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[Where Is...?]by Stine, Megan Paperback(Penguin Workshop, 2017)Publication Date: 05/16/2017 BTSB #: 854632 Available Dewey: 986.6/NAges: 8-12 AR: 5.8 MG RC: 5.6 3-5 Lexile: 870 F&P: U Genres: Subjects: Islands Island animals Galapagos Islands Summary: This book teaches readers about the Galapagos Islands, a chain of volcanic islands located on either side of the equator in the Pacific Ocean, and the strange and unique animals that live there. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 4.91 * 0.00 +- Where are the Great Pyramids? [Where Is...?]by Hoobler, Dorothy Paperback(Penguin Workshop, 2015)Publication Date: 09/15/2015 BTSB #: 462311 Available Dewey: 932/NAges: 8-12 AR: 5.8 MG RC: 5.4 3-5 Lexile: 820 Genres: Subjects: Pyramids - Egypt Egypt - Antiquities Egypt - Civilization|yTo 332 B.C Summary: This informative account tells the story of the powerful pharaohs who commissioned the pyramids at Giza, offering a fascinating look at the culture, their beliefs on the afterlife, and how mummies were made. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 4.91 * 0.00 +- Where is Alcatraz? [Where Is...?]by Medina, Nico Paperback(Penguin Workshop, 2016)Publication Date: 05/24/2016 BTSB #: 635050 Available Dewey: 365/NAges: 8-12 AR: 5.8 MG RC: 5.7 3-5 Lexile: 830 Genres: Subjects: Alcatraz (Penitentiary) - History Prisons - California - Alcatraz Island - History Alcatraz Island (Calif.) - History Summary: Learn the history of America's most famous prison, from its initial construction as a fort in the 1800s, to its most famous residents such as Al Capone and "Machine Gun" Kelly. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 4.91 * 0.00 +- Where is Antarctica? [Where Is...?]by Fabiny, Sarah Paperback(Penguin Workshop, 2019)Publication Date: 01/22/2019 BTSB #: 320596 Available Dewey: 919.89/NAges: 8-12 AR: 6.1 MG Lexile: 920 F&P: W Genres: Subjects: Cold regions Explorers Wildlife Antarctica South Pole Summary: Antarctica, the earth's southernmost continent, was virtually untouched by humans until the nineteenth century. Many famous explorers journeyed (and often died) there in the hope of discovering a land that always seemed out of reach. This book introduces readers to this desert--yes, desert!--continent that holds about 90 percent of the world's ice; showcases some of the 200 species that call Antarctica home, including the emperor penguin; and discusses environmental dangers to the continent. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 5.73 * 0.00 +- Where is Area 51? [Where Is...?]by Manzanero, Paula Paperback(Penguin Workshop, 2018)Publication Date: 09/18/2018 BTSB #: 602340 Available Dewey: 358.4/NAges: 8-12 AR: 7.1 MG RC: 9.5 3-5 Lexile: 1080 F&P: X Genres: Subjects: Air bases - Nevada Research aircraft - United States Unidentified flying objects Area 51 (Nev.) Summary: Is Area 51 a top secret military base that lies in the middle of the barren Nevada desert? Or could it actually be a facility for examining aliens and their spaceships? People can't drive anywhere close to it; the US government rarely acknowledges its existence; and until recently, the airspace overhead was restricted! Conspiracy theories abound about what goes on at Area 51, especially since 1947 when strange objects were found in the middle of a field in Roswell, New Mexico. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 6.55 * 0.00 +- Where is Broadway? [Where Is...?]by Yacka, Douglas Paperback(Penguin Workshop, 2019)Publication Date: 04/30/2019 BTSB #: 971191 Available Dewey: 792.0974/NAges: 8-12 AR: 7 MG RC: 9.6 3-5 Lexile: 1070 F&P: W Genres: Subjects: Musicals - New York (State) - New York - History Theater - New York (State) - New York Broadway (New York, N.Y.) - History Summary: The history of Broadway and how the popular location in New York City has stood the test of time. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 6.55 * 0.00 +- Where is Chichen Itza? [Where Is...?]by Manzanero, Paula Paperback(Penguin Workshop, 2020)Publication Date: 09/08/2020 BTSB #: 602352 Available Dewey: 972/NAges: 8-12 AR: 6.9 MG Lexile: 1040 Genres: Subjects: Mayas - Social life and customs Mayas - Civilization Mayas - History Chichen Itza Site (Mexico) Summary: Although it's known more as an important tourist attraction today, the city of Chichen Itza was a powerful religious, political, scientific, and artistic center of the Maya people. Readers will learn about how Chichen Itza began and what happened to cause the downfall of a great society. