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  • Samuel Slater's Mill and the Industrial Revolution

    Christopher Simonds

    Library Binding (Silver Burdett Pr, Jan. 1, 1991)
    A biography of the English mechanical genius who, in 1789, defied laws forbidding the emigration of textile workers and established the American textile industry in Rhode Island.
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  • The Ballad of El Cid

    Vincent Buranelli

    Library Binding (Silver Burdett Pr, Oct. 1, 1985)
    Exiled at the urgings of his enemies, El Cid, a brave knight, decides to prove his loyalty to King Alfonso by driving the Moorish invaders out of Spain

  • My Life With the Indians: The Story of Mary Jemison

    Robin Moore, Victor G. Ambrus

    Library Binding (Silver Burdett Pr, Feb. 1, 1998)
    A biography, based on her own account, of Mary Jemison who was captured by a Shawnee war party when she was twelve and subsequently rescued and adopted by the Seneca with whom she chose to remain the rest of her long life
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  • Mary Anning: The Fossil Hunter

    Dennis B. Fradin, Tom Newsom

    Hardcover (Silver Burdett Pr, Sept. 1, 1997)
    A biography of the young English girl who made a major fossil discovery at age eleven and grew up to be one of the world's foremost fossil hunters
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  • Food and Digestion

    Janet Burgess

    Hardcover (Silver Burdett Pr, May 1, 1989)
    Discusses the function of the digestive system, the importance of food, and the consequences of poor nutrition.
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  • The Roman Army

    Peter Connolly

    Hardcover (Silver Burdett Pr, Dec. 1, 1979)
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  • Ella Baker: A Leader Behind the Scenes

    Shyrlee Dallard

    Paperback (Silver Burdett Pr, Sept. 1, 1990)
    Examines the life of the civil rights worker who organized for freedom and was a key figure in the formation of civil rights organizations

  • The Owl and the Pussy-Cat and Other Nonsense

    Edward Lear, Owen Wood

    Hardcover (Silver Burdett Pr, Sept. 1, 1986)
    Presents the well-known Lear poem plus eight limericks.

  • Edmonia Lewis: Wildfire in Marble

    Rinna Evelyn Wolfe

    Hardcover (Silver Burdett Pr, March 16, 1998)
    Traces the life of a sculptor who specialized in applying the Classical style to Native American, African, and African-American themes

  • The Romans

    Pamela Odijk

    Library Binding (Silver Burdett Pr, Sept. 1, 1989)
    Discusses the civilization of ancient Rome, including the hunting, medicine, clothing, religion, laws, legends, and recreation
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  • Music Connection

    Jane Beethoven, Dulce Bohn, Patricia Shehan Campbell, Carmen E. Culp, Jennifer Davidson, Lawrence Eisman, Sandra Longoria Glover, Charlotte Hayes, Martha Hilley, Mary E. Hoffman

    Hardcover (Silver Burdett Pr, Jan. 1, 1995)
    1995 The Music Connection Grade 2 (H) by Jane Beethoven, Dulce Bohn, Patricia Shehan Campbell, Carmen E. Culp, Jennifer Davidson, Lawrence Eisman, Sandra Longoria Glover, Charlotte Hayes, Sanna Longden, Hunter March, Bill McCloud, Marvelene Moore, Catherine Nadon-Gabrion, Mary Palmer, Will Schmid, Carol Scott-Kassner, Jean Sinor, Sandra Stauffer, Judith Thomas, Martha Hilley, Carmino Ravosa, Dulce Bohn, Mary E. Hoffman, & Mary Louise Reilly ***ISBN-13: 9780382261824 ***Pages: 286
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  • Lift Off!: An Astronaut's Dream

    R. Mike Mullane, Mike Wimmer

    Paperback (Silver Burdett Pr, Sept. 1, 1994)
    The author, a retired NASA astronaut, describes what it is like to fly on the space shuttle, explains how he got involved in the space program, and describes what may lie ahead for future astronauts
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