Books with author Tanya Lee Stone

Pick up your Special Visitor's Pass and come along for a tour through some of America's most interesting factories in this series. You'll get a behind-the-scenes look at how familiar items like crayons, sneakers, chocolate, and guitars are made. And you'll have a chance to see and understand the whole manufacturing process--from raw materials through finished product. As you tour, you'll see how each company has solved special problems and challenges in putting its product together. You'll also appreciate what people can accomplish with good technology and some creative thinking! By the time you're done, you'll really appreciate just how much work goes into making some of your favorite things! Each volume includes: Glossary For More Information Index

Josie, Nicolette, and Aviva all get mixed up with a senior boy–a cool, slick, sexy boy who can talk them into doing almost anything he wants. In a blur of high school hormones and personal doubt, each girl struggles with how much to give up and what ultimately to keep for herself. How do girls handle themselves? How much can a boy get away with? And in the end, who comes out on top? A bad boy may always be a bad boy. But this bad boy is about to meet three girls who won’t back down.From the Hardcover edition.

Meet Amy Westin, one of fiction's most intriguing characters. At only sixteen, she's light years away from being a typical teenager. Armed with a clever, diabolical mind and fueled by desperation, she's on a mission to rectify the problems around her. The "To Do" list includes saving her family’s failing business, energizing listless friends, waking a slumbering town, and bringing public education out of the 20th century. Step one, the essential first domino, is the incineration of her high school.Is the bittersweet girl a budding criminal mastermind or good Samaritan? Does a positive outcome justify any means? Only one thing is certain: Her coming out party is like no other.Heads-up: This book contains mild profanity and sexual innuendo. It is intended for adult readers of all ages.Reviewer Kimberly Pelose: I loved this book. It completely surprised me! Amy was simply amazing. Her guys the perfect foil for her ingenuity. So many twists and turns. I have been entertained. Great job Lee Stone! In a sea of mediocre authors you have risen to the top of the heap! If you are bored with the same old story, read THIS novel. It will keep your attention and you won't regret the time spent in Amy's world. Not the usual fare, Thank God! I am now on a mission to read Lee Stone's words in whatever title I find them.

Abraham Lincoln, sixteenth president of the United States, led the nation through its darkest hour-the Civil War. Find out about Lincoln's childhood on a frontier farm, how a struggling small town lawyer became president, and why he became one of America's most revered leaders. In this groundbreaking new series, DK brings together fresh voices and DK design values to give readers the most information-packed, visually exciting biographies on the market today. Full-color photographs of people, places, and artifacts, and sidebars on related subjects add dimension and relevance to stories of famous lives that students will love to read. Modern scholarship and a variety of narrative approaches give today's reader a chance to explore the extraordinary worlds of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. This new way of looking at classic subjects creates a unique reading experience that breathes life into the book-report and summer-reading repertoire.

Sometimes survival means blending in to avoid the gaze of an enemy. Other times, camouflage enables an animal to lie in wait for a surprise attack on its prey. No matter how an animal uses its special appearance or abilities, each creature has adapted its behavior to perfectly suit the world in which it lives. The Living in a World of series offers a unique view of how animals are shaped by their habitats and how they have adapted to survive within them. Arctic hares actually change the color of their fur to match the season Decorator crabs cover themselves with seaweed and other materials that make them nearly invisible on the ocean bottom Chameleons at rest blend with their surroundings, but they can change the color of their skin at will -- displaying bright yellows and oranges to attract a mate or scare an enemy These are just a few of the many incredible ways that animals use camouflage to survive in their habitats. Included in these 4 volumes are: Glossary Index Resources for further study