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I Was There: The Buried City of Pompeii
Shelley Tanaka
Hardcover (Hyperion, Oct. 15, 1997)An award-winning author recreates the daily lives of Pompeii's inhabitants just prior to the volcanic eruption of Vesuvius, and includes informative sidebars, paintings, and photographs.
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Titanic
Margi McAllister
Paperback (Scholastic, May 7, 2015)Titanic
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I Was There: On Board the Titanic
Shelley Tanaka
Hardcover (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, Sept. 1, 1996)The sinking of the great liner Titanic in 1912 is lavishly illustrated by a student of the wreck and is recounted from the perspective of seventeen-year old Jack Thayer and twenty-two-year old Harold Bride, who were both saved by getting themselves onto a life raft.
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In the Time of Knights
Shelley Tanaka
Hardcover (Hyperion Books for Children, Aug. 21, 2000)Follows the medieval career of knight William Marshal from his rigorous training to his tournaments and Crusade battles; and provides sidebar information on weaponry, castle life, and the political and religious background of the era.
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I Was There: Graveyards of the Dinosaurs
Shelley Tanaka
Hardcover (Hyperion, June 15, 1998)Explores how the work done by modern paleontologists allows scientists to formulate conclusions about the dinosaurs' existence and contrasts photos of these scientists at work with drawings of and narratives about dinosaurs and their environment.
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I Was There: Lost Temple of the Aztecs
Shelley Tanaka
Hardcover (Hyperion, Oct. 15, 1998)Teaches children about the spectacular empire of the Aztecs, including its culture, architecture, religion, and practice of human sacrifice, through full-color illustrations of daily life, diagrams of the great cities, and photographs of excavations.
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Secrets of the Mummies: Uncovering the Bodies of Ancient Egyptians
Shelley Tanaka, Greg Ruhl
Hardcover (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, Sept. 1, 1999)Describes the ancient Egyptian practice of mummification and explains what scientists have learned from unwrapping and examining mummies
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1066
Jim Eldridge
Paperback (Scholastic, July 6, 2015)1066
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I Was There...: Shakespeare's Globe
Valerie Wilding
Paperback (Scholastic Press, Sept. 4, 2014)Shakespeares Globe
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Richard III
Stuart Hill
Paperback (Scholastic Press, Sept. 4, 2014)Richard III
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Boudica's Army
Hilary McKay
Paperback (Scholastic Press, Jan. 1, 2015)Boudicas Army
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Attack on Pearl Harbor Lib/E
Shelley Tanaka, Charles Carroll
Audio CD (Blackstone Publishing, Dec. 1, 2011)Early on the morning of December 7, 1941, the Empire of Japan launched a massive surprise attack on the US naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. Two brief and terrible hours later, much of the American fleet lay sunk or burning; 2,388 Americans were dead; and the United States and Japan were at war. Dozens of children witnessed this pivotal moment in history. And hundreds of young servicemen-both American and Japanese-came of age on this unforgettable day. Now, for the first time, their gripping eyewitness accounts are woven together in a powerful retelling of the events at Pearl Harbor. Award-winning author Shelley Tanaka re-creates every harrowing and heroic moment through the memories of young people who were actually there.
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