David A Adler

"An introduction to the physics of light for young readers, with an overview of photons, transparency, the electromagnetic spectrum, and the mechanics of reflection"--

Learn to add, subtract, and multiply fractions in everyday life.

The true story of Lore Baer who as a four-year-old Jewish child was placed with a Christian family in the Dutch farm country to avoid persecution by the Nazis.

Cam and her friend Eric chase the thief of Aunt Katie's wallet through an amusement park and find themselves involved in another case requiring their special detective skills.

A colorful and creative approach to learning skills in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

When, in 1879, a bust in his likeness was placed at the University of Rochester, Frederick Douglass wrote: "Incidents of this character do much amaze me. It is not, however, the height to which I have risen, but the depth from which I have come that amazes me." This biography tells the story of his ascent from slavery.

Discusses the events of the Holocaust and includes personal accounts from survivors of their experiences of the persecution and the death camps.

"Two children learn about four different states of matter (solid, liquid, gas, and plasma) and what happens when matter changes form."--

Learn about the first Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton.