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Books in Nature’s Great Journeys series

  • Dall Sheep: A Mountainous Journey

    Rebecca Hirsch

    Paperback (Weigl Pub Inc, July 15, 2018)
    When the seasons change, many animals migrate to new homes. Readers will learn about these fascinating creatures in Natures Great Journeys. This series explores the physical features, behaviors, and histories of migratory animals with easy-to-read text and vivid images. This is an AV2 media enhanced book. A unique book code printed on page 2 unlocks multimedia content. This book comes alive with video, audio, weblinks, slide shows, activities, quizzes, and much more.
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  • They Came in Chains: The Story of the Slave Ships

    Milton Meltzer

    Hardcover (Cavendish Square Publishing, Jan. 1, 2000)
    Among the authors of this highly acclaimed series are Laura Ingalls Wilder Award winner Milton Meltzer, Coretta Scott King Award winner James Haskins and noted author Raymond Bial. The series itself focuses on major population shifts in America and the driving forces behind them. The authors' vivid accounts are given additional immediacy with the inclusion of excerpts from diaries, newspaper articles and letters.
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  • Golden Eagles: A Solo Journey

    Rebecca Hirsch, Maria Koran

    Paperback (Av2 by Weigl, Sept. 15, 2016)
    Explores the physical features, behaviors, history of migration, and human threats to golden eagles.
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  • The Trail of Tears: The Story of the Cherokee Removal

    Dan Elish, James Haskins, Milton Meltzer, Lila Perl

    Library Binding (Benchmark Books, Sept. 1, 2001)
    Describes the journey of thousands of Cherokee Indians from Georgia to Oklahoma; forced from their land during the winter without proper food, clothing, or shelter.
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  • Green Sea Turtles: A Nesting Journey

    Rebecca Hirsch

    Paperback (Av2 by Weigl, July 1, 2016)
    When the seasons change, many animals migrate to new homes. Readers will learn about these fascinating creatures in Nature's Great Journeys. This series explores the physical features, behaviors, and histories of migratory animals with easy-to-read text and vivid images.
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  • Monarch Butterflies: A Generational Journey

    Rebecca Hirsch, Maria Koran

    Paperback (Av2 by Weigl, July 1, 2016)
    Explores the physical features, behavior, and history of migration of the monarch butterfly.
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  • Behind Barbed Wire: The Story of the Japanese-American Internment

    Lila Perl

    Hardcover (Cavendish Square Publishing, April 1, 2014)
    Among the authors of this highly acclaimed series are Laura Ingalls Wilder Award winner Milton Meltzer, Coretta Scott King Award winner James Haskins and noted author Raymond Bial. The series itself focuses on major population shifts in America and the driving forces behind them. The authors' vivid accounts are given additional immediacy with the inclusion of excerpts from diaries, newspaper articles and letters.
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  • Zebras: A Foraging Journey

    L. E. Carmichael

    Paperback (Weigl Pub Inc, July 15, 2018)
    When the seasons change, many animals migrate to new homes. Readers will learn about these fascinating creatures in Natures Great Journeys. This series explores the physical features, behaviors, and histories of migratory animals with easy-to-read text and vivid images. This is an AV2 media enhanced book. A unique book code printed on page 2 unlocks multimedia content. This book comes alive with video, audio, weblinks, slide shows, activities, quizzes, and much more.
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  • To the Golden Mountain: The Story of the Chinese Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad

    Lila Perl

    Library Binding (Benchmark Books, Dec. 1, 2002)
    Provides a history of Chinese railroad construction workers in the United States during the nineteenth century.
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  • Monarch Butterflies: A Generational Journey

    Rebecca Hirsch, Maria Koran

    Library Binding (Av2 by Weigl, July 31, 2016)
    When the seasons change, many animals migrate to new homes. Readers will learn about these fascinating creatures in Nature's Great Journeys. This series explores the physical features, behaviors, and histories of migratory animals with easy-to-read text and vivid images.
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  • Out of the Darkness: The Story of Blacks Moving North 1890-1940

    Jim Benson Haskins

    Hardcover (Cavendish Square Publishing, Jan. 1, 2000)
    Among the authors of this highly acclaimed series are Laura Ingalls Wilder Award winner Milton Meltzer, Coretta Scott King Award winner James Haskins and noted author Raymond Bial. The series itself focuses on major population shifts in America and the driving forces behind them. The authors' vivid accounts are given additional immediacy with the inclusion of excerpts from diaries, newspaper articles and letters.
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  • The Long Walk: The Story of Navajo Captivity

    Raymond Bial

    Library Binding (Benchmark Books, Dec. 1, 2002)
    Presents an overview of the history of the Navajo Indians, with a detailed account of how the United States Government, represented by Kit Carson, forced them on a 300-mile walk from their homeland in the Southwest to a prison camp at Bosque Redondo, New Mexico, in 1864, and their eventual return home after the United States-Navajo Treaty of 1868.Looks at the forced three hundred-mile walk by the Navajo Indians from their homeland in the Southwest to a prison camp at Bosque Redondo, New Mexico, and their eventual return home after the United States-Navajo Treaty of 1868.
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