involves him. When a crime happens, she sneaks away while dragging her cousins to help their parents find the criminal trying to set up her cousin. When the allegations are proved wrong, but a criminal is on the loose while the weather is working against them, can the Hamiltons protect their family, and the guests relying on them, before events are out of their control? *** Hamilton Investigation & Security: HIS series Books do not have to be read in order, but you'll get the whole picture if you do! His Desire (Jesse & Kate) FREE His Choice (AJ & Megan) His Return (Jake & Emily) His Chance (Devon & Rylee) His Destiny (Trent & Kelly) His Family (Blake & Elizabeth) Novella (subscribe and read for free: http: //www.sheilakell.com/subscribe) His Heart (Matt & Caitlyn) His Fantasy (Brad & Madison) A Hamilton Christmas

From Alabama to Wyoming, GREETINGS FROM THE 50 STATES covers the origin of each state's name, official and unofficial nicknames, and the year it was granted statehood. Behind each state's name is a story of how Americans felt about the land they settled, how they connected to its history and geography, and how they recognized its unique character. Did you know 27 state names come from Native American words, or at least what the European settlers thought they heard? Can you figure out which states are named the Mosquito State, the Mud-waddler State, or the Stub-toe State?