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 5.73 * 0.00 +- Where is Easter Island? [Where Is...?]by Stine, Megan Paperback(Penguin Workshop, 2017)Publication Date: 09/12/2017 BTSB #: 854626 Available Dewey: 996.18/NAges: 8-12 AR: 5.5 MG RC: 5.4 3-5 Lexile: 830 F&P: Y Genres: Subjects: Islands Prehistoric peoples. Sculptures Easter Island - History Easter Island - Antiquities Summary: Unearth the secrets of the mysterious giant stone statues on this tiny remote Pacific island. Easter Island, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean thousands of miles from anywhere, has intrigued visitors since Europeans first arrived in the 1700s. How did people first come to live there? How did they build the enormous statues and why? How were they placed around the island without carts or even wheels? Scientists have learned many of the answers, although some things still remain a mystery. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 4.91 * 0.00 +- Where is Hollywood? [Where Is...?]by Anastasio, Dina Paperback(Penguin Workshop, 2019)Publication Date: 01/22/2019 BTSB #: 057809 Available Dewey: 384.8/NAges: 8-12 AR: 5.8 MG RC: 5.6 3-5 Lexile: 860 F&P: X Genres: Subjects: Motion picture industry - California - Los Angeles - History Motion pictures - Production and direction - History Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) - History Summary: Hollywood was a small housing development outside still-small Los Angeles. But everything changed in the early 1900s when filmmakers from New York flocked to the area, where they could make movies without having to pay Thomas Edison's patent fee. It didn't hurt that the weather was perfect, too. Readers will take a journey from the Golden Age of Hollywood to the present-day film industry, learning all about what turned lush farmland into Tinseltown. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 6.55 * 0.00 +- Where is Jerusalem? [Where Is...?]by Morgan, Ellen Paperback(Penguin Workshop, 2024)Publication Date: 02/06/2024 BTSB #: 658938 Available Dewey: 956/NAges: 8-12 Genres: Subjects: Excavations (Archaeology) - Jerusalem Jerusalem - History Jerusalem - Religion Summary: Learn all about Jerusalem,a sacred city in the Middle East that has existed for over five thousand years. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 6.55 * 0.00 +- Where is Jerusalem? [Where Is...?]by Morgan, Ellen BTSB Prebound(Penguin Workshop, 2024)Publication Date: 02/06/2024 BTSB #: 658946 Available Dewey: 956/NAges: 8-12 Genres: Subjects: Excavations (Archaeology) - Jerusalem Jerusalem - History Jerusalem - Religion Summary: Learn all about Jerusalem--a sacred city in the Middle East that has existed for over five thousand years. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 16.39 * 0.00 +- Where is Machu Picchu? [Where Is...?]by Stine, Megan Paperback(Penguin Workshop, 2018)Publication Date: 01/23/2018 BTSB #: 854686 Available Dewey: 985/NAges: 8-12 AR: 5.7 MG RC: 5.6 3-5 Lexile: 860 F&P: W Genres: Subjects: Inca architecture Incas - Civilization Extinct cities Machu Picchu Site (Peru) Peru - Antiquities Summary: Built in the fifteenth century and tucked away in the mountains of Peru, Machu Picchu was abandoned after the Spaniards conquered the Incan empire in the sixteenth century. It remained hidden until 1911 when Hiram Bingham uncovered the marvelous complex and shared his discovery with the world. Today, hundreds of thousands of people visit the site to climb the 3,000 stone steps, explore the towering monuments, and see the numerous species that call these famous ruins home. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 6.55 * 0.00 +- Where is Mount Everest? [Where Is...?]by Medina, Nico Paperback(Penguin Workshop, 2015)Publication Date: 05/19/2015 BTSB #: 635051 Available Dewey: 954.96/NAges: 8-12 AR: 5.9 MG RC: 5.6 3-5 Lexile: 870 Genres: Subjects: Mountains - Nepal Mountaineering - Nepal Mount Everest (China and Nepal) Mount Everest (China and Nepal) - History Summary: Introduces Mount Everest, the tallest peak in the world, describing its ancient beginnings, the first human settlers, and historic climbs. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 4.91 * 0.00 +- Where is Mount Rushmore? [Where Is...?]by Kelley, True Paperback(Grosset & Dunlap, 2015)Publication Date: 02/05/2015 BTSB #: 512245 Temp OS Dewey: 978.3/NAges: 8-12 AR: 5.5 MG RC: 5.3 3-5 Lexile: 800 F&P: W Genres: Subjects: Mount Rushmore National Memorial (S.D.) Mount Rushmore National Memorial (S.D.) - History Summary: It was world-famous sculptor Gutzon Borglum's dream to carve sixty-foot-high likenesses of four presidents on a granite cliff in South Dakota. Does that sound like a wacky idea? Many at the time thought so. Borglum faced a lot of opposition and problems at every turn; the blasting and carving carried out through the years of the Great Depression when funding for anything was hard to come by. Yet Mount Rushmore now draws almost three million visitors to the Black Hills every year. