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Surveys the life of Benjamin Franklin, highlighting his work as an inventor and statesman.

A biography of the Baptist minister who worked unceasingly for his dream of a world without hate, prejudice, or violence, and was assassinated in his attempt to attain it.

A biography of the Israeli prime minister and world leader, emphasizing her early childhood and youth in Russia and America.

Uses cheese slices, pretzel sticks, a slice of bread, graph paper, a pencil, and other items to introduce readers to polygons--flat shapes with varying numbers of straight sides.

A collection of mathematical riddles involving people, animals, coins, or food.

Traces the life of the nineteenth-century English woman who followed her calling to work in hospitals and improve the conditions under which the sick were treated.

Andy and Tamika are keeping an eye on the house next door while their neighbors are away, but when strange and troubling things start happening inside the house, the police refuse to listen to the children.

Fifth-grader Cam Jansen uses her photographic memory to help find a pickpocket at the circus.

Profiles fourteen American men and women who fought against slavery in the nineteenth century, including Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Elijah Lovejoy, and Lucretia Mott.

While Andy's parents are at the hospital with a new baby, leaving Andy and his sister at home with their germaphobic aunt, Andy thinks that Aunt Janet wants him to get rid of his pets.

When some of his gerbils escape and he gets in trouble for not paying attention in class, fourth-grader Andy Russell worries about asking if a friend can move in with his family--especially when he learns that his mother is going to have another baby.

A biography of the Shoshone woman who joined the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

An introduction to the lives of Lewis and Clark and to the exploratory expedition they led from St.

Cam's photographic memory helps a scatterbrained substitute teacher, especially when he discovers that he has misplaced his coat.

This time Cam Jansen relies on her hearing rather than her photographic memory to find a missing classmate.