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What's Wrong With My Houseplant?: Save Your Indoor Plants With 100% Organic Solutions
David Deardorff, Kathryn Wadsworth
Hardcover (Timber Press, Jan. 27, 2016)This book will turn even the brownest thumbs green! Houseplants add style, clean the air, and bring nature indoors. But they are often plagued with problems—aphids, mealybugs, mites, and thrips to name just a few. What’s Wrong With My Houseplant? shows you how to keep indoor plants healthy by first teaching you how to identify the problem and solve it with a safe, natural solution. This hardworking guide includes plant profiles for 148 plants organized by type with visual keys to the most of common problems, and the related organic solutions that will lead to a healthy plant.
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The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire: Core Events of an Industrial Disaster
Steven Otfinoski, Kathryn Dowgiewicz
Paperback (Capstone Press, Jan. 1, 2014)Whether they occur at home or in the workplace, fires are devastating events that sometimes cause the tragic deaths of innocent people. Find out what happened when a factory in New York City caught fire in the early 1900s. And discover why so many workers were unable to escape the blazing building.
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The Apollo 13 Mission: Core Events of a Crisis in Space
Kassandra Kathleen Radomski, James H Gerard
Paperback (Capstone Press, Jan. 1, 2014)During the 1960s, humans were finally able to explore the universe beyond Earth. But at what cost? Many people lost their lives in a race to go where humans had never gone before. Find out what happened when an explosion on a spacecraft left three U.S. astronauts stranded in space 200,000 miles (321,869 kilometers) from Earth. With a limited supply of food, water, and oxygen, would they make it back to Earth alive?
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The 1918 Flu Pandemic: Core Events of a Worldwide Outbreak
John Joseph Micklos Jr.
Paperback (Capstone Press, Jan. 1, 2015)In 1918 the world was celebrating the end of World War I. But another enemy was just beginning its worldwide attack, infecting nearly one in five people. Explore the causes and effects of a flu pandemic that killed more than 40 million people. Perfect for Common Core studies on analyzing the chronology of an event.
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What's Wrong in the City?
John Holladay
Hardcover (Smithmark Pub, March 1, 1992)Challenges young readers to find the five mistakes each in scenes of nine American cities, from Atlanta to Washington, D.C.
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In the Haunted House
Tony Tallarico
Hardcover (Kidsbooks, Nov. 1, 1991)Young readers are invited to help Bob and Bobbie and their friends explore a haunted house by finding the deliberate errors planted in the illustrations
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What's Wrong at the County Fair?
John Holladay
Hardcover (Smithmark Pub, March 1, 1992)Challenges young readers to find the five mistakes each in scenes of a county fair, including a livestock contest, the midway, and a square dancing exhibition
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What's Wrong at the Beach
John Holladay
Hardcover (Smithmark Pub, March 1, 1992)Challenges young readers to find the five mistakes each in scenes of a seashore resort, including the boardwalk, a fishing pier, and a beach volleyball game
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The Johnstown Flood: Core Events of a Deadly Disaster
Marlene Targ Brill, Richard Burkert
Library Binding (Capstone Press, Jan. 1, 2014)Most areas are prone to flooding now and then, and Johnstown, Pennsylvania, is no exception. But in May 1889, a dam burst following heavy rains, and the people of Johnstown were in the path of something shocking and tragic. Find out what happened when a gushing wall of water swept over the town and the people in it. Could anyone survive such a devastating disaster?
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The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire: Core Events of an Industrial Disaster
Steven Otfinoski, Kathryn Dowgiewicz
Library Binding (Capstone Press, Jan. 1, 2014)Whether they occur at home or in the workplace, fires are devastating events that sometimes cause the tragic deaths of innocent people. Find out what happened when a factory in New York City caught fire in the early 1900s. And discover why so many workers were unable to escape the blazing building.
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The Challenger Explosion: Core Events of a Space Tragedy
John Joseph Micklos Jr.
Library Binding (Capstone Press, Jan. 1, 2015)After pushing back the flight several times, the Challenger Space Shuttle was ready to launch. On January 28, 1986, the shuttle lifted off. Just 73 seconds into the flight, tragedy struck. Without warning, the Challenger exploded in front of stunned spectators, killing everyone on board. Readers will learn what caused this horrible disaster and the lasting effects to NASA and the space program.
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