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 6.55 * 0.00 +- Where is Niagara Falls? [Where Is...?]by Stine, Megan Paperback(Penguin Workshop, 2015)Publication Date: 09/15/2015 BTSB #: 854307 Available Dewey: 971.3/NAges: 8-12 AR: 5 MG RC: 4.7 3-5 Lexile: 780 F&P: S Genres: Subjects: Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.) Summary: A look at the history of Niagara Falls and why it attracts tourists and daredevils alike. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 4.91 * 0.00 +- Where is our solar system? [Where Is...?]by Sabol, Stephanie Paperback(Penguin Workshop, 2018)Publication Date: 01/02/2018 BTSB #: 774288 Temp OS Dewey: 523.2/NAges: 8-12 AR: 5.3 MG Lexile: 780 Genres: Subjects: Astronomy - History Astronomy - Biography Solar system Outer space - Exploration Summary: This engaging book chronicles the beginning of the modern age of astronomy, then follows later discoveries, including NASA's current missions in space. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 4.91 * 0.00 +- Where is Stonehenge? [Where Is...?]by Kelley, True Paperback(Penguin Workshop, 2016)Publication Date: 09/06/2016 BTSB #: 512247 Available Dewey: 936.2/NAges: 8-12 AR: 5.6 MG RC: 5.4 3-5 Lexile: 800 F&P: W Genres: Subjects: Druids and Druidism Building - England - History Prehistoric peoples Stonehenge (England) Summary: Stonehenge sits on the Salisbury Plain in Southern England. But what is the meaning of these strange circles of stones? Was Stonehenge a religious site to honor the dead? Or a sacred place of healing? Or perhaps an astrological calendar? These are much harder questions to answer. However, in an engaging and easy-to-read account, True Kelley puts forth all theories--past as well as current ones--about Stonehenge and the people who four thousand years ago managed to build this amazing monument. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 5.73 * 0.00 +- Where is the Amazon? [Where Is...?]by Fabiny, Sarah Paperback(Penguin Workshop, 2016)Publication Date: 05/24/2016 BTSB #: 320597 Available Dewey: 981/NAges: 8-12 AR: 6.2 MG RC: 6.6 3-5 Lexile: 930 F&P: W Genres: Subjects: Natural history - Amazon River Region Riparian areas River ecology Amazon River Region Amazon River Amazon River Region - Geography Amazon River Region - Exploration Amazon River Region - Environmental conditions Summary: Explore the wonders and beauty of the Amazon. Human beings have inhabited the banks of the Amazon River since 13,000 BC and yet they make up just a small percentage of the 'population' of this geographic wonderland. It's a rainforest that is home to an estimated 390 billion individual trees, 2.5 million species of insects, and hundreds of amazing creatures and plants that can either cure diseases, or, like the poison dart frog, kill with a single touch. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 4.91 * 0.00 +- Where is the Bermuda Triangle? [Where Is...?]by Stine, Megan Paperback(Penguin Workshop, 2018)Publication Date: 05/22/2018 BTSB #: 854298 Available Dewey: 1.94/NAges: 8-12 AR: 5.7 MG RC: 5.5 3-5 Lexile: 850 Genres: Subjects: Shipwrecks - Bermuda Triangle Disappearances (Parapsychology) Aircraft accidents - Bermuda Triangle Bermuda Triangle Summary: Even before it was named, the Bermuda Triangle--roughly bounded by Miami, Bermuda, and Puerto Rico--had gained a mythic reputation. The Bermuda Triangle became famous for making boats and ships vanish, and for snatching planes right out of the sky. But are these stories true? And if they are true, is there a more sensible reason that refutes the bad karma of the region? With so many mystifying events to learn about, readers will love disappearing into this story. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 4.91 * 0.00 +- Where is the Brooklyn Bridge? [Where Is...?]by Stine, Megan Paperback(Penguin Workshop, 2016)Publication Date: 01/19/2016 BTSB #: 854302 Available Dewey: 624.2/NAges: 8-12 AR: 5.2 MG RC: 4.5 3-5 Lexile: 730 Genres: Subjects: Bridges - New York (State) - New York - Design and construction Building Brooklyn Bridge (New York, N.Y.) - History New York (N.Y.) Summary: The story of how, after fourteen years, the Brooklyn Bridge was finished and became the longest suspension bridge in the world at the time and is still widely admired today. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 5.73 * 0.00 +- * Your Discounted Price You can't see me! I am INVISIBLE! 40 total titles found Page 1 of 2 View page of 2 1 2 1 each from this page1 each from all results You are viewing: Series SearchSort By Age Sort By Author Sort By Availability Sort By Dewey Sort By Media, Author, Title Sort By Price Sort By Pub. Year Sort by Relevance,Author Sort by Relevance,Title Sort By Stoplight Sort By Title Sort by Language Display 10 items Display 15 items Display 20 items Display 25 items Display 30 items Display 35 items Display 40 items Display 45 items Display 50 items Loading...