Dorothy Hoobler

Where is (Grosset & Dunlap)

Series

Pub. Date

2015.

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook, Kindle

Description

In this informative account, Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler tell the story of the powerful pharaohs who commissioned the pyramids at Giza and offer a fascinating look at the culture of the afterlife in ancient Egypt, explaining exactly how mummies were made.

2) What was the San Francisco Earthquake?

Author

Series

What was...?
What was ?

Pub. Date

[2016]

Physical Desc

108 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Language

English

Description

"In this addition to the What Was? series, kids will experience what it was like to be in San Francisco in 1906 when the ground buckled in a major, catastrophic earthquake. One early April morning in 1906, the people of San Francisco were jolted awake by a mammoth earthquake--one that registered 7.8 on the Richter Scale. Not only was there major damage from the quake itself but broken gas lines sparked a fire that ravaged the city for days. More than...

3) Where is the Taj Mahal?

Author

Where is (Grosset & Dunlap)

Series

Pub. Date

[2017]

Physical Desc

108 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm.

Language

English

Description

Describes the building of the Taj Mahal, an ivory-white marble mausoleum in the Indian city of Agra.

4) Are you prepared for the storm of love making?: letters of love and lust from the White House

Author

Pub. Date

2024.

Physical Desc

292 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Language

English

Description

Our presidents loom so large in history that we often forget they are human. Are You Prepared for the Storm of Love Making? is a collection of handwritten love letters that offers a surprising and intimate portrait of the men who occupied the White House. From George Washington to Barack Obama, these are not the presidents we see in history books. Instead, when they courted the women they wanted to marry, or seduced women outside of their marriage,...

5) The ghost in the Tokaido Inn

Author

Series

Samurai detective series volume 1

Pub. Date

[1999]

Physical Desc

214 pages ; 22 cm

Language

English

Description

While attempting to solve the mystery of a stolen jewel, Seikei, a merchant's son who longs to be a samurai, joins a group of kabuki actors in eighteenth-century Japan.

6) George Washington and Presidents' Day

Author

Series

Let's celebrate

Pub. Date

[1990]

Physical Desc

32 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.

Language

English

Description

Discusses the life and accomplishments of George Washington and why he deserves to be recognized on Presidents' Day.

7) Vietnam, why we fought: an illustrated history

Author

Pub. Date

[1990]

Physical Desc

x, 196 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm

Language

English

Description

Examines the history of Vietnam's relations with other nations, the involvement of the United States in the conflict, and the effects of the war.

8) The Italian American family album

Author

Series

Pub. Date

[1994]

Physical Desc

127 pages : illustrations, map ; 29 cm.

Language

English

9) The second decade: voyages

Author

Series

Century kids

Pub. Date

2000.

Physical Desc

159 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Language

English

Description

An Italian immigrant boy joins the large Aldrich family as they stage a women's suffrage play and receive messages on the wireless radio about the ocean voyage of the Titanic.

10) The Scandinavian American family album

Author

Series

Pub. Date

1996.

Physical Desc

127 pages : illustrations, map ; 29 cm.

Language

English

11) The Mexican American family album

Author

Series

Pub. Date

[1994]

Physical Desc

127 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.

Language

English

12) The German American family album

Author

Series

Pub. Date

1995.

Physical Desc

127 pages : illustrations, map ; 28 cm.

Language

English

13) The first decade: curtain going up

Author

Series

Century kids

Pub. Date

2000.

Physical Desc

160 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Language

English

Description

In the early years of the twentieth century, Peggy and her cousins Harry and Jack experience the excitement of belonging to a family of famous actors as they prepare to open a new theater with a family production of an original play.

14) The Cuban American family album

Author

Series

Pub. Date

[1996]

Physical Desc

127 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.

Language

English

Description

Interviews, excerpts from diaries and letters, newspaper accounts, profiles of famous individuals, and pictures from family albums portray the Cuban American experience.

15) The Jewish American family album

Author

Series

Pub. Date

1995.

Physical Desc

127 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.

Language

English

16) The Irish American family album

Author

Series

Pub. Date

[1995]

Physical Desc

128 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.

Language

English

17) Your right to privacy

Author

Series

First book

Pub. Date

1986.

Physical Desc

66 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Language

English

Description