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  • Heads Up!: Concussion Awareness

    Simon Rose

    Hardcover (Crabtree Publishing Company, March 1, 2018)
    "Using evidence-based research and best practices, this informative title provides a thorough introduction to concussions. Content includes causes of concussion, physical, cognitive, and emotional, symptoms, treatments, and the recovery process. Case studies, personal accounts from people who have sustained concussions, and injury-prevention tips encourage readers to advocate for their own health and safety as well as for others."--
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  • Rocks

    Adele D. Richardson

    Library Binding (Capstone Press, Sept. 1, 2001)
    Discusses the different types of rocks, their properties, and how rocks form.
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  • Cabot: John Cabot and the Journey to North America

    Robin Doak

    Paperback (Compass Point Books, Jan. 1, 2003)
    A biography of John Cabot, one of history's most mysterious explorers, and his travels to "New Founde Land" or today's Newfoundland.
    U

  • Cartier: Jacques Cartier in Search of the Northwest Passage

    Jean F. Blashfield

    Paperback (Compass Point Books, Sept. 1, 2001)
    A biography on Jacques Cartier, an explorer who claimed much of what is now eastern Canada for France.
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  • Marco Polo: Marco Polo and the Silk Road to China

    Michael Burgan

    Paperback (Compass Point Books, Jan. 1, 2002)
    A biography of the thirteenth-century Venetian explorer whose book about his travels across Asia and work for Kubla Khan helped to launch the Age of Exploration.
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  • Rocks

    Adele D. Richardson

    Paperback (Capstone Press, Sept. 1, 2003)
    Richardson, Adele D.
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  • The Lewis and Clark Expedition

    Susan Bursell

    Paperback (Capstone Press, Sept. 1, 2000)
    Describes the travels of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark and their Corps of Discovery and its importance in relation to American Indian tribes and the westward expansion in the United States.
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  • Smith: John Smith and the Settlement of Jamestown

    Robin S. Doak

    Paperback (Compass Point Books, Jan. 1, 2003)
    A biography of John Smith, the British explorer and leader who helped allow Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in North American, to survive.
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  • Fossils

    Becky Olien

    Paperback (Capstone Press, Sept. 1, 2003)
    Discusses types of fossils and what scientists can learn from them. Includes information on fossil fuels.
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  • Cook: James Cook Charts the Pacific Ocean

    Jean Kinney Williams

    Library Binding (Compass Point Books, Jan. 1, 2003)
    A biography of James Cook, the English explorer who sailed around the world three times, who helped establish the British in Australia, and created charts and maps of places in the world that were otherwise unknown to Europeans.
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  • La Salle: La Salle and the Mississippi River

    Ann Louise Heinrichs

    Library Binding (Compass Point Books, Jan. 1, 2002)
    A biography of the seventeenth-century French explorer who was the first European to travel the entire length of the Mississippi River, claiming for France not only the river, but also all the land whose waters fed into it.
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  • The Oregon Trail

    Elizabeth Dana Jaffe

    Hardcover (Capstone Press, Sept. 1, 2003)
    Examines the famous westward route of American settlement during the 1800's, including everyday life on the trail, what it took to make the journey successfully, and what happened to unsuccessful attempts to reach the Oregon Territory.
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