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The KidHaven Science Library - Cells
Jeanne DuPrau
Hardcover (KidHaven Press, Oct. 23, 2001)The basic unit of all living things, the cell is a world in itself. This book explores the workings of plant and animal cells -- what they look like, how they're nourished, and how they reproduce. It also describes the role of disease cells in the human body, and how new knowledge about cells provides hope for the treatment of illnesses such as cancer and muscular dystrophy.
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Eyes on the Sky - Black Holes
Don Nardo
Library Binding (KidHaven Press, July 19, 2002)Imagine an object whose gravity is so powerful that not even light can escape it! This volumes explores what are perhaps the most bizarre and frightening entities in the universe -- black holes -- including how they form, how scientists detect them, and how they may affect the ultimate fate of the Earth and the rest of the universe.
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What Makes Me A Catholic?
Adam Woog
Library Binding (Kidhaven Press, April 9, 2004)Explores the origins, beliefs, rituals, customs, holidays, and modern challenges of the Catholic Church.
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Ecosystems - Life in a Cave
Toney Allman
Hardcover (KidHaven Press, Sept. 20, 2004)Bats by the thousands, eyeless salamanders, colorless fish, and ghostly crickets are just some of the unique animals that live in underground caves. In a world without sunlight, under near-famine conditions, a fragile society survives that exists nowhere else on earth.
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The KidHaven Science Library - Electricity
Sheila Wyborny
Hardcover (KidHaven Press, March 21, 2003)From an awesome force of nature to providing power for space stations, this book narrates the evolution of electricity from lightning, through superstition, to a multitude of labor-saving, and sometimes life-saving, uses.
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Wonders of the World - The Easter Island Statues
Deborah Underwood
Hardcover (KidHaven Press, Oct. 15, 2004)Hundreds of enormous stone statues populate a tiny island in the Pacific Ocean. Some of the figures gaze out over the landscape, while others lie half-finished in the crater of a volcano. The Easter Island Statues examines these mysterious monuments and the people who carved them centuries ago.
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The Apache
Raymond H. Miller
Hardcover (Kidhaven Press, April 1, 2005)Profiles the Native American tribe's history and culture, including healing ceremonies, handicrafts, and reservation life.
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American History by Decade - The 1910s
Deanne Durrett
Hardcover (KidHaven Press, Oct. 3, 2003)In the 1910s, Tin Pan Alley portrayed American life in song and illustrated it on sheet music covers - The silver screen slipped onto the vaudeville stage, American women won the right to vote, and American troops went "Over There" to help win World War I.
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Seeds of a Nation - South Carolina
Rachel Lynette
Library Binding (KidHaven Press, June 2, 2003)Europeans struggling to settle South Carolina met with starvation, disease, war and other hardships. Many attempts failed before the English finally succeeded in settling the colony, which eventually becoming the 8th state in the union. (20020301)
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Seeds of a Nation - Pennsylvania
Margaret Coull Phillips
Library Binding (KidHaven Press, Jan. 13, 2003)This is the story of the early history of Pennsylvania and its role in the formation of our nation. Its focus is on Pennsylvania's very early inhabitants, William Penn and his Charter, and the beginnings of statehood. (20020301)
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Animals with Jobs - Guide Dogs
Judith Janda Presnall
Hardcover (KidHaven Press, Oct. 24, 2001)Leading those who are sight impaired, guide dogs give self-esteem to many people who are afraid to venture out when their eyesight forces them into a dark world. Read how the dogs are trained from the puppy stage, to formal training, and then on to guiding their human partner.
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What Makes Me A Muslim?
Catherine M. Petrini
Library Binding (Kidhaven Press, Feb. 18, 2005)Describes the history, beliefs, customs, and challenges the Muslim religion faces, including being stereotyped as violent.
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